Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A- | 7 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT …Is Sometimes Strained
By Couch Baron | Season 6 | Episode 12 | Aired on 06.16.2013
From the way the girls are chatting, Sally apparently is back in their good graces and soon we find out why, as Glen -- wearing an Army jacket that's threatening to disappear entirely under all the buttons he's pinned to it -- climbs in through the window. Mandy and Millicent greet him enthusiastically and then Glen asks if they have a rope for his friend "Rolo," who I'm guessing isn't strong or tall enough to climb up on his own. Millicent goes to let him in through the front door, and then Glen produces a bottle of what looks like vodka and tells them Rolo brought "something to smoke." Ah, "Rolo." Cute. Glen asks after Sally's parents before Mandy, pouring shots into little Dixie cups, asks if they can drink it straight. Sally pipes up that she knows how to make a Tom Collins and with the expertise Sally grew up around, I'd say A) it's actually gin in the bottle and B) it's too bad we're not getting to see what Sally could do with a full bar. Mandy genuinely laughs that Sally's too much, and Glen and Sally exchange smiles as he agrees she's okay. Millicent then returns with Rolo, played by Liam Aiken, who a little research reveals was a pretty huge child actor, with roles in Road To Perdition and Lemony Snicket among others. Of course, the years in which those movies were made can give you a clue as to how much younger he's playing here. Rolo, exactly as Glen did, compliments the "nice digs" before Glen wonders about the proctor, but Mandy tells him she's a booze fiend, adding that she'll save some for her. Heh. Rolo sits down to live up to his nickname as the others down their drinks, with Sally only wincing slightly. Somewhere, Don's smiling proudly and he's not sure why.
Pete's working late when the phone rings and he answers to find it's Duck, who tells him Benson's personnel record is full of false information to the point where he's not even sure if the name is real -- he didn't go to Beloit, nor Wharton. And as for Brown Brothers Harriman, Duck's got a friend there and "they all remember Bobby. He's from West Virginia -- parents are brother and sister or something. He was a manservant for three years to a senior vice president -- he took him to Europe on the Queen Elizabeth!" I bet he took the shorts, too. Duck says that of his three listed references, only one of them connected to a working number and that person told him Benson just up and disappeared one day "with an electric pencil sharpener and the Christmas card list." I'm surprised he didn't take some coffee cups, too. Pete asks what this all means and Duck tells him the general take-away is that Benson's only employment prospect was a place dumb enough not to ask any questions. "So far, that's just you guys." Had to give him that one. Duck adds that he'd return the money were the information he just imparted not valuable, and Pete can't help but agree. At which point Duck remarks that he's never seen anything like this. Pete, darkly: "I have." Even if you got up for a snack at this point, you could probably guess that Pete looks like he's sucking a lemon.