You are WRONG!!!!! Only one Eps. was moved!!!! Ep. 4, the order of the Ugly Betty is Ep.1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 and then 4! the only way this is going to affect the series is that fact that Betty is going to be leaving her job. If you notice all TV shows have hoilday Ep. so ABC figured that they needed to remove one Ep. inorder to match the EP. up they did not want to show the Christmas Ep. AFTER christmas and so on. they only reason this change will affect betty is that it might not have anything to do or relevennt to Ep. 12 unless it is reedited and made to fit. You have to remember that if and when a DVD comes out it will follow the airing order. there for ABC will make it match.

You are WRONG!!!!! Only one Eps. was moved!!!! Ep. 4, the order of the Ugly Betty is Ep.1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 and then 4! the only way this is going to affect the series is that fact that Betty is going to be leaving her job. If you notice all TV shows have hoilday Ep. so ABC figured that they needed to remove one Ep. inorder to match the EP. up they did not want to show the Christmas Ep. AFTER christmas and so on. they only reason this change will affect betty is that it might not have anything to do or relevennt to Ep. 12 unless it is reedited and made to fit. You have to remember that if and when a DVD comes out it will follow the airing order. there for ABC will make it match.

I actually noticed in Episode 05 when She is Going to and Awards dinner to Give her a Lifetime Achievement Award....The one She already has in Episode 05 (The Gold Statue with the Boots) I do wonder what that's all about

Oh, man -- you want out of order? Try Fox's butchering of "Futurama." They screwed so much with that show that they managed to get 5 seasons out of only 4 seasons' worth of episodes, and broadcast 4th season shows during the 3rd season. Completely screwy, so much so that the DVD sets come in "Volumes" instead of "Seasons" to avoid confusion.

I suppose it remains to be seen how ABC's scheduling affects the storylines. I did feel a disconnect last week, not only with the music box stuff but also with the HMO storyline.

Actually FOX pioneered the practice during SLIDERS. while the stories didn't really continue from episode to episode, it was obvious that characters would start the hour with clothing they were wearing when the 'slid' sverval episodes back.

FOX felt it was more important to throw the best episodes at the audience first, rather than let the natural growth of the characters be revealed.

Bad idea.

The Christmas theme didn't bug me, since magazines like Mode are put together 2-3 months in advance. So it makes sense that they'd be working on the December issue in mid-October.

i thought it was a little strange. betty and Daniel being so bonded, the christmas theme. very strange, indeed.

They're probably doing it for the same reasons they aired Eureka out of order- "show the good episodes first."

It's still a stupid practice, though.

I was wondering why this episode had had a more christmas theme, this would have made more sense later on in the season.

Wow, thats two shows I never thought would be compared - Firefly and Ugly Betty.