Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A | 3 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT A Lucky Strike
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 1 | Aired on 2007.07.19
Establishing shots of people heading into a busy office building give way to three guys and a woman getting on the elevator. From left to right, the guys are Paul (Michael Gladis), Ken (Aaron Staton), and Harry (Rich Sommer). Paul asks the elevator operator to take them to the 23rd floor, but Harry, as he doffs his hat, adds, "Not right away." As they all ogle the woman, Peggy (Elisabeth Moss), Ken makes a comment about how he's enjoying the view. In front of them, Peggy gets this look on her face that implies she was expecting a little more subtlety from people who use words for a living. It's best to get disabused of these notions as quickly as possible. Talk turns to "Campbell's" bachelor party, and Ken says he's definitely going. Paul offers that he hears Pete's fiancée is a nice girl. Harry: "Ah, who wants that?" Big talk from a guy who...damn, it's hard even to remotely adhere to that spoiler promise. Okay, fine, ruin my jokes, bandwagoners. Anyway, the elevator doors open, and Peggy gets off first, presumably to wash off the back of her head.
As the boys walk into the office, Paul asks if Ken had to be that crude, opining that Peggy will probably be assigned to one of them. Ken tells him that now she'll know what she's in for, which makes me in agreement with him, which can only mean that I'm a pig. Well, as long as I get to be Spider Pig. Spider Pig! Spider Pig! ...Excuse me.
Well, those sixteen hours just flew by. Ken adds that by letting the girl know what kind of guy you are, you signal what kind of girl you want her to be. Paul snarks that he doesn't expect he'll be going to Ken's bachelor party any time soon, and after Paul's liver silently thanks Ken for that, Ken tells us that compared to Campbell, he's a Boy Scout. Not so sure I buy that, really. Certainly, compared to Pete, even a lout like Ken comes off chivalrous and polite, but that doesn't necessarily translate into more actual sex with women, which will be amply demonstrated in this episode. The boys head for Pete's door, and Hildy (Julie McNiven) stands (God, I forgot she wore her hair down like that at the beginning of the series) and asks if Pete is expecting them. They pay her absolutely no mind, and it's just too bad that Peggy wasn't there to see that too.