Betty and Grey's 2/8/07

I'm a little late in posting this, because life caught up with me, so I couldn't watch my Thursday night TV until this afternoon.

I'll go in chronological order and start off with Ugly Betty. The first thing I have to say is that I love Judith Light. She's a great guest star on this show. I loved how she told Betty to cut the crap with Walter and get rid of him. And the bumper car scenes were hilarious and poignant at the same time. It was a great way for Daniel and Alexis to work out their feeling and get everything out in the open.

How much fun was it when Marc was spying for Willie? Who knew that Willie had a hidden camera planted in a plant? I thought that was genius.

I love that we got to see more of Justin, too. It was so sweet that he got in that fight because he was defending his mother's honor. It made me love him even more. And I don't care what his father says, Hilda's totally doing the right thing by letting Justin be his own person.

I actually sort of felt bad for Walter in this episode. But, at least he realized that nothing was going to happen between him and Betty anymore. Of course, once Betty finds herself single, Henry's girlfriend shows up. She has to have the worst luck ever.

I was so excited to see Liz Torres on Ugly Betty this week, too. She'll always be Miss Patty to me, but seeing her work on another show was just wonderful.

I also must say that Ugly Betty is handling the transgender issue very well. They're not overloading us with information, but they're making it seem very real. They are definitely doing a better job that All My Children is doing.

And lastly, for this show anyway, was anyone not surprised that Daniel's mom was the one that killed Fey? I certainly wasn't. It's a nice twist, but I saw it coming before that last scene with her and Betty. In fact, I was mouthing the words with her as she said them. Maybe it's because I have watched soaps for a long time, so plot twists like that are common place. I don't know, but I wasn't all that shocked.

OK, I lied, I have to say one more thing about Betty. I don't know if what I'll be referring to is cinematography or not, but how all the scenes flowed together. For example, the split screen when Marc and Willie were talking on the phone and how the scenes faded into each other. It was just pure genius. If anyone can fill me in on who makes those creative decisions, I'd love to know.

Next up is Grey's Anatomy. I thought this was an extremely good episode. Yes, some of it seemed a bit unrealistic, but I can suspend my disbelief pretty well.

I was chuckling during the part where Cristina was trying to tell Meredith about her engagement, but couldn't because Meredith was being kind of bitchy. Sandra Oh's facial expressions alone were fabulous.

Facial expressions were key for Miranda too. I couldn't help but laugh when Sydney walked in and Miranda just made a face like she was thinking, "Oh *$%@." (Pick your own expletive to put in there.) And then when she blocked Sydney's way with her cart was just hilarious.

Speaking of Sydney, whom I like in small doses, I enjoyed the fight between her and Callie in the clinic. I really like when Callie is all assertive like that.

I love heroic Alex. That's all I have to say about him.

I was also incredibly amused by the elevator scene with the attendings and the chief. I felt bad for the chief. He's just doing something different because his marriage is over. It's perfectly normal, and Addison relating to him was a major plus. I also like how Mark told the chief that he needed highlights to make his hair more natural looking. I don't know why I chuckled at that. Maybe it was Mark's facial expressions. Of course, I do love McSteamy, so I may be slightly biased.

I thought the ferryboat wreckage was pretty amazing looking. And I liked how everyone had to go their own separate ways. I felt bad for Izzie. There's only so much she could do, and she's getting badgered by those other people to do more. At least she was staying relatively calm. I'd probably be freaking out, but I'm a big wuss when it comes to blood and disasters, which is why I'm not going into medicine.

I thought the end of the episode was fantastic. It was a very nice cliffhanger ending, with Meredith being pushed into the water by that guy. It was very chilling to see that little girl just walk away after that. I'm definitely tuning in next week to see what happens (not that I wouldn't anyway). I know they're not going to kill Meredith, since the show is named after her, but still, it should be exciting.

I also like how the ending of the episode was tied in directly to the beginning of the episode. Shonda Rhimes likes to do that with her episodes, though. She did the same thing with the Super Bowl episode. It is a fantastic way to tie up an episode very neatly.

Overall, another great night of TV on Thursday. ABC is definitely putting it all out there for sweeps!