List of Ugly Betty episodes

This is an episode listing for the comedy drama TV series Ugly Betty. The show premiered on September 28, 2006 on ABC in the United States and ended its run on April 14, 2010 after 85 episodes.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired	Season premiere	Season finale	Timeslot	DVD release date
	1	23	2006–07	September 28, 2006	May 17, 2007	Thursday 8:00 pm Eastern/7:00 pm Central	August 21, 2007
	2	18	2007–08	September 27, 2007	May 22, 2008	Thursday 8:00 pm Eastern/7:00 pm Central	September 9, 2008
	3	24	2008–09	September 25, 2008	May 21, 2009	Thursday 8:00 pm Eastern/7:00 pm Central	September 22, 2009
	4	20	2009–10	October 16, 2009	April 14, 2010	Friday 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central (2009) Wednesday 10:00 pm Eastern/9:00 pm Central (2010)	August 17, 2010

Main series

Season 1: 2006–07

No. in series	No. in season	Episode title	Writer(s)	Director	U.S. viewers (millions)	Original air date
1	1	"Pilot"	Silvio Horta	Richard Shepard	16.32	September 28, 2006
2	2	"The Box and the Bunny"	Silvio Horta	Sheree Folkson	14.26	October 5, 2006
3	3	"Queens for a Day"	Marco Pennette	James Hayman	13.95	October 12, 2006
4	4	"Fey's Sleigh Ride"	Sheila Lawrence	Tricia Brock	13.17	October 19, 2006
5	5	"The Lyin', the Watch and the Wardrobe"	Donald Todd	Rodman Flender	13.14	October 26, 2006
6	6	"Trust, Lust, and Must"	Cameron Litvack	Jamie Babbit	13.62	November 2, 2006
7	7	"After Hours"	Dailyn Rodriguez	James Hayman	12.81	November 9, 2006
8	8	"Four Thanksgivings and a Funeral"	Marco Pennette	Sarah Pia Anderson	12.95	November 16, 2006
9	9	"Lose the Boss"	Oliver Goldstick	Ken Whittingham	8.74	November 23, 2006
10	10	"Fake Plastic Snow"	Veronica Becker & Sarah Kucserka	James Hayman	13.02	November 30, 2006
11	11	"Swag"	James D. Parriott	Tamra Davis	11.65	January 4, 2007
12	12	"Sofia's Choice"	Silvio Horta	James Hayman	13.49	January 11, 2007
13	13	"In or Out"	Myra Jo Martino	Michael Spiller	14.10	January 18, 2007
14	14	"I'm Coming Out"	James D. Parriott	Wendey Stanzler	14.00	February 1, 2007
15	15	"Brothers"	Shelia Lawrence	Lev L. Spiro	14.27	February 8, 2007
16	16	"Derailed"	Cameron Litvack	James Hayman	13.66	February 15, 2007
17	17	"Icing on the Cake"	Dailyn Rodriguez	Jeff Melman	10.80	March 15, 2007
18	18	"Don't Ask, Don't Tell"	Sarah Kucserka, Veronica Becker & Marco Pennette	Tricia Brock	10.41	March 22, 2007
19	19	"Punch Out"	Oliver Goldstick	Miguel Arteta	9.46	April 19, 2007
20	20	"Petra-Gate"	Harry Werksman & Gabrielle Stanton	Paul Lazarus	9.62	April 26, 2007
21	21	"Secretaries' Day"	Henry Alonso Myers	Victor Nelli, Jr.	10.68	May 3, 2007
22	22	"A Tree Grows in Guadalajara"	Tracy Poust & Jon Kinnally	Lev L. Spiro	9.63	May 10, 2007
23	23	"East Side Story"	Silvio Horta & Marco Pennette	James Hayman	10.50	May 17, 2007

Notes

• "Swag" was originally scheduled to be aired as the 4th episode, but was moved to 11th by the network. The change resulted in a number of continuity problems, which were "fixed" by making most of the episode a flashback and adding scenes with Betty telling Christina the bulk of the story. In Italy, Denmark, Spain, India and the Philippines, the episode is retained as the 4th episode.^[1]
• On the season 1 DVD box set, "Swag" is listed as episode 4, without the scenes of Betty talking to Christina in a flashback. Other noticeable changes on the DVD were the reversed order of the show's episode chronology: "The Box and the Bunny", which is the second episode, is listed as the third episode, having swapped places with "Queens for a Day". However, "The Box and the Bunny" should be the second episode.

