Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B+ | 649 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Equal Opportunity Idiot
By Couch Baron | Season 5 | Episode 2 | Aired on 2012.03.25
...while at the other end of the marital spectrum, Roger is getting up while it's barely light out. Jane stirs, and he tells her he has to go to Staten Island; when she asks what time it is, he tells her to shut up. Hopefully she'll just remember that part as a shitty dream.
On the train, Pete has apparently told his friend Howard about his plans to put in a pool, and when Howard brings up the expense, Pete says they'll see what happens at Christmas. Howard thinks you should never count on a bonus, but Pete looks pretty confident. Actually, if he just mugs Roger for cash, he'll be able to afford the down payment.
Rebecca asks Pryce for money for the grocer, as "you told me not to write any checks." Well, that's always a good sign. Pryce gives her, I think, the bill Alex the possible Mafioso gave him before heading out the door...
...while Joan and Gail have apparently been riding the elevator in their nightclothes in an effort to get Kevin to sleep. Aw, elevator détente...
...which continues after a cross-fade, as Megan and Don have their arms linked once again on the SCDP elevator. They get off...to find SCDP's reception area filled with African-American people. Well, the one thing you can say is there aren't any reporters present. Don and Megan exchange a glance and then head inside...
...where Pete is saying that they can't call security -- the people outside are applicants. Amazingly, Don doesn't get it until Pryce explains it to him, and then when Roger enters, Don has to do the same for him. When Roger laughs, Pete tells him it was a childish prank, earning this response: "Because you're above that, right?" Looks like someone discovered just how far it is to Staten Island and back. Anyway, Bertram politely asks Megan if she wouldn't mind leaving the partners to it, and then there's a quick argument, with Don in favor of actually hiring one of the applicants and Pryce telling him they don't have the money. Meredith then comes in with an African artifact and a note from Y&R, and it's not clear whether they drew the applicants' attention to the ad or not, but what is clear is that everyone in the reception area saw the statue, news that produces the filthiest look of the season so far, from Bertram toward Roger, I'm delighted to say. So what happens now?