Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A- | 372 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Smoke Does Not Get In Your Eyes…
By Couch Baron | Season 4 | Episode 12 | Aired on 2010.10.10
Don is on his way out of the office building when an old familiar voice calls to him -- Midge! He takes a moment to place her, as it has been five years, but looks happy enough to see her. She's got a portfolio under one arm and explains that she just had a meeting with "a magazine related to Time-Life," and upon hearing about his new firm, says it sounds impressive and asks if he needs any freelance artists. Rather than go on about how exquisitely bad her timing is, he merely says not right now, but she's welcome to use him as a reference. He then confesses that he's thought about running into her in the Village, and when she playfully asks what he would be doing in that neighborhood, the response is not what she expected: "I live there." She quickly adjusts to his single status, though, asking in that case what his rush to go home is and suggesting he come over to her place. After thinking about it a moment, he tells her he has a big meeting the next day, but when she tells him she's married and he could meet her husband, his interest is piqued. She goes on to say that it's a marriage of convenience, and if he comes over they can eat and she can cheer him up, and by the way, she lost her purse, so he could at least give her a ride downtown. Having always liked her, he smiles and gives in, and I tell you what, seeing the scene again now that I know what's going on with Midge makes me appreciate Rosemarie DeWitt's work here all the more.