Oh yeah, that occurred to me too.  Pete is Viserys.

Also Don punching Lane would be Don doing Pete's work for him.  Do I have to do everything for you?  You brought the situation on yourself, you had to work it through.

Sigh.  I loved Allison.

Although I agree with you on this: most of the show used to be driven by Don's unhappiness.  If Don is happy now, what drives the show?  Happiness is inherently undramatic.

Don didn't quite say it was all Betty's fault.  He's not wrong in making the observation that he's a better fit with Megan than he was with Betty.  Don't you think?

It was weird to see that girl from Zoey 101 as one of the hitchhikers, a couple seasons ago.

Also Trudy is too smart and too decided to be anyone's adoring audience.  He just can't get a power kick from being with Trudy, because she's quicker than he is.  Much.

Sweet!  Coins!

Yeah, the guy Lane is talking to has a "they also serve" line that *might* be condescending.  But any veteran who talks to Lane for 5 mins will see that he would be more valuable in logistics than on the front line.  As long as he was part of the war effort, it's fine.

Agreed, Peggy is not a tattletale.  She wants private things kept private; she mostly disdains any other option.  She's very similar to Don in that respect.

Nope.  He never has, not from day one.

Well I guess if you never got a divers license, you would say that.  And keep hoping it's true.

And all the girls tittering, watching, getting turned-on by Don stripping to his undershirt and doing work.

I told my wife this episode was the best of the entire series.  She demurred, liking "the lawnmower one" a lot, but I don't think she's right.

@avclub-6997a8bd0e1042b70b60c5c879a1780e:disqus Actually yes, several sources for the shitty lack of respect sf enjoyed at the time.  The genre was in the midst of a fairly glorious renaissance, but it was looked down on as pulp crap for kids.  Most of those sources are the nonfic writings of authors from around that…

Heinlein broke into the Saturday Evening Post in 1947, but the high-profile markets retreated from sf after that short fling.

I like that Ken knew for a certainty that it was Pete — didn't seem to think for a second that it might have been Peggy.

Yes, just a bit.  She also is woman enough to know in her soul that the victor gets (some of) the spoils.  She'll allow Lane his kiss.

I think the other aspect of Ken's reaction was, it played up the way that portion of his brain works, that makes him a good science fiction writer.  Same as his later, "That would be amazing" to the idea that there was a mini-orchestra in the hi-fi box.

Except Lane loved the football.  He had resolved to pretend to like it, then surprised himself by being totally pumped up by it.