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
Bethany softens as she tells him she gets excited when he calls, and then it's disappointing when she doesn't hear from him, but their discussion is interrupted by Henry coming over with Betty and Ralph in tow and giving him a short and gruff greeting, probably having calculated that this will be best in terms of controlling a potential situation. He might have been better advised to have a little confab with his wife first, though. Don is slightly more congenial as he introduces "Miss van Nuys," and Bethany offers her given name, but Henry only tersely instructs them (well, that's the tone he used) to enjoy their dinner, while Betty and Ralph say nothing before they all walk away. Bethany's taken aback at the chill in the air, and I can hardly blame her given that the other three approached them, but it makes more sense when Don informs her that it was his ex-wife and her husband, "and some slob who's about to have the worst dinner of his life." Heh. When Bethany looks over at Betty, the camera goes in close as if to emphasize the fact that she and Bethany are both blonde, of similar physical type, and significantly younger than Don, and Bethany looks secretly pleased. Honey, don't get your hopes up -- guys like Don can sense it, and before you know it you're masturbating in the Barbizon. (Oops, I'm getting ahead of myself.)