Posted by Dustin on 10.17.2009 at 8:15 pm

So last night was the 2-hour season premier of “Ugly Betty.” I definitely felt the show was back to where it started off, before going a little off track. Hopefully they can keep this momentum up! Here are some thoughts, with a bit of recap thrown in.

First up, I can’t believe I ever liked Matt to begin with. He was nothing but a jerk to Betty. I actually loved Daniel punching him out at the photo shoot. I know the show hasn’t wanted Betty and Daniel to hook up (even though that’s how the originals all end), but at this point it would be nice to see Betty with someone who is a good guy (well Daniel is a reformed jerk). Betty needs a good guy love interest, and if Matt doesn’t get it together, he can be out the door for good!

Poor Betty started her new job and everyone hates her it seems. Not only that, Daniel made everything worse and now it looks like she’s Daniel’s favorite. She had to ask him to back off and let her stand on her own, while he also realized he had to stop relying on her as well. I hope they don’t completely cut these two off, love their interactions.

Willie’s shocking guest she found at the end of last season turned out to be her estranged daughter Nico, who arrived covered in blood needing help. Nico had apparently killed her abusive boyfriend and dumped him over his boat. Willie helped her clean up the boat, but they of course missed one tiny spot of blood . . . and a detective is now on the case!

Speaking of Willie, Claire is the new CEO of Meade, and she and Matt’s dad decided not to fire as she is irreplaceable. She is still planning to find Connor, get the money he stole and use it to buy out controlling interest. Umm, yeah I had a problem with this plan last season too. She’s using money stolen FROM Mode to BUY Mode. Can’t really do that, it’s illegal 🙂

Claire’s kid she gave up for adoption, but told Matt’s dad she had aborted, wasn’t brought up at all.

Justin started high school and had a hard time, being picked on and all by the other kids. He talked to Marc, not his mom about this, and Hilda was upset. Justin told his mom she just wouldn’t understand, and started giving her the silent treatment when she forbade Marc to talk to him about things her son should be coming to her about.

By the end of the episode she realized thanks to her dad that Justin was being a teenager, just like she was at his age. He said she used all sorts of colorful language to let him know that he didn’t understand her problems too. She also realized from Marc that, well he related better to Justin’s problems than she does. He told her that she loved him and supported him, which is a lot more than most kids out there have from their parents. Loved this story, but didn’t understand why they basically danced all around the topic at hand here, Justin is gay. I don’t know if ABC is afraid to go there given the actor’s young age or what, but it was made clear that is what this was about.

Oh I almost forgot, by the end of the episode, thanks to a blog Amanda and Marc have kept daily of Betty’s bad outfits, she gave herself a makeover to make her wardrobe less crazy and more professional! Loved the new Betty, and they hinted the braces were soon to come off too.