I really hope it doesn’t get cancelled, it needs to go on!!

I noticed that the press release for this episode, along with ABC’s website, all gave the name of Hamish Linklater’s character as Evan York, but in the episode they changed it to Evan Grant. I am assuming it is because they found out about a real Evan York who has a clothing line in Los Angeles: http://www.yorkclothing.com/

To answer your question about ratings, I know online views don’t count toward ratings, but I’m sure ABC knows how many views Ugly Betty gets off its site- they probably don’t get Hulu’s numbers. As for DVRs, I think only same-day viewing gets counted. Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I think that if you record the show and watch it on Friday, it gets counted, but not if you watch it on Saturday or later? Which doesn’t solve the problem, since most people miss Ugly Betty on Friday because they go out Friday night and can only watch it at the earliest on Saturday.

I wasn’t necessarily on Matt’s “side”, but I did empathize with him more than I did Betty in the first couple of episodes, just because of how much Betty hurt him and how he gave her many chances to come clean to him. (Though yes, he was definitely acting immature and like a hypocrite.) This episode softened me towards him more. I’m not sure they’re going to pair Matt with Betty again, but it’d be interesting to see them tackle issues like trust. Honestly, I just want Betty to have a happy, normal, stable relationship for a while (and NOT fall for someone else while in it) and have her problems occur in other parts of her life.

I’m trying to recruit people who I know watched the show, but stopped watching it during/after Season 2, by explaining to them just how great Season 4 is so far. A couple of them watched the premiere and are now going to watch the rest of the season, yay! I think word just needs to spread that this season is great and people are missing out by not watching. It’s a shame…the show deserves much more support than it’s getting right now from viewers and ABC.

Has anyone read the lastest Letter from the Editor on ABC.com?? It’s hilarious!

I didn’t like the episode that much because there weren’t enough Detty scenes .Liked the scene with Claire , Daniel and Betty at the end.Daniel was definetely giving Betty one of those looks that had nothing brotherly about it.lol

- Daniel and Natalie: I thought that the actress who played Natalie was very good- much better than I thought she would be. I don’t think she’ll actually be a romantic interest for Daniel. Rather, I think that she’ll be bad news for him since I just read the episode synopsis for episode 4.08 (Backseat Betty), and it says that Daniel will be lured deeper into the clutches of the cult through the influence of Natalie and the cult’s leader. I’m still not sure about the secret that she has that pities her against Betty, but if anything is bad news for Betty, then it usually is bad news for Daniel too. I did love their scenes together in this episode and the scene where Daniel talks to Molly was very touching. I think that she’s just a character that can initially help Daniel through the grieving process (rather than Betty since she’s so busy with her work) and who will assist in Daniel’s plotline for the first half of the season until Claire’s plotline comes into light which will probably involve Daniel heavily.

Betty: I thought that this was the first episode where I could look at her and take her seriously. I honestly loved, loved the dress that she was wearing at the end of the episode. I thought that Betty acted a bit immature during the dinner that she had with the big designer, but she came across strong when she had that conversation with Matt at the end and also when she admitted in a strong way (not in a pathetic, whinny way that she did in Season 3) that she had failed when she was talking to Daniel and Claire.

Marc: He was hilarious in this episode and his yellow outfit reminded me of Jim Carey’s character in the movie THE MASK. I think that his anger is justified since if I had worked so hard to become a editor and then was shoved aside for the position in favor of someone who wasn’t as capable as I was, I would be angry too. Even though I personally wouldn’t take revenge on anyone, it suited Marc very well.

Amanda: She was great in this episode as well and I loved how she stood up to Marc in the end. I think that she’s trying to scheme to get Matt, but when she told Betty to move on from Matt so that she could possibly latch onto Matt, she didn’t even show the slightest bit of remorse. She knew how much Betty cared for Matt and after the friendship that they built during the last season, I would think that she would feel a bit more remorseful for trying to get Matt for herself. That’s why I’m a bit confused and uncertain as to whether she really is the 3rd party in the Bahamas love triangle.

Hilda: Hilda was just being Hilda in this episode and I loved it! Some people said that she pretty much ruined everything for Betty, but that’s what her character does best!

Wilhelmina and Connor: After the episode, I was left more confused than ever about where their relationship is heading and what role he will play later on (I think he shows up in a later episode also), but I love how he has the ability to leave Wilhelmina all confused and unsettled. Very few people in the show are able to do that to the character. The kiss was amazing!

Quick question: In discussions, I have been hearing that most people record Ugly Betty on Friday night and watch it on the weekend or they watch it online during the weekend. Do either of those forms of watching the show get factored into the total ratings for the show? For Friday nights, especially, I would think that those two forms of watching the show would be taken into account. Personally, I watch the show on Friday nights and then I watch it online at ABC.com on Saturday. I know that on Hulu, the episode was among the most popular show being watched and I don’t know if Hulu is even taken into account in the ratings as well since it might just be looked at as another site that offers the episodes for free. Just to be safe, I usually just watch it on the official ABC website and I encourage everyone to do so.