Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A- | 524 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Yesterdayland
By Couch Baron | Season 5 | Episode 6 | Aired on 2012.04.22
...and then we cross-fade to him and Don emerging from the latter's office again, so apparently the Lost Weekend Roger was proposing didn't come out of so cavalier a place as you'd expect. This time, we stay with Don as he pulls Megan out of the copywriter's room and he tells her about HoJo and the idea of making a long weekend of it, reminding her about their good hotel times in California. Megan, of course, remembers them fondly as well, but still would rather go the next day; however, Don informs her he's the boss, and is ordering her along. There's a hint of jest in his tone, but you'll still want to bookmark that moment.
In the car, Don extols the virtues of orange sherbet and Megan decides to take a nap. All quite riveting, I know, but let's cut ahead to Don lighting a cigarette, the smoke from which apparently wakes Megan. She asks him to open the window and then wonders how Heinz went. Don kind of dismissively asks why she cares, so Megan tells him she feels like she abandoned them, to which he replies that she shouldn't feel bad. "There has to be some advantage to being my wife." Perhaps then sensing that he's coming close, he says he'll check in with Peggy later, which is already less than he said he'd do but probably more than he actually intended. After Don excitedly tells Megan about the indoor pool, the HoJo rep, "Dale," appears and no less animatedly welcomes them. He offers to show them to their room, but Megan says she'd like to eat first, so he offers to bring them one of everything, and inquires if she likes clams. Heh. Megan affably says she likes everything, so I suppose what's to come is the exception that proves the rule. They take a seat in a semicircular booth...