Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT A Change Is Gonna Come
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 12 | Aired on 11.01.2009
w she doesn't like Jane and doesn't want her there, and continues to be incredibly clueless when she takes it as some sort of victory that Roger asks to speak to Mona. Mona continues to be awesome as she filters each side's barbs, telling Roger that he has to keep Jane under control and Margaret that she and Roger are both tired of her drama before threatening Margaret with canceling the wedding and leaving her to an Indian fate. Heh. After Margaret backs down and leaves the room, Mona asks Roger why Jane got Margaret such an expensive gift, but Roger didn't even know they'd seen each other, even saying he forbade such an interaction, which frankly shows more foresight than I would have given him credit for. The exes have a nice moment where they can't help but giggle at what a nightmare their DNA produced, but when they disconnect, Roger sternly calls Jane in and asks what the hell is up with her spending half his net worth on a gift that only served to produce a tantrum from his daughter. Jane plays the hurt "I'm a good person" card that was pretty shaky even when it was new, and although I can't blame her for being "tired of the awkwardness" it hasn't exactly been that long in the grand scheme of things. Roger doesn't bother agreeing with me and instead points out that she disobeyed a direct order, with exactly the result he expected, which prompts Jane to throw a tantrum of her own and lock herself in the bathroom. And while Roger is only home during the day because he "overdid it at lunch," in his own words, I'm thinking this exchange is going to send him straight to the wet bar.Pete's sulkily eating something straight out of a serving bowl when Trudy arrives home and wonders what he's doing there. Pete tells her he got fired, which is a fairly pessimistic way of looking at a promotion, but then clarifies exactly what happened as best he can, considering he "couldn't even hear [Pryce]. All I saw was his froglike mouth flapping." Heh. Trudy is happy to hear at least that Pete didn't lose his temper, but when she continues to pepper him with questions, he sighs, "Stop it with the Ellery Queen." Hee. He then asserts his intention to call Duck, and I certainly don't see the problem there, but Trudy thinks it'd be better to wait and see how everything shakes out. Pete bitterly complains that Pryce basically said he cares too much about his clients and they notice it, and asks how that could be bad. Well, since you ask, it's just part of the whole wanting it too much image that doesn't seem to go with the SC Accounts philosophy. I mean, the only thing Roger's ever wanted that much is a robot waitress that will bring him a drink the second he knows he wants one. Trudy assures him that he holds all the cards, which makes me wonder if she recently got stuck in a freshly-painted elevator. I mean, seriously: Huh?
Betty's awakened by the crying baby, but when she goes into his room, she finds Don already tending to him. She thanks him before telling him to go back to bed, and as she takes the baby from him they have a nice, easy moment together. All I'll say is that it's too bad the baby's not old enough to remember this.
Paul's in with Peggy, who complains that it's now way too hot, and having lived in New York for most of my life I can only nod sagely in response. Olive buzzes and informs Peggy that "Mr. Herman" is on line one, and I would have thought Peggy had a private line, but maybe Duck doesn't have the number with him because, as he tells her, he's right around the corner in a hotel room. Peggy asks Paul if he can give her a minute, and Paul, who's more hilarious in this scene than I remember him being since the stoner episode, is like, "No." Hee. Peggy tries to blow him off without giving away the nature of the call and fails spectacularly on both fronts, although I will note that when she tells him she's having lunch with Kurt and Smitty, he replies, "They're a couple of homos." It's barely even worth pointing out that he's only half right, but I will say that I'd take Peggy's place at that lunch in a heartbeat, so fuck off, Duck. And nice name, by the way. Anyway, after they hang up, Peggy tries to tell Paul she has to go to the printer, and if the discussion of Kurt and Smitty didn't tip him off, her flushed face and accelerated breathing would, so it's no surprise when he replies, "I know a nooner when I hear one!" Still funny, though. Peggy's like, "You're disgusting!" True enough, but he's not the one who's going to have trouble walking back to the office.