Just curious, is that a bad thing or a good thing?

Yeah, I think Jim really honestly doesn't want this fight and is irked to be having it, but if he's going to have it, he is intent on winning it.

Few things are quite as hilarious as Meredith telling Dawn how happy she (Meredith) was to be getting Dawn's job. I am quite pleased that it seems like Meredith ended up back at reception at the end of the episode (I presume that they'll hire a new secretary for Peggy).

Lou just specifically mentioned that they couldn't fire her. So I think it made sense. She knows she isn't going to be able to keep her job with him but she knows she isn't going to be fired. Nothing really to hurt her there. As opposed to Shirley, who isn't as calculating as Dawn and therefore took a shot at Peggy in…

That's where this show really shines - getting to the heart of new and background characters very quickly.

He mentioned he's still getting paid. He's in a weird job limbo state, but not a financial limbo state. They have to keep paying him or else they have to buy him out. If they buy him out, he's going to get snatched up right away by another firm (plus, of course, all the money he would get from them buying him out).

Even while she was being a real jerk, I couldn't help but feel sorry for Peggy as it seems more and more clear that she really isn't part of the next generation but is stuck as the end of Don's generation. Dawn is the next generation.

On that point, it's funny watching an early episode of L.A. Law where they bring out this super genius high tech guy to work on their phone systems. Because, you know, phone systems were the height of technology.

It's fascinating how high tech that thing was for the era. Also, I can only imagine how much money teleconferences must have cost at the time.

My take on the cockroach is that it was just a literal sign of Don's uncleanliness. I don't think it was meant as a metaphor or anything like that. We've seen Don get pretty slovenly before when he lived by himself.

Bob Benson is the new Godot.

Lou really is a great character. Duck was awesome because he was the sort of contrast to Don - the guy who wanted to go by the book while Don wanted to blow the book up. Duck, though, had his own particular problems (like his drinking). Lou, though, is strictly the book - no more and no less - and that makes him a…

So what are we supposed to think about Don and his drinking? He seemed to be measuring how much he was drinking out of the bottle at his apartment. Is he trying to cut DOWN or is he trying to cut it OUT?

"Sometimes I think maybe I died and I'm in some kind of…I don't know if it is heaven or hell or limbo, but I don't seem to exist."

Ha! I think I was 29 and living with my now-wife when I first stayed in the same room with her at my parents' home.

She wants to have a baby with Ryan. It's not a GOOD motivation (and like I've said elsewhere in the comments, I hope an early scene next season is "Nope, not pregnant. Oh well, moving on") but I think that that is what it is.

I think it is more likely than not going to get renewed. But it is not a no-brainer at all.

I think the Piecat recurring gag is adorable. Just like how I imagine the actual Piecat will be when she/he shows up on About a Boy next season as a new pet for Miles.

Natalie walked around the carton and read the ink-scratched label. "Ah, god, it's from Drew!" "That schmuck!" said Sheila. Drew trembled with expectation.

I was really impressed by the end of the episode how the writers have told the story so well that we didn't need to hear any of the dialogue to still know exactly what was being said. Not a lot of shows would be brave enough to have some important dialogue (like Drew saying "I love you") be completely covered up by…