I get it. Don apparently never goes to LA to see his wife. This pregnant hippie makes one phone call and he's getting a plane that day.

I thought that was actually a bond between Stan and Peggy. They were the closest to Ginsberg. He was like their child. Mom stayed at home (work) here while Dad saw him to the hospital.

The other two guys were out of there before Don could even get a taxi. I would say nothing was decided. Commander likely ended the meeting shortly after Don left and said they'd think about it.

Wasn't it to play with us about the Sharon Tate angle?

I haven't read the comment yet, but I had an ah hah moment last night. Suppose Megan isn't going to be the one to get killed by Manson and company…she'll be part of the group. Amy resembled one of Manson's girls, and Megan could be compared to the pretty one (was it Susan?). The guy she danced with at the party…

That is the hardest thing to believe in the entire series.

I didn't get that he was getting a handle on his game when he said "okay". To me, he was so desperate to get back into THAT door specifically that he would have agreed to anything just so they let him back in. He had a distant faith in his ability to win again, but it wasn't thought out at that moment.

I think the monolith is also Don, in it's purest definition. A big old rock. And in this episode, its just sitting there.

I don't think Don't drinking was to get fired. Drinking has always been his answer to everything. It's typical for anyone trying to kick any kind of habit to fall back when things get tough…or there's something hard to face.

It appeared to me that with Don, it wasn't personal. He accepted that he was in time out. But in that scene, it proved that for Bert, it is personal. So personal he'll blow off a lead because it comes from Don.

Apparently dating myself, but I remember Burger Chef. It was a big deal when we went. Fast food was a treat more than the common food source it is today.

Apparently Kahlua was introduced in the U.S. in the 1960s.

Woman in restaurant is actually Brandi Burkhardt. Not Caity Lotz. They look exactly alike, though.

War and propaganda. Shocking.

I've never understood her anger about Don getting rid of Jaguar. To me that would be a good thing for her. She walks away with partnership and never has to look that fat slob in the face again. Reminder is gone.

I get Joan's attitude. It's self serving but understandable. Whatever Don was to her, he still saw her as a secretary/office manager and that is all he'll ever see her as. His return threatens her new standing. Her loyalty is to Cutler now. He was the first one to see her as anything more than that.

I thought it showed just how vulnerable he is. Work is everything to him, and apparently so is that particular company. He's ready to go way before it's time, but he has to wait…and that waiting gives him time to get nervous and insecure. As he watches the time, knowing full well he'd look desperate if he went…

Well, and how sad was it that he was so unaccustomed to a conversation with his own mother that it's a special treat for him.

That really showed how dramatic it is for Roger to take such a stand about Don. Even Harry, who essentially owns THEE department of the future, he was willing to just throw away.

If they get rid of him, they still have to deal with him on a competitive level. Which apparently scares them.