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
After a little Ginzo paranoia, Don enters and stays for as long as he can stand being in Ginzo's and Benson's combined presence; one and one-quarter seconds later, he's opening Stan's door to find him smoking a joint. A little unprofessional, perhaps, but the beard kind of makes it obligatory. He offers it to Don, who at first gives that face of his most people reserve for staring down stubborn eight-year-olds, but when Stan assures him it "clears the cobwebs," Don surprisingly relents. I should clarify that I'm not surprised at the fact of it, just that I'd think Don would share my philosophy that pot is nothing but mental cobwebs. To back me up, Stan and Don stoned-speak about whether a hot dog takes ketchup or mustard for like ten seconds, and then Stan is like, "I think we should order lunch." Hee. The appropriate giggling fit ensues...
...while, in less hilarious parts of SCDP, Scarlett comes into the break room and, sniffing the air, notes to Dawn, "Someone's having a party and didn't invite us." Dawn smiles that she doesn't know what she might mean, before taking the card out of Scarlett's hand and wondering if it's "Clara's" birthday. Scarlett clarifies that it's the next day before adding that it's two dollars a head and inviting Dawn to come. Dawn begs off, however, saying Don always needs her, and if her schedule is such that she can never attend straight-after-work social events, it might not entirely be race's fault that she's not meeting anyone downtown. Scarlett asks Dawn if she could punch her out when she leaves, and Dawn balks for a moment, but agrees. Oh, Dawn. At least tell her that there may come a day when you ask for a favor from her.
Megan, in a maid's uniform and bangs-sporting wig, is reading on the little couch in her dressing room when a good-looking young man enters and excitedly wonders if she got the pages. Megan tells him no, and then a woman who's more Don's generation pokes her head in and asks if they're rehearsing already. A quick bit of talk reveals that "Arlene" here is married to a "Mel," who is in a position of authority on the show, and a somewhat slower bit of kissing reveals that this "Rod" here isn't intimidated by her marital status. In both their defense, he's kind of almost impossibly hot.