Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A | 5 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT If You Love Someone, Shoot Them With A BB
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 9 | Aired on 2007.09.13
On TV, Jackie Kennedy is doing a spot promoting her husband in Spanish; the show is probably emphasizing the idea that JFK was much more progressive than Nixon. From what I can make out, it sounds like she's saying that given the threat of Communism, it's imperative to elect a trustworthy leader who will apply a firm hand. The lights go up, and we see that the boys at SC have been watching. They're sort of like, "…" at the ad, but Harry says that Roger thinks if JFK gets any higher in the polls, Nixon will panic and hire them, so he wants everything ready. Don wonders why they're doing this, and out of pocket no less, prompting Pete to snit, "I for one don't question the wishes of our clients." Big talk from a guy who gets his best ideas from other people's trash cans. Don points out they haven't figured out a way to make an impact on the campaign, and you'd think Pete, the only one who took JFK seriously at their last meeting, would be a little more receptive to Don's way of thinking here. Of course, total douches like Pete are often unpredictable, as we'll be reminded later. Harry says his "marching orders" are to focus on the battleground states (although he doesn't use that term), and Salvatore closes the meeting by talking about how he thinks women will hate Jackie. "It's like their better-looking sister marries a handsome Senator and she's going to live in the White House. I'm practically jealous." I see we're back to comic relief with Salvatore. Not that that's a bad thing.
Don arrives home and kisses Betty, who's in her nightgown; Betty says she assumed Don was staying in the city, which could be a nod to the end of the affair with Midge. Don blames his lateness on Peggy, saying she's been "distracted," although we haven't seen any evidence of that yet. She gets some food out of the fridge, and then steels herself and says she misses modeling. Interestingly, Don says that Betty always told him she hated it, which is pretty clearly not the case given her earlier reminiscing to Francine, but Betty simply says that the passage of time has made her feel different, and she'd like to go back to it part-time. Don's surprised, and somewhat passive-aggressively (although to be fair, there's not a lot of sting there) makes a couple of discouraging comments, but Betty is undeterred.