December 20th, 2008 6:31 pm

‘Ugly Betty’ Season Two

Season 2 of ‘Ugly Betty’ has had a rough trot on Seven, but with the final episodes airing in January I thought I would review the season.

Season two of ‘Ugly Betty’ has had a rough trot on Seven but with the final episodes airing at last in January I thought I would review the season.

Season two started with the passing of Hilda’s (Anna Ortiz) husband Santos (Kevin Alejandro). This had a great affect on her life and her sister Betty (America Ferrera) helped her through it.  Betty decided to stay with Henry (Christopher Gorham) despite the fact that his ex girlfriend Charlie (Jayma Mays) was pregnant by him and they would only have a few months together.

Wilhelmina Slater (Vanessa Williams) was engaged to Bradford Mead (Alan Dale) and they were set to marry until he dropped dead at the wedding.  Betty’s boss Daniel Meade (Eric Mabius) had to cope with his mother Claire Meade (Judith Light) being sent to prison and the death of his father Bradford. Claire eventually escaped and was allowed freedom once it was proven she only murdered Fey Sommers after being driven insane by a perfume.

Daniels transgender sister Alexis (Rebecca Romijn) gains large power over Mode in this season and grows to be a huge part of the show.

With these final season two episodes in January we will see much change in Betty’s work life and personal life. The season two finale “Jump” features a range of Madonna songs from her latest cd Hard Candy and of course the song Jump. It is an important episode for Betty where she has to make a big choice. Lindsay Lohan appears for the first time on ‘Ugly Betty’ in this episode in the role of Betty’s high school enemy Kimmie Keegan. Season three also features this character and a lot of big changes in Betty’s life.

Season three starts with Betty making a huge decision about her personal life. This changes her outlook in life and she goes on a trip by herself to the Grand Canyon. This trip makes her more work orientated and leads to Betty striving to get ahead in her career more so then seasons one and two. A big change happens in the life of Alexis that changes the whole show.

Kimmie Keegan makes her life difficult in various amusing ways and for once in recent years Lindsay Lohan plays her role well. A few episodes in Aussie actor Grant Bowler begins a recurring role as they mysterious Connor Owens. Hilder continues her dream to open a beauty salon and battles the council to get a permit so she can legally stay open. Mark and Amanda have huge changes in their lives with a change in one of there home lives and a possible huge relationship change.

Wilhelmina’s main focus is her surrogate baby with Bradford being carried by Betty’s best friend Christina (Ashley Jensen.) As usual she tries to advance her career and suceeds in a big way. Things are looking good for ‘Ugly Betty’ and I for one hope it continues for many seasons. The next episode airs on the 1st of January on Seven.