The last three Season 4, Ugly Betty episodes, 7, 8 and 9, have been hilarious, witty, and entertaining–which is what we expect from Ugly Betty.

For anyone who has lost someone, the 7Th episode of Ugly Betty can be very nerve-striking. The episode was not as good as the past episodes but still was good entertainment.

“Level (7) with me” follows Daniel Meed (Eric Mabius)’s grieving process dealing with his dead wife. Even Betty’s (America Ferrera) memory of her mom is touched on.

The individual who heads the cult-like organization Daniel sees for support with Molly’s death turns out to be more interested in using Daniel’s status to further his organizations publicity. As such, he dopes Daniel to allow him to communicate with his dead wife. The man even almost has Betty fooled when he indicates to her that she hates herself for forgetting her mother’s memory. For a moment, this almost psychic experience throws of Betty on her mission to save Daniel from the cult. You know what would throw me off, the sexy man that Betty is ushered out by–the usher, a random uncredited cutie, Colin, in the episode is below…he’s so sexy!

Ultimately, though Betty is successful talking to Daniel, by posing as his dead wife while Daniel is hallucinating. She converses with Daniel on the behalf of his dead wife and tells him to move on by saying Goodbye to a loved one.

How is it easy to relate to?

Well, while I do not think one should completely forget their loved ones and I understand that the grieving process is personal to everyone, it is important to not make one’s own situation and health deteriorate in grieving. Essentially, one needs to question would their loved one appreciate them going insane or ill over their death. Of course not! This episode reminds us all that death and loss is something everyone experiences.

When rescuing Daniel, Betty’s Coworker and show-regular Amanda and his mother Claire accidentally walk into a situation where a grieving group joins. In an effort to not stick out like a sore thumb and be caught in the wrong place, they Amanda and Claire pretend they are actually their for some grief group-therapy. Hence, Amanda talks about loosing her mother, who was murdered by Claire. Amanda’s side is shown when she forgives Claire but says she wished she had known her mother before her demise.

While Claire is working to find her son (secretly at this point), Wilhelmina’s daughter tries to extort money from her own mother. The suspense-filled episode continued with Wilhelmina (Vanessa William)’s attempt at dealing with her daughter Nico’s situation; the usually conniving Vanessa’s conniving brood is actually misleading her mother into giving her and her ‘boyfriend’ money by pretending like she has murdered and now is being blackmailed. Mark, Wilhelmina’s gay assistant catches Wilhelmina’s daughter talking about the extortion plans to the blackmailer and tries to dissuade Wilhelmina from helping Nico (her daughter). While Wilhelmina’s personality is normally bitchy and heartless, she still believes more in her daughter and gives her the benefit of the doubt, but eventually discovers her brood is just as conniving as she is. Fortunately, the daughter is not lucky enough to take advantage of Wilhelmina.

This was a fun episode with a lot of funny lines. Some include:

“Prada help me!” is what hysterical Mark says when disposing Wilhelmina’s fashion-faux-pas casual wear. Its even more funny when Mark has an orgasmic experience with a pair of Wilhelmina’s comfort-first, fashion-second shoes: he jokes “I don’t wanna know this,” attesting to George Orwell’s 1984 law, ignorance is bliss…Mark should have remained fashion forward even if it may be painful to walk in stilettos, without much thought of the alternative…comfy crocks.

It also makes me laugh when Amanda asks for “spare” bail money as if its like a casual can I have a quarter to make a phone call. “um, uh, could either of you spare some bail money”. lol

Lastly, its also cute when Wilhelmina gloats that her safe deposit locker’s combination is her body measurements: 36 – 24 – 36 ; fierce!

The episode kept me interested but it wasn’t the funnest episode.

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Season fours episode 8, entitled Bahamas Triangle is about several triangles, including ‘Betty, Matt, Amanda’, ‘Hilda, Archie, Bobby’ and you could say ‘Conner, Wilhelmina, and Wilhelmina’s career.

