Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A+ | 1964 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Women On The Verge Of Kicking Some Ass
By Couch Baron | Season 2 | Episode 8 | Aired on 2008.09.14
Harry is pitching as well, with Joan at his side, telling a client that he should buy airtime on Love of Life. Joan, however, pipes up that she's been reading the scripts for As The World Turns, and they have a "special summer storyline" that will be heavily promoted and absolutely unmissable. "Someone people think is dead is not." This is the promo line, combined with the flashback to that woman confronting Don about his fake identity, that made me think Joan had somehow discovered Don's secret. Excuse me while I take the fishhook out of my mouth and then we can continue. The client's impressed, and Harry's quick to jump on board. The guy skeeves that he loves what Joan says, and the way she says it, but that's the kind of attention Joan's built for. Or thinks she is, at least.
Betty's lying on her bed, still in that dress, and Sally comes in and asks her if she's okay. Betty holds it together enough to tell her that she's just not feeling very well, and Sally shows that her education about her parents' lifestyle didn't end at mixing drinks: "Do you want some aspirin?" Heh. Betty says she just wants to rest a little bit, and sends a worried Sally off to play with Bobby. When she's gone, Betty starts to get up, only to step on some broken glass that came from a wineglass she must have knocked over. She kneels on the floor and looks at it, and sometimes the symbolism on this show is pretty subtle, but this one, much like the chair incident, isn't that hard to figure.
Harry comes in to see Roger, who tells him that he's been getting a lot of phone calls from satisfied customers. Harry, and I had kind of forgotten about this part so good for him, gives credit to Joan, but Roger breezes that her attentions are divided at best, so it would be better to hire someone else. "One-fifty a week, and he has to share an office." Hope it's not with Joan, because that would be a pretty chilly room.
Don gets home and wonders where everyone is. He heads upstairs...
...and finds Betty sitting forlornly on the bed, still in the Dress of Despair. In a monotone, she tells him the kids are in bed. Referring to the mess around them, he asks what happened, and she says nothing. "Nothing happened here. I went through every pocket, and every drawer, and there's nothing." She fixes him with a look that would break your heart, and tells him she would never do this to him. "How could you do this to me?" Betty, you're probably not looking for an answer from me, but I'll take a stab at it: The man has serious sociopathic tendencies. Remember when he disappeared from your daughter's birthday party? Who does that? Don lies yet again that he didn't do anything, and leaves.