Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A | 683 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT European Gay-cation
By Couch Baron | Season 2 | Episode 11 | Aired on 2008.10.12
Pete then appears and introduces himself, wondering if he and Willy perhaps met in Newport. Willy's smile vanishes faster than Lehman Brothers, and he flees the Pete cooties with haste. Unlike Don declining dinner, that happens all the time. When they're gone, Pete complains that everyone in LA is late for everything (he just got there five seconds ago, so whatever) before brightening and saying he just saw Tony Curtis in the men's room. Don: "Handing out towels?" Nice one, but given what else is going on in the episode, I'd be more likely to guess cottaging. Don asks with whom they're dining, and Pete tells him some plastics salesman and "this interesting scientist" who sounds like he's working on genetic engineering. Don wonders if all their meetings are like this, and Pete responds, "It's American aviation and rocket time. It's no joke." Don looks over at where the jet-setters are sitting and wonders if Willy would consider it gauche if he were to beg for that invitation back.
Hey, it's Maury Parkman! Okay, fine, it's character actor Alan Blumenfeld, but I felt I had to mention the personal overlap for me, especially given what happened on this week's Heroes. After he babbles a bit about a recent trip to Europe, we learn he's a divorce lawyer from this question to Roger: "You don't have to marry her, do you?" Roger tells him no, but forcefully opines that Mona has no right to his family or company money, and besides, he and Mona have been miserable for years, and he doesn't want to die with her. I think at this point she'd settle for you simply dying, and might even be willing to take a hand in that happening. Roger concludes that this is the life he was meant to have, and if he thinks that, I bet he'll be even more psyched when Jane's officially old enough to drink. Maury (the character's name is "George Rothman," just for reference) tells him that's lovely, but Mona has the marriage license and wants to hurt him, so if he wants to wed Jane he's going to have to make it worth Mona's while. "I have a list of conditions, and an alimony that could support Rita Hayworth." Heh. Roger tells him to push back as hard as he can, but to get it done, and then his secretary buzzes that Duck is there. Roger shows Maury out, and when he and Duck catch sight of each other, the chill in the air is enough to make Pete's interaction with Willy seem effusive, so I'm guessing Maury represented the other side in Duck's divorce. Roger does not fail to notice this...