Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A- | 2 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT The Devil You Know
By Couch Baron | Season 5 | Episode 9 | Aired on 05.13.2012
...and later, Henry and Betty are double-parked waiting for the kids, I guess, and Henry is as unamused with the lateness as everyone around him is with his blocking traffic, so he dispatches Betty to retrieve her progeny while he circles the block. Cut to Betty checking her look in the mirror before ringing the bell; when Sally answers, Betty sends her to get her brothers before stepping into the apartment instead of waiting awkwardly in the hall. From her reaction, it's the first time she's been in the place and she helps herself to a little tour, which I guess it would be hard for Don to complain about given what we just caught him doing. Betty takes the place's opulent garishness in with some strong emotion, it being about as far away from the décor of her and Don's house (not to mention that of the Rye Town Francis Spookhouse) as can be and then she catches sight of Megan getting dressed through the glass to the bedroom. Luckily, Megan doesn't catch Betty staring at her and her bra and tight body, but things are still plenty awkward when Megan emerges and runs into her husband's ex. Betty stiltedly explains that they buzzed and are double-parked and Megan apologizes for losing track of time, adding that Don's running late. Betty offers that it's quite an apartment, but there's no smile on her face, which might be why Megan comes back with, "Thank you. I think you've seen most of it." Thankfully, the kids appear and after Betty promises that she'll get Sally the colored pencils that Don was supposed to supply, Megan says her goodbyes and the warmth with which she treats the kids is certainly most unappreciated by certain slowly-shrinking people. Everyone not originally from Quebec departs...
...while Don is still at the office, chatting with his Dictaphone about ideas for Sno Ball. He's not thrilled with himself until he comes up with an idea about Sno Balls being so tempting and sinful that they'll send you straight to hell without passing Go, I think, and man, it's been a while since we've watched him struggle like this. At least the idea of temptation ties in with Betty's storyline, but remember when Don couldn't open his mouth on Creative subjects without the accompanying Music of Poignant Ideas? He then actually says out loud that Snowballs are "sinfully delicious," but although he immediately castigates himself, I do thank him for it because it reminds me of Victor Garber's guest appearance on Will & Grace. ("Say it, bitch.")