daniels young french son with the supermodel, that wasn’t actually daniels son but alexis’s son aka alex’s son. who was shipped back off to france and nothing ever came of it. like WHAT was the reason??
Why didn't the son's mom think about the possibility of Alexis being the dad and let her and Daniel know about that? Why didn't Alexis, who had sex with the mom during the time frame where she would've gotten pregnant, think to tell Daniel she could potentially be the father??
Betty moving back home after her dad had the heart attack. Her apartment set was so pretty and it just felt like an unnecessary regression. I’m glad she returned to it in Season 4 at least.
Oooh but I loved how in the S3 finale when Daniel was giving a speech he was talking about her but it also applied to Betty. And he imagined Molly standing behind Betty, like past and future. Just wonderful symbolism
I would have been fine with this if it was one of these 2 things:
1. Henry ACTUALLY getting her pregnant, and he leaves without the whole jealous Charlie baby shower debacle.
2. They keep everything the same, and they take out her cheating with the doctor cause wtf.
3. They keep everything the same, but the baby is the doctors and Henry gets to be with Betty
That rich loser boyfriend of hers who just was a series of red flags 🚩
Also, the amnesia that Alexis has. So weird - she was already turning into a better person just let her grow.
Writing the young/child Meade son off so quickly
yes to all of this & heavyyyy on alexis’ amnesia. it was so random and they also kind of backtracked on a lot of the progress she made in her transition? it was super unnecessary.
It really was too
Much. I realize the actress was pregnant and that wouldn’t have made sense for the character and they needed to write her off for a period so a coma was good but they could have stopped at the coma. No amnesia.
Wilhelmina’s sister storyline came out of left field for me in a way that didn’t feel properly executed like the previous dramatic plots I usually eat up
I came here to say this!! They could’ve done so much with his father-son relationship with Justin, especially when Justin kinda came out. I feel like Santos would’ve had amazing chemistry with the Mode team, as well as with the community. Marc and Amanda would’ve gobbled him up if he ever went to Mode to give Betty a message or whatever.
Molly no-last name!!!! She made Connor steal Daniel’s money which brought Matt and his craziness and his father (Satan), then the whole stupid Phoenix cult crap!!!!
Just let the “schoolmarm” die in Connor’s arms and then Wilhelmina can comfort him with hot sex!
Matt was scary with those insane paintings! Have Daniel punch Henry instead;or better yet, when he and Betty were fighting over Daniel giving the dumb accountant a bad reference, they should have started making out with all the heat from their fight!
Yknow, everyone keeps saying Molly but Molly was the set up for Daniel to fall for Betty because Molly showed him a stable love and life was what he needed and that it could be executed, happily. That there was more to life than his job and his social life. That in my opinion truly brought him to Betty.
I think the part I would get rid of would be cult stuff, it didn’t aid in Daniel’s storyline at all. He could’ve grieved really badly even without that story line and they could’ve shown more of him falling for Betty and rethinking his life vs I’d never truly getting that.
I wish that Alexis character had been handled better and that she had some better character growth, I also wish a real trans person would have represented the character.
You have to understand that this was back in 2006 where trans visibility was unheard of back in those days. Gay marriage was illegal back then too. Lol
If anything, Ugly Betty was a show very well ahead of its time based on the progressive viewpoints they touched on such as immigration, LGBT, women attempting to break the glass ceiling, first generation person thriving in the workforce, etc.
Unfortunately it’s a product of its time but I completely agree. I would even say that the vast majority of adults at that time didn’t even know the word “transgender” and usually assumed that someone was crossdressing. Or at least that’s how it was in Texas. Most people didn’t know what being trans was until Caitlyn Jenner.
Same! I wish she had stayed in the show and been more present. She could’ve had a great frenemy dynamic with Marc. And maybe a real rivalry with Amanda.
Betty dating Matt. And her crush on Zachary.
In the pilot, it seemed obvious that the show was setting up Betty and Daniel falling for each other slowly over time while Betty builds her publishing career. Then they gave Betty so many love interests that the show lost that plot. I wish there was more focus on her work and development in romantic tension with Daniel in the later part of the show rather than throwing her together with random, annoying dudes who add little to the plot of the show
Honestly I just watched this for the very first time and I was shocked they put Daniel and Betty together at the end. I didn't see that being built up at all. I always viewed them as having sibling energy.
