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The Best Episodes of Ugly Betty

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Every episode of Ugly Betty ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Ugly Betty!

Betty Suarez is smart, tough and tenacious, but also sensitive and loving. She hopes these skills will help her to get a job within the...
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  • Hello Goodbye
    9.1/10(433)
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    #1 - Hello Goodbye

    Season 4 Episode 20

    Aired 4/14/2010

    The episode focuses on Betty Suarez struggling to tell her friend and boss, Daniel Meade about her new job in London. At the same time, Betty's sister, Hilda tries to keep their father from finding out she is moving to Manhattan. Wilhelmina Slater recovers from being shot by Tyler and Amanda Tanen finally finds her father.

    Director: Victor Nelli Jr.

    Writer: Silvio Horta

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  • East Side Story
    8.6/10(450)
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    #2 - East Side Story

    Season 1 Episode 23

    Aired 5/17/2007

    Betty and Henry's romance heats up. Meanwhile, Wilhelmina makes great strides in her ambitious power play, as Daniel descends further in a downward spiral. The Suarez family trip to Mexico takes a dangerous turn, with old ghosts creating new problems. Explosive secrets will be revealed, and everything will be tied together by a beloved Broadway musical.

    Director: James Hayman

    Writer: Silvio Horta, Marco Pennette

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  • The Past Presents the Future
    8.5/10(221)
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    #3 - The Past Presents the Future

    Season 4 Episode 19

    Aired 4/7/2010

    As Hilda's wedding approaches, Betty asks Daniel to be her guest, Amanda tries to set Marc up with soap opera star Spencer Cannon, Justin wonders whether he can invite Austin, Wilhelmina finds a way to get the Meade empire and Betty gets an unexpected offer in both her personal and professional lives.

    Director: Paul Holahan

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Bahamas Triangle
    8.3/10(217)
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    #4 - The Bahamas Triangle

    Season 4 Episode 8

    Aired 12/4/2009

    Betty, Matt and Amanda's love triangle in the Bahamas reaches boiling point. Betty has trouble with a photo shoot when Penelope Graybridge steals the shoot from her enemy Wilhemina. Marc falls for super sexy Troy.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Sheila R. Lawrence

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  • Don't Ask, Don't Tell
    8.1/10(290)
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    #5 - Don't Ask, Don't Tell

    Season 1 Episode 18

    Aired 3/22/2007

    Betty is in for some wild drama when Marc's mother stops by, given that the latter doesn't seem to know that her son is gay and Betty acts as his girlfriend to help him keep his secret. Meanwhile, Daniel and Alexis are forced to work together when Claire names them both co-editors-in-chief.

    Director: Tricia Brock

    Writer: Marco Pennette, Veronica West, Sarah Kucserka

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  • Be-Shure
    8.1/10(202)
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    #6 - Be-Shure

    Season 4 Episode 9

    Aired 12/11/2009

    Ignacio prepares a romantic dinner for his Jean. Betty and Hilda take the Be-Shure instant pregnancy tests. Meanwhile, Hartley gets Denise Ludwig to fill in for Wilhemina. However Marc plans to bring Willie back. Claire with Amanda track down Tyler, the son she gave up for adoption.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Blackout!
    8.1/10(176)
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    #7 - Blackout!

    Season 4 Episode 12

    Aired 1/20/2010

    Betty invites Hilda and Justin to stay for dinner after Justin's acting class audition, but they decline. Living alone in her, Betty realizes that she misses Matt and fears that if something happened to her, no one would know. Though Amanda and Marc live in the same building, they do not want to walk to work with her, increasing her loneliness. Meanwhile, Marc is feeling tension working for both Daniel and Wilhelmina, and sees a career opportunity when he hears the vacant Senior Fashion Editor position will be filled.

    Director: John Putch

    Writer: N/A

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  • Sofia's Choice
    8.0/10(311)
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    #8 - Sofia's Choice

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 1/11/2007

    Betty meets a look-a-like -- Ruthie, an editorial assistant at MYW Magazine who dresses and looks like her. Meanwhile, Daniel is in for a surprising revelation from Sofia that leaves everyone stunned.

    Director: James Hayman, Jeff Melman

    Writer: Silvio Horta

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  • The Fall Issue
    8.0/10(190)
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    #9 - The Fall Issue

    Season 3 Episode 24

    Aired 5/21/2009

    The sudden death of a Mode editor leaves Betty and Marc competing for the same job. Meanwhile, Matt lets his jealousy over Henry get the best of him.