Season 2: 2007–08

No. in series	No. in season	Episode title	Writer(s)	Director	U.S. viewers (millions)	Original air date
24	1	"How Betty Got Her Grieve Back"	Silvio Horta & Marco Pennette	James Hayman	11.16	September 27, 2007
25	2	"Family/Affair"	Bill Wrubel	Victor Nelli, Jr.	9.78	October 4, 2007
26	3	"Betty's Wait Problem"	Jon Kinnally & Tracy Poust	Tricia Brock	10.35	October 11, 2007
27	4	"Grin and Bear It"	Sarah Kucserka & Veronica Becker	Tucker Gates	9.67	October 18, 2007
28	5	"A League of Their Own"	Sheila Lawrence	Wendey Stanzler	9.84	October 25, 2007
29	6	"Something Wicked This Way Comes"	Henry Alonso Myers	Wendey Stanzler	9.90	November 1, 2007
30	7	"A Nice Day for a Posh Wedding"	Silvio Horta & Marco Pennette	James Hayman	10.89	November 8, 2007
31	8	"I See Me, I.C.U."	Bill Wrubel	Rodman Flender	10.73	November 15, 2007
32	9	"Giving Up the Ghost"	Charles Pratt, Jr.	Gary Winick	7.49	November 22, 2007
33	10	"Bananas for Betty"	Jon Kinnally & Tracy Poust	Michael Spiller	9.34	December 6, 2007
34	11	"Zero Worship"	Dawn DeKeyser	Ron Underwood	9.89	January 10, 2008
35	12	"Odor in the Court"	Bill Wrubel	Victor Nelli, Jr.	9.52	January 17, 2008
36	13	"A Thousand Words Before Friday"	Sheila Lawrence & Henry Alonso Myers	Matt Shakman	8.92	January 24, 2008
37	14	"Twenty Four Candles"	Sarah Kucserka & Veronica Becker	Michael Spiller	8.52	April 24, 2008
38	15	"Burning Questions"	Henry Alonso Myers	Matt Shakman	7.93	May 1, 2008
39	16	"Betty's Baby Bump"	Dawn DeKeyser (story), Bill Wrubel (teleplay)	Linda Mendoza	7.99	May 8, 2008
40	17	"The Kids Are Alright"	Brian Tanen	Wendey Stanzler	8.47	May 15, 2008
41	18	"Jump"	Silvio Horta	Victor Nelli, Jr.	8.75	May 22, 2008

Notes

• Season 2 was originally slated to have a total of 24 episodes, but due to the Writers Guild of America strike, it had 18 episodes with the last five written and produced following the strike's end.

