Anyway, she gives him a hug and leaves, with him smiling stupidly all the way. And one thing I just thought of that makes the whole thing so consistent: The season, despite a few hiccups on that front, did seem to want to emphasize how the mystique of Don Draper has eroded. And if there's any way to make yourself more of an office joke than marrying your secretary, I'd like to know what it is. Don said so himself. Anyway, when Peggy's gone, Megan rejoins him and tells him it was Faye again, and points out it won't get any easier to tell her if he puts it off. His facial expression seems to acknowledge the truth of that statement...

...but we'll give him a moment to decide what to do. Peggy raps loudly on Joan's open door, and Joan, in a hilariously silky voice, asks, "Whatever could be on your mind?" Hee. Peggy slams the door behind her and asks if Joan can believe it, but Joan tells her it happens all the time. Remember Peggy's first day, when Joan told her in regard to the men there, "Most of the time they're looking for something in between a mother and a waitress"? This hardly seems different. She adds that "they're all just between marriages," and twists the knife a bit when she says that Don will probably make Megan a copywriter. "He's not going to want to be married to his secretary." Please, he's not going to want her at his workplace at all. Otherwise how's he going to cheat on her effectively? Peggy, however, takes Joan at face value and wonders if that's what Don was referring to when he said that Megan admires her, and oh, shit, Peggy, maybe you'll have to train her! You'll be begging to have Danny back!