Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B- | 425 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Beyond The Veil
By Couch Baron | Season 6 | Episode 1-2 | Aired on 2013.04.07
The receptionist, with Rosen in tow, then gets Don's attention, and Don quickly leaves his team to greet Rosen, who tells him he got out early. Don: "Is that good or bad?" Hee. But hey, Rosen, you're saying that you can get out of surgery early? Given the arrangement we see at the end of this episode, Don, what a cliché you are asking to be. After Rosen confirms that the operation was a success without the patient dying on the table, Don leads Rosen through the office - that same guy is still asleep on the couch, by the way; I hope someone checks his pulse soon - as Rosen admits that he was a little discomfited seeing Don working on ideas just now, as "part of me was hoping that head was empty." Wrong Jon Hamm character, Rosen. If we were on 30 Rock, your wish would be fulfilled. As Don rummages through the supply closet, Rosen subtly checks out a passing woman's ass, and we may be meant to think this makes him a dog on the level of Don, but all it does for me is confirm his heterosexuality. Rosen says he doesn't know how to thank him, so Don suggests he become the first American to complete a successful heart transplant and then give the credit to his camera. Dawn then appears and tells Don the photographers are ready for him, so after they establish that their wives are "cooking something up for New Year's," Rosen takes off. Aw, Don has an actual male friend! It's going to be ugly if Roger hears about this.
Speaking of whom, Roger's on the phone with, I'm assuming, the woman about whom he was babbling to poor Dr. Levy earlier when a flushed and crying Caroline enters and apologizes for the disturbance, saying it's urgent. Roger gets off the call and pours Caroline a drink as she pulls herself together and tells him she has tragic news - according to his aunt Jessica, his mother has passed away. Roger's eyes seem to go wide for a brief moment, but after that, he's perfectly stoic, comforting Caroline with a pat on her shoulder as he tells her she was ninety-one, and it's hardly a shock. Caroline cries that she was so sweet, and she knows how close she and Roger were, but Roger kindly tells her that she'd been saying every Christmas for the past twenty years was her last. Caroline: "She was always so polite to me. When she could hear me." Hee. Roger supposes he's in charge of the arrangements before asking what the cause of death was, and Caroline tells him she had a stroke -- in the bathroom. Roger: "Well, I asked, didn't I." Roger instructs Caroline to talk to Joan, as she'll know what to do, but before Caroline goes, she downs the whole drink in one gulp. Atta girl, but you look like you've got some more crying in you. How's about a roadie? Nope, after she collapses sobbing onto Roger for a moment, she gets out of there, whereupon Roger raises a glass skyward and simply utters "Cheers." I hope he puts a little more thought into the eulogy.