Ugly Betty Episode 201 Recap: “How Betty Got Her Grieve Back”

D’OH! I’m sure the right wing crazies will be pleased to see they’ve finally found a cure for gender confusion: all it takes is a gruesome car wreck and three weeks in a coma.

At Casa Suarez, Betty is busily making dinner but happy now that she’s snuffed the torch she’s been carrying around for Henry. She tells Justin she heard all about the fashion elf at work, but spoke to Daniel who said it would be okay for him to spend the summer at Mode as an intern. He OMGs a bunch and hugs her, and seriously, how awesome is Betty as an aunt? I truly hope all the Justins out there right now have an Aunt Betty looking out for them, don’t you?

Upstairs, Santos tells Hilda he needs to go now. She begs him to stay, saying she needs just one more day. He tells her she’s going to be OK, and then leans in to kiss her. Just then, Betty enters and asks if Hilda wants to come down and help make dinner. We see that Hilda is actually alone on the bed, sitting in the dark room by herself and crying. “He’s gone, Betty. That’s the first time I’ve said that out loud.” Betty runs to the bed and sits holding her sister.

I totally saw this coming but damn if I’m not completely sobbing at this point. I’m not crying, it’s just that I touched my contact lens after eating spicy chicken wings. Do you have a tissue?

Cut to the streets of Manhattan, where the Tucson express bus to New York has made its regularly scheduled stop, which is impressive since it seems to be the only bus granted special permission to go directly to Times Square and bypass Port Authority completely.

Senor Grubstick (aka Henry) gets off and looks around. Hey, I thought he and Betty were on a break.

Justin Fabulousness Meter this Episode (Scale of 1 to 11): 7

Justin becoming an intern at Mode is the best development on a TV show since Alexis Carrington marched into the courtroom on Dynasty. So I’m giving this episode a 7 only because we need someplace higher to go later on. I know the next few weeks will find Justin attaining even greater levels of fabulosity as Mode’s very own fashion elf.