Ugly Betty Season 4 Episode 19 s04e19 The Past Presents the Future

Ugly Betty Season 4 Episode 19 s04e19 The Past Presents the Future

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“The Past Presents the Future” is the title given to Ugly Betty Season 4 Episode 19. You will love this episode.

Ugly Betty Season 4 Episode 19 s04e19 The Past Presents the Future – Synopsis

In this episode of Ugly Betty, Betty asks Daniel to go to Hilda’s wedding with her, Amanda wants to fix Marc up with her new client, Betty considers unexpected offers, Wilhemina uses Tyler as a pawn to fight the Meade empire.

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Plot:

Betty Suarez is a courageous, good-hearted, and slightly naive girl from Queens, New York who is sorely lacking in fashion sense. She is abruptly thrust into a different world when she lands a job at Mode, a trendy high fashion magazine based in Manhattan that is part of the publishing empire of the wealthy Bradford Meade. Bradford's son Daniel has just been installed as Editor-in-Chief of Mode following the death of Fey Sommers (Bradford's longtime mistress). Bradford hires Betty as his son's newest personal assistant in an attempt to stop his womanizing son from sleeping with another attractive assistant. As time goes by, Betty and Daniel become friends and help each other navigate their professional and personal lives.

Life at Mode is made difficult for both Betty and Daniel by their co-workers. Their most serious threat comes from Creative Director Wilhelmina Slater, a vindictive schemer who devises numerous plots to steal Daniel's job and seize control of his family's company. Other conflicts are generated by Wilhelmina's loyal assistant Marc St. James and Mode receptionist Amanda Sommers, who continually mock and humiliate Betty for her lackluster physical appearance and awkward nature. Fortunately, not everyone at Mode is against Betty: she gains loyal friends in kind-hearted Scottish seamstress Christina McKinney and nerdy accountant Henry Grubstick. Betty also receives strong support from her father Ignacio, older sister Hilda, and her nephew Justin.

Season 1

Main article: Ugly Betty (season 1)

Season one premiered in the United States on September 28, 2006 and aired 23 episodes. Major plotlines during the first season include: Betty and Daniel settling into their respective roles as personal assistant and editor-in-chief at a fashion magazine; Betty's relationships with pre-Mode boyfriend Walter and new love interest Henry; Daniel's numerous sexual conquests and his relationship with fellow editor Sofia Reyes (Salma Hayek); Wilhelmina's plots with the "Mystery Lady" to undermine Bradford and Daniel's positions at Meade Publications; Christina's temporary switch to Wilhelmina's side in an attempt to boost her career; the truth behind the murder of Fey Sommers and the death of Daniel's older brother Alex; Ignacio's immigration status and health problems; and Hilda's struggle to find a new career and salvage her relationship with Justin's father.

Season 2

Main article: Ugly Betty (season 2)

The season's theme was "Brighter, Bolder, Bettyer" with a reworked version of Mika's "Hey Betty (You Are Beautiful)" being used as the featured song in its promos. Nine new recurring characters, played by Freddy Rodríguez, Illeana Douglas, Alec Mapa, David Blue, John Cho, Gabrielle Union, Gene Simmons, Eddie Cibrian were introduced. Lorraine Toussaint continued in her role as Claire's fellow prison escapee, Yoga, as a recurring character. Production was halted in November 2007 due to the Writers Guild of America strike; ultimately the season episode order was cut to 18 instead of a proposed 23. New episodes did not air on U.S. television until April 24, 2008, starting with "Twenty Four Candles", and ending on May 22, 2008, with "Jump". This was the last episode to be produced in Los Angeles.

Major plotlines this season include the following: the love triangle between Betty, Henry, and a deli shop worker named Giovanni "Gio" Rossi; Claire's escape from prison, recapture, and trial for the murder of Fey Sommers; the aborted wedding of Wilhelmina Slater and Bradford Meade; Daniel and Alexis's power struggle after their father's death; Amanda's search for her biological father; Marc's relationship with fashion photographer Cliff St. Paul; Hilda's attempt to start her new beautician career and a relationship with Justin's gym teacher; Christina's reunion with her ailing husband; and Wilhelmina's scheme to conceive an heir to the Meade fortune using Bradford's sperm.

