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Here is the long-awaited new installment of the Ugly Betty webisode “Mode After Hours”. It is entitled “Always A Bridesmaid”.
I know some there have been some mixed reviews on this one, but I loved it. Becki Newton really uses these Mode After Hours episodes to give us more comedy besides the one-liners she’s gotten recently on Ugly Betty.
She’s very funny in this one – a little strange – but funny.
Michael Urie plays the straight man, for the most part, and mostly sets up Newton to just go wild with Amanda’s craziness.
The webisode seems to be set sometime late last season while Mode was working on the Wedding Issue (the one that won them a MAMA Award). Amanda is fretting that all the wedding gowns and props at Mode are making her sad that she’ll never marry a rich old man with dimensia (a great Marc line, BTW).
Marc proposes they use the gowns and props on-hand to give Amanda a “wedding”. Marc officiates, and Amanda “marries” a mannequin (“Hunter Farlington”). Yes, it’s creepy, but funny. 
Marc catches the bouquet (with only mannequin competition).
The two then party into the night (in a montage that brings back memories of episode 1.08, Four Thanksgivings and a Funeral).
In a later quiet moment, Marc mourns the fact that he can’t get married in New York, and that he’d have to take a train (a train!) into Massachusetts to get married. Amanda makes a pact with him that in 10 years, if they are both still single, they’ll be each other’s brides.
Amanda then, of course, shows that she totally misses the point of the gay mariage issue. The look on Marc’s face is priceless.
I’m so glad to see this series back!
Ahah I absolutly love this one!
I don’t get it.,.what do you mean, he plays the straight man? Michael Urie plays Marc amazingly, and I especially loved this episode, even more so because of that quiet moment on the end with the reflection of the gay marriage issues currently happening. I think they always have the right mix; mostly comedy, but there’s always some hints at what we can expect to come in future episodes and darker undertones. This episode is one of my favorites.