Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A+ | 3 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT "Mr. Campbell. Who Cares?"
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 12 | Aired on 10.10.2007
The sun is up, and Harry awakens to find a half-naked Hildy on top of him. He kind of freaks, especially when he discovers that his glasses somehow broke in half. The scene is as uncomfortable as you'd think, with Hildy slipping back into secretary mode by telling him where he can find an optometrist, and then saying that he shouldn't be worried -- it didn't mean anything. It's the only response available to her, and we cut to her leaving the office full of worry and dread. Taking a bit of the edge off is that Allison then emerges from what I'm guessing is Ken's office. Seems only fair that she got to see his underwear.
Peggy arrives in a dull tan wool coat and hat combo that I think my grandmother owned, and is grossed out when she sees crème de menthe spilled in her wastebasket. In the break room, Ken, Sal, and Paul are downing some hangover-cure brew; Peggy comes in and dumps out her basket, and then sees all the lockers in disarray; she rushes over and sees that her extra shirt (nice touch, there) and spare money are gone. She's pissed, and when the boys are not appropriately outraged on her behalf, she tells them she's reporting the theft to Building Security. When she's gone, the boys snark on her...
...and then we cut to Bertram, who's getting a massage in his office. No wonder he's so chill in the upcoming scene with Don and Pete. Don enters, complaining about the result of the election being unclear. Bertram sighs that there are widespread allegations of fraud on Kennedy's part going around (true to history) and if California ends up going to Nixon, he wins (false; it actually did eventually go to him, and Kennedy still won the EC by a wide margin -- it was Texas and Illinois that were the swing fraud states). Don asks if Nixon's really supposed to walk away and concede, but Bertram tells him that a recount in Illinois alone would mean "thirty days without a President." Well, really, it means thirty days without a President-elect, but maybe this is a subtle jab at Eisenhower. Bertram adds that if Kennedy was willing to buy an election, he's probably willing to play ball with them. That...doesn't sound complimentary to anyone involved. Don thinks the whole thing doesn't sound fair. Bertram: "Fair. Very good." Heh. Robert Morse is awesome, and I haven't even gotten to everyone's favorite scene in the whole world yet.