Severance
- as usual the focus or spotlight seems to split between Don and Peggy but they don't have much in the way of interactions; to a lesser degree Ken and Joan also get brief spotlights
- Don is lost in the past once again; first he encounters a waitress at a diner who seems to familiar to him but he doesn't know why; he goes back to see her a couple times but she doesn't shed any light on his quandary
- Don has a dream about Rachel Katz, his girlfriend who owned the department store from Season 1; after making some inquiries he discovers she just passed away less than a week ago; he goes to a service for her but he gets a frosty reception from her sister
- Peggy turns down a blind date only to change her mind after she gets into an argument with Joan; she goes out with the guy and almost goes to Paris (her idea) with him, on a whim, but she can't find her passport; by the time she does find it (the next day) she questions her own judgment
- Ken gets fired; at first it pisses him off but then he sees the silver lining and gives up on putting up a fight; by the end of the episode Ken's future is looking much brighter
- Joan (and Peggy) have a meeting with some representatives from McCann Erickson who don't take them seriously; in particular they single Joan out for some very sexist comments; Peggy just brushes off their juvenile behavior but it isn't as easy for Joan to do the same; Peggy has trouble understanding Joan's indignation which leads to some pointed comments from Peggy about the way Joan dresses and presents herself which leads to a riff between the two; while Peggy goes on a date, Joan goes shopping for clothes
- it feels a little weird jumping back into the final half season of this series, even though I loved this episode; not many touching moments but I'm still loving this show and am sad that I have just 6 episodes left
- I noticed in the credits that Peggy's date was played by Devon Gummersall who played Brian Krakow on My So Called Life; I did not recognize him or think he looked or sounded familiar
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