Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B+ | 332 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Equal Opportunity Idiot
By Couch Baron | Season 5 | Episode 2 | Aired on 2012.03.25
Don arrives home and calls for Megan, who appears in a bathrobe. They trade some pointed words, and after Megan tells Don she sent the cleaning woman home, she takes off her robe to reveal a black bra and panties, explaining she's going to clean and doesn't want to get sweaty. As she sweeps trash into a basket with extreme prejudice, she tells Don to stop looking at her, as he doesn't deserve it, and goes on that he doesn't like presents or nice things. But it's apparent that she came to play, as even as she tells him she doesn't need an old person, she sticks her ass in his general direction and starts vigorously...doing some cleaning thing with quite a bit of gyration. He comes over and grabs her by the arm, and she tells him he can only watch, and did I only imagine having seen this scene on Six Feet Under at some point? Anyway, they are very soon going at it on the floor, so I guess it's just as well the maid didn't bother.
Back at SCDP, Pete has rearranged Harry's office so his desk is right by the support beam, although at least it's behind him rather than in the middle of the room. He then turns and asks Clara if Roger is still around, and when she tells him yes, he asks her to allow Roger to "do whatever he wants," but not before she pencils in an appointment on Pete's calendar for the next day at the coffee shop in the ferry building on Staten Island. Oh, and that's for six AM, "with Coca-Cola." HA! Take that, support beam! Even Clara looks like she gets it...
...and speaking of which, Don and Megan are done, although not up from the floor. Megan says she's not sure "those people" like her, and what's more, she's not sure she likes them. Don tells her that the reason he didn't want her to have the party is that he didn't want all of them in their home, and while Megan is inexperienced in the ways of the ad world, "there isn't one problem that Peggy or anybody in that office has that wasn't there before you." He makes it sound like he wanted to protect her, but I'm not sure I completely buy it; on the other hand, he does seem more open with her than with anyone else, so I don't think there's nothing to what he's saying either. Megan admits that she loves going to work with Don, but she's starting to wonder if maybe it's not a good idea. Don, however, tells her that he doesn't care about work -- he just wants her there because he wants her. She seems pleased to hear that part but not entirely convinced; nonetheless, she changes the subject, opining that they may have to replace the carpet. Don makes fun of her for choosing something as impractical as white carpet, and when she narrows her eyes and tells him she thought he wanted it too, he demurs that he just wanted her to have what she wanted. She seems to find this romantic, and kisses him, but I wonder how long that mentality will stay with him before it gives way to frustration. But for now, they lie contentedly in each other's arms...