I somewhat agree about some of the storylines, but at least the writers of Ugly Betty understood character development. Even Marc, Amanda, and Wilhelmina change from beginning to end—and their journey is throughout the show.
The characters on Desperate Housewives were really the same until the very last episode. The prime example is Lynette, who the writers couldn't help but make a meddling, manipulative control freak every single season.
Dannys son not really being his son
Betty never ending up with Gio.
Matt turning out the way he did. I felt he could have been end game for Betty.
Molly dying.
The list goes on
I wish Fayes story would've been better... I thought Wilimina was helping Faye.. but it turned out to be Alexis... Booooo! And Wilimina stealing semen from a dead man... Lol... Omg was too much
The writing off of Wilhelmina’s entire family. They should’ve had at least one constant to fight with Marc. It would’ve made for an interesting dynamic between the family member and Marc. Neeko already had a sort of frenemy situation with him when she called him her mother’s “bitch”. Lol And Renee was cool with Marc, if it weren’t for her trying to get information out of him with those chocolatinis. The senator would’ve been tricky, but he could’ve fit somewhere in there, too.
I feel like I’m on an island here, but I couldn’t stand Gio. He ended being one of those “nice guys” who felt like Betty owed him a relationship. I could have done without his storyline.
The whole cult storyline
Yeaaaah same. It was just so unfitting
It ruined season 4 for me
It ended soon enough for me to at least enjoy the last few episodes lol
Yeah I guess but it still took up too many episodes haha
Oh it definitely overstayed its welcome lol
I think my brain just deleted this on its own. I’ve watched UB at least 4 times & I don’t remember this at all 😂😂😂
Haha lucky you 😂😂
Me neither.. I'm thinking HARD too 😭
🥴😂
I literally watched it 2 days ago and I just never thought about it again until someone mentioned 😂 that plot was so annoying
henry should never have come back after the first break up
Yes! Was gonna post this one. Totally took away from the Gio romance and sadness of the Season 1 finale.
I NEEDED HER TO END UP WITH GIO SO BAD. they were literally made for each other
I was so sad everything was ruined with mat bc of Henry!!!
and then he came back AGAIN in season 4 like this is ridiculous 😭
Ikr i was so sick of henry
Came here to say this
daniels young french son with the supermodel, that wasn’t actually daniels son but alexis’s son aka alex’s son. who was shipped back off to france and nothing ever came of it. like WHAT was the reason??
Didn’t they use that to write off Rebecca Romijn by sending her to France with him?
They did
Thanks! It’s been a minute since I rewatched. And sometimes I forget Google exists.
Oh I wasn’t trying to make you feel bad if I did, I only said yes cause I recently finished watching the show and by recently I mean within the year
no i kinda liked it! it had that telenovela spark i really loved in the show
Exactly my thoughts. Jane the Virgin is even more ridiculous when it comes to that sort of plot line lol
Why didn't the son's mom think about the possibility of Alexis being the dad and let her and Daniel know about that? Why didn't Alexis, who had sex with the mom during the time frame where she would've gotten pregnant, think to tell Daniel she could potentially be the father??
Betty moving back home after her dad had the heart attack. Her apartment set was so pretty and it just felt like an unnecessary regression. I’m glad she returned to it in Season 4 at least.
true but i think it was very authentic to most latino & latina family dynamics
But if didn't make for good TV. Every episode became "how will Betty's family make her feel terrible this week?"
That’s a problem with the writing
Yes. That's what they are saying?
Season 3 writing was pretty bad.
I love her living with her dad!
Molly. It took up too much time and then they didn’t really know how to handle her departure. It didn’t affect Betty or Daniel in the long run
Molly was such a snooze fest for me.
Oooh but I loved how in the S3 finale when Daniel was giving a speech he was talking about her but it also applied to Betty. And he imagined Molly standing behind Betty, like past and future. Just wonderful symbolism
THIS!!
