Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A- | 7 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT …Is Sometimes Strained
By Couch Baron | Season 6 | Episode 12 | Aired on 06.16.2013
Don doesn't come up with a response, so Betty goes on that it might be the experience with the burglar or the fight Sally had with her friend after model UN, but she says she's not going to the city anymore. Getting a little annoyed, Don wonders what Betty wants him to do about it, so Betty tells him she's not sure if it's good news or bad, but Sally wants to go to boarding school. Knowing the reason why she's doing this, Don looks a little glum, but offers to pay the entire expense. Betty reminds him that their daughter has to get in first. Don: "How much does that cost?" Heh. Betty tells him that Henry's daughter Eleanor (come to think of it, she must looove Betty) went to the school in question, and she thinks Sally will interview well. "She has good manners with everyone but me." Mostly true, I'll say. Don thinks she'll get in, but Betty says she's not sure -- it is Miss Porter's, and Jackie Kennedy went there. He puts on a bit of a sexy voice, and she responds positively enough to demonstrate nothing's changed about their private dynamic since they slept together. She tells him she's got to go, but he asks her -- calling her "Betts" these days -- to tell Sally that Megan... he amends it to "we both miss her." Betty says she will, of course, and after they hang up, Don leans back, looking even more exhausted than he did, which is saying something.
Of course, with the scene unfolding in the Creative lounge, it's just as well he kept his distance as Ted and Peggy are using an Ocean Spray blends idea meeting to giggle and reminisce and basically act like schoolkids who might soon be talking in hushed tones about the possibility of Doing It. The line of the scene is given by the ever-straight delivery of Ginzo: "During all this levity, did you mention that 'Cran-Grape' sounds like a glass of diarrhea?" Even Peggy's smile falters a bit at that one, but soon the two of them are back to tee-heeing, at which point Ginzo says he's got to take a piss. Ted decides that's a great idea and after more of a Kennedy-esque voice impression that includes the word "chowdah," he and Peggy walk out of there. Mathis then notes Ginzo said he had to use the can, but Ginzo replies, "I just wanted to see if I could get him to respond to an idea that wasn't hers." As usual, Ginzo's line says it all.
Don, in a post-shower robe, is brushing his teeth in front of the TV when Megan arrives home and tells him he looks better. That wouldn't be hard, but it's also true there's a significant improvement. The phone rings and Megan answers; she has trouble hearing at first, and then recognizes Harry's voice with an "Oh, it's you" tone, which I guess means she understandably hasn't forgotten his lewd commentary following "Zou Bisou Bisou". Don -- in a tone to match Megan's -- takes the phone and Harry, in California, tells him he's got good news. Don: "You finally found a hooker who'll takes traveler's checks?" Harry: "Why did I tell you that." Hee. Harry tells Don that he got a packet and then a phone call from Sunkist and -- ignoring Don's reminder that he told Harry to drop it -- tells him they got a look at the media plan and tells him they're interested in TV now. Don, however, sighs before explaining to Harry that they have a conflict with Ocean Spray. "You should have told them we withdrew. Adios, Harry!" He hangs up, leaving Harry grimacing in his opened beach shirt and high-riding shorts. Hope you've got some cash, bro. Megan seethes that Harry is such a pain before suggesting they get out of there...