On Ugly Betty last week, Jesse did a smitten Betty wrong by making out with her pretty (petty?) coworker/roomie Amanda. That's so not right!

We know Amanda made amends, but will Betty ever cross paths again with the cutie wannabe rocker?

She sure will! Sources close to the show tell me that Val Emmich, who plays Jesse, will return to series next year. “We’ll definitely be seeing more of him,” the source spills.

 

Yeah, it's kind of difficult to avoid your unrequitted crush when he lives across the hall!

 

In his defense, Val swears to me that Jesse was "completely oblivious to Betty's feelings. He's a very genuine person and that's part of the problem," Val declares. "He says what he feels without thinking. If you're someone like Betty who is looking for hints then his easy-going manner could be taken the wrong way."

New Yorkers got a chance to see the real-life musician in action last night as he played a set from his new album, "Little Daggers," at the Canal Room in New York City.

 

"My intention was to make a smart pop record and to prove that that wasn't a contradiction," he laughs.  Having his music played on the series has also been a plus. "The fact that the show embraced the music makes the experience extra rewarding," he says.

 

Let's hope the rewards for Betty aren't just platonic the next time around.

 

Ugly Betty airs tonight, Thursday, Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. on ABC.

 

 

You got to love Amy C. You knew she knew exactly what she was doing when she got rid of Brady last week as Bob pointed out how in season 3 Eric sent his biggest threat and former fellow Blue team member Marty home and then won the game. Amy's simple response? "I know." You. Go, Girl. Of course, that means his wife Vicky spends the next hour of the show calling you a back-stabbing b*tch. But hey, you can take it.

 

Allison borrows K.I.T.T. from Knight Ridder to show up on the ranch and tell the contestants their next workout will have an eighties theme. It's Bob and Ed in short shorts! Jillian gets all Flashdance with the Black team. Even after Bob goes all Jane Fonda on his team, the tension between Amy and Vicky can still be cut with a knife.

 

The challenge is to hold half your body weight in water above your head and answer eighties trivia questions. Every time you get one right, you can add water to someone else's bucket. But get it wrong, and water is added to yours. Let go of the rope and you're out of the game, but not before being splashed Nickelodeon slime-style. Michelle and her mom Renee are the last two standing, and Michelle promises her mom a new handbag if she lets go. Hey, accessories are worth a loss! Michelle wins a one pound penalty to put on another team player, which she winds up giving to Vicky.

 

Jillian puts her team through a last chance workout and proves once again she really is sadistic. Her arms are looking RIPPED!! The Blue Team hits their last chance workout too, since they know that being on the team with Amy does not guarantee she'll vote for them if they fall below yellow line.

 

The contestants head into weigh-in and all pull impressive numbers. Sweet Coleen only shed three pounds and falls below the yellow line. Hey girl, you already down to 167 and looking good! In a move that can't be scripted, penalized Vicky just misses staying above the yellow line. Who once again has the swing vote? Amy. Wonder if Vicky's eating her words right about now.

 

The vote is split for Coleen and Vicky, and it's Amy turn. And she votes out Coleen. Surprise? Not really. Amy knows she'd be next on the chopping block if she didn't stand behind her team the second time around. She'll get her chance to pick them off, one by one, when she's good and ready. Yes, Vicky, there is a new player in town, and she's hitting you hard, just like a treadmill.  

There's been plenty of talk of what ailment Brenda played by 90210 original Shannen Doherty – who returns for the show's midseason finale tonight – will suffer from when she's back in the halls of West Beverly Hills High. Is she lying in that hospital bed dying? Not quite.

 

The TV Fanatic has learned it's much worse. Sources close the series have revealed to me that Brenda has fertility issues and won't be able to have kids, though the official CW comment is that fans will have to wait until the show returns Jan. 6 to find out.

 

Well, if anything, Kelly can take comfort in the knowledge that there's no way Brenda, who confessed she slept with hot-for-teacher Ryan Matthews in last week's episode teaser, can be pregnant with his baby. That's got to be mildly reassuring.

 

Not really.

 

Catch 90210 Tuesday at 8 p.m. on The CW.

Tonight’s episode was called "City of Fire." You got to love a musical reference in a TV episode’s title! I’ve snuck in a few myself with this review. Think you know the answers? Send me an email at asktheeditor@okmagazine.com!

Looks like I was right about Mike Delfino being Dave’s target on Wisteria Lane. You know a guy is criminally insane when he kills the doctor trying to help him, sets the club he and his bandmates are playing in at on fire to cover the crime, and then saves the life of the man he wants to do in!

Yes, Blue Odyssey entered battle of the Bands at Warren’s club, and Warren happens to be Anne’s abusive husband. That helped tie this episode nicely together. Preston got some rare screen time when he told his mom Lynette that Porter’s cougar girlfriend was pregnant. Lynette went to Anne’s house to confront her, and Warren overheard. He ordered Lynette to leave, but her conscience kicked in (after all, Anne is carrying her grandchild!), and she returned to the house and stopped Warren from stomping his wife to death. Once Porter learned that Anne had been hurt, he went to the club with a gun to make Warren pay. After all, he has to protect his woman’s honor!

Susan’s daughter Julie came home with her new boyfriend, the much older and three-times married Steven Webber (Musical reference alert: What was the last Broadway show he was in?) Susan was not happy about this, and was even more incensed when she learned that Lloyd was going to ask Julie to marry him. Luckily Julie declined, but for a reason that must be more upsetting to Susan. After witnessing her mother’s failed attempts at marriage over the years, Julie’s convinced that marriage doesn’t ever work. (another one!) Careful the things you do, children will see…

Ms. Hildebrand found a way back into the Solis’ lives by putting them in her will. Gaby was all for it, until Virginia got all Norma Desmond again (another one!) and tried to tell her how to raise her kids. Gaby then told Virginia to stick it and her millions where the sun don’t shine. Gaby may love money, but she realizes that having the freedom to rear your own children is priceless.

I was surprised we weren’t left pondering who really started the club fire. While Dave seemed the most obvious choice, it could have been Porter seeking revenge, or Susan, thinking if she started a small, controllable blaze, she’d earn some time to stop Lloyd from asking her daughter to marry him. Or maybe even Gaby who realized if she got rid of Ms. Hildebrand that night, the millions would be hers. But even devious Gabrielle isn’t that soulless. We’ll leave the Benjamin Barker-esque (yep, another one!) revenge killing to Dave.