Season 3: 2008–09

No. in series	No. in season	Episode title	Writer(s)	Director	U.S. viewers (millions)	Original air date
42	1	"The Manhattan Project"	Silvio Horta	Victor Nelli, Jr.	9.77	September 25, 2008
43	2	"Filing for the Enemy"	Joel Fields	Michael Spiller	8.58	October 2, 2008
44	3	"Crimes of Fashion"	Henry Alonso Myers	Victor Nelli, Jr.	8.48	October 9, 2008
45	4	"Betty Suarez Land"	Chris Black	Michael Spiller	8.21	October 16, 2008
46	5	"Granny Pants"	Sheila Lawrence	Fred Savage	8.66	October 23, 2008
47	6	"Ugly Berry"	Bill Wrubel	Ron Underwood	8.55	October 30, 2008
48	7	"Crush'd"	Tracy Poust & Jon Kinnally	Victor Nelli, Jr.	8.95	November 6, 2008
49	8	"Tornado Girl"	Peter Elkoff	John Terlesky	9.20	November 13, 2008
50	9	"When Betty Met YETI"	Brian Tanen	Victor Nelli, Jr.	8.30	November 20, 2008
51	10	"Bad Amanda"	Chris Black	John Putch	8.47	December 4, 2008
52	11	"Dress for Success"	Cara DiPaolo	Matt Shakman	7.51	January 8, 2009
53	12	"Sisters on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown"	Henry Alonso Myers	Lee Shallat-Chemel	7.54	January 22, 2009
54	13	"Kissed Off"	David Grubstick	Rose Troche	7.27	February 5, 2009
55	14	"The Courtship of Betty's Father"	Peter Elkoff	John Terlesky	7.44	February 12, 2009
56	15	"There's No Place Like Mode"	Sheila Lawrence	Bethany Rooney	7.65	February 19, 2009
57	16	"Things Fall Apart"	Henry Alonso Myers	Tom Verica	6.78	February 26, 2009
58	17	"Sugar Daddy"	Brian Tanen	David Warren	6.35	March 5, 2009
59	18	"A Mother of a Problem"	Bill Wrubel	Matthew Diamond	7.21	March 12, 2009
60	19	"The Sex Issue"	Cara DiPaolo	Victor Nelli, Jr.	7.82	March 19, 2009
61	20	"Rabbit Test"	Chris Black	Richard Heus	6.81	April 30, 2009
62	21	"The Born Identity"	Steven Ross	John Terlesky	7.49	May 7, 2009
63	22	"In the Stars"	Sheila Lawrence	Paul Holahan	6.83	May 14, 2009
64	23	"Curveball"	Tracy Poust & Jon Kinnally	Victor Nelli, Jr.	6.16	May 21, 2009
65	24	"The Fall Issue"	Silvio Horta	Tom Verica	6.37	May 21, 2009

• Note: ABC placed Ugly Betty on a temporary hiatus after the March 19, 2009 episode to air Samantha Who? and In the Motherhood in the 8-9PM E/P slot, but returned it after the shows complete their runs.^[2] Ugly Betty returned on April 30, 2009 to finish its 3rd season, ending with a 2-hour season finale airing on May 21, 2009.^[3]

Season 4: 2009–10

No. in series	No. in season	Episode title	Written by	Directed by	U.S. viewers (millions)	Original air date
66	1	"The Butterfly Effect (Part 1)"	Sheila Lawrence & Henry Alonso Myers	John Terlesky	5.01	October 16, 2009
67	2	"The Butterfly Effect (Part 2)"	Sheila Lawrence & Henry Alonso Myers	Victor Nelli, Jr.	5.18	October 16, 2009
68	3	"Blue on Blue"	Abraham Higginbotham	Victor Nelli, Jr	4.55	October 23, 2009
69	4	"The Weiner, the Bun, and the Boob"	Brian Tanen	Wendey Stanzler	4.50	October 30, 2009
70	5	"Plus None"	Cara DiPaolo	Paul Holahan	4.76	November 6, 2009
71	6	"Backseat Betty"	Tracy Poust & Jon Kinnally	John Putch	4.46	November 13, 2009
72	7	"Level (7) with Me"	Chris Black	John Fortenberry	3.39	November 27, 2009
73	8	"The Bahamas Triangle"	Sheila Lawrence	Victor Neili, Jr.	4.23	December 4, 2009
74	9	"Be-Shure"	Gail Lerner	David Dworetzky	4.80	December 11, 2009
75	10	"The Passion of the Betty"	David Grubstick & Chris Black	S.J. Clarkson	5.13	January 6, 2010
76	11	"Back in Her Place"	Abraham Higginbotham	Richard Heus	4.67	January 13, 2010
77	12	"Blackout!"	Cara DiPaolo	John Putch	4.59	January 20, 2010
78	13	"Chica and the Man"	Gail Lerner	Victor Nelli, Jr.	4.34	February 3, 2010[4]
79	14	"Smokin' Hot"	Brian Tanen	John Scott	4.68	February 10, 2010
80	15	"Fire and Nice"	Erika Johnson	John Terlesky	4.10	March 10, 2010[5]
81	16	"All the World's a Stage"	Abraham Higginbotham & David Grubstick	Andy Wolk	3.33	March 17, 2010[6]
82	17	"Million Dollar Smile"	Henry Alonso Myers & Chris Black	Paul Holahan	4.56[7]	March 24, 2010
83	18	"London Calling"	David Grubstick & Sheila Lawrence	Mark Worthington	4.01[8]	March 31, 2010
84	19	"The Past Presents the Future"	Jon Kinnaly & Tracy Poust	Paul Holahan	4.03[9]	April 7, 2010
85	20	"Hello Goodbye"	Silvio Horta	Victor Nelli Jr.	5.43[10]	April 14, 2010

• Note: Episodes 66–74 all aired on Fridays (October 16 – December 11, 2009); Episodes 75–85 aired on Wednesdays (January 6, 2010 – April 14, 2010).
• Note: Season 4 was originally slated to have a total of 22 episodes but was reduced to 20 episodes.

