Alan Dale, don't quit your day job.

First he died as Caleb Nichol on The OC. Now he has died similarly (yet another heart attack) as Bradford Meade on Ugly Betty, which has been the focus of the last two weeks on the show. It's as though the WGA is trying to tell Alan Dale something. Or perhaps he's just really good at playing wealthy men we love to hate who are stressing themselves into the grave.

Of course, as far as Ugly Betty goes, people don't generally disappear right away once they have died. As was the case with Santos, visions of Bradford continued... this time haunting Betty. Normally such a thing might seem to be a little much, but because of the purpose that the visions served in the show, I think they were extremely important. Of course I never believed that Betty would stay away from Mode for long, but I think the way in which they got her to go back was about as well handled as it could be in the Betty World.

What wasn't necessary? The attempted usage of a little person as comic relief. That is one of my serious pet peeves. While I realize there was a reconciliation at the end between Alexis and the little man whose name I never caught, it still seemed pretty unecessary to me.

I'm fairly excited to see what is going to happen with the creation of Slater. My prediction is that people are (clearly) going to go crawling back to Mode until it is just down to Mark and Wilhelmina. I can't foresee Wilhelmina going back to Mode under its current management, but I also wouldn't be surprised if she's able to "find" a loophole in Bradford's will that assures she keeps her job or something to that effect. I almost hope it's the case... because the best part of the show is the in-office interaction between Mark and Amanda (not to be confused with Henry's other girlfriend, "Lamanda") and I am not ready to sacrifice that.

And as always... Amanda has stolen the show. There's no doubt in my mind that she will someday work her way up the corporate ladder and out of the receptionist's desk... I just can't wait to see how she does it. If there is one undervalued member of that cast, it is the brilliant Becki Newton. The girl deserves props.