Ugly Betty season 1 episode 10
Betty works at her desk which is lit only by Christmas lights, while Christmas music plays in the background. Henry walks up and they flirt a little. Henry looks at some greenery she has on her desk. “Is this mistletoe?” and leans in the plant one on her. Henry smiles and says, “Wow. You know what, Betty? You’re just the girl I’ve been looking for. “Betty wakes up with a start, wearing headgear and plastic rollers. She sighs and flops back on her pillow.
Over at Daniel’s, he is watching Sofia sleep. After she wakes, she’s insistent Daniel date other women while she is gone in order to be sure “all this is real”. He assures her he loves her, but she counters with “Oh, Daniel, what do you know from love? Heart racing, palms sweating, you can barely breath when you see me.” She tells him this is not a sign of true love, and that he should see other woman. If these women don’t make his palms sweat, heart race and all that, that maybe what they have is real. Daniel is perplexed at her suggestion. Back at Betty’s, Hilda assures her that just because she had a dream about Henry means nothing. She recounts a little about a dream she had about her and a local bakery owner to prove her point. She reminds Betty that as long as nothing happens between her and Henry, it’s harmless. Ignacio comes in and we learn that he’s has been assigned to the ISAP program (regarding the INS situation) and they’re sending over a case worker next month. There’s a crash and scream outside, and Hilda and Gina comes rushing in the house. Hilda ran over Gina’s tree. “I was aiming for you, ” she blurts out.At Mode, Marc comes in to Wilhelmina’s office with bagels, wondering when Nico is coming home. Turns out Nico is spending Christmas with her dad in Dubai. “Beside, you know Christmas morning for me are all about martinis and Valium,” Wilhelmina says. As Marc bites into the whole wheat bagel, he reminds Wilhelmina they are sharing everything after he learned of her “mysterious friend.” She relents. At a staff meeting, Daniel announces there must be cuts and they start with having the Christmas party at the office. He then tells everyone that Betty was offered a job at Sofia’s magazine, MYW. He tells them if they are interested in the job to leave their resume with Betty. Betty worries to Daniel she can’t find the right person to “look out for him”. Marc and Amanda speculate about throwing Betty a good-bye party and not inviting her. Amanda reveals she thinks she would be perfect for the job.Back in Daniel’s office, he’s told Betty about Sofia wanting him to date other women. “She seems to think some other woman will make my palms sweat, my heart race they way they do for her.” He tells her he’s never been good at fidelity, but he’s done being a bachelor. He then takes out several engagement rings from Tiffany’s. He knows Sofia is the one. Betty reminds him that Belle Jolie is sending over models in lingerie today, which makes Daniel look a little queasy. Betty returns to her desk to find a stack of résumés and a present which turns out to be a journal. The title page says “For all you great ideas at MYW”. The look on her face reveals she thinks it’s from Daniel. She catches his eye and gives him a thumbs-up of thanks for the gift. Daniel looks confused and gives her a thumbs-up back.Amanda tells Betty she wants the job, and Betty reminds her of her and Daniel’s terrible history. She convinces Betty to let her throw the holiday party because she has a lots of connections around town and can call in favors. Betty agrees because she is swamped with work. Then Amanda tells Betty the fake snow she ordered arrived.Betty struggles awkwardly with the gigantic bag of fake snow and manages to run right into Henry. The snow flies up into the air. Henry reaches over to brush the snow from Betty’s hair and immediately apologies for being unprofessional. He offers to help clean it up and as they both lean over they bump heads. In an echo of the line in her dream, Henry says “Actually, Betty, you’re just the girl I’ve been looking for.” He tells her he is monitoring the budget for the show and says, “I guess I’ll be on top of you for the next couple of days.” They look uncomfortably at each other and Henry adds “Party-wise.” When he leaves, Betty looks down at her palms to note they are sweaty. And she’s breathing quite hard as well. “O crap,” she says.Back at Daniel’s office, the models have arrived and one of them is Daniel’s ex-girlfriend, Erin. Another pile of résumés is on Betty’s desk, including Amanda’s. Betty sees Erin hitting on Daniel, so she runs into to mention his girlfriend’s plane has landed safely and that the photo department is ready for the models. They leave.Later at Walter’s office party, Betty meets Walter’s boss and his wife Jackie. They pose for a photo and the boss welcomes Betty to the office “family”. Jackie tells Betty she used to work in advertising in Manhattan. She is sure Betty will tire of the city also. “We’re Queens’ girls, Betty… we belong here.” Betty looks a little queasy. Back at Mode Marc is shaking