Don arrives back to his hotel room to find the kids and Megan sitting on one of the beds, and when they see him they launch into a French children's song, "Il était un petit navire (There Was A Little Ship), which, by the way, is one effed-up piece of work. Don, however, is pleased at their offering, and Sally excitedly tells him that singing the song is how they got Gene to sleep. Don smiles that they shouldn't wake him up, and then Megan gets her stuff together as she says that the kids played in the pool for four hours and then bounced on the bed for another two. "I think everybody's going to sleep very well." It's just too bad Don couldn't have participated in those activities. Don tells Megan he needs her at seven AM to watch Gene, and he'll "get these two breakfast on the road." Megan wishes the kids good night in French, prompting Don to shake his head in wonder and say that she claimed to have no experience, but she's "like Maria von Trapp." Well, I suppose she and her boss got together too. Megan corrects him that she has no professional experience, but she does have four nieces and six nephews, which I guess means fertile ground runs in her family. It's good to be aware of these things. When Megan's gone, Don awesomely does a "TIMMM-BER" fall onto the kids' bed, and then tells the kids to pick him up and move him over to his. I think he's a bit heavy for them, but it'd be fun to watch them try...
...but instead we cut to the three of them waiting on Dead Anna's porch. Stephanie comes to the door and lets them in, and after greeting the kids, she tells Don that the notary is late, but her mom put the papers in order so all she has to do is sign, and then the kids can be on their way to Marineland. Seeing the flowers on the wall, Bobby asks who painted them, and Don tells him it was his "friend" Anna, who used to live there, and that Stephanie is her niece. With all this explanation, I'm wondering what Don told the kids in advance about this little stop, if anything. I mean, do they know he owns this house, and if so, how do they think that came to be? Whatever, I'm sure I'm underestimating Don's ability to deflect and obfuscate with a pithy irrelevancy. However, when Sally asks who the Dick in "Dick and Anna '64" is, as Stephanie watches expectantly, Don tells her that's him. "That's my nickname, sometimes." Well, I'm glad he put a lot of thought into preparing for this moment!









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