Don seems to marry women that he should have affairs with and has affairs with women that might be a good wife. Megan is good with the kids and that is very important. In a way Megan was the unselfish choice. I think Don would've been happy with Dr Faye but she's not good with kids and that is important to Don.
One of the very few things I have in common with Don is that I don't like being the center of attention, especially at birthday parties. I never had one as a kid but I really didn't want on. I went to a few and that wasn't always fun either.
Don's party was strange to say the least. If Betty had tried anything like "Zou Bisou Bisou" he would grabbed her by the arm and dragged her out of the room. Then again Betty is too 1950s whereas Megan is the Swinging Sixties.
Don wants Megan to be happy. Don seems happy. Is a happy Don Draper a good thing? The white rug was a massive mistake. Are there more to come?
I know that a lot was made of Megan's teeth last season and to be perfectly honest I didn't notice. Then again I'm not a teeth person. As long as a woman doesn't have meth mouth I'm good. I really can't judge other peoples teeth. If you ever saw mine you would swear that I'm British.
Speaking of British, Lane just can't catch a break. He practically has phone sex with a woman that he is desperate to meet and who shows up? Some schlub. At least he did have a nice chat with Joan. Don't get me started about Joan's mom.
Joan, we love her and we hate her and we feel for her. She never seems to get what she wants and when she does it is never as good as it seems. If the rumors are true it won't get any better. I did feel bad when she wasn't recognized when she went into the office. That had to be a bit humiliating, but not humbling.
Roger has to be the only person in the world who has less to do than me. He can't seem to do anything right. When Megan was singing you just know that he was thinking, "Why did I marry Jane? If I had waited a little while longer I would've had Megan." We've all done that but it wasn't a person but rather a phone.
Some people think that it was rather odd for Roger to carry around a wad of cash that large but it isn't. When I was a kid in the 1970s I used to see it all the time. Some of it was legal and some of it, not so much. That's all I'm saying. My hometown was a cross between Justified and Sons of Anarchy.
Pete, Pete, Pete. He doesn't even know it but he took a page out of the Don Draper playbook when he had his secretary pencil in the fake meeting. Yes Roger, everyone is out to get you. If Pete had realized earlier on that Don was not his enemy but rather Roger then maybe he wouldn't have to whine about his office.That scene pretty much summed up Pete's whole work life.
On balance Don has been rather kind to Pete. If Pete wouldn't waste all his energy on Don he might have his name on the company letterhead.
Peggy seemed a bit confident. Maybe too much. At least she seems comfortable in the workplace. That's a start. Once again she expected Don to swoop in a save the day but he didn't. I loved it when she was holding Joan's baby. She was like, "Get him off me!"
The episode, and the season is about change but, one thing didn't change and I hope it never does-- Peggy's little dance. Perfect.
