[1][2] The episode was written by Veronica Becker and Sarah Kuscerka and directed by Michael Spiller.
The story begins with Betty dreaming of the perfect birthday party, complete with a horse and carriage and her boyfriend Henry as her knight in shining armor.
Turns out she is in town for a parenting seminar that had a last-minute opening on the same weekend of Betty's birthday.
Betty suggests that they just stay in New York, so Henry can be a parent and still partake in some birthday festivities.
He balks a bit, and then asks her about Stony Brook, which Renee says is a state college on Long Island where she went to school.
Renee claims that this is nothing like Stony Brook, and Wilhelmina reminds her that it took a lot of work to clean up that mess.
Renee warns her sister to leave them alone or she will regret it, adding that she is sure she is not the only one around with secrets unaware that Christina is listening via the baby monitor and writes "Stony Brook" on a notepad.
As Betty makes reservations at the Pemberley Inn, Gio emerges from his sandwich cart to sit on her desk.
As Betty gets off the phone excitedly as she sees Daniel coming toward her with a big present, but it is for Renee.
At the Suarez house, Ignacio is upset that Betty's weekend has been scrubbed because of Charlie, then pouts because he likes to have the family together for birthdays.
Hilda thinks they can take the cupcakes to Henry's, so he and Betty can eat them under the stars at the Philharmonic.
Back at the Slaters, as Marc drops off baby supplies, Renee is there and tells him that her sister skipped the infant CPR class and made Christina go alone, in favor of a deep tissue massage.
Back at Casa Suarez, Ignacio takes a call from Henry and learns that he is canceling his whole night with Betty because Charlie is not feeling well, so the family decides to put a party in place.
As the hours passed, the waiter grows impatient with Betty's presence, and asks her to leave.
Back at MODE, Alexis sees Claire in the meeting room with other older women.
Claire then tells her that Hot Flash will be ready for launch, as she has outsourced former ex-cons to help finance the magazine.
Back at Daniel's apartment, he tells Renee about Marc, and apologizes for letting Wilhelmina get to him earlier.
Betty gets back from her evening with Gio and finds Henry sleeping on her living room sofa, but it is Ignacio who greets her.
The gift worked on many levels because Betty was writing an article for Mode at the time and it showed how much Daniel really cares about her.
It also hints at a return to the show's roots after enduring a series of over-the-top storylines, as creator Silvio Horta pointed out in a Los Angeles Times interview.
And just like the Suarez clan yearning for Ignacio's delectable flan, I've been craving my fix of delicious love triangles, devilish in vitro impregnations, and, of course, Willy's genius one-liners.
"[5] The episode scored with a 6.0/10 and more than 8.5 million viewers in the US tuning in, beating FOX's Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?