Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A- | 893 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Company Woman
By Couch Baron | Season 5 | Episode 11 | Aired on 2012.05.27
Ginzo comes in to see Don and, after he navigates the latter's terrible mood, tentatively offers that while he knows they were supposed to drop the mistress angle, he imagines "the asshole who's going to want this car" and how he must have a lot of beautiful things. Don reluctantly acknowledges this and gives Ginzo leave to continue, so he tells Don that the copy will be describing a woman who's like the car -- beautiful, fast, impractical -- but a woman you can't have. Don says he was always fine with that concept, but they need a line to which Ginzo replies: "Jaguar: At last, something beautiful you can truly own." Don considers this for a moment before breaking into a grin of relief, which is gross, but far better than the alternative that as far as he knows isn't happening.
Hey, Peggy's meeting with Freddy Rumsen! He can't help but be amused upon hearing about Don's little stunt with the money and Peggy seems to have adopted some disdainful world-weariness about the whole thing at least. Freddy offers that he can ever tell if Peggy's ambitious or just likes to complain, but if it were the former, she'd realize that having all this new responsibility makes it the perfect time to make a move from SCDP. Peggy doesn't seem to take him seriously at first, lightly agreeing that she could take a couple meetings, but Freddy suggests she do a lot more than that -- she could shine elsewhere. "And you'd let him know you're not some secretary from Brooklyn who's dyin' to help out." This hits Peggy where she used to live, but she's still not quite ready to let go of her hero worship of Don. However, Freddy tells her he can help her, adding that he might benefit too by going back to SCDP for some work before assuring her that if Don weren't the subject of the conversation he'd tell her to leave too. I love this progressive reincarnation of Freddy Rumsen in his post-alcohol era, but Peggy looks like shit just got incredibly real for her. Again, good episode for it.