Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B | 677 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT The Man-Boy Becomes A Man
By Couch Baron | Season 4 | Episode 4 | Aired on 2010.08.15
...before she appears in Don's doorway and asks what's going on. Don tells her he's going to need a new secretary, and when Joan pointedly asks if he'd be open to Allison returning in a couple days, Don is like, sure, if that's what she wants. However, Joan shows that she's perfectly aware of what's happened by simply asking, "Really," and Don admits, "No." Knowing how protective she can be of her girls, I think it's safe to say that Don's stock just dropped in her book, and she withdraws without another word. Don of course loses no time in going to his bar, and with his back to their shared wall, he doesn't see Peggy stick her head up and check out what he's doing. Heh. As buttoned-up as she can be around the office, it's nice to see her just being nosy. When Don starts to turn in her direction, she ducks down, and then her intercom buzzes with the news that Joyce is there to see her. Peggy starts climbing back down...
..as at Reception, Joyce is chatting with the Megan. Honey, she wasn't the one with the man trouble. Peggy comes out and asks if Joyce would like to see her office, but Joyce is in a bit of a hurry -- she just wanted to invite Peggy to a thing (well, a happening, although she doesn't call it that) that her friend the reject photographer is having downtown. After grabbing a pencil and paper off Megan's desk and thanking and calling her "sweetheart," she tells Peggy, "It starts at nine. I'll be there at ten." Might as well tell her when you're planning to kiss her, too, just so she has all the relevant information. When she's gone, Megan offers, "She's kind of pretentious," and honey, you're not kidding, but that's apparently what Peggy's looking for, as she dreamily replies, "I know," before heading back inside. Well, she's got bad taste in guys, too, so at least she's consistent. By the way, Bertram was just sitting out there on the couch, which I think is the first time we've seen him since he was being a crotchety coot at the Christmas party, and I love the old guy, but for all they're using him for they might as well just have him stuffed.