Thoughts on 4.17

Million Dollar Smile
*May contain spoilers

• Kathy Najimy was really good as Dr Franco- she played it as it is. As a replacement for Jesse Tyler Ferguson's Dr Farkus, she was exceptional throughout.  
• Funny moment: when Marc was rearranging Betty's face on the computer and making funny talk. Hehe! 
• So Amanda is not going to be with either Daniel or Tyler. Daniel accepting it is over between him and Amanda. Personally, I'd rather she settled for the latter; otherwise, I think she is better off on her own. 
• I liked Marc's curly hair and yeah, the baby he was holding was so cute. in the dream sequence, he was almost like a male version of Betty without the braces- so nice and not bitchy at all! 
• Betty's transformation from an ugly duckling into a beautiful swan was done in a dreamlike sequence- but boy did Betty look great! So like... AMERICA FERRERA!!! I liked America Betty! hehe! :D
• As Betty looked prettier, her personality changed and became a Wilhelmina-like clone- Willie liked Betty, but Marc, Claire and Daniel and Hilda took a disliking to her. Plus, it turns out Pretty Betty slept and used daniel and her and Wilhelmina are scheming against him. oh and Papi as a mobster! Whoah! 
• Braces= compassionate, no braces= non compassionate  hmmm... I hope that Betty still remains compassionate when she gets the full make-over. her hair looks better, the braces are gone, her tastes in clothes has improved a great deal since the first season. The transformation is almost complete. 
• Hilda on the other hand looked the complete opposite- she became the ugly duckling. & Betty was the pretty sister.  
• Oh and Betty finally got her braces off- YAY!! It was the moment we were looking forward to, and the way it happened was really good as well. The slo-motion thing was a nice touch too! :)
• Not much Wilhelmina in this one, but the scenes towards the end suggest that she, with the help of Marc perhaps, is back to her old evil self and trying to get hold of Meade. Also, it looks like she wants to drive that wedge between Daniel and Tyler and Claire even deeper than before by having Tyler on her side. Will she succeed and perhaps get her hands on Meade? Will Daniel and Tyler put their differences aside and get along? 
• Nice party scene where the Suarez's celebrate Betty's removal of her braces. :) 
• Justin and Austin seem pretty acquainted with each other in that last scene... this could be one relationship that could last towards the very end of the show and perhaps beyond that. 

*Final thoughts:


On second viewing, it was still brilliant and watchable as it was first time round for me- so many twists and turns all happening in under 40 mins. There have been high praises all-round for season 4 by almost everyone; however for me, I felt there wasn't a particular episode that I truly loved throughout from start to finish. Until I saw this episode. It was utterly amazing- just great writing, lots of interesting, funny-ish moments- from Betty's transformation to all the little scenarios involving Amanda, Daniel, Willie and Betty's family.

For all the anticipation of Betty's removal of her braces, Million Dollar Smile certainly lived up to the hype. It totally rocked!!!