Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A | 13 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT The Dark Side Of The Closet
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 8 | Aired on 2007.09.06
Don arrives home and heads upstairs. Cut to his son Bobby sleeping; Don wakes him up and tells him to ask him anything. Bobby asks why ladybugs light up, and Don closes his eyes in frustration. Well, Don, even adults are kind of stupid when you wake them up from a sound sleep. Or at least that's what my own experience leads me to believe. Don tells Bobby that he'll never lie to him, which seems to imply that his dad wasn't truthful with him. But we'll soon find out, as after they embrace, we head into one more flashback…
…wherein Hobo, apparently having done his designated work, is saying his goodbyes and thanking Archie for opening up his home. Archie reaches in his pocket, but only pulls out a cigarette, rather than the promised payment. Hobo is like, "awkward," and then Archie shoos him on his way. Hobo's face falls, but he obeys; Jack runs after him, but he's already hightailing it away. Jack then looks on the fence, which, carved into it, has the "dishonest man" mark on it. Not sure why Hobo didn't take heed of this before he stopped by, but I don't want to interfere with the episode's point or anything. Dick looks at his dad in a new light…
…and then we cut to Don, who's still asleep (it looks to be early morning) next to his son. I'm sure Betty would have been pissed about yet another lonely night, were it not for her absence from the episode and all.
A small clock reads about 7:12 or so; Peggy comes into the office and hopefully looks for Pete (WHY?) but he's not there. She forlornly goes to her desk. Later, the laughing boys come in, and Pete heads into his office without sparing a glance Peggy's way. Sometime later, Don comes in; after he closes the door to his office, we focus in on his name on the door, as if to tell us that he's finally cast off everything he used to be. As if to purposely confuse me, though, a twangy song about "that old-time religion" plays jauntily over the closing credits. Okay, episode! I don't care what religion Don may have been! Uncle! See you next time!