Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A- | 551 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Strange Bedfellows
By Couch Baron | Season 6 | Episode 6 | Aired on 2013.05.05
Peggy enters the bedroom in her nightgown with a bandanna tied over her mouth and complains that the paint fumes are making her sick. Abe tells her the windows are open, but that's only one of a laundry list of complaints, which includes "those kids" and "their music" and the fact that Abe keeps waving to them. Oh, Peggy. Abe tells her the neighborhood is changing, and not only that, their lives are changing for the better -- the war is going to end and they're definitely going to get a new President. "Maybe McCarthy; worst case Kennedy." This is obviously open for a comment, but there's really no time for that, as right here Peggy suddenly fantasizes that Abe is Chaough, with his slicked hair and rich-guy clothes, and even though she might be attracted to what Chaough represents (i.e., not the hellhole she's in now) as much as the man himself, I have to say this setup isn't exactly the most subtle I've seen from the show. But it works to get Peggy and Abe making out, which I guess is something that matters.
Don's lying in bed with airplane noise audible, and given that he's alone I don't think it's meant to be as hilarious as before. He checks his watch...
...and then he's dressed and in the bar. Heh. I mean, it's a major metropolis, but I still wonder how late hotel bars stayed open, especially when there was only one customer, even one as good as Don. But the population doubles when Chaough enters, and when he sees Don, he proves how nice he is yet again because he settles for "Damn it!" when the rest of the world would opt for "Motherfucker!" Don, of course, isn't fazed, since he knew CGC was coming, but Chaough, after ordering a drink, complains that he "spent six weeks on this pipe dream, and now it's going to be over in two seconds." Don's like, hey now, but Chaough informs him that they're both dead -- one small agency has a chance, but two simply means the client is going to take their Creative and give it to one of the big dogs. Don argues the point for a bit, but when Chaough tells him it's the size of the team that matters to GM, he comes to concede that Chaough's probably right, and I do like the subtle message that Don has never really concerned himself with the business side of things in many situations. It's also right about here that the word "merger" started buzzing insistently in my head, and it's not something I ever had considered before now but it does make sense on a lot of levels, which is a compliment.