Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A+ | 11 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT "Mr. Campbell. Who Cares?"
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 12 | Aired on 2007.10.11
Don heads for the door, and Harry solicitously tells him Nixon has a big lead while not really managing at all to hide his glee at the fact that the last authority figure is leaving for the day. (I should mention, incidentally, that the way they depict this election is false -- it was Kennedy who had the substantial early lead, but that makes for a less "Dewey Defeats Truman" kind of story.) Harry watches him go and makes an announcement when the doors close, and Ken yells, "Ollie ollie oxen free!" Everyone obeys and comes out into the main area, TVs and bottles of booze get pulled out...
...and sometime later, they're running low, and everyone's glum, as liquor stores are closed that night. Geez, who was in charge of planning this party? Because the sun is still out here, and as boozy as everyone here is, I can't imagine they wouldn't at least have bought enough to last until it's dark outside. Ken says Don has plenty of alcohol, and they all hilariously look over at Peggy like she's Cerberus or something. Just wait until you fuck with her stuff, gents. Ken suggests they ask Peggy to join them to soften her up, but Paul mentions that he's got a bottle of absinthe in his office. Oh, Paul. If you're going to drink something potentially lethal, at least wait until Pete is around to partake. Joan appears and mildly snarks on Paul, then asks for her drink to be freshened; when Paul complies but sighs that they're never going to make it, Joan gives them all an appraising look, and then tells Ken, "If I let you into that supply closet, it is not going to be the Sack of Rome." Just as well -- it's not like we're working with an HBO budget here. Ken asks what they have too much of, and Joan considers: "Rum, crème de menthe, dog biscuits..." Sounds like a party to me!
And indeed, Ken and Harry have emptied out a big water bottle and filled it with crème de menthe, and are now putting the bottle back on the dispenser. I think I would have stuck with the absinthe.
Sally is watching the election returns on TV as Betty reads a magazine and sips a glass of wine; Don gets home and rather pointedly ignores Betty. This is pretty much all you'll see of her this week, which means there's no Francine at all. I miss her, but it's just as well -- I already didn't get how she was managing to take care of the baby and still have time to show up to hilariously bother everyone over on House. We learn that "Kennedy" is closing the gap on "Nixon"...