Yep, sometimes we like to think things happen to us and give the illusion that we don't have a choice because it makes it easier to accept. But in reality Peggy had many choices. She chose to flaunt herself in front of Ted, she chose to let things ride with Abe even though she should have broken up with him long ago…

Well *about to chime in*…nope, best to walk from this entire thread…

The three have such distinct personalities that I can't envision any of them becoming the other successfully even with great effort. In this case it actually does seem each man is an island unto himself.

Given how much Joan has interacted with men, doesn't it seem odd how broken her gaydar is?

Peggy's reasons for tangoing with Ted might have been more than just physical attraction but Ted is married and she knew it. I can't believe she gave in to the temptation with an "I love you". Low move on her part (and quite obviously also on Ted's). We all wanted to think that although she was Don's protege she was…

I thought the best day of his life reference was to him getting a great job without anyone checking into his background (Pete coming in, just commenting on his tie, and signing off on hiring Bob).

The original comment above was a joke, Bob never said that. I was referencing what actually happened in the scene.

This is exactly what came to mind when she offered Sally the cigarette!!!

Here's the thing, Don called Harry to go back and accept Sunkist after seeing Peggy and Ted at the movie theater together. Ted hadn't talked about going over budget, Ted hadn't mentioned the Clio, Don hadn't witnessed anything that blatantly screamed, "this flirtation is screwing with business". His later actions can…

No, he didn't let Ted do his thing. Ted doing his thing would have been Don NOT making the call right after talking to Ted. Ted's strategy was clearly going to be to show them the greatness of the ad and THEN mention the budget. Instead, Don weasels his way into calling them immediately and sending over a budget…

I'm think I'm too cynical with Mad Men storylines because I didn't for one second think Don was going to tell a client about two coworkers flirting. No, Don likes to make people squirm but he's not an idiot (outing coworker flirtation would destroy everything, including the account). He's all about power in the sly…

I was confused by the phone call. Bob says that he doesn't care how nice she is, that Pete is screwing his future. Who is "she"? Is that supposed to be Pete's mom because I thought Manolo didn't swing that way and that was presumably who Pete was talking to. I guess she could simply be nice enough to take her money…

I didn't even get a hint of creepy when Glen appeared. I was actually as glad to see him as Sally, crazy!

Transgressions can't be the reason, have you seen Don? Still a dashing man despite being the master of transgressions. Pete may not be as charming but he's also nowhere near as messed up as Don.

I like that Stan and Peggy haven't gotten together, I actually hope they don't. The flirty friendship they have is good (we all, including Stan, knew she was joking about making it "worth his while" to come help her), why make this into a "Grey's Anatomy" type situation where everyone is doing everyone at work? Don…

Right, given the circumstances you're totally right. I originally thought it was just sloppy quoting (which on a normal day would not be cool because it was a pivotal moment) but it could have been due to being unable to get the right quote because of the viewing circumstances. Even if you try to rewind on some of…

Yeah I was also peeved with the review misconstruing Betty's statement. The review statement is cliche 2013 kind of lingo (esp. use of "fucking"), what Betty actually said is extremely accurate for Don and not just a trite statement. Don isn't out to get the milk without buying the cow—the review statement—his problem…

Yep! Sounds like a system error, boo Fios.

My DVR didn't record this! It's always recorded the series but it didn't record last night and somehow all future episodes also aren't scheduled (solution: started a new thread for the future and deleted this defunct one). WTF. I'll watch tomorrow's rerun but I can't say I'm not super disappointed—The A.V. Club…

OMG I came on to write specifically about how great this episode was because of Lily's absence and low and behold, you already wrote it and you were the first comment. Bravo! She's a little girl so of course I don't mean her harm, but she's just not good at delivering lines. There are definitely kids who have the…