Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A- | 298 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT No Good Deed Goes Unsexed
By Couch Baron | Season 6 | Episode 11 | Aired on 2013.06.09
Don claims not to know what Ted's on about, which could loosely be classified as "hilarious," but Ted clears it up for him with an example -- they're clearly going to get Ocean Spray, so he needs to stop chasing Sunkist. I think there are better examples than this of how Don's been at odds with Ted, not to mention that Ted could surely get away with a bigger ask here. Maybe at least require that Don not be late for partners' meetings anymore? Regardless, when Don sees how strongly Ted feels about it, he steps forward and shakes Ted's hand and sincerely thanks him. Ted: "This is not a handshake of gratitude. This is a binding contract." Heh. Don agrees and Ted turns to go, but Don asks him what the next step is, so Ted tells him to have Mitchell write a letter about his childhood dream of being a pilot. "And it better be convincing. You should write it. And tell him to get a haircut." I'm sure Julie will be disappointed, but still: THANK you. Don asks what the real chances are, but Ted only assures him that he's going to call right now. When he's gone, Don asks Dawn to get Rosen on the phone. God, Don, don't jinx it! Did you grow up too poor for superstition?
When the phone rings at Chez Rosen, Sylvia answers, and she wonders how he can be calling, but Don says he was trying to reach her husband, as his office said he was home sick. He explains about Ted and the Air National Guard, and Sylvia's mood turns from despondent to tearily jubilant as she promises Don that Mitchell will follow through on whatever he needs to do. She asks if it's really possible, and Don tells her he thinks so but they have to act fast, so Sylvia informs him that Rosen and Mitchell went upstate to call on an Army buddy. He assures her it's going to be okay and she cries a bit more before raggedly telling him she feels better, but she'll feel better than that once she knows it's done. "It" not being the only thing. She then tells him she can't believe he'd do this for her, "and I hope you know that I was just frustrated with you." Really? He tells her he does now and when she says she didn't want him to fall in love, he wonders if she felt anything, and she tells him he was good to her. "Better than I was to you." Again, really? I suppose that's pretty much been my reaction whenever she says anything; this character honestly never has made any sense.