There
wasn’t much in this episode that is unexpected but I have got to say that I
didn’t see most of it coming. No surprise Don ran away from his trouble at the
start of the episode by going to the local bar and drinking. The unexpected was
his getting in a fight and thrown in jail, he usually avoids these kinds of
confrontations; obviously his brain had a different agenda for Don as we find
out as the episode unfolds. Pete’s mother drowning, and possibly getting
murdered, is also not necessarily a shock but once again I didn’t see it coming
but it might be a rather fortuitous turn of events as it turns out for Pete. It
gets rid of the problem of his having to take care of his mother and allows him
to get a new start in a new city, the second of two cities he was talking about
moving to as a result of his “good” buddy Bob. Then there is Peggy and Ted, I
expected what happened to the two of them and I can’t say I was totally
surprised that Ted chose to stay with his wife as his future with Peggy is less
than promising, and his wanting to get out of town with his family was a smart
choice. It was pretty big of normally self-centered Don to let Ted go save his marriage
in California since he had his heart, and Megan’s, set on it. Though he may
have also wanted to get her away from him and this solution took care of that
without it being his fault. I don’t see that Roger’s daughter has a lot of room
to be mad at Roger since she hasn’t seemed to have a lot of use for her father
in her life though there may be good reason for that not knowing anything about
how much he was there for her when she was growing up. I did find the scene at
the end with Joan, Bob and Roger kind of odd, it was nice to see Joan allow
Roger to start to have a relationship with his son but more than a little weird
for odd Bob to be there. It’s not because I thought that he was gay although he
may be, because I think he just came on to Pete to try and get ahead at the
firm, but even though Joan is most likely unaware of Bob’s set up of Pete at
Chevy to make him look like the clueless car guy that he is but Joan of all
people should be able to pick up on subtle male signals. Then again maybe she
is picking up on them and finds Bob non-threatening and is using him as a pawn
in a game she might be playing. Roger is reacting to Bob as a threat because
Joan has let Bob be a part of the family that he longs to be involved in. Joan
may be the one person who might actually see Bob for the slimy ambitious worm
that I think he probably really is, I don’t see him as being anything but what
we have seen at face value. He is a dishonest manipulator who will do anything
to get where he wants, oh, I guess that means he fists right in with everyone
else! Don should have seen his getting asked to take some time off coming, can
he really think he is so irreplaceable when he manages to be late, AWOL, or
inappropriate at so many of the meetings with clients? Nobody is that good and
especially in this advertising firm which has so many people that are capable
of doing each other’s jobs and seem to be able to change accounts easily when
things go sour for one person, like Pete taking over when Ken gets shot in the
face by Chevy for one of many examples of admen changing clients in midstream.
I thought it was a very humble and human touch to have Don take his children to
see where he grew up and I think he might get a little of his daughter back by
his allowing her to see some of his soft underbelly. The first episode of the
new season has a lot of expectations to live up to with all of this action in
the last episode of the season.
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