Ugly Betty - Million Dollar Smile - Recap
After all this time, Betty is finally ready to get her braces off. A chance for us to see how truly gorgeous America Ferrera is without all the distractions. But before we get to that, let's get the sub-plots out of the way shall we? Daniel is still angry with Claire for lying to him about his yummy, flannel wearing, half brother Tyler. It doesn't help his mood when he finds out his casual fling Amanda is not so casual with Tyler. Awkward. Daniel gets pissy because to him, it's practically incest. He comes to his senses though and realizes he has no right to tell Amanda who she can or cannot date. Hugs all around! Apparently however, he has every right to be pissed at his mother because she doesn't get any hugs.
Betty and Daniel are struggling to save a doomed photo shoot with a million dollar bra when Betty hits her head and packs her bags for Wonderland. Along with her, we get to see what her life would have been like had she been born with perfect teeth. For starters, let's just get this out of the way. Betty is hot. With her fancy hair, shiny white teeth, and designer duds, she could strut on that catwalk at any second. She's also living out my fantasy by dating Derek Jeter. Lucky girl. Having perfect teeth has not only had an impact on her looks, but also her job and her family. Hilda is a chunker who's marrying an old meat man and never had Justin, and Ignacio looks a little like Mortimer Goth Sim. They're all super rich thanks to Betty's top job at Mode and the massive amounts of dental savings.
For reasons unknown, Betty's perfect chompers have made the entire world around her backwards. Is this Lost? Marc has a perm, a baby named Rosalita, and he's the receptionist this time around. Amanda is pretty much the same person. I guess someone that fierce just can't be changed. She's still doing Daniel only this time, he put a ring on it so she's co owner of the company. She's also still canoodling with Tyler. Yep, pretty much the same. Daniel is still Daniel but with a different assistant. Betty was so pearly white that Wilhelmina hired her on the spot to work for her.
Willie's influence apparently made it's mark because alternate reality Betty is kind of a bitch. She's so mean to Marc that he spends the majority of his time terrified of her. I love seeing Marc writhing on a couch weeping in the fetal position. I love Marc in any position really. Betty is also a meanie to Daniel and spends most of her time plotting with Wilhelmina on how best to humiliate and degrade him. Poor Daniel. He's getting screwed in both time lines. No pun intended because the next thing we find out? Betty and Daniel slept together. Gasp! I can actually deal with this happening if this alternate reality is as close as that plot gets to existing.
Betty wakes up and realizes she's a beautiful person on the inside. Yay! Sunshine moment. Thinking Wilhelmina is still plotting against Daniel in this reality she rushes off to be a hero. Bahahaha! Betty rips off Wilhelmina's clothes in search of the million dollar bra. Oh my gosh, Willie's "WHAT THE HELL!?" reaction is seriously the best thing ever. That was amazing. She shrugs it off and makes a fashion statement out of it. Willie and Amanda really love any opportunity to show off their bods. Betty lands with her braces stuck to the bra and the only way out is to take her braces off. Yay! Betty isn't and never was ugly. You go girl. "Your smile will no longer induce seizures in children." -Best line of the night.
The ending is really sweet with Betty's family presenting her with a dinner full of foods she couldn't eat with her braces. Corn and candy apples sound like a good combo. Me watching this show is starting to get a little masochistic. I love it so much that it's paining me to watch it knowing ABC made a huge mistake. But I can't dwell on that because the preview for next week looks AWESOME. I spy a couple familiar faces that make me super excited.
