Ugly Betty Episode 207 Recap: “A Nice Day for a Posh Wedding”

Wili comes out to see what’s going on and says that even if she was “enjoying this big tall glass of chocolate milk,” Daniel still couldn’t go crying to Bradford about it, since the old man would never believe him without proof

Back at the pre-ceremony festivities, Marc is whining to Amanda about how Cliff is suddenly the hottest guy in the room but won’t even look at him. Amanda points out that while the suit is nice, it’s really only made Cliff 15% hotter. I would have said 25% but I thought he was kind of hot before.

Amanda: Oh, my God! It’s happened. You’re looking past the outside and seeing what’s on the inside. You’re falling for him. You’re falling for an average man.
Marc: I’m an average-man lover! What do I do?
Amanda: You accept it. You are deeper than you think. It’s okay. We all have flaws.

Amanda advises that he try to win Cliff back by running through the airport, bursting through security, and shouting his name as the plane doors close. Another tactic that works — shaking glass church doors and bellowing “Elaine!!!!”

Marc goes over to Cliff and sheepishly hugs him. Cliff seems okay with it. He’s clearly figured out that if he hopes to have any future with Marc, he’ll need to develop a high tolerance for histrionics. Much like my own partner has.

Back at the Citizenship Ceremony, Papi and Betty make up. Papi also says he knows about what Betty did to get him his visa and that he doesn’t think she should betray Daniel after all he’s done for her. Somebody remind me what Daniel’s done for her besides totally take her for granted and score her Wicked tickets.

Betty says she’s worried that if she tells Daniel, Wili will do something to screw up Papi’s citizenship. But Papi responds that he’d like to see her try, since he’s now a American. The circular reasoning and naiveté of that statement absolutely astonish me. And yet Betty somehow seems to see logic in it.

Get me back to the church on time. Wili is finally ready to march out and be married. She’s wearing a specially designed Vera Wang dress and preparing to marry a second-hand husband on the verge of senility and covered in varicose veins. In other words, she’s got the “something new” part covered with the dress, and Bradford’s got the “something borrowed, old, and, blue” parts covered just by showing up.

One of Wili’s toadies timidly says that the maid-of-honor is missing, but Wili says no biggie and proceeds to strut down the aisle gloriously alone.