the presents under Wilhelmina’s tree. She comes in, and he hurriedly hides behind the tree. Wilhelmina makes a call to the mysterious woman who asks “Have you come up with a solution to our little problem?” Wilhelmina says, “You mean Marc? I’m working on it. He won’t be a problem much longer. After I’m done, he will be silenced. Permanently.” Wilhelmina leaves after adjusting an ornament on the tree. Marc looks scared and gets out his inhaler.Amanda sneaks into Daniel’s office and squeals as sees the Tiffany’s boxes. She opens them and nearly passes out at the sight of a huge canary yellow diamond. She tries it on, after moaning with longing, she tries to remove it with no luck.Back at Walter’s office party, Jackie talks to Betty about how she knew her husband was “the one”. “He took my breath away. Still does,” she says. She asks Betty when she knew Walter was “the one.” Betty tells her she hasn’t had that moment yet. Jackie tells her it will come, and that she heard Walter thinks Betty is “the one”.In the Mode elevator, Bradford’s henchman tells him that a relative claimed Fey’s remains from the morgue, and there’s paperwork to prove it. After examining the paperwork, this assures Bradford that Fey is really dead. The next morning Marc brings bagels into Wilhelmina’s office again and she rejects them, reminding him that yesterday was “carb day.” She tells him he should come to the party “You never know what surprises might be in store.” Marc looks freaked as Wilhelmina asks him for his home address, saying she is sending a special delivery for him. He gets out the inhaler again.Betty is walking a chatty girl to the elevator, who tell Betty she’s perfect for the job. Betty’s not impressed. Amanda has gloves on to hide the ring. She updates Betty on the party, and Betty is impressed with Amanda, but she still thinks she not right for the job.Another present appears on Betty’s desk. It’s a snow globe. Henry bring over ornaments to help save money. Amanda’s got it covered, she says, while visibly trying not to look at him too much. He notices her snow globe and tells Betty they used to use gold foil for the snow. Up until he came to New York, he’d never seen real snow and thought it looked like gold foil. Despite her attempts at aloofness Betty seems very charmed by Henry once again. Back at Betty’s house, Gina has rearranged their outdoor ornaments, and Hilda declares war.At Mode, Henry and Betty are still talking and flirting. The famous Rudolf the Red-Noised Reindeer movie is brought up. Then the lights go dark and it looks like her dream from the beginning. She jumps up just as he’s about to ask about the greenery on her desk, telling him he should go. He look sad and leaves. Amanda is decorating one of the Mode trees and Betty discovers the ring Amanda still had stuck on her finger. They rush into the women’s restroom and Betty realizes the ring is Daniel’s and she is furious. Betty works to help her get it off her finger while Amanda assures her she doesn’t have feeling for Daniel anymore. Seeing the rings made her realize he just didn’t want to commit to her. Betty falls to the ground after a particularly hard yank on the ring, and Amanda is still talking about having no feelings left at all and she assures Betty she will get the ring back before Daniel notices. A threatening man dressed in all black enters the elevator after Marc, scaring him to death. The man asks if he knows Marc St. James to which Marc replies “I hate that guy.” Marc gets off the elevator where the office party is in full swing. Amanda is behind her reception desk, dancing and trying to remove the ring at the same time. Marc asks Amanda “Are you packing heat?” Amanda says “Always.” She assures him no one there has a gun.Amanda tells Betty she is radiant. They chat about what a good job Amanda did on the party. Amanda asks Betty if she can run interference to prove herself. She dances off to distract the model that’s all over Daniel. Betty and Henry share a sweet heart-pounding gaze across the room, where she gestures she has powdered sugar on his nose. They giggle and she finds herself charmed by him again. She breaks the gaze quickly. Christina is on Santa’s lap asking for a heart for Wilhelmina, courage for Marc and a brain for Amanda. As Betty heads over to the reception desk, Wilhelmina yells, “Marc!” and Marc pushes Betty up against the wall and tells her she never saw him and ducks into the ladies room. Betty sees Henry heading toward the desk. She dives under the desk and while Henry is opening drawers looking for something, Betty cracks her head the desk. She covers by pointing to a purse and saying “There it is.” She reaches in and accidentally pulls a long string of condoms. She is mortified, and awkwardly says “I was just making sure everyone was being safe. You know, office party hook ups…” He helps her up and takes a few extra seconds to let go of her hand. He tells her to come back to the party because the Beauty department is making snow angels in the fake snow. The stare awkwardly at each other and he leaves. Betty heads back to