Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A- | 893 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Company Woman
By Couch Baron | Season 5 | Episode 11 | Aired on 2012.05.27
At home, Megan bursts into the bedroom and tells Don that she's one of four girls to get called back for Little Murders and she gets to meet the playwright next week and just imagine if she gets to go to Boston? Don's like, whoa sister -- Boston for three months is not happening. Megan's face falls as she asks him how he thought this worked. And honestly, I know Don can be selectively rube-ish when he wants to be, but is he completely unaware of regional theater? He tries to head out the door, but she guesses he never thought about the logistics because he didn't expect her to make it. "This is the way it works. Now you know." She storms out, and he yells after her to keep doing whatever the hell she wants. Well, there goes the celebration sex.
Oh man, Joan has come to talk to Pete and once they've taken a seat, she instructs him to inform the partners that she wants a five percent non-silent partnership. "There's no negotiation." I'd cheer this open-and-shut performance if she didn't sound so palpably sad; her tone is like a whistle only your soul can hear. Pete takes her at her word, but balks when she tells him she wants papers by the end of the day as obviously she can't guarantee results. When they get past that hurdle, Pete leans forward and says he's not sure how the logistics will work here, which is rich coming from the pimp himself, so you can hardly blame Joan for raising her voice and telling him to figure something out. "Do I have to do all of it?" If you're talking about Gross Pig, I'm afraid so. Pete at least looks abashed in response and taking that as assent, Joan gets up to go, but turns back to ask which one Gross Pig is. Pete tries to tell her he's not bad, but Joan simply replies, "He's doing this." I'd like to say Pete takes a moment to contemplate the fact that he is too. I'd really like to say that.