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Ugly Betty “Four Thanksgivings and a Funeral” – Review

Is he still a himbo? I hadn’t noticed. After writing “Queens for a Day,” Marco Pennette returns for his second of six episodes, the same number of episodes he’ll go on to write for Desperate Housewives. Director Sarah Pia Anderson makes her only appearance…

Ugly Betty “After Hours” – Review

Daniel, some of them do. The first episode to be written by this season’s story editor, Dailyn Rodriguez, makes one of two appearances as a writer for Ugly Betty before moving on to other projects. Including an adaptation of Meg Medina’s 2013…

Ugly Betty “Trust, Lust and Must” – Review

Hot damn, what are they paying nurses with in Telenovelas, blood diamonds? Directed by Jamie Babbit, she’s known for directing a few things even recently, like Only Murders in the Building, My Lady Jane, and Awkwafina is Nora from Queens, but also…

Ugly Betty “The Lyin’, the Watch and the Wardrobe” – Review

Happy Halloween… I wrote this in June. Directed by Rodman Flender, I’ll admit that it is difficult to say he’s known for a lot of work. Flender (Bender’s flan-based cousin) does two episodes of Ugly Betty, an episode of Gilmore Girls, Dawson’s…

Ugly Betty “Fey’s Sleigh Ride” – Review

Invasion, insurgency, Iraq, Iran, all these words I totally associate with the holly, jolly time of Christmas. Written by season 2-4 of Gilmore Girls producer and writer, as well as Ugly Betty producer, Shelia Lawrence, this is the first of her 11…

Ugly Betty “Queens for a Day” – Review

I see we’re playing the pronoun game; he, him, his. Directed by James Hayman, we’ve got our first long-term director and long-term producer outside of the show’s showrunner and one-offs. Hayman is probably best known for directing quite a few episodes of…

Ugly Betty “The Box and the Bunny” – Review

So the show begins properly now. Once again written by showrunner Silvio Horta, and edited by Queen of the South showrunner, as well as season 1 writer and script editor, Dailyn Rodriguez. Directed by Sheree Folkson in her only directorial work for…

Ugly Betty “Pilot” – Review

US adaptations are always a struggle, just look at the difference between seasons 1 and 2 of The Office. Written by the showrunner and the guy who developed the show into this adaptation, Silvio Horta, I’d be pressed to say Horta saw…

SNW “New Life and New Civilizations” – Review

For those that come after. Directed by Maja Vrvilo, Vrvilo is best known for episode 17 of Limitless, the first of Short Treks, two of Picard, two of Discovery, two previous episodes of Strange New Worlds, as well as two from The…

SNW “Terrarium” – Review

Pah-wraiths! Pah-wraiths! Pah-wraiths! Ahh, spoil sports. In his directorial debut, Andrew Coutts takes the helm, commanding the Strange New Worlds penultimate episode for season three. It isn’t Coutts first foray with Strange New Worlds or even Star Trek, though. He was previously…