Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A- | 345 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT To The Moon, Connie!
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 9 | Aired on 2009.10.11
... as the next day, she puts the collections into a small metal box...
...which she then drives over to Francis's office and, when they're safely alone, literally throws it at him. I mean, she didn't do a pitcher's windup or anything, but that was still a bit much. She's certainly punished Sally for less. Anyway, Betty is most displeased that she had to "watch the door all night like a sap," but Francis reveals that this was all part of his master plan -- providing Betty with an acceptable excuse to come to his office was his endgame. She's like, "Oh, right. Aw!" and they make out, but when he locks the door, she stops him, saying it wouldn't be right, doing it there on the desk or the couch. Not that she had a problem with committing adultery on a couch in last season's finale, but (a) the world was about to end, and (b) this was Captain Retro Awesome we were talking about. He suggests they get a room someplace, but when she shoots that down as "tawdry" as well, she's also talking about the whole affair. His face falls as he realizes she's the one changing the rules now, and when she apologizes, he rather glumly says he doesn't know what she wants. She wants dreams of a hideous couch and a man enacting a scene from a romance novel, not an actual person. Instead of saying that, though, Betty simply leaves, and I'm betting that's the last we'll see of Francis. And nothing against him particularly, but maybe we can devote some more attention to, say, Peggy and Joan now?
Allison buzzes Don and tells him Roger's there to see him, and Don pulls a face but tells her to admit him. There are no pleasantries -- Roger immediately tells Don that he hears Connie left in a huff the day before. "You won't even let me meet the man. What do you think Accounts does, besides limit your brilliance?" Well, I'm glad he offered one answer, because I was at a bit of a loss. It seems like, though, when Don said he didn't want contact with Roger he was referring to the Hilton account, which makes more sense at least from a practical standpoint. Don, in no mood, says he'd tell Roger, but he doesn't want to hurt his feelings. Heh. Roger, however, points out that two very important clients left there angry that week, and wonders if that's what Don wants the place to be known for. "That, and some guy losing his foot in a lawnmower?" I don't think you can do much about the second part now, Roger. People are going to remember that no matter how many successes you pull in, because it was awesome. He tells Don he's in over his head, and takes off. And point well made and all, I guess, but what I remember out of Roger the last time a client left angry was a lame joke and a declaration that he was out of ideas before turning to Don to solve the problem. In my opinion, Pete's a better Accounts man than Roger is, which, given the former is a reviled man-boy, is saying something.