Episode Report Card Couch Baron: C- | 581 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Through the Looking Glass
By Couch Baron | Season 6 | Episode 8 | Aired on 2013.05.19
Don's lying on the couch when Dawn enters after a quick knock and apologizes for the intrusion, but tells him Cutler wants to see him. She adds that it's been two and a half hours, and after an awkward "...Oh" pause, she asks if she can clean up the mess from his abuse of the telephone. He tells her yes, adding that she should put the Chevy materials on the coffee table before walking out...
...and approaching Cutler, who's giving a little speech to the tearful CGC people. Gleason has died, so I'm guessing Ted's wife called to tell him to get his ass over to the hospital to say goodbye. After Cutler finishes, Ted tells the group that Gleason was a great artist and friend before informing them that he's going to be unavailable through the weekend. Everyone nods in understanding, and Peggy pipes up that while she'd like to attend the funeral, she'll still make herself available for Chevy. Don, still possibly feeling all those EMOTIONS, does a credible job of expressing sympathy. The stygian meeting breaks up, at which point Cutler informs Don that the doctor is there, and he'd like Don to see him. Don isn't thrilled, but doesn't refuse, and then we get an inkling of what's to come when Cutler positively bounds up the stairs. Good thing Harry Hamlin keeps it tight.
Upstairs, Stan and Roger are chatting a bit about Gleason. Cutler, who's with Don, Mathis and his nerdy art guy for whom I'm still not sure we have a name in tow, interrupts. Ken then emerges from the office within which the "doctor" has set up, and Stan, who apparently already got the "treatment," asks Ken if he feels anything. Ken replies that it's supposed to take a minute, and then Cutler sends Don in to see "Dr." "Hecht," who asks Don if there's anything in his medical history he'd like to make him aware of. Don replies in the negative because apparently he is not aware that whorehouse coughs can have unforeseen side effects. Don also admits that he's not sure why he's there. The doctor, in a very "these aren't the droids you're looking for" manner, tells him he's exhausted, so he's going to give him a shot of a proprietary "energy serum" that's made of B vitamins and a "mild stimulant." Don is skeptical, but of course he's going to be secretly predisposed toward any procedure that calls for him to drop his pants. As the "doctor" prepares the shot, he makes small talk about what the company's new name might be, adding that "SCDPCGC" is quite the mouthful. In response, we get a slow push-in on Don's face, so I guess we're meant to conclude that Something Is Happening despite all evidence to the contrary. Sorry about it, Camera Guy, but I'll draw my own conclusions there.