Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A- | 372 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Smoke Does Not Get In Your Eyes…
By Couch Baron | Season 4 | Episode 12 | Aired on 2010.10.10
Hilariously, when Don hangs up the phone, he tells them it was actually Eunice Kennedy, but Bertram is not amused as he calls Don "cynical and craven," tells him he knew he never had the stomach for a partnership, and quits on the spot. As I mentioned in the recaplet, I don't know if that means he's not going to fork over the hundred grand, but (a) this could just be a grand gesture to make a point rather than anything he's going to follow through on, and (b) he might have already given the money over. Pete and Roger follow Bertram out without another word, but Pryce lingers to tell Don that he'll need his contribution by close of business, "as it were." Don tells him his play could work, and he's certainly got the fact that no one else was doing anything effective on his side, but Pryce doesn't want to hear it: "You realize I've just moved my family back here." Really? One, how did you manage that, and two, what about your chocolate bunny? However, Don gets some support when Megan comes in and tells him that while she knows part of the ad's purpose was to put a "he didn't dump me, I dumped him" (her words) message out there, she likes that Don stands for something and is glad he did what he did. "It feels different around here." Don looks like he feels a bit better about the whole thing...
...as well he might, given that in the break room, Harry is rattling off a list of potential clients that called about the ad. Hilariously, Danny asks if Don is going to quit smoking, prompting Stan to sigh, "You're an idiot." Savor those while you can, Stan. Ken pipes up that he heard from all his clients that morning, and while it was mostly "morbid curiosity," they're certainly not talking about Lucky Strike anymore, which Peggy obviously thinks was the point. However, Harry complains that they're going to fire everyone, and then Bertram appears and tells them it was a pleasure working with all of them, and you know I love the guy but (a) he hasn't had a thing to do this entire season, so maybe writing him out is a smart decision, and (b) I would bet a sum of money I don't even have that he doesn't know the names of half the people currently in the room. When he's gone, Stan is awesomely like, "I didn't think they'd start with him." Hee. Megan then appears and summons Peggy to see Don, and after the room freezes, she gets up and starts walking like she's on the Green Mile...