Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B+ | 234 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT The Grass Is Always Greener
By Couch Baron | Season 6 | Episode 4 | Aired on 2013.04.21
...only to march down the internal stairs straight into Dawn. She sharply calls her name, prompting Dawn to treat us to the amusing sight of a walking flinch. Joan informs Dawn that Scarlett told her everything, and then Scarlett appears on the stairs and frantically gestures at Dawn with all the subtlety of Basil Fawlty trying to communicate the name "Dragonfly" to Polly without his wife catching on. This scene, however, ends considerably more quickly, as Joan sees Dawn's eyes move to the stairs -- how can you blame them, with the train wreck in front of them -- whereupon Joan swivels her head and loudly fires Scarlett, and props to the background woman who freezes on the stairs in response. Hee. Scarlett begs Joan to reconsider as Dawn looks on in horror and fear of whether she's next, but she gets a respite when Don's voice comes over the intercom requesting her to get Stan in to see him before the partners' meeting. Joan, however, promises Dawn her time will come, so Dawn walks off looking shell-shocked; meanwhile, Scarlett tries one more plea, saying "girls do it all the time," but Joan tells her to get out before she really embarrasses herself. I get what she's saying, but she's got a lot of ground to cover to compete for Worst Firing Ever.
Returning to the office, Ken tells Harry that he's now on Ed's radar, whatever that may mean, and then they run into the teary and box-carrying Scarlett...
...and then Harry's storming into Joan's office with Scarlett in tow, and of course, Scarlett looks dreadfully uncomfortable as Harry demands that Joan apologize. Joan, evenly enough given the circumstances, asks him please not to involve himself, but Harry, perhaps emboldened by his triumphant afternoon, goes on that he's tired of Joan's "petty dictatorships" and that Scarlett is in his department. Joan, probably realizing that he has a point, goes for the meanest and most hilarious option when she snits that she didn't realize Harry was that attached to Scarlett, and Scarlett, trying to defend Harry's honor against her insinuation, tells her they're not, but Harry demurs: "We are attached!" Joan, back to her measured voice, says that she's got something more important to do -- "I would hope you do too" -- before telling Scarlett to do what she thinks is best. Harry, however, isn't going to back down now that he's come this far, so he snaps that Scarlett is to do whatever he thinks is best, and Scarlett seriously has had a "PLEASE can I go now" look on her face for this whole scene, which makes me like her a lot more. Also, Ken has been standing there watching the whole time, but you know I already loved him. Joan walks out, and Harry pushes Scarlett after her, telling her to go back to work, and that everything is fine...