Happy Cake Day
Kimmie Keegan
I hate kimmie.
Henry getting Charlie pregnant
The heartbreak I felt 😭😭😭-
I would have been fine with this if it was one of these 2 things: 1. Henry ACTUALLY getting her pregnant, and he leaves without the whole jealous Charlie baby shower debacle. 2. They keep everything the same, and they take out her cheating with the doctor cause wtf. 3. They keep everything the same, but the baby is the doctors and Henry gets to be with Betty
That rich loser boyfriend of hers who just was a series of red flags 🚩 Also, the amnesia that Alexis has. So weird - she was already turning into a better person just let her grow. Writing the young/child Meade son off so quickly
yes to all of this & heavyyyy on alexis’ amnesia. it was so random and they also kind of backtracked on a lot of the progress she made in her transition? it was super unnecessary.
It really was too Much. I realize the actress was pregnant and that wouldn’t have made sense for the character and they needed to write her off for a period so a coma was good but they could have stopped at the coma. No amnesia.
I didn't really like the time when Daniel was addicted to some drugs
Wilhelmina’s sister storyline came out of left field for me in a way that didn’t feel properly executed like the previous dramatic plots I usually eat up
I agree. I thought they brought her on to have her as a regular and it was just in and out. It did upset me.
Santos murder 🥲
ngl tho that did provide the hauntingly good s2 ep1 twist
It kills me every time. Hilda’s love life was crazy every season
It breaks my heart, but those last 4 minutes of season 1 were some of the best TV I've seen in quite some time.
I came here to say this!! They could’ve done so much with his father-son relationship with Justin, especially when Justin kinda came out. I feel like Santos would’ve had amazing chemistry with the Mode team, as well as with the community. Marc and Amanda would’ve gobbled him up if he ever went to Mode to give Betty a message or whatever.
So true!!
Most of Betty’s romances.
I found them the worst part about the show tbh
Same
The Cult. Boring.
Alexis Meade leaving, I know she’s not everyone’s favorites but I love her
Henry’s baby 😭
Nah this would have made Betty x Henry too easy lol
Agree but the baby shouldn’t* have been his lol
Lol do you mean shouldn’t have?
Shouldn’t* yes thank you😂
charlie being pregnant w henry’s baby. ik that’s such an easy match for betty and henry but the writers could’ve written him out eventually
Molly no-last name!!!! She made Connor steal Daniel’s money which brought Matt and his craziness and his father (Satan), then the whole stupid Phoenix cult crap!!!! Just let the “schoolmarm” die in Connor’s arms and then Wilhelmina can comfort him with hot sex! Matt was scary with those insane paintings! Have Daniel punch Henry instead;or better yet, when he and Betty were fighting over Daniel giving the dumb accountant a bad reference, they should have started making out with all the heat from their fight!
Yknow, everyone keeps saying Molly but Molly was the set up for Daniel to fall for Betty because Molly showed him a stable love and life was what he needed and that it could be executed, happily. That there was more to life than his job and his social life. That in my opinion truly brought him to Betty. I think the part I would get rid of would be cult stuff, it didn’t aid in Daniel’s storyline at all. He could’ve grieved really badly even without that story line and they could’ve shown more of him falling for Betty and rethinking his life vs I’d never truly getting that.
Wilhelmina and the baby thing
Definitely could have done without that storyline
The whole Charlie thing 🤦🏾♀️
Daniel falling in love with his bestie’s wife, Henry having a baby, Hilda sleeping with a married guy, the ambiguity of Daniel x Betty in the end
I wish that Alexis character had been handled better and that she had some better character growth, I also wish a real trans person would have represented the character.
You have to understand that this was back in 2006 where trans visibility was unheard of back in those days. Gay marriage was illegal back then too. Lol If anything, Ugly Betty was a show very well ahead of its time based on the progressive viewpoints they touched on such as immigration, LGBT, women attempting to break the glass ceiling, first generation person thriving in the workforce, etc.
Unfortunately it’s a product of its time but I completely agree. I would even say that the vast majority of adults at that time didn’t even know the word “transgender” and usually assumed that someone was crossdressing. Or at least that’s how it was in Texas. Most people didn’t know what being trans was until Caitlyn Jenner.
