Not every episode can be a bombastic “Zou Bisou”, can it?
A lot of people don’t like Betty, but this episode featured centered around her in a truly bizarre fat suit. Betty has a little bit of a health scare related to a lump found on her thyroid which sends ripples through the Francis and Draper households.
The scene with Henry and Don talking on the phone was pretty interesting in how threatened he seemed by the fact that Betty shared her health scare with Don too. Betty’s scenes in the show (minus the cheesy medium one) were pretty great at illustrating the complications of being her. She’s always been profoundly sad and unable to cope with her life and the cancer scare actually seemed to give her a spark and some meaning. It’s like she doesn’t know how to be and having that made her somewhat special. Her immediate response at finding out it was benign was to dwell on her getting fat instead. More negatives. She’s truly got a sad existence.
Don and Megan’s relationship continues to perplex me. They have scenes that make you think they’re terrible for each other and scenes where they seem to work and click well. I’m interested in seeing where they go, but it was interesting to see Don show restraint at the rock concert and actually act paternal instead of like a skeezy old man.
Harry continues to be funny and useless. He’s the Blankenship of this season so far.
Don’s new secretary Dawn will continue to provide funny word jokes.
Michael Ginsberg as a new character is an interesting one. Able to be insane and self-centered, but also able to reign it in. Will his success threaten Peggy? She seems resilient to changes in the dynamic, but it’s always threatening to have new guys come in when you’re a woman in the 60s.
Sterling and Pete continue to have that simmering conflict. This will have to be resolved this season for sure.
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