Ugly Betty

Betty Suarez is smart, sweet and hard working. The only problem is that she's not thin and beautiful like all her coworkers at Mode, the high-fashion magazine where she works. The only reason the publisher hired her to be his son's secretary, is that he thought Betty was someone who Daniel would never sleep with. Betty's hard work and determination earns Daniel's respect, as she helps him find his way through the shark infested waters of the fashion industry. Ugly Betty is based on a Colombian telenovela "Yo Soy Betty La Fea".

Cast

• America Ferrera
• Eric Mabius
• Tony Plana
• Judith Light
• Ana Ortiz
• Ashley Jensen
• Becki Newton
• Mark Indelicato
• Vanessa Williams
• Alan Dale
• Michael Urie
• Rebecca Romijn
• Jian
• Christopher Gorham

• Season 1
• Episode 1: Pilot
  Marc St. James: This is Mode, not... Dog Fancy...
• Episode 2: The Box and the Bunny
  Betty Suarez: You can take my bunny but you can't take my spirit!...
• Episode 3: Queens for a Day
  Vincent Bianchi: How about Mrs. Rodriguez? Does she still teach there?::Amanda: I'm going to say... ...
• Episode 4: Fey's Sleigh Ride
  Justin: It's like Top Model... except none of the girls are crying....
• Episode 5: The Lyin', the Watch and the Wardrobe
  Christina: So go on and flit! Flit!::Betty Suarez: What?::Christina: Flit, it's what butterflies do....
• Episode 6: Trust, Lust and Must
  Marc: [Dressed up as Betty] Ho-la! Happy Halloween!...
• Episode 7: After Hours
  Hilda: Guess who's coming over for Thanksgiving dinner?::Justin: Martha Stewart? I won the contest?...
• Episode 8: Four Thanksgivings and a Funeral
  Justin Suarez: Look Mom, I'm the Phantom of the Opera!...
• Episode 9: Lose the Boss?
  Wilhelmina Slater: Who on this staff would be willing to eat something that is 15 grams of fat per s...
• Episode 10: Fake Plastic Snow
  [Betty is leaving for a new job and Amanda is trying to get Betty's position as Daniel's assistant]:...
• Episode 11: Swag
  [Sitting on Santa's lap]::Christina: A heart for Wilhelmina, courage for Mark, and a brain for Amand...
• Episode 12: Sofia's Choice
  Amanda: You showed up on a daily basis looking like a yard sale. Didn't even care. It's like you wer...
• Episode 13: In or Out
  Betty Suarez: Now, can we discuss this Cheeto tan?::Daniel Meade: What? I was supposed to be in Rio ...
• Episode 14: I'm Coming Out
  Hilda Suarez: Oprah told me that I need to take control of my life. And then Dr. Phil told me that I...
• Episode 15: Brothers
  [after hearing Betty's ringtone of "La Cucaracha" on an incoming call]::Claire Meade: I didn't pass ...
• Episode 16: Derailed
  Hilda Suarez: Justin, don't dance near that man with his hand under his coat!...
• Episode 17: Icing on the Cake
  Ignacio Suarez: Mrs. Mead, what do you take in your coffee?::Claire Meade: Vodka and ice, hold the c...
• Episode 18: Don't Ask, Don't Tell
  Mrs. Weiner: Hello, Amanda.::Amanda Tanen: Hi, Mamma Weiner.::Mrs. Weiner: Dear, I hate to be rude, ...
• Episode 19: Punch Out
  [Betty has been obsessed with Daniel lately]::Daniel Meade: Listen! I don't need a babysitter or a b...
• Episode 20: Petra-Gate
  [after Betty ruined her chance ousting Daniel from MODE]::Alexis Meade: [angrily] You should ask for...
• Episode 21: Secretaries Day
  Amanda Tanner: It's about to get nerd nasty....
• Episode 22: A Tree Grows in Guadalajara
  Betty Suarez: [to her relatives] Yo soy muy embarazada.::Ignacio Suarez: [to Betty] You just told th...
