DunderMiffed, we have at least one instance of Don telling Betty he loves her: the night when she comes to him in white, after being humiliated by the way he played her re:Heineken. "You never say you love me," she says. "Of course I do," he replies. "I say it all the time. I love you, and the children. I don't want…

"Maybe what Don is looking for is someone who does accept Dick and not Don. "

Anonasaurus, I agree. It felt honest, painful, and strangely *respectful*.

Here We Are
I think we've been building up to this episode all season. Maybe even all series.

Harry was completely inept in this episode. It wasn't ever a question of him throwing his weight around. He had an opportunity to defuse a delicate and confusing situation, and he did nothing. Sal's firing is Harry's fault as much as it is Don's. Maybe more.

@zxcvb

Winnebago Man, you hate Pete but don't think he raped the au pair. I like Pete (faults and all) and I DO think he raped her. And I do think she was, for all intents and purposes, powerless (we can discuss rape-is-about-power vs rape-is-about-sex another time). A young, foreign girl in the city for the summer making…