Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B | 1483 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT The Man-Boy Becomes A Man
By Couch Baron | Season 4 | Episode 4 | Aired on 2010.08.15
...while elsewhere, Peggy's lying on her couch when her phone rings. It's Joyce, who tells her they're having lunch in five minutes. Peggy's in, and asks if they should meet in the lobby, but Joyce tells her no. "My friends want to see Megan." Well, if she's going to be on display, good thing her skin's so wonderful!
Reception's already a bit crowded, however, as the senior executive lunch party has gathered. Pete joins them, and Tom re-introduces him to Coakmeyer, an oldster with no speaking lines. Don is yet to arrive, so they're all still hanging out when Joyce and her hipster friends come skipping up to the glass and moon at Megan, who gives Joyce a polite smile. Peggy appears and asks Megan if she wants to join them, but Megan begs off, so Peggy goes to join her new friends. When she gets to the elevator, however, she looks back, and uncharacteristically sentimental music plays as she and Pete exchange a long look and a wistful smile, and I suppose I read this as them finally Saying Goodbye or whatever, but honestly I think it's ridiculous, so let's move on...
...to Don arriving home. Some old codger has his door open for his wife, who's just returned from the market; he asks if she got pears several thousand times before she sharply replies, "We'll discuss it inside." I suppose this is meant as a counterpoint to Don's assertion that past behavior doesn't inform present behavior, as I get the sense this dude has been requesting pears for the last 57 years, but I'm not going to dwell on it, as I'm finally done with an episode that felt about that long. But Vincent Kartheiser getting nominated for some awards would be just fine by me. See you next time.