If you plan to watch any of the episodes of the last season of ABC’s
“Ugly Betty”, read no further. For everyone else, Betty has come full circle from her time as a geeky, fashion-challenged assistant at Mode to her posh London gig as a stylish editor in need of her own assistant. Who but Betty would have employers find her and offer her once-in-a-lifetime opportunities when she wasn’t even looking for a job? Unbelievable aspects aside, and although I was prepared for this moment after having to scramble around to find the showings each week, I am sad to see it go. But really, where else could they go with the storyline? Betty was completely transformed and moving on to a different phase in her life. A completely different show. The end. I’m sad that so many loose ends had to be tied up in one episode thereby leaving little room for the over-dramatizations that the show is known for. But I’m not sad that most everyone seems to have their own version of a happy ending, trite though some of them may seem. Mark is back to dating his stalker, Amanda finally found her dad, Justin is happily out of the closet, and Hilda has the family she’s always wanted and is moving to Manhattan (for a die-hard Queens girl like Hilda, did not see that one coming. And how did they find a reasonably priced home in such an overpriced city?) That’s all well and good but Wilhemena Slater being nice! Just for the sake of it, with no agenda? Unbelievable, but less so than Daniel thinking he’s in love with Betty, enough to give up his lucrative position and follow her to London. Since when do people give up positions that were handed to them on silver platters? So he has a conscience, I’m fine with that. But there is something so surreal about the fact that all is right in everyone’s life. No drama whatsoever! Anti-climatic. If only true life were that neat and tidy (we'd all be bored). Still, “Ugly Betty” will be missed by this blogger.
Glee's season finale aired last night and I have to say, I loved every minute of it. I loved every performance and was particularly touched by the last two songs from students to teacher and the one from Shuester to his students (I particularly like this version of Somewhere Over The Rainbow by Israel "IZ" KamakawiwoÊ»ole ever since I first heard it during an episode of Cold Case). Undoubtably, this season has had it's ups (Idina Menzel) and downs and I haven’t always been pleased with the song choices or the cast’s rendition of them (ex. “One” - hated it!) But last night I was not at all disappointed. I’m a child of the 80s so having the New Directions group perform a Journey mash-up was the way to go to hook me. Frankly, pretty much any pop/rock/easy listening songs that came out in the late 70s through the 80s is A-okay with me. But Journey is definitely one of my favorites. I didn’t mind the set performed by Vocal Adrenaline either (I can see how they could have won). And although I didn’t like Jesse’s voice too much the first time that I heard him sing, I ‘m taking a second look after last night. Santana is another one who has been steadily growing on me. To me, Rachel’s voice tends to get whiny at times and Mercedes is the diva with the big voice but characters like Santana, Puck, and Tina continue to draw me in with their rich unique sounds. I really liked that everyone got a chance to showcase their voices in the finale and I look forward to seeing what's in store for next season.
While watching Glee, I happened to look up long enough between commercials to notice that ABC Family is premiering a new show, Huge. Gee, I wonder what this one is all about? And who else but Nikki Blonsky would star in it. I seem to recall a lifetime movie that was based on a similar premise-accepting yourself for who you are beneath the surface and so on -and you know who was the star there as well. But I’m not complaining. I happen to like these type of shows, where you know that everything will be okay in the end, and I actually think that Nikki is a good choice to play the lead. Will it be a good show? I don’t know but I’m hoping.
I haven’t gotten around to watching the complete premiere episode of Lifetime’s Drop Dead Diva as yet but what I saw during the first ten minutes is causing me to pause. Seriously! An impromptu song-and-dance number featuring Paula Abdul? Is that how they really want to start the season off? I’ve heard Jane sing in past episodes and why not, old girl has a good voice. But seeing it in this episode, the whole dream sequence in the food court strikes me as just a tad…cheesy. Here’s hoping the rest of the episode is better than the first ten minutes. 
