Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT "Do You Take These Teeth…"
By Couch Baron | Season 4 | Episode 13 | Aired on 10.17.2010
...and just like that, they've arrived at the hotel pool. The kids can't resist dipping their arms in the water, but Don tells them if they don't get it together they're going to go back to the car and spend the weekend there. I think some of the viewing audience might have preferred that option in retrospect.
Ken and Harry come in to see Peggy, and Ken tells her that he just got off the phone with Topaz, and the guy was "shocked and impressed" that he'd already heard about them firing their agency. Harry pipes up that Topaz already bought TV placement for the campaign, and they've invited SCDP to come in Monday and pick up the pieces. Ken, wearily: "I just told you that." Heh. I feel you, Ken. Peggy points out that Monday is a holiday but Ken says Topaz is out of time. "All we have to do is not throw up on our shoes." That's not always achievable, but it's worth a try! Harry asks Peggy if she wants help, but when Peggy hilariously tells him Carolyn isn't going to be there, he leaves without another word. Ew. Ken then compliments Peggy on the good work, and at least someone around there is doing some.
Don arrives back to his hotel room to find the kids and Megan sitting on one of the beds, and when they see him they launch into a French children's song, "Il était un petit navire (There Was A Little Ship), which, by the way, is one effed-up piece of work. Don, however, is pleased at their offering, and Sally excitedly tells him that singing the song is how they got Gene to sleep. Don smiles that they shouldn't wake him up, and then Megan gets her stuff together as she says that the kids played in the pool for four hours and then bounced on the bed for another two. "I think everybody's going to sleep very well." It's just too bad Don couldn't have participated in those activities. Don tells Megan he needs her at seven AM to watch Gene, and he'll "get these two breakfast on the road." Megan wishes the kids good night in French, prompting Don to shake his head in wonder and say that she claimed to have no experience, but she's "like Maria von Trapp." Well, I suppose she and her boss got together too. Megan corrects him that she has no professional experience, but she does have four nieces and six nephews, which I guess means fertile ground runs in her family. It's good to be aware of these things. When Megan's gone, Don awesomely does a "TIMMM-BER" fall onto the kids' bed, and then tells the kids to pick him up and move him over to his. I think he's a bit heavy for them, but it'd be fun to watch them try...