The Courtship of Betty's Father
| "The Courtship of Betty's Father" | |
|---|---|
| Ugly Betty episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 14 |
| Directed by | John Terlesky |
| Written by | Peter Elkoff |
| Production code | 314 |
| Original air date | February 12, 2009 |
"The Courtship of Betty's Father" is the 14th episode in the third season, the 55th episode overall, of the American Dramedy series Ugly Betty, which aired on February 12, 2009. The episode was written by Peter Elkoff and directed by John Terlesky.
The story begins with Betty helping out her family at breakfast, when all of a sudden she gets a phone call from Claire: It turns out that she has been shoplifting and she wanted Betty to bail her out by paying the $24.00 she owes the store. Betty is stunned over what Claire did, but after she talked to Daniel about the incident, Daniel told Betty that in a few days Claire will turn 60 and somehow feels like the family has left her alone.
This prompts Betty come up with a way to surprise Claire, and after seeing past home videos of an Angela Bower-like Claire celebrating the family while drinking at Christmas, Betty gets the idea taping a video tribute for Claire's 60th birthday by putting together a collection of clips from people who know her in a revealing way. Unfortunately, Betty's pet project would turn into a fiasco; first by confessions from Liz Smith and two of Claire's friends, followed by Amanda's not-so-happy congrats to Claire.
But the real shocker comes when Betty accidentally leaves the camera on at home and discovers some revealing footage about Ignacio, which she discovers the following day at work after Daniel sees Ignacio grabbing Elena's butt, which he shows Betty. At home later that same day, Betty tried to convince Hilda about what happened but Hilda left that doubt open, so the sisters split up by talking to Ignacio and Elena separately with Betty walking with Ignacio while Hilda spent time at home with Elena. However the two assured the sisters that there was nothing going on.
Or so they thought; at work Betty convinced Claire to talk to Ignacio and they do, but later that evening at the Suarez home during dinner, Hilda asked Betty to get Ignacio and Elena to come downstairs to eat when Betty looked at the front door window and sees Ignacio and Elena kissing! It turns out that Ignacio has fallen for Elena and are now a couple. This revelation not only upsets Betty and Hilda, but also causes Elena to end this romance, resulting in a devastated Ignacio to blame his daughters for not allowing him to do something he has not done since Rosa died - to start dating again.
When Betty asked Claire about what she told Ignacio, she explained that to Betty that she should let her father date again. At the same time Claire asked Betty to go shopping with her now that she knew of what Betty was planning for her birthday, where told her that for once that she would like to spend more time with Daniel. After that conversation, Betty discovers that Claire was planning to shoplift again, but this time its Betty who gets caught after she grabbed the item out of Claire's hands. Claire would then return to clear up the mess with the store manager and Betty was free to go but this time around it would be Daniel who would pay the store after Claire was forced to stay there. After a long mother-son conversation, Daniel surprised Claire with a birthday dinner as a way to spend some time together, which included reliving those home videos featuring the two along with Alex.
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