Episode Report Card Joe R: A | 701 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT The Winner of the Ham Battle is You
By Joe R | Season 4 | Episode 1 | Aired on 2010.07.25
All that butter sauce must've worked too, because in the car afterwards, Don couldn't be more amorous. Bethany holds her ground, however. She asks if she'll see Don at Roger and Jane's for Thanksgiving. Don balks. He moves in, and they kiss. She wants there to be no confusion: she wants to see him again. But she's not inviting him up to her apartment. "We'll see where we are on New Year's," she says. "If it's meant to be, it'll keep." This is a bit more than just a prudish girl and Don's blue balls. This is about wanting to be more than just Don's lay of the week. She leaves Don -- as he's done with so many ad campaigns -- wanting more.
The next day, Peggy is sitting in a diner with her two ham-fighting actresses, enthusing about how well today's publicity stunt went. Gladys -- played by comedian Cathy Ladman, who I remember from the old pre-Daily Show Comedy Central days -- grouses that the other "doesn't know when to stop" and rubs her sore shoulder. The other one coolly responds that her objective was to get the ham, and "no one told you to hit me." Peggy glosses over this interpersonal mishegas and welcomes a beaming Pete to the table. Pete hands the women their fees (in unmarked manila envelopes) and says they can look forward to seeing their names and photos in Monday's Daily News. The one who got hit -- Daisy -- asks for an aspirin, which Peggy provides from her purse, and then Peggy suggests they disperse and not have any contact for a while. They all stand up when suddenly, Daisy grabs a handful of Gladys's hair and yanks down, hissing "You hurt me!" Peggy and Pete break it up, and the ladies go their separate ways. That was pretty serious. There was no such thing as hair extensions in the 1960s, so even under Jersey Rules that was a significant offense.