Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A+ | 950 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Are You Gonna Drop The Bomb Or Not?
By Couch Baron | Season 2 | Episode 13 | Aired on 2008.10.26
Church. Father Gill is sermonizing about how it's easy to be angry given the country's situation at the moment, but even Jesus on the cross forgave his transgressors. "Let us take charge of our own souls. Especially you, Peggy Olson -- pipe up about that kid before a missile sends you straight to Hell." Whoops, got a couple scenes ahead of myself. Anita and Peggy bow their heads as Father Gill prays, saying they're all sinners, but asking for the courage and common sense to admit, confess, and repair.
At the beauty parlor, Betty's got her hair in curlers, and Francine (where have you been, girl?) is chattering away about the nuclear situation, to the dismay of another woman, who's sitting there with her young daughter. Hey, if she's old enough to pay salon prices, she's old enough to hear about nuclear war. Francine gets fed up with the woman's complaining, and snarks to Betty, "I wish we had a shelter, so I could slam the door in her face." Nice. Betty, however, has other things on her mind, and spills the beans about her pregnancy. Francine partially gets it: "Congratulations?" Betty smiles at the welcome inflection, but Francine obviously doesn't know about Don, so she tells Betty that her daughter Jessica was an accident, but she's very happy to have her now. Betty takes a couple tries to make her meaning plain, but when she reiterates that it's "not a good time," Francine cottons on and says there's a doctor in Albany. However, she suggests that the best thing might be to sit tight for the time being. Betty doesn't look convinced, but the hairdresser calls her over at that moment, so Francine gives her a hug and Betty tells her she's probably right. When Francine's gone, though, the look on Betty's face is like, "I wonder if Helen Bishop might be up for a road trip?"
Ken, Paul, and Sal are trying to get Harry's TV to work when he walks in and acts pissed off. He tries to fix it, but only ends up cutting the power completely, prompting Sal to snark, "I hope the Soviets got a guy like you to build those missiles." Heh. After Ken makes a joke about Paul having Castro's beard, Harry picks up a memo and announces that the partners want a list of everyone by department. "They're counting all the money. They're counting all the people." He says someone must know what's going on...