Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A- | 345 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT To The Moon, Connie!
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 9 | Aired on 2009.10.11
Don comes into the bedroom and looks like he's going to settle in beside Betty, but takes a long moment to think, and then wakes her and tells her Connie just called, and he's going in. She sleepily says she didn't hear the phone, but instead of bothering to point out she didn't wake up the last time he called, he merely smiles and then, as she falls back to sleep, leaves...
...and then he's knocking on Suzanne's door. She answers, drink in hand, and worries that someone's going to see him. His reply: "Then let me in." Fair enough, I guess. She obliges him, and after he compliments the place, big smile again on his face, she asks what he wants, and he tells her he felt like talking. Come on, Don, that's worse than the last excuse. At least you actually drink coffee. He tells her she's been flirting with him for months, but instead of denying it or getting embarrassed, she owns it, asking, "So what?" He goes on, however, that he can't stop thinking about her, and she continues to make it difficult for him but you'll notice she's not asking him to leave, either. By the way, he mentions it's been two weeks since he encountered her out running, which matches up with dates mentioned in various places throughout the episode. Looks like we're on pace to end the season in November, not that I can imagine why that's relevant. When he asks if she's been thinking about him when she's out running, she acknowledges it, but says she's also thought about how getting involved with him would play out: "I know exactly how it ends." She adds that he lives a mere two miles from there, and she sees his wife at the market and taught his daughter. "I don't think you've done this before this way." He can't deny that, but after being controlled by other people's wishes all episode long, he tells her, "I want you. I don't care." I want what I want when I want it. That's the end of her resistance, and they first make out, and then as Billie Holliday's "Prelude To A Kiss" kicks up, we cross-fade to them asleep and spooning, his arms around her, and then the credits roll.
John Ramos is a writer and film producer living in Los Angeles. You can reach him at couchbaron@gmail.com.