• Episode 23: East Side Story
  Diane: You are SUCH a chick flick! I would totally pay twelve dollars to see you....
• Season 2
• Episode 1: How Betty Got Her Grieve Back
  After so many sad events in Betty's life, she can't seem to get her life into perspective. She denie...
• Episode 2: Family/Affair
  Marc St. James: This is embarrassing! AJ, you were assigned number six on Shakira's rider; read that...
• Episode 3: Betty's Wait Problem
  [Amanda is about to show Daniel the DNA test]::Amanda Tanen: You know, even if this does come out po...
• Episode 4: Grin and Bear It
  Professor Barrett: [after hearing Betty read the graphic account of a Bear attack] [addressing the w...
• Episode 5: A League of Their Own
  Cliff: Maybe we could grab a beer before?::Marc St. James: Sure, if by 'beer' you mean 'Appletini'....
• Episode 6: Something Wicked This Way Comes
  Betty Suarez: [via text messsage] You're about to hear a cough. That's me saying hello.::Henry: [via...
• Episode 7: A Nice Day for a Posh Wedding
  Ignacio is slated to become a citizen but Betty may not attend the ceremony because she and her Dad ...
• Episode 8: I See Me, I.C.U.
  Ignacio Suarez: Betty? Who the hell are you?::Yoga: Uh... Cable company.::Claire Meade: The cable co...
• Episode 9: Giving up the Ghost
  [Claire just tripped Wilhelmina, sending her into Bradford's grave]::Claire Meade: Motion to termina...
• Episode 10: Bananas for Betty
  Daniel Meade: Mom, didn't Dad used to call me 'My Daniel'?::Alexis Meade: Maybe he called you 'My Du...
• Episode 11: Zero Worship
  USA...
• Episode 12: Odor in the Court
  Giovanni 'Gio' Rossi: [nods] Egg salad, shoulda known, it travels well....
• Episode 13: A Thousand Words by Friday
  Giovanni 'Gio' Rossi: So, did you hear? Phil Roth is in the house!::Betty Suarez: Oh! You know who P...
• Episode 14: Twenty-Four Candles
  Gio: Sorry, not quite the birthday you imagined, huh?::Betty Suarez: It's my own fault. I had this s...
• Episode 15: Burning Questions
  Christian Siriano: The House of Siriano has arrived. Worship me bitches....
• Episode 16: Betty's Baby Bump
  Betty Suarez: What? Something to say?::Charlie: No, I think my water just broke....
• Episode 17: The Kids Are Alright
  Gio: You frenched me, Suarez. You frenched me good....
• Episode 18: Jump
  Wilhelmina Slater: [to Daniel] You're no longer Editor-In-Chief at Mode. I am!...
• Season 3
• Episode 1: The Manhattan Project
  [after Betty is taken away by the police for fighting Kimmie]::Kimmie: How did you like that, Ugly B...
• Episode 2: Filing for the Enemy
  [Daniel is back as Editor-In-Chief at Mode]::Daniel Meade: So, do you want to come back?::Betty Suar...
• Episode 3: Crimes of Fashion
  Amanda Tanen: [on phone] If I can't pay my bill, then I can't pay my rent, and if I can't pay my ren...
• Episode 4: Betty Suarez Land
  Giovanni 'Gio' Rossi: You always do this to me. Right when I think I'm out you pull me right back in...
• Episode 5: Granny Pants
  Betty's high school nemesis Kimmie comes to ask Betty for help getting a job at Mode. Unfortunately ...
• Episode 6: Ugly Berry
  Wilhelmina Slater: Do you have some kind of death wish?...
• Episode 7: Crush'd
  Wilhelmina Slater: Sorry, I sometimes blackmail people when I'm nervous....
• Episode 8: Tornado Girl
  USA...
• Episode 9: When Betty Met YETI
  Hilda Suarez: You got to take every advantage you get in this life. When I go to the butcher shop, I...
• Episode 10: Bad Amanda
  USA...