    Director: Tom Verica

    Writer: Silvio Horta

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  • Million Dollar Smile
    8.0/10(189)
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    #10 - Million Dollar Smile

    Season 4 Episode 17

    Aired 3/24/2010

    In the episode, Betty Suarez finally has her braces removed, but only after she enters a dream sequence in which she sees what her life would be like if she had had perfect teeth. At the same time, Justin Suarez tries to contact Austin, who he kissed in the previous episode and Daniel Meade secures the Million Dollar Bra for a MODE cover shoot. Meanwhile Amanda Tanen reveals that her relationship with Tyler is getting serious.

    Director: Paul Holahan

    Writer: Henry Alonso Myers, Chris Black

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  • Lose the Boss
    7.9/10(298)
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    #11 - Lose the Boss

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 11/23/2006

    Betty is left alone during an important photo shoot during which the photographer, Bruno, has come up with questionable concepts. Meanwhile, Daniel wants people to believe he is a family man, Mr. Green interrogates a mortician about the remains of a client and Ignacio gets in trouble with Immigration and Customs.

    Director: Ken Whittingham

    Writer: Oliver Goldstick

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  • I'm Coming Out
    7.9/10(299)
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    #12 - I'm Coming Out

    Season 1 Episode 14

    Aired 2/1/2007

    Betty has her job cut out for her getting prepared for Mode's huge event during New York City's Fashion Week. Meanwhile, Marc and Amanda can't delay getting their hands on something everybody desires, Christina wishes to create her mark in the design world and Daniel calls for Hilda to grant her sister a hand.

    Director: Wendey Stanzler

    Writer: James D. Parriott

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  • A Nice Day for a Posh Wedding
    7.9/10(253)
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    #13 - A Nice Day for a Posh Wedding

    Season 2 Episode 7

    Aired 11/8/2007

    As Wilhelmina prepares for her flamboyant wedding, she quickly realizes that her maid of honor, Victoria Beckham, is stealing all her thunder. Meanwhile, Betty is filled with guilt about her pact with Wilhelmina to keep the latter's affair a secret and Ignacio prepares for his big day as he is about to become an official U.S. citizen. However, when Betty moves in with Henry the father/daughter relationship is strained.

    Director: James Hayman

    Writer: Silvio Horta, Marco Pennette

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  • Chica and the Man
    7.9/10(193)
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    #14 - Chica and the Man

    Season 4 Episode 13

    Aired 2/3/2010

    Wilhemina is livid when she lays eyes on drag queen impersonator - Wilhediva Hater. Betty and Daniel go through a rough patch as she wins an award for her blog. Daniel has the press hot on his heels. While Marc is pleased with himself when a famous director does a photo shoot with him.

    Director: Victor Nelli Jr.

    Writer: N/A

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  • Fake Plastic Snow
    7.8/10(312)
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    #15 - Fake Plastic Snow

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 11/30/2006

    While everyone at Mode is celebrating Christmas, Betty is questioning her relationship with Walter and the feelings she has for Henry. Meanwhile, Daniel is sure of his love for Sofia, and Amanda, in order to get Betty's position, is planning a perfect Mode holiday party that fills the office with Styrofoam snow and holiday wishes.

    Director: James Hayman

    Writer: Sarah Kucserka

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  • Brothers
    7.8/10(287)
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    #16 - Brothers

    Season 1 Episode 15

    Aired 2/8/2007

    Alexis' shocking announcement causes great commotion at both Mode and the Meade home. Betty tries to maintain the peace and order at Mode, however, she is about to face her own personal turmoil when Henry asks her out on a date and Walter tells her he's got a big surprise in store. Meanwhile, Whilhelmina plots her next move to conquer Mode and Justin gets sent home from school for fighting.

    Director: Lev L. Spiro

    Writer: Sheila R. Lawrence

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  • Derailed
    7.8/10(286)
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    #17 - Derailed

    Season 1 Episode 16

    Aired 2/15/2007

    Daniel reconnects with Grace Chin, a girl he once stood up for a date in college, and who is now New York City's top lawyer. Meanwhile, Betty befriends Charlie, an out-of-towner she meets at the Mode cafeteria, whom she later discovers to be Henry's girlfriend.

