Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B+ | 497 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Half the Battle
By Couch Baron | Season 4 | Episode 8 | Aired on 2010.09.12
In the morning, Don wakes up in bed, stretched out and alone, and then in the pool, he ends up in an impromptu race with some younger dude, whom he beats out. And he doesn't even hack up a lung afterwards, which means he's really getting in shape!
At the party, kids are playing and adults are talking when Don appears, looking very well turned out and carrying a large stuffed elephant for Gene. Francine greets him politely but not enthusiastically, but Bobby makes up for it with a happy "Daddy!" while Sally opts for an uncertain wave. Henry asks Betty what Don's doing there, but Betty, having had some time to mull things over, tells him it's okay, and picks Gene up and brings him over to Don. Henry looks pleased at her newfound civility, not that he demonstrated much of it himself, and Betty smiles as she parrots Francine's line from earlier: "We have everything." When she looks back over at Don, though, who's happily holding Gene up in the air, she looks pensive, like, as Don suggested, she's wishing for what she once had. And now that he's cleaned himself up, can you blame her? See you next week!
John Ramos is a writer and film producer living in Los Angeles. You can email him at couchbaron@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/couchbaron and https://twitter.com/eastfifthbliss.
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