Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B | 330 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT My Dinner With Awkward
By Couch Baron | Season 2 | Episode 3 | Aired on 2008.08.10
It's Lutece time, and the Drapers and the Schillings ("Hunt" and "Edith") are seated. After some small talk, Hunt pointedly asks where "he" is; it's not clear if he knew Jimmy was on the guest list, but Edith certainly didn't, as she says she doesn't think Jimmy being there is a good idea. Don tells her he wants to apologize, and Betty tries to put a smile on things, but neither of those go over very well, so it's probably not the greatest timing when the Barretts show up. Introductions and re-introductions are made, and Betty plays her part by smiling and telling Jimmy she's a fan, and he compliments not just her looks but Don's as well. Jimmy also shakes hands with the Schillings, but Edith's unsmiling countenance suggests she's going to need more of an apology that him addressing her as "little lady." Although that's a start, at least. Jimmy then tries to focus in on Betty, but when the waiter comes over and tries to tell them the specials, Jimmy calls him "Mister Le Pew" and obnoxiously insists on getting some drinks over tout de suite. Bobbi gets in a jab about Jimmy's treatment of the waiter, which Jimmy ignores to go back to slobbering over Betty. Everyone's kind of grossed out by the spectacle, and Bobbi excuses herself, followed soon after by Don.
Harry enters his bedroom, wherein Jennifer is sewing some booties for the baby. She tells him she's proud of him, and she can't wait to go into the phone company the next day and tell the girls that her husband is the Head of Television at SC. Just make sure you don't vomit while you're delivering the good news -- it might temper the perceived pride in the announcement. Harry, in reference to their newfound wealth, jokes that she doesn't have to go in if she doesn't want to, and they kiss. She, however, wants to know what he did, and he tells her, but when she asks what show it was, he declines to tell her. He lies with his head in her lap, right up against the baby, and adds, "You wouldn't like it." I give him shit sometimes, but I'm going to trust his judgment on this one.