Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A- | 580 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT "I Demand Satisfaction!"
By Couch Baron | Season 5 | Episode 5 | Aired on 2012.04.15
Pete and Ken are admiring (well, Pete is; Ken seems more puzzled) Pete's new stereo cabinet and I swear, I talk about this all the time but Kartheiser is SO GOOD; even before Don, the Chivas Regal of invited guests, has appeared, he's acting like a kid having a birthday party -- proud, solicitous and happy all at once. He remarks that the hi-fi is like having a tiny orchestra and then Mrs. Hargrove comes in with drinks and a request from Trudy to turn down the stereo lest they wake the baby and then there's a knock at the door and Pete actually says out loud "Terrific, that's him!" Forget the sport coat, it's too bad Don couldn't have dressed like Arthur Fonzarelli the way he's being played up here. Anyway, speaking of, Don has consented to wear the rather loud plaid coat Megan bought him (don't worry, he makes it look good) and hellos are exchanged, with no one helping the Drapers out on Mrs. Hargrove's first name (Don's "Hello, you makes me wish I'd been calling her "Mulva" this whole time). Trudy joins them and after celebrating with Megan about how they finally "got them together," Pete holds up the bakery tin Megan brought and VERY SUBTLY asks Trudy if it doesn't make her homesick. I'd beg that he give it a rest, but Trudy's "Um, yeah, it's too bad they don't have bakeries up here" does a better job of making the same request. Trudy then invites the women into the kitchen with her, leaving Pete to fawn further over Don, saying what a big deal it is to "us" that he came out. Don, at least, feigns graciousness, being all "pshaw" at the sentiment and saying they're long overdue. They all sit and Pete recalls how he invited Don for dinner when he and Trudy first were married and adds that it was another lifetime. Don: "Well, at least for me." Given what Pete knows about Don's history, that line is unintentionally hilarious, but if Pete grasps that, he doesn't let on in front of Ben. (Pen names: The lowest form of humor.)