Season 3

Main article: Ugly Betty (season 3)

ABC renewed the series for a third season on February 11, 2008. In addition, production was moved to New York City from Los Angeles to make the series more realistic and to take advantage of increased tax incentives in New York. The third season premiered on September 25, 2008. This season added ten new recurring regulars, played by Grant Bowler, Mark Consuelos, Heather Tom, Val Emmich, Ralph Macchio, Sarah Lafleur, Bernadette Peters, Lauren Velez and Daniel Eric Gold. Lindsay Lohan, Julian De La Celle, Derek Riddell and Eddie Cibrian returned from the second season for more appearances. "The Show" by Australian singer Lenka is used as the promo theme for the season. This season dealt with Betty and Marc getting into the YETI Program. She also meets Matt Hartley and they become a couple. Meanwhile, Daniel falls in love with Connor's girlfriend, despite knowing that she has cancer and might not make it... which eventually she doesn't. Connor swindles the company and escapes the country, leaving Wilhelmina in the lurch. By the season finale, Betty gets promoted to Features Editor (at Marc's cost).

Season 4

Main article: Ugly Betty (season 4)

The fourth season premiere in the United States aired in October 2009 in on a new night and time. After three seasons on Thursday nights, the show was moved to the Friday night death slot amid protests from its fans. Beginning on January 6, 2010, the show will air Wednesdays at 10:00PM Eastern/9:00PM Central time. Season four shows Betty adapting to her new position as an associate features editor at Mode. Adam Rodriguez plays Bobby, Hilda Suarez's boyfriend then later fiancée, who ironically was just dating Coach Tony Diaz, played by Rodriguez' Season 8 replacement on CSI: Miami, Eddie Cibrian.

On January 27, 2010, ABC had confirmed that the series will be ending in April, at the same time as reducing the season length from 22 to 20 episodes.

Cast:

The opening episode of the series began with 9 main cast members. The titular character and main protagonist of the show is Betty Suarez (America Ferrera), a recent college graduate looking to break into the publishing business. The show also strongly focuses on her boss Daniel Meade (Eric Mabius), a wealthy playboy who is given the position of editor-in-chief of Mode by his father, the magazine's owner. The show's main antagonist is Wilhelmina Slater (Vanessa Williams), Mode's creative director, who constantly schemes to usurp Daniel's position at Mode and take over the his family's publishing empire.

Other major characters on the show include Betty's family – father Ignacio Suarez (Tony Plana), a caring man with health and immigration problems who is a master cook; older sister Hilda Suarez (Ana Ortiz), a single working mother; and nephew Justin Suarez (Mark Indelicato) a flamboyant teenager highly interested in fashion and Broadway musicals. Betty's fellow Mode employees also make up some of the main cast – receptionist Amanda Tanen (Becki Newton), who has a fling with Daniel during the early part of the first season, seamstress Christina McKinney (Ashley Jensen), who becomes Betty's best friend, and Bradford Meade (Alan Dale), father of Daniel, owner of Meade Publications.

Marc St. James (Michael Urie), Wilhelmina's openly gay assistant and Walter (Kevin Sussman), Betty's uninspiring boyfriend, were both promoted from guest star to main cast midway through season one. Alexis Meade (Rebecca Romijn) also joined the main cast – a male to female trans-gendered woman and Daniel's older sibling.

Sussman left in Season 1. The second year also saw two more previous guest stars joining the main cast – Henry Grubstick (Christopher Gorham), accountant at Mode and Betty's new love interest, and Claire Meade (Judith Light), Daniel and Alexis's mother, Bradford's wife. Halfway through the season, Bradford dies of a heart attack.

During Season 3, Henry, Alexis, and Christina left the show (so far, both Henry and Christina have made return appearances as guest star). There were no new additions to the main cast this season, however this season saw many recurring celebrity guest stars, including Bernadette Peters, Adriana Lima, Shakira, Lindsay Lohan, Christine Baranski and Mark Consuelos.

Season 4 featured only one new addition, former Season 3 guest star Daniel Eric Gold as Matt Hartley, Betty's on-again/off-again boyfriend and new boss at Mode.

Starring:

America Ferrera as Betty Suarez

Eric Mabius as Daniel Meade

Alan Dale as Bradford Meade

Tony Plana as Ignacio Suarez

Ana Ortiz as Hilda Suarez

Ashley Jensen as Christina McKinney

Becki Newton as Amanda Tanen

Mark Indelicato as Justin Suarez

Vanessa Williams as Wilhelmina Slater

Rebecca Romijn as Alexis Meade

Michael Urie as Marc St. James