Alrighty then, here I am.
Season 3: Episode 11 - The Gypsy and the Hobo
God, I
Joan. She's so kick-ass - even though she was only in a couple of scenes. I really laughed when she quite calmly turned around and broke that vase over her dim-witted husband's head.
My oh my Roger...you were quite the ladies man. "Well, I won't brag about how big I am."
Everybody else assumes that Roger's "one that got away" was Joan, right? Hmm...I wonder how Joan really feels about Roger? I know they had their office affair, but was there ever any real indication of whether she was emotionally invested in him at all?
And BETTY BUSTED DON FINALLY! Once she showed him the pictures, that Don Draper bravado and confidence disappeared real quickly. She took charge completely and shut him down with the "you don't get to ask the questions" line. Don/Dick was suitably contrite and completely humbled himself to Betty and was noticeably deferring...but I still don't know if it's going to be enough. She's going to find about the teacher before this season ends, mark my words. And I definitely felt bad for that teacher, sitting in the car for hours as Don forgot about her. I felt so bad for her when he called her the next day on the phone and her voice quavered as she asked him, "Do I still have a job?" I'm starting to have a different interpretation of Don's affair with her though...I think it may mean as much to him as it does to her. They were playing house at the beginning of the show with her cooking him dinner and him napping in her bed. He definitely seems more emotionally invested in her than I originally thought. And she didn't seem as crazy this episode either...
I really didn't like the ending of this episode. The whole trick-or-treating scene with Francine's husband Carlton asking Don, "who are you supposed to be?" was way way too obvious a statement/scene for such a subtle show as
MM. I literally went "blech" out loud after I watched that part.
Overall, a really great episode. And next week, it's Pete and his shenanigans again! There's no character on this show that I don't love seeing an episode about.