Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A+ | 1246 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Draper's Eight
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 13 | Aired on 2009.11.08
...this prompts Pete to announce loudly and artificially, when they enter the office, "Hey everybody! Harry Crane is here!" Hee. Pryce informs Pete that it's okay, as they were expecting him, but that only prompts Pete to ask why Pryce is there, since Don and Roger didn't see fit to mention that he was part of the scheme. And considering Pete's comment last week about his froglike mouth, that was probably for the best. Anyway, Bertram brings Harry up to speed, saying they'd like him to join the new venture as Head of Media. Harry tries to say he should call Jennifer, but Bertram steps forward and informs him that the matter is both secret and time-sensitive, and if he wants to be a mid-level cog in the machine of McCann, "we'll have to lock you in the storeroom until morning. I'm sure you understand." HA! Bertram, you'll bury us all. Harry stares at the old man in abject terror, as well he might, but quickly signs on. They're presented with a problem, though, when they realize that none of them really knows how the filing system works, and as such they're going to have a hard time getting their hands on the appropriate materials. And if you're not already cheering at what's coming, I'll forgive you, because it's been a long season, so just enjoy the surprise. Because Roger offers to make a phone call, and when Pryce cautions him that they don't need any more conspirators, he assures him he'll be discreet as I pump my fists in the air. Pete then asks where Don is...
...so we cut back to Ossining, where Don's waiting in the living room when Betty brings the kids in. Bobby fearfully asks what they did, as apparently this is the room they only enter for scoldings. I'd make a joke about how this will expand the room's horizons for him, but it's just a little too sad for that, especially since Sally looks like she's got half an idea what's coming already. Betty haltingly tells the kids that Don's going to be moving out, and Bobby looks instantly shattered as Don struggles not to look away. Betty goes on that Don will visit, but when Bobby asks why he's leaving, then, Betty looks to Don for help, which turns out not to be such a good idea when he says it will just be temporary. Kind of hilariously, Betty shakes her head at him, like, does she think he just made an honest mistake here? She tells the kids it won't be like when Don left the last time, and then Bobby heartbreakingly asks if it's because he lost Don's cufflinks, like, I thought we were having fun with this episode but that stuff suddenly seems awfully far away. He tells them he loves them both, but Sally finally finds her voice: "Then why are you going?" He tries to say he's not leaving, just living somewhere else, but she tells him that's going. "You say things and you don't mean them. And you can't just do that?" On top of everything else, now she's drawing an uncomfortable parallel to what he said to Connie. Damn precocious kids.