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There's That Past, Informing the Present Again

...but when he storms into Roger's office, he's baldly angry, and seethes that Roger doesn't get to kill this account. Roger: "Well, you know how they are. Maybe it'll kill itself." Sparkling wit even when drunk, angry, and mean? Why is he on the Accounts side again? Don plows on that it's not just about the money -- they could do amazing work on behalf of Honda -- but Roger tells him he does in fact get to decide who they do business with, and reminds Don of his own blow-up with Jantzen. Before Don can do more than counter that Jantzen was "over," though, Pete bursts in and accuses Roger of "wrapping [himself] in the flag" so he can keep Pete from bringing in an account that will make the firm less dependent on Lucky Strike, "and therefore less dependent on you." I think the phrase "them's fighting words" was coined for moments such as this, no? Because seriously, Roger charges at Pete like he's in the middle of a street in Pamplona, even adding an un-ironic "Why, you little..." for good measure, and Don has to get in his way. Roger half-chokes for Don to get Pete out of there, and Pete takes his leave, but not before telling Roger that the rest of them are trying to build something here. When Pete's gone, Don takes a long moment to give Roger's sensitivities some respect, but finally tells him, "He's right." He walks out into a commercial break, which is nice timing, given how intense that scene was. I'm sure the next one is going to be a lot easier to watch, right?

Oh, dear. Sally, apparently having been to the salon, is over at her friend's for that sleepover. Her friend is crashed out on the couch, but the TV is on, and as Sally watches The Man From U.N.C.L.E., she, um, kind of...what I mean to say is, she...okay. She starts playing with herself. It's shot pretty non-explicitly, but that's still clearly what's going on, and Lord, if it was that hard to talk about, I can only imagine what it must have been like to direct. Kiernan Shipka is absolutely amazing, but...she's ten. Anyway, her reverie is interrupted by her friend's mom appearing and rather severely asking what she's doing...

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