*spoiler warning*
Dammit… just as I was about to give the writers of Ugly Betty kudos for such a good season premiere, they had to ruin it with the revelation of a dream sequence!
If you remember from last season’s finale, Santos (Hilda’s fiancé) was a victim in a convenience store robbery. That show ended with Betty informing Hilda of the news at her son’s school play, and her breaking down in her arms.
Now that left us thinking is he dead?, is he just injured? Why is Justin talking about missing his grandpa who’s in Mexico when his father just supposedly died?!
The anticipation was finally over when I saw Santos waking out of Hilda’s bathroom with bandages around his supposed gunshot wound. Tonight’s episode went on with the happy couple savoring their time together, even though Hilda was very anxious about Santos being out of her sight (lest he get shot again).
Then in the last 5 minutes of the show a nice, bright bedroom with Santos saying his vows to Hilda in her wedding dress was ruined by a cut of Hilda in her darkened bedroom with tears in her eyes. She finally admit to Betty that Santos was gone.
It’s not good to tease an audience like that. I have enough dream sequences with all the soap operas I watch. I didn’t need to see it on one of my favourite prime time shows!
They could’ve kept Santos (played by Kevin Alejandro, who coincidentally had a reoccurring role on one of my favourite soap operas, The Young and the Restless) on the show. It would have been realistic if he survived the gun shot wound, dammit!
On to the other characters. Alexis woke up out of her coma… but she doesn’t realize that she became a she from a he (did you get that?). Daniel kicked his pill habit, and Betty buried her last reminders of Henry. Amanda and Marc search for the truth regarding her paternity (the scene with her parents is hilarious!). And Claire and Wilhelmina clash.
There was a low shot of a man’s feet as he stepped of a bus at the end of the episode. I thought it was Santos (hey… it could happen! He could’ve said “F&*% NY! I’m moving to Woodbridge“, and left the show that way after he got injured from gunshot wounds). But it was Henry coming back to town. I’m looking forward to seeing his relationship with Betty grow after the fact that his girlfriend may or may not be pregnant with his baby.
So aside from the little Santos trickery the show did, the season premiere was pretty decent.
Here’s a clip from Las Pasiones de Betty:
