Fake Plastic Snow
I know, I know, enough with the reruns, already! Sorry. I wish there was something I could do. That said, "Fake Plastic Snow" is my favorite episode to date and I can't wait to see it again. This episode has everything that's great about
Ugly Betty, and fake snow. We used real snow in "Derailed," but this episode is all fake plastic goodness.
I read this script for the first time at home with my wife,
Anel. I'd felt pretty good about Henry's long-term prospects after "The Lyin', the Watch and the Wardrobe," but then we read this:
Betty: Actually, it's just holl-
But before she gets the word out, he kisses her. A perfect, romantic-movie kiss. They break apart. She's speechless.
Henry: Wow. You know what, Betty? You're just the girl I'm looking for.
And then this:
The bag explodes! Fake plastic snow flies everywhere. The air clears, revealing Henry. (What an entrance!)
Followed by this:
As he departs, Betty looks at her hands. Snow sticks to her sweaty palm.
Betty: Oh crap.
So much for avoiding Henry.
And then the snow-globe scene, and the Christmas party with the powdered sugar on my nose. Their eyes locked from across the room, while Daniel leaves that crazy romantic message for Salma and, well, you see what I mean? After we finished reading this episode I knew that Henry was, as Hillary Clinton would say, in it to win it.
Writing about this episode gives me goose bumps. Speaking of writing, I've said this elsewhere (but I don't think I've said it here): I am in crazy mad love with our writing staff. Really. I'm proud of my work on this show, but without words, like the ones I've quoted above, Henry just wouldn't be, well, Henry. It's just something I know.
But back to the present, and future. I was called in for a special rehearsal this week. It involved a broadsword. Look for it in Episode 21. In Episode 20, Henry wears a different pair of glasses for one scene, and, yes, Becky chose them. Next week I have a scooter-riding rehearsal. If I don't fall, Henry rides in Episode 22. And last but not least, I've been told that we may,
may see Henry's apartment in Episode 23.
So watch my favorite episode this Thursday and be reminded of why reruns aren't always a bad thing. If nothing else, they give us time to make new episodes. And the new ones are so
so good.