The episode features the beautiful Shakira and takes place in the Bahamas, and a lot of the cast even went to the Bahamas, including the love triangles above, and Marc, and of course Conner ’showed’ up in the Bahamas, clearly having staged his death.

This episode had a lot of sex, their was a rotating love scene, between Amanda and Daniel, who finally appreciates her for her intelligence, Matt and Betty, Conner and Wilhelmina, even the fellow gay Marc gets it on with a guy named Troy (who by the way is Amanda’s brother in real life–Becki Newton’s brother Matt Newton). Hilda gets it on back in Queens, with Bobby (Andy Rodriguez).

Unfourtunately, the sexy Conner, gets caught by the FBI, and refuses Wilhelmina to help him, because he doesn’t want her career to suffer as she has done so much for the company. Of course, we find out in the next episode, Conner is much smarter with the whole ‘give me up for your job’ scheme.

Another new thing was the bonding between Mark and Daniel, and in the end Mark was Daniel’s new assistant.

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My desire to move to New York develops with Gossip Girl and even pro-New York music like Alicia Keys’ collaboration with Jay Z, so speaking of New York, Episode 9 of Ugly Betty’s 4Th season starts with Ignacio making dinner preparations and causing quite a stink; Hilda excuses ‘eww’ and opens the window, and exclaims: “eww, it smells worse out there!”. Still, its part of the experience of living in the city or….Queens? Well, it’s quite okay I’m okay with living in Queens…a Queen living in Astoria? my dream. lol

This episode also features a pregnancy scare. Betty’s suspicion of her pregnancy begins when the sweet, sexy man below asks her if she wants a seat, since he thinks she is pregnant.

The pregnancy test purchase at the store segment is hilarious. Apparently, Hilda feels a little ‘pregnant’ too and decides to shop for a pregnancy test at the same time as Betty. Their father happens to be at the store too looking for dinner items, and the daughters panic that he is there as well as the other hermana. It is funniest, when they both hide at the aisle ends and behind them are a whole shelf-filled of pregnancy tests that can be visible from the anti-shop-lifting mirrors.

The pregnancy funnies do not end here; a ‘baby in the oven’ analogy is further used when both Betty and Hilda think they are positive and are trying to have a conversation without their father knowing. Hilda asks did you get ‘burned’. The real funny part comes when not knowing the secret, Ignacio says to Hilda ‘you got burned – that’s what happens when you do not wear a mitt’…this could be interpreted with the analogy as the oven mitt could be analogised as being the condom. How clever- this is what makes this show so witty and fun!

In addition to this, so much other stories unfold….One, Hilda breaks up with Archie when she realises he’s not the one and that Bobby may be the man for her. Second, Matt reveals to Betty, after it is determined that Betty is not actually pregnant, he wouldn’t have minded the ‘pregnancy test’ to have been positive and saw a future together–Betty also agrees.

Third, and yummiest of all, Wilhelmina’s sexy love Conner is back and looks absolutely gorgeous and sexy during the couple’s intimate inmate visitation session. And they successfully scheme to get Wilhelmina reinstated into Mead.

Meanwhile, Claire Meade also has her own child bearing news to deal with; she visits South Dakota, to meet her son. Amanda is sweet again and encourages Claire to go through with the visit, but to dress-down so she doesn’t stick out: “Less ‘money’, more ‘food stamp’- let’s get you a ‘make-under’”. In South Dakota , she has an great experience meeting her love child, who is absolutely sweet…besides leaving a tip she leaves a letter with her full name and address leading her love child deep in thought.

The stud playing Tyler is Neal Bledsoe; he was also on Gossip Girl…exchanged a sexy gay kiss with Chuck Bass: Here’s the gay kiss…Yum!

Speaking of cute gays…

A funny quote made by Mark to his new boss Daniel deserves highlighting: “If it wasn’t for my tiny pores, my tiny brain would have seeped out long ago” said Mark. Again, the lovely wit of the Ugly Betty writers.

Since this was a Christmas episode, lets officially commence Christmas celebrations — Merry Christmas!

Witty, much!….Please Ugly Betty producers…season 5 please!