Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B+ | 755 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Something Interruptus
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 1 | Aired on 2009.08.16
In the conference room, Joan is reading off a list of all their accounts, splitting them down the middle so half go to Ken and the other half to Pete, and it's nice to notice that a large number of them have been mentioned on the show before. Ken grins at Pete through all this like he's thrilled they're going to be running the show together, while Pete isn't letting the fact that he doesn't have heat vision stop him from trying to burn Ken to a crisp with his eyes. The other people on hand are Harry and Pryce, and when Utz goes to Pete, Ken asks why, so Harry tells him that some of the dividing was done on accounts, but some was on relationships, "and you figure out what happened with Utz." I think Ken's maybe getting unfairly blamed there, particularly since it was a combination of Lois and Don's efforts that resulted in Mrs. Schilling failing to be properly shielded from Jimmy (and Ken's mom is even "heavyset"!), but I can't deny that keeping that as a distant memory is probably the way to go. Pete, trying to figure out how many people he needs to add to his shotgun list, asks Harry if he decided "all this," but Harry responds that "while forty-two cents of every dollar at this agency is spent in the Television Department," he made the decision jointly with Pryce. Pete then whines that Peggy's name is all over his accounts, but Pryce ignores him and announces that they're each taking half the company. "'Course, it's possible someone could distinguish themselves." That someone isn't you -- didn't they teach you proper grammar at whatever snooty academy you attended? Pryce adds that it would be easier that way, practically braining them each with the gauntlet, but Ken's still too ecstatic to notice, while Pete's lower lip is threatening to lay waste to everything in its path. Outside, Pete grabs Ken and notes that if he's upset, he's hiding it well. Ken basically asks what's up Pete's ass, and Pete is like, why would you even take the job, since you're no good. That's literally his dis -- "You're no good." Wow, Pete. That shit is weak. Ken points out the obvious, that Pryce or whoever is pulling the strings from across the pond wants them to hate each other, and he's not going to play. Pete, however, lashes out some more, causing Ken to simply walk away in genuine bewilderment. Honestly, of all the people at this company, Ken's the one I could see hating just about the least. You know, if you're male and heterosexual.