I was so moved in different ways by this episode: my hear exploded with Sally's last line, but also I cheered HARD for Joan and Dawn.
On top of everything, I was born Sunday, Feb 16th 1969, this episode pulled every single one of my strings.

Great commentary, as always.
Regarding time: it was stablished by the weather forecast last week that it was already September or about to start, so the Albee play date sticks.