The blackout-in-Manhattan storyline is nothing new (hello, last season’s Gossip Girl!), but regardless, the Ugly Betty producers did a nice job with wrapping last night’s episode around all the lights in NYC going out. And—SPOILER ALERT!—I just love that Marc finally got his due last night. Introducing… Mode‘s new junior fashion editor, Marc St. James! The promotion was, truly, long overdue.

But now, wondering, will there be new assistants for Willy and Daniel? Or will those roles sort of fade into the background as the show focuses more on Betty and Marc’s now-more-important positions? Personally, I hope it’s the later—no need to fumble around with new, annoying assistants when the show is jam-packed with great characters already. I’ll say it again: Ugly Betty is firing on all creative cylinders right now.

And as a bonus, the Marc-getting-promoted storyline also produced one of the funniest lines of the night. “I’m not the emotional type, but you can write yourself a nice note from me,” Willy told her beloved former assistant, after she delivered him the news. Awwww. She loves him, even if she’s a bitch about it. I die over Vanessa Williams as Wilhelmina Slater. But that wasn’t the only funny one-liner of the night. Here were the quips that had me busting a gut:

“I have to decide on my comedic monologue. It’s between Moliére and one of Brad’s breakdowns from The Rachel Zoe Project.” —Justin, on prepping for his upcoming audition

“When I say, ‘Don’t go in the hall, it’s there,’ that’s what I mean.” —Amanda, after Betty reminds her and Marc that she lives across the hall from them

“If only she would apply some of that pluck to her chin hair.” —Marc, after Amanda says that Betty is “a real go-getter”

“To what? Schedule your naps?” —Wilhelmina, wondering what kind of work Daniel could be giving their shared assistant, Marc

“I wanna kill myself. Wilhelmina and Daniel will not stop fighting over me. This ménage a moi has got to stop! I hate being in the middle. I mean, unless there’s a Gyllenhaal involved.” —Marc, on the push and pull of being both Daniel and Wilhelmina’s assistant

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