    Director: James Hayman

    Writer: Cameron Litvack

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  • Jump
    7.8/10(288)
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    #18 - Jump

    Season 2 Episode 18

    Aired 5/22/2008

    Betty finds herself in a dilemma between Henry and Gio when each makes a romantic offer to her. Meanwhile, a softball game between ELLE and Mode has rivals Wilhelmina and Naomi Campbell facing off in the field. Finally, Hilda makes quite a discovery about Coach Diaz, and a surprise visit from an orphaned French boy stirs things up at Mode.

    Director: Victor Nelli Jr.

    Writer: Silvio Horta

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  • Backseat Betty
    7.8/10(195)
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    #19 - Backseat Betty

    Season 4 Episode 6

    Aired 11/13/2009

    Hilda has doubts over her relationship with Archie after seeing an old flame Bobby Talercio. Marc helps Justin to fit in high school by telling him to become friends with some mean girls. Elsewhere Daniel is lured into a trap by Bennett. Wilhemina tries to come up with money to help Nico out of trouble.

    Director: John Putch

    Writer: Jon Kinnally, Tracy Poust

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  • All The World's A Stage
    7.8/10(204)
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    #20 - All The World's A Stage

    Season 4 Episode 16

    Aired 3/17/2010

    Justin is enjoying his acting class with his eccentric teacher, Lena Korvinka. When Betty thinks there might be a problem with him and his friends, Austin and Lilly, she drops by the class to check up on him. Betty gets sidetracked when a playwright called Zachary is introduced to the class. Betty tells Hilda about Zachary and believes his speech about reinvention was aimed at her.

    Director: Andy Wolk

    Writer: Abraham Higginbotham

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  • Pilot
    7.7/10(787)
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    #21 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 9/28/2006

    Betty has always dreamed of working in the publishing world, but it seems as though there's no place for the non-thin and non-beautiful in the business. People already have their minds set in the idea that beautiful women are only the thin and perfect! Betty really wants a job in that wonderful, yet cruel, world. But can she really find a place in it?

    Director: Richard Shepard

    Writer: Silvio Horta

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  • Queens for a Day
    7.7/10(372)
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    #22 - Queens for a Day

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 10/12/2006

    Betty uses her Queens connections to lure big time photographer Vincent Bianchi to shoot for the magazine. When Bianchi insists that Betty meet him at a posh restaurant, she gets a makeover but things don't quite turn out as planned. In the mean time, Bradford tries to get his hands on Fey Sommers' death car and Wilhelmina primps for a big date.

    Director: James Hayman

    Writer: Marco Pennette

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  • Fey's Sleigh Ride
    7.7/10(341)
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    #23 - Fey's Sleigh Ride

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 10/19/2006

    After Mode is forced to abandon its big Christmas photo shoot because another magazine has copied the idea, Betty forms an uneasy alliance with Marc and Amanda. The three fear they may have leaked the idea to someone at the rival mag. Meanwhile, Daniel and Wilhelmina reluctantly work together to come up with a new photo spread as Mode's deadline looms, and Betty's nephew, Justin, is oblivious to the turmoil as he spends a day at the magazine for a class project.

    Director: Tricia Brock

    Writer: Sheila R. Lawrence

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  • The Lyin', the Watch and the Wardrobe
    7.7/10(328)
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    #24 - The Lyin', the Watch and the Wardrobe

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 10/26/2006

    It's Halloween and Betty is in for a series of frightful experiences, ranging from showing up dressed for the Mode costume contest until she learns that there isn't one, to dealing with her growing attraction to Henry, and tracking down a watch Daniel left at one of his many girlfriends' apartments, but can't remember which one. Meanwhile, Daniel pays a visit to his mom in rehab, and Wilhelmina is horrified to learn that she can't fit into a designer gown.

    Director: Rodman Flender

    Writer: Donald Todd

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  • Four Thanksgivings and a Funeral
    7.7/10(310)
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    #25 - Four Thanksgivings and a Funeral

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 11/16/2006

    To his dismay, Daniel must attend his family's Thanksgiving gathering at the Country Club. Meanwhile, Amanda and Marc create their own gathering at Mode and there is also a dinner at Betty's house where Santos, Justin's father, is in attendance. Meanwhile, Wilhelmina also hosts a Thanksgiving dinner as well but her feast doesn't look as good as it does in magazine pictures.

    Director: Sarah Pia Anderson

    Writer: Marco Pennette

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Best Episodes Summary

"Hello Goodbye" is the best rated episode of "Ugly Betty". It scored 9.1/10 based on 433 votes. Directed by Victor Nelli Jr. and written by Silvio Horta, it aired on 4/14/2010. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "East Side Story".