Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A- | 631 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Mystery Date
By Couch Baron | Season 5 | Episode 4 | Aired on 2012.04.08
...especially since when he gets Megan on the phone, he tells her the pitch went well. He then offers to get her in an hour (not exactly rushing to get out of the bar, are we, Don?), but she tells him to bypass the stop and just go home, as she wants to get a couple hours of work done. She adds that he shouldn't be smoking, so when he disconnects, he puts out his cigarette. I'll be surprised if that's his last one of the day, but he did at least pay the idea lip service.
Cut to the Draper boudoir, with its unappetizing, period-perfect combination of yellows and tans -- what were people THINKING with those bedspreads -- wherein Don staggers into bed. Well, onto it, at least -- he barely manages even to get his shoes off before passing out.
Pete arrives at Roger's door with the news that LBJ is reluctant to intervene in the mechanics' strike for political reasons, and since (this will be mentioned later) Mohawk has a side deal with their people that forces them to work even as the strike is going on, the company is in a position to provide service on many dormant routes until it's resolved. He goes on that Mohawk would like SCDP to walk them through the campaign around such new service first thing Monday, and Roger does a credible job in telling him that they're ready to go. When Pete takes off for the weekend, however, Roger sits up in a panic...
...and outside, as Pete heads for the elevator, Roger peers around the corner to watch him go, and the only thing missing is that twangy violin head-popping-into-view sound effect from Looney Tunes. Which is too bad, because of all people on this show, such a thing would be most fitting for Roger's maturity level. With Pete safely gone, Roger heads into the copywriters' room, but is chagrined to discover that Ginzo isn't there.