Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B- | 425 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Beyond The Veil
By Couch Baron | Season 6 | Episode 1-2 | Aired on 2013.04.07
Sally's on the phone in the Francis kitchen when she asks Henry if she can go to "Becky's" for New Year's Eve; getting the predictable "Talk to your mother" in reply, she tries to bargain, staying she'll stay long enough to put the kids to bed and then go to the party. Betty then arrives home, and when she comes into the kitchen, she gets everyone's attention - she's died her hair black. I'm not sure if it's a knee-jerk reaction to that idiot's "bottle blonde" comment - if this is supposed to be her natural color, I suspect it's more tied to Sandy's suggestion that Betty should be herself - but either way, Bobby seethes that he hates it. "You're ugly!" Betty is unfazed by Bobby's (and Sally's) comments, but she certainly lights up when Henry asks, "Elizabeth Taylor, what have you done with my wife?" He may not be the most exciting, but that's a pretty solid husband. Now if you'll excuse me, Joe R and I will just be in the corner singing "Oh Black Betty, bam-ba-lam!"
At SCDP, Caroline gives Roger some more bad news - "Giorgio" died, and his family sent over his shoeshine kit because Roger was the only one who ever called about him. That's touching as far as Roger's actions go, but a second death in the same episode that involves the same character? What is this, amateur hour? Roger takes the box into his office, opens it, and promptly breaks down, and no offense to John Slattery but let's just say this is not playing for me like it's supposed to. But Roger, there are some words of Joan's that may have faded from your memory, so allow me to remind you: One day, you'll lose someone who's important to you. You'll see. It's very painful.
It's New Year's Eve, I presume, and Don and Megan, the Rosens, and another couple are sitting around a low table in the Draper sunken living room having fondue (of course) as we see snow falling steadily outside. The third couple is already sounding a little slurry as they talk about staggering downstairs at the end of the evening, which makes me think they're competing against each other for the Petra Colson Drunk Of The Party Award. A mention of Bloomingdale's as the place from which Megan got the fondue pot leads to Boozy Husband telling a story about a "flamboyant" co-worker of his who got arrested in the men's room for some stall-shielded oral sex. Apparently the Bloomingdale's men's room is known for this, in case you were still thinking of potential ways to reintroduce Sal. There's some talk of kids and the Rosens' empty-nest syndrome before Megan, looking pointedly at Don, tells the room it's time to take a trip to Hawaii, to which Don sighs. "We were having such a good time." Heh. Megan, however, gets sufficient support from the room to get the slideshow going...