Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B | 330 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT My Dinner With Awkward
By Couch Baron | Season 2 | Episode 3 | Aired on 2008.08.10
Harry watches the episode in question and tries to figure out how to pitch it. Best of luck!
On the commercial set, Don sits at the prop bar (heh, where else would he be?) when a redheaded woman who just happens to be Jimmy's wife (played by Melinda McGraw) appears. She tells Don that Jimmy left early for a rehearsal at the Copa, but she has to bring him his tuxedo. Don looks at it and recognizes it as belonging to SC. Mrs. Barrett: "He likes it better." He suggests they go talk to Jimmy, but she suggests he deal with his manager, and then sits and asks, "How can I help you?" Don, a little off balance from that revelation, tells her that someone should have kept a lid on Jimmy's booze the day before, to which she replies, "I've seen the man sober. He's not funny." Don tries to impress on "Bobbi" the potential consequences of Jimmy not toeing the line, but she's irritating and smug in reply, and responds to Don's request to talk to him by saying that Jimmy doesn't have a lot of patience for business, "or for businessmen." She suggests that if he has any hope of gaining a foothold with Jimmy, he has to give him the impression that he's a fan, that he knows more than Don, and that he's got a shot with his wife. Look, this entire plotline is just bugging the crap out of me -- I don't find it particularly believable that Don would indulge the idiot comedian or his asshole wife for more than three seconds each, let alone go to the lengths he does, so you'll forgive me if I stick to the bare essentials, which are that Don offers to drive her over to Jimmy...
...and then they're getting in the car in the middle of a storm. Don gets the thing going, but it starts hailing, which prevents him from driving for the moment, so Bobbi decides that riding on Don's lap will be an acceptable substitute. He looks like he knew this was coming, and tells her he doesn't want to do it, but hey, he could have let her take a cab, right? She presses on and gets her way, which is fine with me if it'll end the scene more quickly...
...and then Don turns up at home, and the first thing he does is wash his hands and rinse his mouth. Doesn't seem fair that I'm the one that has to take a full shower to feel clean after that display. Even though she's already said no to her, Betty allows Sally to ask Don if she can go riding with Betty on Saturday, and Don gets it right with a "No?" Heh. Betty says that she'll need Don to watch the kids, and Sally pouts, because Betty promised, but Betty tells her it didn't work out this time, and Don tells her, "You can ride me around the den." Better that than around the car. Betty, with a smile, produces Don's watch, and happily tells him she got it monogrammed for him. Don looks guiltily touched, and sits back to reflect on what and who he just did.