Ugly Betty Episode 206 Recap: “Something Wicked This Way Comes”

Later, Rico teases Betty about learning he’s suddenly her boyfriend, holding the tickets up and wondering if he’s been a gentle lover. He coerces her into telling him all about her real boyfriend, Henry, and why she’s keeping it a secret from Daniel. Then, like a total dick, he only gives her one of the tickets, keeping one for himself. Telling him there’s no way she’d go with him, she throws the other ticket at him and stomps off.

Cut to a guy being an even bigger dick. It’s Daniel’s horndog photographer friend from last season, who’s back at Mode shooting a swimsuit spread and salivating over the models. Seeing how upset Daniel is about not winning the Prada account, he suggests trying his luck with jewelry mogul Sandra Winthrop, since she’s desperate enough to let him seduce her for her business. Classy guy.

Meanwhile, at Casa Suarez, Justin is lying in wait for Hilda. And she has no idea who she’s dealing with.

Justin: So how was work? I read on the Internet that Madonna was in.
Hilda: Oh, yes! She was all, “Kaballah this, Kaballah that.”
Justin: Liar!

He tells her he knows all about High Beams, forcing her to admit she was fired from Bumble for giving “constructive criticism.” He wonders why she lied, and she explains she knew how proud everyone was of her. But she couldn’t get another salon job and, when it came down to it, they needed the money more than she needed to pursue her salon dreams.

Cut to one of those “Curtain Up, Light the Lights, Times Square” montages to set up the Wicked sequence. Then cut to a lobby that doesn’t resemble the theater where Wicked is playing in the slightest.

Betty, having managed to secure another set of tickets from Amanda by promising to walk Halston for a month, enters with Henry. They’re both dressed to the nines and absolutely giddy to be on a real date. She’s less than giddy, though, to see Rico’s used the other tickets and shown up himself.

Actually, he’s looking kind of hot, and as Betty stands there between the two guys, I’m thinking this problem is nothing a little imagination and a lot of alcohol can’t solve to the mutual satisfaction of all three.

Instead, he’s brought his little sister, a sour-faced girl with some weird name that starts with A – maybe Apolonia? – who asks Betty, “Aren’t you a little too old for braces?”

Henry is confused about what’s going on, and gets even more confused when Daniel comes in and Betty rushes to hide from him. She explains how she had to lie to Daniel about who she was dating to protect Henry. To maintain the charade, she realizes she’ll now have to sit with Rico. Which leaves Henry stuck with sour little Appletini.

Daniel comes up to Betty and Rico and introduces his date, jewelry mogul Sandra Winthrop and … Hey, that girl is That Girl! It’s Marlo Thomas! I had such a pre-sexual crush on her when I was a kid because of Free to Be You And Me, the TV show that taught us it’s okay for mommies to have real jobs like doctor and lawyer, and it’s even okay for daddies to have fruity, useless jobs like baker and artist.