Henry (Ugly Betty)

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Henry
Henry shows Betty a snowglass (From Fake Plastic Snow)
First appearance	The Lyin', the Watch and the Wardrobe
Information
Gender	Male
Age	25 (est.)
Occupation	Accountant
Portrayed by	Christopher Gorham
Created by	Silvio Horta

Henry is a fictional character in the American dramedy series Ugly Betty. He is played by Christopher Gorham.

[edit] Background

Henry is an accountant on the 3rd floor for Meade Publications who catches Betty's eye. Although he was introduced in "The Lyin', the Watch and the Wardrobe," his first appearance was in the much delayed episode "Swag," which aired January 4, 2007 as a "Lost episode."

Henry, who hails from Tucson, Arizona, is a bit of a bookworm with an excellent memory for facts and figures. He can often be heard saying, "It's just something I know." He springs that wealth of knowledge on Betty, who's charmed whenever Henry is around, indicating that she might have found her true soulmate. In the episode "Fake Plastic Snow," this was affirmed when Betty had a dream in which Henry kissed her and it left her flustered all day; she had a chance to make that dream a reality at the office Christmas party, but Betty ran away after misunderstanding a situation where a model forced a kiss on Henry first. This drove Betty back to Walter, though her attraction to Henry is clearly stronger. When Henry called after the party to explain what really happened, he was impeded by Betty's sister, Hilda.

As the first half of season one ends, Betty finds herself in a romantic dilemma: She still has feelings for Henry even as she tries to work things out with Walter. Knowing that his attraction to Betty will doom her relationship with Walter, Hilda "loses" Henry's message so to make sure that he doesn't confuse Betty any further.

After the Christmas party, Betty did her best to avoid Henry, but later learned in the episode "In or Out" that Henry's "kiss" with the model (who happens to be Daniel Meade's ex, Aerin) was not his fault, as he did not instigate it. During the episode "I'm Coming Out," Betty is busy with organizing Fashion Week for MODE and she re-encounters Henry for the first time since the Christmas party, but when Henry attempts to ask Betty a question (considering the party), he is interupted by Hilda (this after he introduces himself to Hilda and when he remembers talking to her on the phone, Hilda dragged Betty away so she wouldn't find out about what she did). Betty later discovers that Henry attempted to call her after the party to see Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Hilda purposely "lost" the message; Betty's response was "To be a only child" and went after Hilda by firing her at Fashion Week because of it.

The relationship between Walter and Betty is remains a dilemma between her "crush" on Henry and, in the episode "Brothers," Henry askes Betty on a date to see the musical Wicked, but Betty affirms "just as friends." That night, Walter tells Betty that he accepted a mangement position in Maryland, and the two break up. At the same time, Henry was seen at Betty's desk at MODE with a gift, a Wicked shirt with a note that read: "Can't wait, green girl!" But, the following morning, Henry confessed to Betty that he had a surprise visit from his ex-girlfriend from Tucson, Charlie, who wanted to reconciliate their relationship, not knowing that Betty and Walter had broken up. He gave her the Wicked tickets, apologizing, and left Betty broken-hearted.

The following week in the episode Derailed, Henry is surprised when he finds Betty and his now official girlfriend, Charlie, talking in the lunch room. He later thanks Betty for inviting Charlie to a party and he's confident that Betty does not feel anything for him; that is until Betty calls him over to a downtown subway station and finds out that she lost track of Charlie intentionally. He then questions Betty as to why she did it and finds out her true feelings for him. Just at the moment when Henry and Betty were about to kiss, Charlie appears back with a smile on her face saying: "It was fate that separated us Betty" and also states that she will stay in NY indefinitely.

Ugly Betty

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The Suarez family

Betty • Hilda • Ignacio• Justin

MODE magazine

Christina McKinney • Alexis Meade • Bradford Meade • Claire Meade • Daniel Meade • Marc St. James • Wilhelmina Slater • Fey Sommers • Amanda Tanner • Henry

Recurring characters

Charlie • Fabia • Gina Gambarro • Steve • Constance Grady • Sofia Reyes • Santos • Nico Slater • Walter