As Hilda's wedding approaches, Betty asks Daniel to be her guest, Amanda tries to set Marc up with soap opera star Spencer Cannon, Justin wonders whether he can invite Austin, Wilhelmina finds a way to get the Meade empire and Betty gets an unexpected offer in both her personal and professional lives.
Betty (America Ferrera) invites Daniel (Eric Mabius) to come to her sister Hilda (Ana Ortiz)'s wedding with her and he accepts.
Amanda (Becki Newton), having now quit her job as a receptionist, returns to MODE to take supplies for her meeting with her first client as a stylist, soap opera actor, Spencer Cannon.
Betty decides to accept the London job and Justin also takes a big step by leading Austin to the dance floor in front of his proud family.
Marc then spots Spencer's Tweety Bird tattoo, a feature matching one of the known details about Amanda's biological father.
[2] For the first time, Henry and Charlie's son makes his first physical appearance on the show while former recurring character Elena returns after remaining absent since the third season.
Creator Silvio Horta said in a 2007 interview that he did not intentionally set out to create television's first mainstream gay child character, he had just wanted a humorous foil for Betty.
"[5] Maria Elena Fernandez of the Los Angeles Times also praised the handling of Justin revealing his sexuality saying "its restrained execution proves that Ugly Betty still deserves a special place in TV history.
"[3] Mrs. Northman of television website, TV Fanatic said "Each minute of "The Past Presents the Future" either had us laughing, smiling, holding our breaths, or crying.