Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B+ | 503 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT "I Love You, Ken… I Mean, 'Kitty'!"
By Couch Baron | Season 2 | Episode 7 | Aired on 2008.09.07
...leaving Roger the opportunity to use the subject of the Cadillac to make more lewd comments about Jane. He then reads in Don's face what happened at the showroom, and thus tells him that he can afford the car, and besides, "like the song says, enjoy yourself. It's later than you think." Duck enters, and after we learn that Martinsons Coffee has dropped the "s" from its name, Duck announces, "Jim van Dyke told the people at Grey that they're under review." Don makes the obvious speculation that Grey must be scrambling, and Duck confirms that among other things, they have "some kids" working on print and TV concepts. Roger asks if they're better than their kids, and Don replies that they'll find out, which I suppose means that they'll be letting the Smith non-brothers out from whatever broom closet Joan's had them locked up in since the season premiere. Duck bitches that he had to go bird-watching with the Martinson guy to get this information, and then Jane buzzes that the Smiths are there. Roger: "Did you let them stay up late?" I bet elbows are thrown in the writers' room over who gets to do Roger's lines. Duck and Don then flirt with each other to drive home the point that they're no longer enemies, but we don't get to see Roger's proud "I did that!" face.
Outside, the Smith without the accent is hitting on Jane, who really is not having it at all, and then Don comes out and collects them. Inside, American Smith, whom I'll call "Smith," says that obviously Don wants to know how their generation feels. Don: "Okay." Hee. He reads something a friend sent him, which is some idealistic proto-hippie talk about how power should be rooted in love and creativity rather than in possessions or family name, and European Smith, whom I'll call "Smeeth," agrees. The way it relates to the coffee, Smith says, is that while Don's generation wants to talk about the design of the can and the quality of the beans, Smith's doesn't want to be told what they should do or how they should act. He asks Don to listen to something, but we don't hear what...