Alexis amnesia storyline or the cult storyline, though I know that one was to set up Daniel and Betty
The Tyler plot line at the end of season 4. Literally gave me nothing, maybe it would’ve been explored more had it gotten renewed for a 5th season
Niko’s “murder”. I almost stopped watching because I was like “what is this supposed to be doing” I was so happy when she failed
Same! I wish she had stayed in the show and been more present. She could’ve had a great frenemy dynamic with Marc. And maybe a real rivalry with Amanda.
The whole of mollys story or Matt. I found them very boring stories
Her and Henry’s whole relationship 😭
MATT
Betty dating Matt. And her crush on Zachary. In the pilot, it seemed obvious that the show was setting up Betty and Daniel falling for each other slowly over time while Betty builds her publishing career. Then they gave Betty so many love interests that the show lost that plot. I wish there was more focus on her work and development in romantic tension with Daniel in the later part of the show rather than throwing her together with random, annoying dudes who add little to the plot of the show
Honestly I just watched this for the very first time and I was shocked they put Daniel and Betty together at the end. I didn't see that being built up at all. I always viewed them as having sibling energy.
Marc cheating on cliff then asking him to marry him
Marc really fumbled that. Wish cliff stayed longer giving Marc more of a transformation, I liked cliff
Me too! Cliff was awesome! 💔
Matt ugh
I feel like Ugly Betty has a lot of similarities to Desperate Housewives when it comes to the useless and dumb storylines, I hate it so much 😭
It’s a telenovela, that’s the style!
I somewhat agree about some of the storylines, but at least the writers of Ugly Betty understood character development. Even Marc, Amanda, and Wilhelmina change from beginning to end—and their journey is throughout the show. The characters on Desperate Housewives were really the same until the very last episode. The prime example is Lynette, who the writers couldn't help but make a meddling, manipulative control freak every single season.
Dannys son not really being his son Betty never ending up with Gio. Matt turning out the way he did. I felt he could have been end game for Betty. Molly dying. The list goes on
Betty should have end up with Daniel not gio
THANK YOU I LOVED GIO
I hated how they did Wilhelmina and how she popped up again and became the owner of the company. Biggest plot armor
Daniel and Betty not ending up together they were shipped it the whole time then pull out the rug from under us it sucks
Anything involving Matt
When Betty had to work for Daniel at Player Magazine. I remember being a young girl thinking, "men are disgusting. go back to the fashion."
I wish Fayes story would've been better... I thought Wilimina was helping Faye.. but it turned out to be Alexis... Booooo! And Wilimina stealing semen from a dead man... Lol... Omg was too much
niko blackmailing wilhelmina always annoyed me for some reason.
"Tap That"
Oh god I can't even see a frame from a sitcom without humming "Too Many Cooks" 😭😭😭
Should've gave Betty a new look much sooner.
Daniel having feelings for Betty at the very end. Super cringey ans unfitting.
The dad going to Mexico… so weird
I thought so, at first, too. But I like that they tied her culture and origins in there. It did feel a little awkward, but I liked it.
All of them
Literally where do I start 😭
Everybody hates Chris and Malcolm in the middle of
The whole idea that she was ugly!
The writing off of Wilhelmina’s entire family. They should’ve had at least one constant to fight with Marc. It would’ve made for an interesting dynamic between the family member and Marc. Neeko already had a sort of frenemy situation with him when she called him her mother’s “bitch”. Lol And Renee was cool with Marc, if it weren’t for her trying to get information out of him with those chocolatinis. The senator would’ve been tricky, but he could’ve fit somewhere in there, too.
Anything with Ugly Betty the show should have just been Mode with only hot pretty people. Shrug.
henry coming back 🙄
Amanda’s search for her real dad… just found it a bit unnecessary!
Charlie being pregnant. I'm sorry but that felt so useless
I feel like I’m on an island here, but I couldn’t stand Gio. He ended being one of those “nice guys” who felt like Betty owed him a relationship. I could have done without his storyline.