Betty works overtime to get the attention of her cute neighbor, struggling musician Jesse (guest star Val Emmich). Meanwhile, Betty’s life gets even more complicated when a maxed out and suddenly homeless Amanda becomes her temporary roommate. And in other Mode developments, Marc vacillates when Cliff (guest star David Blue) wants them to move in together.

This should be a good one! Join us at 8/7c .

As usual, I’ll put a transcript after the jump, when I can.

Transcript:

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America pretty much plays the politician throughout most of the interview, giving very generic answers, but at the end, she gives a hint about what will happen with the Val Emmich character. Her words: the relationship will be “pretty one-sided”. Say, didn’t someone I know suggest just that this summer?

Ferrera also mentioned one of my main complaints about season 2, that Betty “gets more play than a supermodel”. Does she read UBN? I don’t know, but it’s good to know that the producers are going to go in a new direction.

Note: we’ll be live blogging the episode tonight (I’ll post it soon), so be here at 8/7c, andn catch all the reaction. Happy Premiere Day!

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EW’s Ausiello has a little spoiler-ish review of the first two episodes of season 3 of Ugly Betty:

Question: Any major scoop on Ugly Betty? — Mitchell
Ausiello: This just in: The show’s first two episodes don’t suck. Far from it, in fact. After last May’s disappointing finale, and news of further behind-the-scenes changes, I feared the worst was yet to come for Betty. But I’m relieved to report that tomorrow’s season premiere, and next week’s second episode, are home runs. My favorite moments: Betty’s initial run-in with new love interest Val Emmich (click here for America Ferrera’s take on Betty’s new beau); Amanda and Marc’s reaction upon meeting Eddie Cibrian for the first time; every word that comes out of Ana Ortiz’s comically blessed mouth; and the look on Betty’s face as she attempts to inject Botox into Wilhelmina’s face. I should also point out that by the end of the next week’s eppy, the fate of a pivotal character hangs in the balance.

This isn’t heavily spoiler-filled (we roughly knew most of these things would happen), but there are some details that are intriguing.

Amanda and Marc’s reaction when they meet Coach Diaz is going to be hilarious! I wonder which one will drool more.

Ausiello calls Val Emmich “Betty’s new beau”. Oh, well. I was kind of hoping Betty wouldn’t jump right into another relationship, no matter how cute Emmich is. But, maybe the writers will handle this one differently, or maybe Ausiello is yanking our chain.

Betty giving Wilhelmina botox injections (HA!) will most likely be in episode 3.02 (Filing For the Enemy). Dang, that’s going to be funny.

And, I’m guessing the teaser at the end (fate of a character in the balance) is either Alexis, Stuart, or DJ. My guess is Alexis. That would fit in the the mysterious spoilers posted earlier in the summer by EOnline’s Kristin.

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