• Episode 11: Dress for Success
  USA...
• Episode 12: Sisters on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
  USA...
• Episode 13: Kissed Off
  USA...
• Episode 14: The Courtship of Betty's Father
  USA...
• Episode 15: There's No Place Like Mode
  Betty Suarez: And so I learned about how you grew up behind the iron curtain, dreaming of a life on ...
• Episode 16: Things Fall Apart
  The title references 'Chinua Achebe' (qv)'s novel 'Things Fall Apart'....
• Episode 17: Sugar Daddy
  RAT:1.78 : 1...
• Episode 18: A Mother of a Problem
  RAT:1.78 : 1...
• Episode 19: The Sex Issue
  Marc St. James: Come on! He is totally hot! He looks like Taye Diggs.::Wilhelmina Slater: What is it...
• Episode 20: Rabbit Test
  USA:30 April 2009...
• Episode 21: The Born Identity
  Canada:7 May 2009...
• Episode 22: In the Stars
  USA:14 May 2009...
• Episode 23: Curveball
  'Bernadette Peters' (qv) played the witch in the 1987 and 1997 Broadway productions of 'Stephen Sond...
• Episode 24: The Fall Issue
  USA:21 May 2009...
• Season 4
• Episode 1: The Butterfly Effect: Part 1
  Betty Suarez: I don't think I've ever seen a butterfly come out of it's cocoon before.::Olivia: Ever...
• Episode 2: The Butterfly Effect: Part 2
  USA...
• Episode 3: Blue on Blue
  Betty fires on all cylinders to get a big scoop with Gucci's new designer, Evan York, with the help ...
• Episode 4: The Wiener, the Bun and the Boob
  Betty is overwhelmed with her editorial work, so Wilhemina assigns Marc to be Betty's temporary assi...
• Episode 5: Plus None
  Matt asks someone else to be his "plus one" at Wilhemina's fund-raiser for Tibetan orphans, and Dani...
• Episode 6: Backseat Betty
  USA...
• Episode 7: Level (7) with Me
  Daniel lets the leaders from the Community of the Phoenix call the shots at Mode, and Bennett's prom...
• Episode 8: The Bahamas Triangle
  In the steamy Bahamas, the love triangle between Betty, Matt and Amanda explodes, and romantic pairi...
• Episode 9: Be-Shure
  Against the backdrop of Ignacio's multi-culti holiday dinner that he prepares for his new flame Jean...
• Episode 10: The Passion of the Betty
  When Betty becomes concerned that she and Matt are spending too much time together, she tries to giv...
• Episode 11: Back in Her Place
  Betty Suarez: I've had to say goodbye more times than I would have liked, but everyone can say that....
• Episode 12: Blackout!
  Betty tries to be neighborly by planning a karaoke party in her apartment building, but before the b...
• Episode 13: Chica and the Man
  Betty Suarez: Hey Amanda, will you hold all my calls? Diego and Victoria are going to be here in 42 ...
• Episode 14: Smokin' Hot
  Wilhemina marginalizes Betty during Fashion Week but Daniel intercedes, and she's assigned to cover ...
• Episode 15: Fire and Nice
  To speed along the investigation into her house fire, Betty is pressured to date an annoying fireman...
• Episode 16: All the World's a Stage
  Austin: [to Justin] Hey, what are you doing, I thought we were gonna hang out?::Justin Suarez: You g...
• Episode 17: Million Dollar Smile
  Betty is thrilled to get her braces off, courtesy of her chatty new orthodontist, Dr. Frankel. But b...
• Episode 18: London Calling
  Betty gets an assignment to cover London Fashion Week, accompanied by Amanda, and she brings Hilda a...
• Episode 19: The Past Presents the Future
  Justin Suarez: I'm going to meet Austin.::Hilda Suarez: Where are you going?::Justin Suarez: Nowhere...
• Episode 20: Hello Goodbye
  Claire Meade: [to Daniel] If you are having such a hard time with her leaving, you need to give her ...