Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A- | 298 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT No Good Deed Goes Unsexed
By Couch Baron | Season 6 | Episode 11 | Aired on 2013.06.09
A flashlight in hand, Peggy warily emerges from her bedroom and sees a trail of blood on the floor, which leads under the sofa. We don't see what's there, but the squeaking is a strong clue...
...so we cut to Peggy calling Stan, who groggily answers to the news of the rat in Peggy's apartment. He reminds her he told her to get traps, but she tells him the rat's in one and she thinks it's mortally wounded from all the blood. Stan: "Did you call an ambulance?" Hee. Peggy begs him to come over, but he points out he's not her boyfriend, to which she tries for sexy in saying that maybe she'll make it worth his while. Stan: "No, you won't." Not that I don't love the normal version, but Sleepy Stan is hilarious. This goes on for a bit until it becomes clear that there's someone in the bed with Stan. Peggy apologizes, but then is like, "You can bring her!" A three-way in front of a dead rat. I'd like to see the look on the face of the priest who draws her next confession. Stan assures Peggy that the rat will be dead by morning before hanging up, so Peggy retreats to the safety of the bedroom. Peggy, next time you're shopping for traps, buy the one marked "humane."
It's morning, and Julie's dressed, but Sally isn't as they sit at the breakfast counter. After some discussion of whether Sally's floor smells like pee, Megan enters and tells Sally to get a move on, as Megan has to get to work, but first she has to put the two of them in a cab. She then orders Sally to take the trash out, but Sally reminds her she has to get ready, so Julie tells "Mrs. Draper" she'll do it. Megan, with a brittle smile: "It's Megan." Hee. Julie mentions she'd love to visit the studio sometime, and then she attends to the garbage while Megan picks up the phone to call her agent...
...while Don hasn't been inside his office for more than ten seconds when Ted marches in and asks what the hell he was up to. Dawn then buzzes in to check on him, and I love how the secretaries always act like nervous mother hens every time someone manages to get by them. Ted bites out a reminder that Don said he wasn't going to be involved in Chevy until 1970, so perhaps he could kindly not cock things up for them now? Don informs him that not everything's about Ted, but Ted goes on that a client shouldn't have a single negative feeling when with them. His anger deflates, however, when he realizes that there's an actual kid involved, and after taking a few moments, he offers, "Well, I bet you don't have a lot of friends, Don, so I'm guessing this is important." Any wonder I love the man? Don admits that it is important, and he doesn't know what to do, but Ted has a question: "Does he wear glasses?" Not getting where Ted is going with this, Don says he doesn't think so but he could, but a "no" is what Ted was looking for -- the guy who taught him to fly is a Brigadier General in the Air National Guard, and "they're always looking for exceptional young men to become pilots." Whether or not that comment merits sarcasm in the current situation, the obvious implication is that this is an assignment that would keep Mitchell at home while satisfying his service requirement, and Don asks if Ted would really be willing to make that call. Ted says he'll consider it -- if Don will stop the personal war he's been waging on Ted.