UGLY BETTY: SOFIA'S CHOICE (TV)
Summary
One in this comedy-drama series about Betty Suarez, a young Queens woman trying to make it in the fashion industry despite her unglamorous appearance.
In this episode, Betty urgently tries -- and fails -- to break onto the "Rise and Shine America" set to speak with Daniel. Then, the show flashes back twenty-four hours, as Daniel and Sofia enjoy breakfast together, with him wondering if they need to follow her much-publicized "steps of love." Meanwhile, Betty begins work as Sofia's assistant at MYW. On her first day she meets Ruthie, an editorial assistant who dresses and acts like Betty. Also, Wilhelmina and Ted LeBeau's relationship heats up, with Wilhelmina consequently arriving at the office in jeans -- and being pleasant to staffers. Meanwhile, Ignacio gets grilled by an immigration department worker, causing him to ask for a new case worker.
For Betty's first assignment, Sofia asks her to write a story about her "fish out of water" experience at Mode. Betty begrudgingly returns to the Mode offices, trying to get quotes for her story from past co-workers Marc, Amanda, Christina, and Daniel. While there, Betty informs Daniel that Sofia fears that he may be having second thoughts about their relationship, which is far from the truth. However, later that day Betty sees Sofia on the street acting overly friendly and giving some cash to another man -- her ex-boyfriend Hunter -- outside a male strip club. That night, Daniel takes Sofia to dinner with his parents. Meanwhile, Betty and Christina visit the strip club, trying to get the full story on Hunter's relationship with Sofia. At the same time, Daniel is proposing to Sofia. Meanwhile, Ted decides that he must leave Wilhelmina to try and fix things with his wife.
The next morning, Wilhelmina returns to the office as the dragon lady once again, much to Marc's delight. Downstairs, Sofia confronts Betty about having questioned Hunter the previous night. However, Betty soon learns that Sofia has been scamming Daniel the whole time, trying to get Daniel to propose to her in under sixty days in order to have a great cover story. Now, the narrative returns to where it began, with Betty trying to break onto the "Rise and Shine America" set to alert Daniel and expose Sofia. However, Sofia takes matters into her own hands, shocking the entire city and Meade organization. As Ignacio tries to make peace with his case worker, Betty realizes that she fits in better at Mode than at MYW, tendering her resignation to Sofia. Finally, as Amanda takes her own form of revenge on Sofia, Betty learns that Daniel has disappeared. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: January 11, 2007 Thursday 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:59:53
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:90638
- GENRE: Comedy; Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; Drama; LGBT Collection; Hispanic Americans
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 2006-2010
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - "Charlotte's Web" motion picture
- TV - Commercials - "Employee of the Month" motion picture
- TV - Commercials - "Freedom Writers" motion picture
- TV - Commercials - "Night at the Museum" motion picture
- TV - Commercials - America's Milk Processors
- TV - Commercials - Calvin Klein clothing
- TV - Commercials - Carnival cruise lines
- TV - Commercials - Children's Motrin cold medicines
- TV - Commercials - Children's Tylenol cold medicines
- TV - Commercials - Citi financial
- TV - Commercials - Crest Whitestrips teeth whitening
- TV - Commercials - Degree antiperspirants
- TV - Commercials - Domino's pizza
- TV - Commercials - GNC health stores
- TV - Commercials - H&R Block tax experts
- TV - Commercials - Herbal Essences hair care
- TV - Commercials - Hyundai automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Journey Diamond Jewelry
- TV - Commercials - Kellogg's Raisin Bran Crunch cereal
- TV - Commercials - Lays potato chips
- TV - Commercials - Make a Wish foundation
- TV - Commercials - Match.com dating service
- TV - Commercials - McDonald's restaurants
- TV - Commercials - Nissan automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Olive Garden restaurants
- TV - Commercials - Papa John's pizza
- TV - Commercials - Pepto-Bismol Max digestive aid
- TV - Commercials - Take Pride in America foundation
- TV - Commercials - The Foundation for a Better Life
- TV - Commercials - Weight Watchers diet centers
- TV - Commercials - Will Rogers Institute for exercise
- TV - Promos - "Brothers and Sisters"
- TV - Promos - "Desperate Housewives"
- TV - Promos - "Extreme Makeover Home Edition"
- TV - Promos - "Good Morning America"
- TV - Promos - "Grey's Anatomy"
- TV - Promos - "Men in Trees"
- TV - Promos - "The Knights of Prosperity"
- TV - Promos - "Wife Swap"
CREDITS
- Silvio Horta … Executive Producer, Developed by, Writer
- James Hayman … Executive Producer, Director
- Ben Silverman … Executive Producer
- Salma Hayek … Executive Producer
- Jose Tamez … Executive Producer
- James Parriott … Executive Producer
- Marco Pennette … Co-Executive Producer
- Sheila Lawrence … Co-Executive Producer
- Oliver Goldstick … Co-Executive Producer
- Teri Weinberg … Co-Executive Producer
- Alice West … Co-Executive Producer
- Gabrielle Stanton … Supervising Producer
- Harry Werksman … Supervising Producer
- Cameron Litvack … Co-Producer
- Jack Philbrick … Co-Producer
- Jeremy Beim … Associate Producer
- Donald Todd … Production (Misc.), Consulting Producer
- Fernando Gaitan … Based on the series "Betty La Fea" created by
- Jeff Beal … Music by
- America Ferrera … Cast, Betty Suarez
- Eric Mabius … Cast, Daniel Meade
- Alan Dale … Cast, Bradford Meade
- Tony Plana … Cast, Ignacio Suarez
- Ana Ortiz … Cast, Hilda Suarez
- Ashley Jensen … Cast, Christina McKinney
- Becki Newton … Cast, Amanda Tanen, Ruthie
- Mark Indelicato … Cast, Justin Suarez
- Vanessa Williams … Cast, Wilhelmina Slater
- Salma Hayek … Cast, Sofia
- Michael Urie … Cast, Marc St. James
- Kevin Sussman … Cast, Walter
- Judith Light … Cast, Claire Meade
- Brett Cullen … Cast, Ted LeBeau
- Teddy Sears … Cast, Hunter
- Octavia Spencer … Cast, Constance Grady
- Lisa K. Wyatt … Cast, Janet
- Elizabeth Payne Payne … Cast, Masked Lady
- Andi Matheny … Cast, Female Anchor
- Nolan North … Cast, Male Anchor
- Kurt David Anderson … Cast, Production Assistant
- Justin Scot … Cast, Editorial Assistant
- Lorin Shapiro … Cast, Jersey Bachelorette
- Blumes Tracy … Cast, Male Stripper