Ugly Betty
The Lyin', the Watch, and the Wardrobe
TV Flash files “The Lyin', the Watch, and the Wardrobe” as hour 5 of 85 in the TV Flash guide — Ugly Betty (2006–2010) on ABC, season 1, episode 5, aired 2006-10-26, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E05: listed hour 5 of 85 in the Ugly Betty guide, hour 5 of 23 in season 1. It aired 2006-10-26 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Fey's Sleigh Ride” (S01E04). Next is “Trust, Lust, and Must” (S01E06).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
It's Halloween and Betty is in for a series of frightful experiences, ranging from showing up dressed for the Mode costume contest until she learns that there isn't one, to dealing with her growing attraction to Henry, and tracking down a watch Daniel left at one of his many girlfriends' apartments, but can't remember which one. Meanwhile, Daniel pays a visit to his mom in rehab, and Wilhelmina is horrified to learn that she can't fit into a designer gown.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Lyin', the Watch, and the Wardrobe sit in the Ugly Betty guide?
S01E05 is listed hour 5 of 85 — hour 5 of 23 in season 1, season 1 episode 5.
When did Ugly Betty S01E05 air?
The Lyin', the Watch, and the Wardrobe aired 2006-10-26 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I need Yo soy Betty, la fea first?
No. The ABC series is the U.S. telenovela adaptation: Betty at Mode, Queens family warmth, Wilhelmina as camp villainy.
In the series
Why this series still plays
America Ferrera's Betty Suarez outworks a fashion magazine that treats braces like a character flaw. Ugly Betty is Guadalajara-to-Mode telenovela energy on ABC: Wilhelmina as camp villainy, family warmth in Queens, and a fish-out-of-water comedy that earned the heart instead of renting it.
Betty Suarez walks into Mode and the building flinches. That is the flash: braces as a character flaw, Guadalajara-to-Manhattan as a carpet no publicist staged, America Ferrera outworking every snob in the fluorescent. Silvio Horta's Ugly Betty (2006–2010) is ABC telenovela voltage based on Colombian Yo soy Betty, la fea — Eric Mabius, Vanessa Williams's Wilhelmina, Becki Newton, Michael Urie, Ana Ortiz — and it made Ferrera a lead-actress Emmy winner while the fashion closet treated kindness like a dress code…
Filed against
- America Ferrera as Betty Suarez
America Ferrera’s Betty Suarez outworked Ugly Betty’s fashion closet until braces became a protagonist — 2000s catalog telenovela energy on ABC, then Superstore smuggling class teeth into fluorescent NBC farce. TV Flash files her as the…
- Eric Mabius as Daniel Meade
Eric Mabius played Daniel Meade on Ugly Betty — Mode magazine glamour, Guadalajara-to-Queens telenovela energy on ABC, a handsome editor who made America Ferrera's outwork look like a fairy tale with teeth. TV Flash files him as 2000s…
- Vanessa Williams as Wilhelmina Slater
Vanessa Williams’s Wilhelmina Slater made Ugly Betty’s Mode a camp-villain runway — America Ferrera’s Betty outworking a fashion magazine that treated braces like a character flaw, Guadalajara-to-Mode telenovela energy on ABC. Family…
- Becki Newton as Amanda Tanen
Becki Newton’s Amanda Tanen glittered through Ugly Betty as Mode’s weaponized blonde — America Ferrera’s Betty outworking a magazine that treats braces like a character flaw, Guadalajara-to-gloss telenovela energy on ABC, Wilhelmina as…
- Michael Urie as Marc St. James
Michael Urie’s Marc St. James camped Ugly Betty’s Mode floor like a telenovela that had learned to type — America Ferrera’s Betty outworking a magazine that treated braces as a character flaw, Wilhelmina as villainy, Queens family warmth.…
- Ana Ortiz as Hilda Suarez
Ana Ortiz’s Hilda Suarez held Ugly Betty’s Queens warmth against Mode’s braces-as-character-flaw cruelty — Guadalajara-to-magazine telenovela energy on ABC, Wilhelmina as camp villainy, family dinners as the actual fashion house. TV Flash…