"Ugly Betty" 2x1

UGLY BETTY 2x1 "How Betty Got Her Grieve Back"

The hooker had her baby kidnapped and now she has tetanus? That's a pretty bad monday.

OMG What a great opening! The first successful show based on a telenovela does a parody of telenovelas. So that was a great start. But the sophomore slumpwatch isn't over yet...

My overall impression is that they're trying to do too much right now. Maybe they had everything pent up over the summer and things will calm a bit, but it seems that they're spreading themselves thin by telling too much story. I suppose it's like the snowball that rolls down the hill gathering speed and mass. It has to crash sometime.

I liked Illeana Douglas' bit, she's always good. I was also surprised they didn't kill off Kevin Allejandro, I guess he's going to do double duty here and on "Shark". at least they've let something lie by putting Rebecca Romjin in a coma.

I'm honestly interested in everything going on, but I just feel like things are thin, especially compared with the early shows last year before they'd built up so many complications. That's the one benefit for the daily soaps, they aren't obligated to deal with every storyline in each episode, where is the weekly nighttime series have never gone that route, that I know of. I think with this show it would actually be a good strategy, but I think it would also freak the viewers out.

I'll not soon give up on this show, but this is the first time I've ever been one of those people whining about how the first season was better. I guess I wouldn't really say anything that drastic yet, but it's just a feeling I have. Que sera sera.

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