Mode After Hours episodes

Season 1

#	Title	Director	Writer(s)	Original airdate
1 (1)	"Gwadalaharahh"	Max Yoffe	Veronica Becker & Sarah Kucserka	September 18, 2008
Alone in the office, Marc and Amanda start dressing up and imitating Betty and Daniel – with unexpected results!
2 (2)	"The Friend-iversary VLOG"	Richard Heus	Brian Tanen & David Grubstick	September 25, 2008
Amanda makes a blog about an egg-salad and a salami, thus forgetting about her friend-iversary with Marc.
3 (3)	"Bowling for Cliff"	Richard Heus	Brian Tanen & David Grubstick	October 2, 2008
Amanda teaches Marc how to bowl before his bowling date with Cliff.
4 (4)	"Slumber Party Secrets"	Richard Heus	Brian Tanen & David Grubstick	October 9, 2008
Amanda and Marc sleep at Mode, and share some of their secrets.
5 (5)	"Sommers Seance"	Richard Heus	Brian Tanen & David Grubstick	October 16, 2008
Marc and Amanda organize a seance trying to contact her dead mother Fey.
6 (6)	"Trapped in the Elevator"	Max Yoffe	Veronica Becker & Sarah Kucserka	October 23, 2008
Amanda and Marc get locked in the Mode elevator and share their darkest secrets.

Season 2

Season 2 includes 6 episodes but an exclusive 7th episode was subsequently added.

#	Title	Director	Writer(s)	Original airdate
1 (7)	"Big Package"	Richard Heus	Michael Russo	October 30, 2008
Marc and Amanda have their own Christmas with unopened and undelivered office packages.
2 (8)	"April Fools"	Richard Heus	Casey Fisher	March 16, 2009
Marc and Amanda think of clever ways to trick Betty on April Fool's Day.
3 (9)	"Roller Girlz"	Richard Heus	Casey Fisher	March 23, 2009
Marc teaches Amanda how to skate in order to lose weight.
4 (10)	"Breaking the Band"	Richard Heus	Michael Russo	March 30, 2009
Marc and Amanda compete to sing at a local karaoke bar.
5 (11)	"London Calling"	Richard Heus	Brian Tanen	April 6, 2009
Marc and Amanda call the Mode UK office for a YETI assignment and end up finding their British counterparts.
6 (12)	"When Marc Met Mandy"	Richard Heus	David Grubstick & Brian Tanen	April 13, 2009
Marc and Amanda flash back to the first time they ever met.
7 (13)	"I Spy"	Richard Heus	David Grubstick & Brian Tanen	April 20, 2009
Marc cancels dinner plans with Amanda to spy on his crush, Jake.

Season 3

#	Title	Director	Writer(s)	Original airdate
1 (14)	"Always a Bridesmaid"	Richard Heus	David Grubstick	September 26, 2009
Marc helps Amanda with her dream wedding at Mode offices.
2 (15)	"Harassment of a Sexual Nature"	Jim Klever-Weis	David Grubstick	October 3, 2009
Marc and Amanda work out scenarios from sexual harassment in the workplace training.
3 (16)	"A Vlog to Remember"	Richard Heus	Erika Johnson	October 10, 2009
Marc and Amanda attempt to make a vlog of their own in response of the one by Meade Security
4 (17)	"Role Playing"	Jim Klever-Weis	David Grubstick	October 17, 2009
Amanda asks Marc to plead with Wilhelmina for a promotion and raise.
5 (18)	"Queenseeker"	Jude Gorjanc	Casey Fisher	October 24, 2009
Amanda creates a profile for Marc on an online dating service.
6 (19)	"Stress-Orcism"	Mark Worthington	Michael Russo	October 31, 2009
Amanda tries out her workplace stress relief techniques on Marc.

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