Betty-Gio terlihat lebih seru ketimbang Betty-Henry
Written by: Tanner Stransky
On last night's season of Ugly Betty, which was very aptly titled ''Jump,'' Claire Meade — a font of good advice as of late — told Betty that she was too ''safe.'' Yes, Claire was talking about the aspiring editor's writing, specifically a piece she did for Hot Flash called ''Young at Any Age.'' But more than that, it was a comment on Betty's whole existence. For too long, Betty has played it safe. And it's the season finale, so what a great time to shake things up — and shake things off? (I'm looking at you, Henry.) My question: After these words of wisdom — and Betty's own realization that, yes, she doesn't take risks — why is she still even considering Henry's proposal? (All I have to say to Henry Grubstick, yet again, is How dare you?) Seeing as how it's essential for her to shake up her life (and, you know, shake up the series, too), a marriage to Henry and a move to Tucson would only be backtracking. Right? The answer: Natch! (Sorry, I couldn't resist!)
Honestly, though, I think that — despite his marriage proposal — we're close to the end of Henry Grubstick on this show. Unless he's planning to move back to New York permanently, we can cross these star-crossed lovers off our list. I know the show left us with a cliff-hanger — Betty's leaving her Queens nest, but is she headed to Rome with Gio or Tucson with Henry? — but Ugly Betty is not Ugly Betty without New York City. (Especially after the producers announced the production is moving from
Objectively speaking, isn't the Gio-Betty romance truly better than Henry-Betty anyway? When Henry appeared at her doorstep in Queens to propose, I started getting hives. He's in too much of a hurry, scurrying around like there's no time and he's too busy to think about what he's actually doing. Yeah, he's always had a nervousness about him, but it's spiraled to inordinate levels lately. I guess having a baby will do that to you. I'd already ranted about this in my TV Watch a couple weeks back, but Henry's presumption that Betty would just uproot her life to move and live with him in Tucson is ridiculous. What's the upside for her? Besides getting the now nervous Nelly known as Henry, nothing really. Yeah, Henry said he could get her a job as a writer at a magazine down there, but — news flash, Henry! — the publishing world is based in New York, and she's already writing for magazines. Well, sort of.
Sorry for devolving into Henry hatred (he's really not worth the ink...er, the bandwidth). Let's get back to Gio and Betty. In one scene this week, they were practicing softball in the park. After she had success with a few pop-fly hits, Gio said, ''See what you can do when you say yes to things?'' Awwwww — say yes to him, Betty! Gio asked Betty to go to Rome with him, which is obviously a huge deal. What I loved most about the whole sequence was that when they were lying there in the grass, Gio gave Betty a quick smooch on the lips. There's something so perfect and sweet about that — especially after he just asked her to go on a European excursion with him.
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