Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B+ | 2 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT The Grass Is Always Greener
By Couch Baron | Season 6 | Episode 4 | Aired on 04.21.2013
...it's nothing compared to what Don and Megan just went through, as in their own cab Megan giggles uncertainly as she asks what the hell that was. Don, also smiling, dryly parrots Arlene's speech about how they like them and want them to be friends. Megan can't believe how open they were, and Don tells her he thought Mel was going to ask him for a job directing commercials. "Maybe he was waiting for tomorrow morning when we were basking in the afterglow." Hee. Megan's smile fades as she wonders if they had this in mind when they gave her the scene, but Don assures her they must have made similar offers to plenty of other people without work being involved. Megan giggles again and she realizes she has to go back to work with them, and when Don asks her how long they've been married, she tells him it's been eighteen years. And hey, you two, you can laugh, but at the rate you're going, you're going to need some unorthodox measures to last half that long.
We see some projected psychedelic lights as Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot'sBonnie And Clyde plays, with which I'm only familiar because a favorite band of mine, Luna, covered it years later, but given that it's entirely in French, it does seem appropriate for the activity we're witnessing. More seriously, though, the song is mostly performed with the artists taking on the identities of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow and singing about how they can't escape their past misdeeds and how their greatest fear is that the other one will die. Don't know if it's meant to tie in thematically somewhere, but it's interesting nonetheless. Joan sits on the end of a couch sipping her drink and paying little attention to Kate and Leo, who are on the other end in much the same position as in the cab, which suggests fairly strongly who paid the fare. Another young guy interrupts Leo, and Leo introduces him to Joan as a friend of him. "Johnny" drops down on the available couch real estate and wastes no time kissing Joan, prompting Leo to gloat that he told him so. Joan wonders what he's referring to, and Johnny tells her that Leo predicted he'd want her, so I guess Leo got hold of Johnny earlier and told him to meet them there. Thoughtful of him! Joan gives Johnny an appraising look before putting on a sultry smile and leaning in for another kiss, and I'm sure some people in the audience aren't thrilled, but I think that if we could all end our really shitty days by pulling some young tail, the world would be a better place.