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
...while elsewhere, Peggy is babbling excitedly about the nude photos to Joey, who I wish would get a subplot, but I'm still happy to see any time. Joey indulges her patiently, but when she asks if he knows Malcolm X was shot last Sunday, he sighs, "Do you ever read the stuff between the ads?" Heh. One of the girls then comes in with an envelope and says they're sending a bottle of champagne to the Campbells, and Joey says he'll sign the card. She sniffs that she was hoping for a contribution, and Joey replies, "No, thank you!" Hee. When Peggy sees the card with a stork on it, she chokes out, "Trudy's pregnant?" You... care now? I know we're getting the hard sell about Peggy wanting to get married, but I still don't believe it, sorry. It's been too long, both in dramatic and actual time, and on top of that, it's inconsistent with the way Peggy is living her life. I'm not saying she should have zero feelings about it, but I don't buy her giving the card back without signing it and looking like she's about to vomit; I think they're trying to shoehorn her into this "rejected" theme this episode has going on, as well as punish her for being so unsympathetic to Allison earlier, and I'm just not really convinced. Luckily, Joey isn't paying any attention as he muses that he can't believe Trudy's married to Pete. "I would get her so pregnant." I'm surprised Roger hasn't adopted Joey as his son-around-the-office, because he cracks me up with the best of them. Peggy gets up...
...and goes to congratulate Pete. He thinks she's talking about the Vicks coup, but when she clarifies that she's referring to the baby, his face falls somewhat, and he treads lightly, saying he guesses that's news. She tells him she's very happy for him and Trudy, doing a reasonable job of selling it compared to her performance a minute ago, and after he thanks her and she leaves, he looks uncertain, like he feels like he should have said something more. Pete, you've come a long way, but it's still probably just as well you didn't. Peggy, for her part, goes into her office and bangs her forehead on her desk, which does seem to help her collect herself but is making me think that all the offices in this place should have support beams. I mean, Don could have had cover from that paperweight!