Ugly Betty, March 22: Marc comes out to his mother
Seriousness...reared its ugly head as Marc's cat-show-obsessed mother turned up in New York City. (Did she really name her cat Lady Buttons of Camelot? That's what I'm naming my next pet.) She's pretty much a raging b----, though, and fabulously played by guest Patti LuPone....Marc, for once, seemed a little deeper than his usual, two-dimensional self. We were finally allowed to see his demons, as opposed to seeing him exploit the demons of other people (i.e. Betty). When he said, ''You wanna talk about swishy? Open your eyes, Mom, and look at your own swishy son,'' did any of you other fans feel awful for the poor guy? While he lives his fabulous life in N.Y.C. out of the eye of his mother, he's keeping this dark secret from her. Thankfully it's finally out to her, but he may have lost her along the way. The fact that Ms. Weiner (why is she not Ms. St. James? did I miss that part?) kicked him to the curb grounded the whole thing in a sad reality that probably happens too often. But I was happy to see that while Marc may be down, he wasn't crushed: ''It's her loss,'' he said after having the Puffs-moment heart-to-heart with Betty on her front porch. ''Because I'm freakin' fabulous.'' — Tanner Stransky
