Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B+ | 464 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Goodbye, Norma Jean
By Couch Baron | Season 2 | Episode 9 | Aired on 2008.09.28
Freddy's now on his couch, so it looks like Freddy's girl and possibly Peggy helped him to a more comfortable position. If that's true, Sal's really a wuss for bailing. He comes to, and I'm not sure how much time has passed, but it looks like his pants are still wet, a fact he notes with some chagrin...
...and moments later, he leaves, ever-so-subtly shielding his groin area with his briefcase and coat. The girls watching probably wonder if he's just turned on, but given that it's Freddy I doubt he'd even think to cover that up. Also, his shoes slosh on the way out, a fact I had forgotten (at least consciously) when I wrote that earlier joke. Gotta get up early to stay ahead of this show.
Joan's lying on a couch in a darkened office when Roger enters. After he obligatorily hits on her, she asks what he's doing there: "It's 4:30. You're supposed to be sitting in a bar somewhere waiting for Boston Edison." Heh. Joan is likely resting because of her pregnancy, which surely isn't helping her emotional state, but she's also upset about Marilyn, as she sighs, "She was so young." Roger can't believe she's bummed too, and Joan replies, "Yes, I'm just another frivolous secretary." Roger didn't quite mean it that way, but he opines that she was a stranger, being entirely, if understandably, unaware of the magnitude of the effect her death would have on Americans everywhere. Joan starts to leave, simply saying that a lot of people did in fact feel like they knew her, and he should be sensitive to that. He stops her, assuring her that she's not like Marilyn, but his levity prompts a sharp response: "This world destroyed her." Roger opines that she had everything and she threw it away, but Joan, with a quiet air of prophecy, softly replies, "One day, you'll lose someone who's important to you. You'll see. It's very painful." Given how well she knows him, it's no surprise that Roger looks a little thrown, and she leaves him to contemplate her rather haunting words.