Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B | 296 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT White People Problems
By Couch Baron | Season 6 | Episode 5 | Aired on 2013.04.28
...at which everyone's now seated: Don, Harry, Pete, Joan, Ken, Stan, and Roger. Joan whispers that they're at the worst table in the room as far as the ability to see goes, and then Roger introduces Don to a "Randall Walsh," a bow-tied, bespectacled guy who screams "quiet serial killer," although the fact that he's being played by William Mapother could be a contributing factor there. Roger explains that Walsh is in insurance and wants to come in for an official meeting, and Walsh "hey, man"s some déjà-vu nonsense before Roger shoos him away. When he's gone, Don asks what the hell that was, and Roger, with a smile both wry and dismissive, tells him not to worry about it. Well, it's kind of hard not to, Roger, but a flicker of the lights lets us know it's time to sit down...
...while at the CGC table, Chaough shows up with his wife Nan, seen briefly at Benihana back in the episode "The Chrysanthemum And The Sword," in tow. After being dismissive to her, Chaough turns his attention to Peggy and tells her she's probably figured out by now that she didn't win. The way Peggy tries to control her look of horror suggests that she wasn't quite aware of that, actually, but Chaough takes no notice and goes on that she'll prevail next year. After the third time Nan barks his name, he turns around to see what's up, and a wider shot reveals that Abe is standing there waiting for Chaough to vacate his seat, and it's good timing anyway, because no sooner have Chaough and Abe settled into their assigned positions than do the lights go down. The emcee welcomes them all to the Advertising Club of New York as Chaough kisses his wife's hand - and then fixes Peggy with a look that's maybe juuuust a little too adoring. Nothing may come of it, but still something to file away mentally.
Ginzo and Beverly are having a burger and soup in a diner - Papa Ginzo's generosity only goes so far - and Ginzo asks Beverly, who earlier mentioned she's a teacher, if she likes kids. Still, Beverly's reaction is to tense up like he just proposed marriage, but when that little misunderstanding is cleared up, Beverly clarifies that she's actually a student teacher, and she's getting her Master's at Hunter. "And yes, I like kids. Some kids." Hee. Beverly's got an easy charm about her, but Ginzo is working up a head of steam about how Papa Ginzo shouldn't have brought her to the apartment, since it's kind of early in the proceedings for them to be seeing where the other one lives. Beverly smiles and agrees, leaving Ginzo to just nervously babble about the Old World and how "you're a sexy girl and you smell great" (hee) and his father probably told her Ginzo's a "Lothario" but it's not true - he's a virgin. I'd blame the women of his Brooklyn neighborhood for not realizing what they have, but if he's prone to giving speeches like that whenever a girl shows an interest, it explains a lot.