Category: Movies and TV Reviews

Nothing like having the gays throw you down the stairs, it makes the homewrecking smell fresh. Directed by Victor Nelli Jr, this is the first of Nelli’s run with Ugly Betty, but the show won’t be his last time working with America…

At least this isn’t in the UK, or we’d be talking about the pornography police checking IDs. Directed by Paul Lazarus, this was Lazarus’ only outing after and before directing some dreck: Friends, Baywatch, Murder, She Wrote, and Pretty Little Liars. However, Lazarus…

From one gay speaking up, to one very loud and proud little gay. Directed by Miguel Arteta in his only episode of Ugly Betty, he would also direct “Diwali” from The Office (the good one), Six Feet Under, an episode of Succession,…

A sad pussy, Amanda is a drug and sex addict, Bradford disavows his daughter, Wilhelmina is scheming again, and Marc kisses Betty. Have I missed anything? Oh, and it’s the episode with Patti LuPone. Directed by Tricia Brock, this is only Brock’s…

“I’ve killed once, I’ll kill again,” do we count that as bury your gays?. For his one and only episode of Ugly Betty, Jeff Melman directs the 17th episode. Melman has done a lot of directorial work, including Community, Grey’s Anatomy, Desperate…

“You’re not here to stitch, you’re here to snitch… [continued by Marc] she needs information, bitch!” Finally, a Christina and Justin-focused episode, I’m all here for it! Directed by James Hayman, it is kind of upsetting me how quickly we’re getting through…

“Scandal, and sex change, and murder – oh my!” thanks Tim, that opening line sums up Ugly Betty as a whole. Misgivings about the title aside, series-long producer Sheila Lawrence takes her second credit following the wonderful “Fey’s Sleigh Ride” after some…

“I want the world to know” that I love this goddamn show. Directed by first-time Ugly Betty director Wendey Stanzler, she’s done a lot before and after Ugly Betty: Desperate Housewives, Monk, Sex and the City, The Vampire Diaries, Glee, Arrowverse, GLOW,…

“Frankly, lady, I don’t know what you look like,” but I do! Oh, I do love her so much. Directed by Michael Spiller, he is probably best known for being a director and producer for The Mindy Project, as well as a…

Ahh yes, that episode to make you feel something rather significant. Written by showrunner and creator Silvio Horta, this is only his third writing credit for his own show, which is good to see sometimes. As I’ve said before, it’s difficult to…