Mad Men 7.10

The Forecast

- The year is 1970

- Don is trying to sell his unfurnished apartment; his real estate agent isn't hopeful about the prospect of selling it as is; the episode ends with Don coming home only to find that she has sold it to a couple
- Joan starts a relationship with an older retired gentleman; she meets him when she is in the Los Angeles office; he follows her back to New York; the ride is a little bumpy but by the end of the episode things are looking good
- Sally has to deal with her childhood friend (Glen) joining the army; he looks much thinner than he did the last time I recall seeing him but I recognized him right away; he tries hitting on Betty when Sally is away but Betty; later in the episode Sally snaps at Don for turning on the charm when one of her friends flirts with him
- Peggy tries to get Don to do her performance evaluation but winds up storming out of his office in frustration when he wanders off topic and gets philosophical on her
- John, one of the younger ad men, botches a sales pitch with a client and turns to Don for advice; Don counsels him on how to handle the situation; instead of following Don't advice John tries using a line from a story that Don told him and it blows up in his face

- excellent episode
- broke my heart to see the confrontation between Don and Sally at the bus terminal; the tragic part of that scene and the preceding one in the restaurant was seeing how quickly the old wound was reopened; the look on Sally's face as Don started to ooze charm said it all
- I was very happy that Betty didn't respond receptively to Glen's advances; for a moment there it seemed like what she wanted; in hindsight I think she wanted Glen's attention much more than she did a roll in the hay with him
- I completely lost track of time while watching this one, a sure sign that I was digging it