The Box and the Bunny

Season 1, Episode 2, Aired
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Betty loses a book, which is the complete new edition of the magazine and is containing un-retouched photos of a popular actress. She has to find the book before the photos get released to the rest of the press. Meanwhile, Wilhelmina plots to use the snafu to bring Daniel down and Bradford Meade secretively inquires about Fey Sommers' final effects.moreless
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  • Almost as good as the pilot

    8.5
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    By Rufam, Dec 27, 2009 Report Abuse
    Perhaps it wasn't that great as the pilot, but "The Box and the Bunny" was another great episode. Perhaps the most intresting elment in this episode was the central mystery of the series we were introduced in the pilot. It's Fey Sommer's murder. How is Bradford really conected with her murder? Who is that masked woman Wilhelmina is talking to? But there were also a lot of funny moments in this episode: Hilda and Gina'a catfight, Betty's desperate try to get the Book back, Betty's funny graduation bunny's kiddnaping. We are once again willing to see more hilarious moments and get more information on this murder...moreless

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  • Really hilarious show. I especially love Hilda in this episode.

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    By an9el215, Nov 28, 2008 Report Abuse
    The most hilarious thing about this episode is Hilda. I like how she makes Justin cover his ears when she insults the neighbor. Her toughness in this episode was too funny. I felt bad for the situation that Betty was put into with "the book." Betty lied at first, but I'm glad for her honesty later on this episode. Again, she's gotta be one of the most inspiring actresses on TV. I was kinda surprised that so early on that Daniel protected Betty. He let the blame go just to himself. Another great lesson was taught too; beauty is presented as is. It does not need to be change and remember that it's not just outside but inside. The usual things people hear of, but forget to take it to heart.moreless

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  • See review for summary...

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    By AlmostFamous95, Jul 07, 2008 Report Abuse
    Another peice of work! Bradford tells Daniel that the one who holds The Book," which is the layout for the entire magazine, (currently in the hands of Whillimina,) basicly owns the magazine. Daniel tells Whilliimina to hand over the book. Before she does, another steping stone of taking daniel's job, she puts the unretouched phtots of a celebrity in them. For you and I, that'd be okay. But for MODE and the people in the show, that's disaterous. Betty takes home the book for safe keeping, but Gina Gambarro, who wants $4,000 from Betty, holds the book hostage in atttempt to make Betty pay her fast. betty, who doesn't have that kind of money, lies to daniel and say the book is safe and he sends over a car to pick her up. Then she and Hilda try to steal the book back, but all they ended up stealing was a chuk of Gina's hair. When the car comes, Betty gets in and tells Christina the whole story over the phone. Unfortunatly, the man who was driving the car was working for Whilliimina and told her everything. Whillimina sends Marc over to Gina's house and pays her for the book. Meanwhile, Daniel is totally upset with Betty for lying to him, but he sucks it up and heads back to Queens with Betty to buy the book from Gina. When they get there, Daniel offers the money, but Gina says a man in rapper's clothes beat them to it and she would've gave it to daniel if she knew he was coming. They weren't sure who took the book because Marc would never dress in rapper's clothing, but he'd do anything to keep his job for Whillimina. Natalie Whittman (the celeb) fixes all their problems and lets out the unretouched photos giving MODE a normal look. Whillimina hates it, but Daniel and Bradford loved it. Whillimina hasn't broke daniel down yet.moreless

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  • Bunny Captured

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    By SweetPeaSurry, Feb 11, 2008 Report Abuse
    Another episode with contentious situations. Betty finds herself yet again in the middle of a dilemma. The plot of the episode was terrific with Daniel trying to strong arm a foothold into the business and also trying to impress his father. Wilhemmina is suitably evil and under-handed, and Betty tries her hand at lying and fails miserably. It's such a shot in the arm to see a show like this and watch how it exacerbates real life situations. Ugly Betty is sure to be a big hit with colorful characters, catty plotlines, and funny situations. Looking forward to seeing much more of this.moreless

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  • Funny Funny

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    By Simply_Ces, Sep 23, 2007 Report Abuse
    So the adventures of Betty continues and now these cruel coworkers have captured her bunny and are leaving her hilarious photos of torture. America Ferrera ceases to make me laugh and her character is just a delight. It's kind of insulting the way they put down Queens I mean the certain area in which the Suarez family are from are bad but not all of Queens is bad. Hilda is an amazing sister the way she had Betty's back in trying to help Betty get the Mode book back from that little sl*t. Another great installment to the show indeed this was.moreless

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    • The telenovela that was showing on TV has real Mexican soap opera actors, called Marlene Favela and Sebastian Ruly. Edit
    • Gina said that an LCD display is better than a Plasma display (PDP), but when both are technologically compared, Plasma TV is still offering better quality/price than LCD, which is quickly closing the gap. The LCD could theoretically, in a few years, after the technology evolved enough, replace the Plasma display. Edit

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    • Featured Music: 'Love Me Or Hate Me' by Lady Sovereign Edit
    • Awards and Nominations: - 2007 Excellence in Production Design Award for Television - Single Camera Television Series. - Nominated for the 2007 Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Single Camera Series. Edit
    • International Airdates: Latin America: November 14, 2007 on CANAL SONY Norway: January 10, 2007 on TVNorge Belgium: March 13, 2008 on VijfTV Greece: July 2, 2008 at on ANT1 Edit

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    • Daniel: Who is Gina Gambarro, a new designer? Betty: No, an old slut. Edit
    • Fashion TV Presenter: Remember, we only make others feel bad to make you feel good. Edit
    • Hilda: (After pulling out Gina's hair) It looks like we now owe you four thousand dollars...and fifty cents. Edit

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    • The story of "Jenna Fletcher" is obviously a replica of the movies about Bridget Jones (as the actress playing Bridget, Renee Zellweger, had to gain weight to play the role). Edit
    • Natalie's publicist: And remember, we're still trying to land you Two Million Dollar Baby. Two Million Dollar Baby is not a real movie, though it is obviously meant to be a reference to Million Dollar Baby. Million Dollar Baby is an Academy Award winning film that was released in 2004 about a boxing trainer who teaches a young woman to box professionally. Edit
    • Steve: I didn't know you spoke German. Bradford: I don't, I just own the newspaper. The Newspaper Bradford Meade is holding is the Berliner Zeitung, an Eastern German newspaper that was founded in 1945. The paper was bought in 2005 by the British publishing group Mecom Group and the America Company Veronis Suhler Stevenson. The paper currently has a readership of around 468,000 and is one of the largest subscription newspapers in Germany. The paper is also a nod to the German version of the telenovela which was called Verliebt in Berlin which translates to In Love with Berlin or In Love at Berlin. Edit

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