Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A- | 450 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT All the Real Girls
By Couch Baron | Season 4 | Episode 9 | Aired on 2010.09.19
...and then we cut to Don returning to his office, with Miss Blankenship smiling, "She looks so chubby in the pictures!" Heh, nice nod to Kiernan Shipka's newfound beanpole-ness. Don orders her to get Betty on the phone immediately, and then notices that the participants in the meeting are looking at him. They really need some curtains for that damn conference room, and you'll know if you've seen the episode already that this won't be the last demonstration of that need either. Miss Blankenship gets to dialing...
...and inside, Don asks Sally what she was thinking. Sally, calmly enough, tells him she wanted to see him without having to wait two weekends, but he's unimpressed, and then Miss Blankenship buzzes that Betty is on the line. When Don tells her what happened, she's surprised but not overly so, and explains that Dr. Keener thought it would be good for Sally to walk from camp to her appointment by herself. Hmm, so I guess Sally wasn't overly concerned about letting down her therapist. But at least they won't have to figure out what to talk about next session. Don sarcastically puts down the psychiatric institution, but Betty counters that Sally needs to learn responsibility, and when Don half-snarls that Betty's the one that needs that lesson, Betty doesn't even bother bringing up the numerous ways he's failed on that front this season. Instead, she informs Don that he can keep Sally until she meets Henry in the city the next evening, and hangs up. I know people hate her, but I have to admire the way she just refuses to take even one iota of shit from Don Draper these days. It's especially refreshing in this episode, where women are getting dump trucks full of it from men. Thwarted, Don tells Sally not to touch anything and then warns Miss Blankenship not to let Sally leave the room before rejoining the meeting. As last words you ever say to a person go, they could be worse but overall leave something to be desired.