- the principal players at Sterling Cooper have trouble settling in at McCann Erickson
- Don walks out of a meeting (that is being led by someone who is telling a story just like he tells stories) and heads for Wisconsin in search of Diana but comes up empty handed
- Roger doesn't want to leave the old building, so he stays at the old office for as long as possible; he hangs with Peggy who doesn't have an office yet at ME; they share a few drinks; he tells some stories and plays some tunes on an organ; they have a very real feeling conversation about what it was like working at Sterling Cooper over the years; there's a great, surreal moment when she skates around the office while he plays a tune, it is both funny and sad; eventually her office is ready and by the end of the episode they have both arrived at ME HQ
- Joan runs into a brick wall; I wish I could say this surprised me but considering how she was treated in the last episode I'm not; after complaining about one of her new employees who botches a conference call with a client (Avon) she gets a whole lot of unwanted attention from one of the principal players at ME, Ferg Donnelly; he says he is there to help but it is clear that he wants more from her; it is creepy, to say the least; Joan tries talking to Jim Hobart, the president of ME, about it but he doesn't want to hear it and doesn't respond well to her threats of legal action; in the end she takes half of what they owe her ($500K) to leave
- Pete and Ted only appear briefly in this episode and only have a few lines; Stan isn't in it at all
- another homerun
- I love the culture clash; seeing the difference between the two companies and how it impacts different people in different ways
- love, love this episode and this season
- I love the moment when Peggy walks in to ME with the painting Roger gave her, smoking a cigarette, and wearing shades; too awesome
- love the choice to use David Bowie's Space Oddity for the music at the end
- just two episodes left *sigh*
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