Given how often people are brutally murdered in Miami, I'm thinking that having a full-time blood splatter analyst on staff is a good investment.

Yes, but it is also from some professional jealousy of Megan. Nepotism happens (remember Danny? And he was just a cousin). Plus, wifehood is still considered higher status than working girl in this era. An ambitious woman with family connections in her favor definitely could climb quickly in the corporate world.…

The horse turns out to be the same horse that killed Don's father (it was an elderly horse).

3:45-6:30 - Cocktail hour!

I think Betty crossed the border from Bitchistan to the People's Republic of Cuntland in this episode, but her childishness has been paralleled by Don's a lot this season. And is her canning Carla worse than what Don did to Fay?

Betty's behavior is something a lot of us do with exes. We try to look great. We try to subtly determine if they still want us. We want to reminisce over good times. And we tend to forget about the bad times.

@Don: Yeah, totally defensive. He knows what Peggy's thinking and wants to head off any disapproval because he really cares about her opinion. I think he also knows in his heart of hearts that he's rushing into things in a possibly reckless way, but he's enjoying being swept up in the moment and being a romantic hero.

I highly doubt Ground Zero was on the list of sites the contestants could pick from.

Not to mention how insufferable many of the counterculture characters are. They are 2-d characters: lefty/alternative and messed up.

I think you're right that Sally is clearly benefiting from therapy in some way. I think I was overstating the case a bit, but I just wanted to push back against the idea that we can take what Sally says or does at face value. That's not true of any of the adult characters and it's not true of Sally either.

I see your point, but it seemed like Sally was being guarded during her conversation with the therapist. We didn't really see her very clearly. This was Sally on best behavior around an authority figure (contrast how she speaks with the therapist to how she talks to Glenn).

I disagree that Sally is suicidal. I also disagree with everyone that Roger will kill himself soon. Neither character is displaying classic depressive symptoms. They are unhappy, but that doesn't necessarily lead to suicide. (Betty is unhappy too, but I don't see anyone predicting her self-inflicted death.)

I think the final shot of Sally on her bed was actually a reference to her dream. Remember? She dreams she's floating high above the world. She obviously wants to escape her current life, but she's trapped. More cleverness from the director—we see things from Sally's dream perspective, but it shows us how caught she…

Did you see season 1? Joan has been hellbent on getting married for a long time. Roger didn't ask Joan to marry him despite a long, long history together. I think that told Joan all she needed to know about his intentions toward her. He wants her as a mistress, not a wife. I am 95% sure that Joan would have married…

@alurin: I disagree.

Genuine. I mean, the guy hired the young copywriters just to get a bead on Don. I think he's determined to take SCDP out.

@Bad News Breaker: Perfect reading of Stan. Put in another way, he's a conservative at heart who thinks he's edgy.

@legally concrete blonde: My deepest apologies for using a term that expresses a longer thought succinctly.

Is Roger in love with Joan? I think he likes to think he is, but nothing he's said or done convinces me he truly loves her. That's why she keeps refusing him. I think Joan would be totally willing to divorce her husband and have Roger's child if she were sure he loved her, and not just liked her a whole lot. He's…

Yeah, the difference between Pete and Roger is exactly what Burt said to the latter. Pete takes himself very seriously and believes in his own talent and worth. Roger does not.