A show that not only is funny, but both exhilarating and heartbreaking at the same time, just shouldn't be going off the air yet. So first let's give one great big middle finger to ABC for its mishandling of "Ugly Betty." While the show was struggling in the ratings in its old 8 pm Thursday slot, the network's idea to move it to Friday nights was absurd. Fridays and Saturdays are where quality TV shows go to die, and that's what happened. A last-ditch switch to its current 10 pm Wednesday time period was too little, too late.
And tonight's show featured a major turning point in the life of young Justin Suarez, Betty's nephew. That's the part that was so exhilarating and heartbreaking. If you didn't see it, I highly recommend that you watch this episode online at ABC.com or through On Demand or however you can. In fact, go back and first watch the episode from November called "Backseat Betty," which had a similarly conflicted feeling, and then watch tonight's "All the World's a Stage."
And here's a song featured in a crucial scene -- no, make that THE crucial scene -- from tonight's episode that I'm really loving right now, "Valium in the Sunshine" by Maps.
There are only four new "Ugly Betty" episodes left, and I miss it already.
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