Elisa recaps 4.09 "The Beautiful Girls"

The Blankenship hi-jinks in this episode really gave the cult comedy classic, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, a run for it's money. Peggy's little yip when she realizes she's just poked a corpse; Pete's attempt to wheel her body, chair and all, past the conference room; seeing Ken, Don & his lady love doctor watch the scene unfold without drawing attention to the Fillmore Auto suits; and overhearing Harry protest that his mother made the blanket hiding Blankenship--these are the little snippets of hilarity that I love about this show. Alas, I'm not sad to see her go.

So Don and Faye are having lunchtime trysts now are they? Wasn't it just last episode that we heard him tell the fair doctor that he wasn't ready to consummate their affair just yet? I'm so confused about how Don chooses who he beds. Also noteworthy: this was also the first time I remember seeing a woman on the show look disheveled during a midday dalliance! And shiny faced too...

I was excited to see Abe back in action, but not surprisingly, Peggy shuts him down when the two engage in a political clash of opinions. However, I find her arguments as self-serving as last week's showdown with Joan. She pushes aside the points that Abe is trying to make about Fillmore's racist agenda by bringing up her own indignation of the sexism she experiences. Personally, I really hate it when people argue that way. One issue does not negate the other! Well she doesn't deserve Abe's soup. I think her pot has definitely got some loose handles.

Sally Draper was the highlight of this episode. You can just see how she seems to be inheriting her mother's traits. Her smug smile when she thought she had her father wrapped around her finger... Her tantrum in front of all the ladies at the office when she refused to go with her mother...

Oh how I love the dynamic between Roger and Joan. Their very public fornication post-mugging was something I definitely wasn't expecting but leaves me hopefully for more Joan storylines! So far her domesticated stories are fairly tepid. I always wonder why Roger didn't leave Mona for Joan during their seemingly long affair together. Maybe they're leaving that open for season five? One can only hope...