On the May 1st episode of Ugly Betty, one of the characters ("Renee") is described as having borderline personality disorder. Unfortunately Renee's behavior is not typical of someone with BPD; it is an exaggerated depiction of the disorder. You can watch the episode on ABC's full episode viewer. What do you think?

Blogger Systemsthinker (Howard Ditkoff) describes the episode and talks more about the media and BPD in this eloquently written entry. Thanks to Systemsthinker for bringing this episode to my attention!