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Derailed

Episode Number: 16    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Thursday February 15, 2007    Prod Code: n/a
Daniel reconnects with Grace Chin, a girl he once stood up for a date in college, and who is now New York City's top lawyer. Meanwhile, Betty befriends Charlie, an out-of-towner she meets at the MODE cafeteria, whom she later discovers to be Henry's girlfriend.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Cameron Litvack
Director: James Hayman
Star: America Ferrera (Betty Suarez),  Alan Dale (Bradford Meade),  Mark Indelicato (Justin Suarez),  Ashley Jensen (Christina McKinney),  Michael Urie (Marc St. James),  Eric Mabius (Daniel Meade),  Vanessa Williams (Wilhelmina Slater),  Tony Plana (Ignacio Suarez),  Rebecca Romijn (Alex "Alexis" Meade (Episode 13+)),  Ana Ortiz (Hilda Suarez),  Becki Newton (Amanda Tanen)
Recurring Role: Kevin Alejandro (Santos),  Judith Light (Claire Meade),  Jayma Mays (Charlie),  Christopher Gorham (Henry Grubstick)
Guest Star: Bailey Chase (Beckett Becks Scott),  Jerry O'Connell (Joel),  Lucy Liu (Grace Chin)

Notes

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This is the first episode with an actor credited as a "Special Guest Star" (Lucy Liu). (edit)
International Airdates:
Norway: Wednesday, April 25 2007 on TVNorge
Bulgaria: November 9, 2007 on Nova TV
The Netherlands: December 3, 2007 on Net 5
Latinamerica: April 23, 2008 on Sony Entertainment Television.
Greece: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 21.00 on ANT1 (edit)
Rebecca Romijn submitted this episode for consideration of her work in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series on her behalf for the 2007 Emmy Awards. (edit)
The music playing when they are designing the dress for Sarah Jessica Parker is "Superfreak" by Rick James.

The last song played is "What Goes Around...Comes Around" by Justin Timberlake. (edit)

Quotes

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Christina: I'm Scottish! Not an Australian hooker! (edit)
Betty: (referring to Grace Chin) That's The Chin.
Daniel: Yeah (shocked at how good she looks).
Betty: Why did you ditch her, she's gorgeous.
Daniel: She didn't look like that in college, she had glasses and braces and this crazy hair.
(Betty gives him a look, Daniel realises what he said wrong and tries to fix it)
Daniel: Which totally works for some people. (edit)
Betty: Is this a good idea?
Henry: No. (Leans in to kiss Betty) (edit)
Wilhelmina: Good news. Marc found us a town car.
Alexis: Oh, great.
Joel: You look familiar. Have we met?
Wilhelmina: We're not even meeting now. (edit)
Christina: (enters Wilhelmina's office) You rang? Do you want something hemmed?
Wilhelmina: You're not here to stitch. You're here to snitch.
Marc: She needs info, bitch. (Wilhelmina glares at him) I thought we were rhyming. (edit)

Trivia

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The subway scene where Betty and Charlie got separated was shot at the 7th St/Metro Center in Downtown Los Angeles; the LACMTA Red Line was a stand-in for a New York City Subway line. (edit)
When Grace is listing off girls Daniel treated poorly in college, she mentions a Julie Dwyer. (edit)
The episode mentioned that Grace and Daniel graduated college in 1995. (edit)
The exterior shot of the E train was of a Redbird train. Redbird trains are no longer in service in the NYC subway system. They were retired in 2003. Also, the Redbird trains never ran on the E line. (edit)
When Hilda, Justin and Santos are on the E train, it is seen going from 179th Street in Queens to the World Trade Center in Manhattan. However, the E train's Queens terminus has been Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer since 1988. (edit)

Allusions

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Grace: I ended up back at the dorm room playing Wolfenstein on my computer all night long.

She is referring to Castle Wolfenstein 3D, otherwise known as Wolfenstein 3D, regarded as the original first-person shooter video game. it was created by id Software (creators of the popular Doom and Quake series) in 1992. However, her pronunciation is wrong, it is pronounced like wolfenstine, not wolfensteen. (edit)
Christina: I'm not one of your flying monkeys.

'Flying monkeys' were seen in the movie version of The Wizard of Oz. (edit)
Wilhelmina: I will not go gently into this good night.

This is a line from the Dylan Thomas poem, Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night. (edit)
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It was definitely a good show, and you can't help but feel bad for betty.
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"Exactly why I watch this series"
Love it
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"Exactly why I watch this series"
Amazing, unbelivible ugly betty is the next best thing
Continue » Posted Feb 24, 2007 3:48 pm PST
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