About Amanda’s search for her father, Newton says, “From birth, Amanda has been trying to find herself. There’s resolve in the search with who her father is and how she sees herself. She’s made peace.”

I’m glad, because I always thought the story line was a little forced. And I say this as a huge fan of “Gene Simmons is my Daddy”.

Becki addresses the show’s return to its roots. “The heart was always there, but I do love the idea of the show being refocused on Betty,” Newton said. “Seeing everything through Betty’s eyes and including Betty’s point of view has made all the story lines more grounded.”

We’ve seen that the the last few episodes. They’ve just about tied up all the loose ends from the season 2 craziness – I can’t wait to see how it all comes together in season 3.

As far as Amanda’s relationship with Betty, “I think Amanda is secretly in love with Betty. When Betty walks in the office, Amanda perks up. I think Amanda wants to be Betty. Betty never treats Amanda the way Amanda treats Betty. I think Amanda was probably a geek when she was younger and now she’s overcompensating.”

But she knows not to take it too far: “These girls really do exist. Anyone like Amanda is flattered to be imitated. I don’t play her as a joke. Amanda is not a stand-up comic. She’s a real character. When I read the script, I see where I can go over the top. It’s a collaboration to find the middle ground. Maybe do one crazy thing and keep the other stuff more subtle. It really is a balance and something we’ve been finding over two seasons.”

“I never could have predicted where the character has gone”, she says. My favorite thing is when Amanda is just stirring stuff up.”

Ours too, Becki.

BTW, the Herald’s Mark A. Perigard has a not-so-glowing review of tonight’s season finale. We’ll all make our own opinions tonight, but it’s interesting to see what Perigard didn’t find interesting. Read at your own risk, though.

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Well, Kristin from EOnline answers one of my Ugly Betty season finale questions:

Anna in Salt Lake City: I need some Ugly Betty scoop. I am personally a huge fan of a Betty-Gio hookup. Any hints as to when or if that is going to happen? I can tell you that Ugly Betty is taking the Henry-Betty-Gio triangle down to the wire. One of the boys proposes in the finale, and the other one invites her to travel with him. In true TV fashion, at the end of the episode, we have no idea whom she leaves with, and we’ll have to wait until next season to find out. Also, big stuff coming for Daniel in the UB finale. He’ll lose something very important to him, and in a cosmic, karmic exchange, rediscover a part of his life he never knew he had.

So, I guess this means we get the whole summer to discuss the love triangle. Gee, thanks, Silvio Horta.

Seriously, the love triangle between Betty – Henry – Gio is what generates the most heat in Ugly Betty discussion, so I’m not going to complain. It’s all in good fun.

The part with Daniel is what intrigues me. In the latest promo, it’s obvious that Alexis gives Wilhelmina Daniel’s job. I wasn’t expecting that; at the end of episode 2.17, everything at Mode was back to “normal”: Wilhelmina in her old job, Daniel as Editor in Chief. I wasn’t expecting this to happen so soon, but I guess it’s another product of the strike-shortened season.

He’ll [Daniel will] lose something very important to him, and in a cosmic, karmic exchange, rediscover a part of his life he never knew he had.

So, my hope that the boy is Alexis’ will turn out not to be. But, it’ll be interesting to see what the producers do with this next season. Will Daniel grow up a little? I guess we’ll have to tune in and see.

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I love Ignacio’s reaction (pretty much what would be my reaction). I also love Justin’s “I’ll get the recap later” after they start discussing the subject of Betty’s virginity.

Someone said it before, and I’ll say it now: I sense an airport scene cliffhanger. Of course, the show hasn’t moved to NYC yet, so they couldn’t actually film it at JFK, but airports are airports.

What I want to know – is this Henry’s first appearance in the episode? He shows up after a hard breakup, and the first thing he does is gets down on one knee?

We won’t know for sure till next September, but I say Betty’s going to reject them both – one permanently. The other one will still be around, flirting and wooing, but I would guess that Betty will be more independent and most of the drama will focus around work next year. Just reading between the lines of several interviews with the creators of the show.

We’ll see!

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So I was wrong, it isn’t a musical number.

There have always been elements of hit movies in Ugly Betty, (starting, of course, with The Devil Wears Prada), and now I guess it’s time for Mean Girls. THis is pretty funny, and sets up what I hope are going to be some interesting scenes and flashbacks next year. I still think Lohan’s adult character should be obsessed with celebrities.

For the various shippers out there, just wait till you see the next sneak peek…

Thanks to B&B for the clip.

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Most importantly, it would appear that the GioBenry love triangle is going to come to a head in this episode. ABC released the synopsis today, and the hints we’ve had the last few weeks seem to be leading to a major cliff-hanger:

Just as Gio makes Betty an incredibly romantic offer, Henry pops back into her life with a proposal of his own. Meanwhile, Betty finds herself centerfield at the charity softball game of the year: Mode vs. ELLE Magazine. Can Wilhelmina strike out ELLE’s star player, supermodel Naomi Campbell? In other developments, an orphaned boy from France turns up at Mode with an amazing claim, and Hilda learns some shocking news about Coach Diaz.

Also of note to you fashionistas, ELLE Magazine Editors Joe Zee and Robbie Myers will appear as themselves.

This is going to be one humdinger of a season finale. Something tells me that the Lohan appearance will be just an introduction, setting up next year’s 5 episodes. Between the softball game, Naomi Campbell, and the “proposals” to Betty, I have no idea how they’re going to fit it all in!

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