Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A- | 495 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT You May Not Like Pete...
By Couch Baron | Season 2 | Episode 5 | Aired on 2008.08.24
...and rings Peggy's place to talk to Bobbie. Bobbie can't imagine why Jimmy would be calling Don, as everything went fine on her phone call with him. Don seems to buy this, and after a few awkward words, they hang up. Bobbie then tells Peggy she just has to know -- why is she doing this? Peggy says Don's her boss, and Bobbie notes, "Quite an example he's setting." Peggy offers that Don has done a lot for her, and Bobbie sighs that Don is a decent man. "You wouldn't think he would be." Particularly not after he jammed a finger into you, no. Peggy's cryptic reply is this: "You never expect him to be any other way than what he is." She heads into her room and closes the door...
...as we cross-fade into a flashback of her lying morosely in the hospital. Off-screen, the doctor is telling Catherine that Peggy's still not in any condition to make decisions for herself, and they need to keep her for a few more weeks. Peggy then looks up and greets Catherine, who's standing with a very pregnant Anita. Hmm, that's interesting. I completely assumed that the infant in the crib back in the second ep was Peggy's son (the AMC site even refers to him as the cousin of Anita's kids) but if that's the case, what happened to the kid Anita's carrying in the flashback? The doctor tells Anita and Catherine they'll have to leave for the moment, so Catherine tells Peggy, "I'm goin', but I'm not leavin', Peaches." Aww. They step out, and the doctor sits and asks Peggy how she is. She tells him she's still so tired, but is able to correctly give the year and the President's name and her current location. However, when she's asked if she knows why she's in the hospital, her answer is no. She adds that she doesn't feel like herself, so the doctor confesses that that's because she's on medication to relax her, so she'll feel more like talking. It's probably also why it seems to be taking a Herculean effort just to move her head six inches in one direction, but no one said dosages were an exact science. The doctor says that he's told her this before -- she had a baby. Peggy is no more willing to accept this now than she was in last season's finale, so the doctor leaves without another word.