Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A- | 7 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT …Is Sometimes Strained
By Couch Baron | Season 6 | Episode 12 | Aired on 06.16.2013
When Ted and Peggy are gone, Don reiterates that it's a lot of people, to which Joan tartly replies that she didn't want to dampen the enthusiasm (hee) but the approved budget is fifteen grand and they're looking at thirty-five in residuals alone. Should have gone non-union, Joan, as many commercial actors will most unhappily tell you. Don wonders what St. Joseph's had to say, but Joan tells him they haven't seen the new budget yet, so they're paying for Casting out of pocket, although Ted's convinced that St. Joseph's will cover it in the end. Don disbelievingly asks if Ted is going to wait until the pre-production meeting to spring it on anyone, but Joan merely replies that she doesn't know. "I don't tell him what to do." It's delivered with less venom that it might be, given Joan's blowup at Don several episodes back, but Don still has no answer other than to head out...
...so let's check in with his daughter, who's apparently just listed her extracurricular activities, to which Betty adds Diplomacy Club, adding that Henry thinks Sally could be an ambassador. I wonder what household conflict led him to believe that. The interviewer tells Betty it's lovely to see such a proud mother (um, hee), to which Betty replies that it'll be hard to see Sally go, but Betty wanted the same thing for herself at that age. The interviewer then stands and tells Sally her time there -- she's staying the night -- will be as much for her to learn about them as vice versa, and Sally smiles fractionally in assent. The woman then calls to an associate to please "fetch Millicent Turner from study hall," whereupon Betty hands Sally her suitcase and a wish for her to have fun: after the time for Betty to return the next day is established, she takes her leave...
...and we head to Pete, who gets a buzz from Clara that Dot is there to see him. Pete bustles out and angrily asks what she's doing there (I guess he figures he might as well act the "unlovable" part), adding to "Josephine," the nurse seated nearby, that she has his phone number. Yes, but since she's apparently only a featured extra, it's not doing her any good. Dot tells Pete she's there for her passport, as she's planning a "voyage" -- and also she spoke to Manolo. Pete barks that he forbade her to see him, but Dot, unfazed, tells Pete he's very upset with the way Pete's treated "his friend" Benson. Pete, in no mood, snips and snaps before assuring her he doesn't have her passport, which is probably expired anyway "like everything else you own," and then snits at poor Josephine that she's endangering her position. He storms back into his office and slams the door, and I hope for everyone in the vicinity's sake that things been reinforced.