This is an episode divided in two: the first half is spent
with the Menken’s account, the second in the Draper home. It sets up the key
dichotomy of Don’s life—at home he’s living the life he’s “supposed” to be, but
he is in no way suited for it. After kissing Rachel Menken on the rooftop of
her store the night before, he wakes up to the domestic chores of Sally’s
birthday party. As he gets progressively drunker, we get a peek inside Matthew
Weiner’s depressing view of suburban married/family life, where the divorcee is
ridiculed mercilessly and the men are all scum. All of this is, once again,
laid on a little thick. Oh, and the ep opens with the surprise that Don Draper
was, at one point, known by the name Dick Whitman.
Best Scene: After
passing out in his car, Don wakes up hours after the birthday party ends,
parked under a bridge.
Best Line: Francine, looking at Don out the window:
“That man.” Betty: “I know.”
Grade: B
Grade: B
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