the party, where Christina and Santa drunkenly stumble to the ladies room. Marc comes out of said bathroom, horrified, and is spotted by Wilhelmina and the guy in black. “We’ve been looking all over for you. Please come with us.” He and Betty guzzle some champagne and he nervously follows them.Daniel is by himself in his office when Erin comes in. She comes on to him, and from outside Betty sees her kiss Daniel. But before she can do anything, Amanda steps in, bursts into Daniel’s office reminding him he’s engaged. He stares at his palms “Dry as a bone.” Daniel tells Erin he’s in love with someone else , and she leaves. Betty smiles, seemingly proud of Amanda.Hilda walks in the house with the head of a plastic reindeer that’s blinking. Ignacio tells her to give Gina a break because her parents are out of town. The lights go out and outside, Gina is sprawled out on their front steps, tangled in lights. Hilda wonders why everything must be a competition with her, and Gina says she can never win with her. Hilda ask her inside for eggnog and then the lights come back on. “It’s a Christmas miracle!” Justin exclaims.Marc, the guy in black and Wilhelmina walk through a dark garage, where Marc swears to Wilhelmina he won’t say anything. The headlights of a 2007 Hummer blink on. “Merry Christmas, Marc, ” she says. The guy in black is from an auto place, and Marc realizes Wilhelmina’s trying to buy his silence, to which he assures her that’s a definite possibility. Back at in Daniel’s office, Betty tells Daniel Amanda is the best person to replace her. “I wouldn’t leave if I didn’t know if there wasn’t somewhere here to protect you. And tonight Amanda proved that she can.” Daniel agrees, and Betty gets a little choked up, saying, “So, if you are serious about this, then I guess this is good-bye.”Daniel hands her a box from Tiffany’s, which is a business card holder with new business cards for her new position at MYW. Betty tears up more, thanking him for everything. Daniel says he’s proud of her and that she’s destined for bigger things. They hug and they both look really sad. She goes to leave and asks him if the other gifts (the notebook and snow globe) were from him. He doesn’t know anything about them. She wishes him a Merry Christmas and leaves.Out at her desk, she once again locks eyes with Henry, who is goofily dancing at the party. He waves at herDaniel calls Sofia and leaves a message, saying… “You do take my breath away.” Betty and Henry gaze longingly at each other.”You make my heart beat faster. You make my palms sweat…” Amanda looks at Daniel from outside his office, noticing her own palms. “But that doesn’t mean I don’t love you. It’s means I do.”The ring slips off Amanda finger. Sometimes your heart knows things your mind can’t explain.”Henry and Betty continue their gaze.”And my heart doesn’t race for anyone else. I love you, Sofia.” He goes to hang up and then stops and says, “It’s Daniel, by the way.” More staring from Henry and Betty. Their gaze is interrupted by someone passing between them. When Henry comes into Betty’s sight again, Betty sees Daniel’s ex-girlfriend kissing him. She looks devastated and runs out. He’s clearly trying to fend her off. Once the kiss breaks, he immediately looks back to where Betty was, and he runs after her to the elevator and asks where she’s going. She simply looks at him as the elevator door closes. Betty comes home to Gina in her living room. Gina is giving Hilda makeup tips and Betty’s dad is asking Justin if the thing in his hand needs more glitter. “Did hell freeze over?” Betty asks.Amanda is cleaning up the party and Daniel tells her that Betty thinks she should be his new assistant. He offers her the job. She is thrilled and they shake on it, promising to be professionals. Ted LeBeau walks into Wilhelmina’s office. “Looks like I missed some party.” he drawls. Back at home, Betty’s worries to Hilda “What if I’m 45 and I’ve never been on a plane?” Hilda assures her she’s a dreamer, and she can do whatever she wants. Betty shows her a Polaroid from the party of her and Walter, and Hilda tells her that Walter loves her very much. Betty just wants to know for sure. “Like when your heart races and your palms sweat…” The doorbell rings. It’s Walter, who breezes by Betty. “How come your Christmas lights spell Hilda sucks?”He ask her if she’s ready for her last present. Betty realizes the other gifts were from him. She opens the gift as the phone rings. Hilda answers and it’s Henry. She tells him Betty’s busy. Henry tells Hilda to let Betty know that the Rudolf movie is on the next night and to call him if she wanted to watch it together. Hilda writes the message down, but then throws it away.Walter’s last gift is a calendar and he tells her he wants to be part of her life in Manhattan. She seems to find this sweet and thanks him. They kiss and Walter nonchalantly takes his coat off while Betty remains frozen on the couch, staring at her palms. Sad piano music plays as a clock tick. The camera pans backs and a clocks ticks loudly.
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