History Recap / MadMenS7E10TheForecast

Don puts his apartment on the market. Melanie, the realtor, does not like that it has no furniture (aside from the patio furniture that Don's now using inside) as she thinks this will deter potential buyers; Don, on the other hand, sees it as a blank slate. Buy the end of the episode, a buyer has been found.

As Sally prepares to go on a 12-day school trip, she is unexpectedly visited by Glen Bishop, who reveals that he has joined the Army and will be shipping out to Vietnam. At first he claims he is doing so for ideological reasons, but later he reveals to Betty that he joined up after flunking out of college. Though he and Betty embrace and kiss each other platonically, after Betty admits she's alarmed for his safety, Sally mistakes it for inappropriate flirtation. When Sally later sees what she thinks is Don flirting with one of her friends, she is further disillusioned with both parents.

* AndADietCoke: Joan makes an early morning order to her hotel's room service that consists of a glass of skim milk and a grapefruit ... then she thinks and adds a French Toast and a pot of coffee.

* EvenTheGuysWantHim: According to Mathis, [[DepravedBisexual Lee]] [[{{Jerkass}} Garner,]] [[TheBully Jnr.]] had a thing about Don. Well, that's what Roger (apparently) said.
* FreudianSlip: Joan yells "you're ruining my life" (frustration from Richard leaving their date after she reveals she's a Mother of a toddler) at her babysitter, whereas she's meaning her son. Gets sadder when she's out the door and Kevin says "I love you Mommy" and she cries when replying affirmatively to him.

* ParentsAsPeople: Joan is great and a loving mother, but this episode has her resentful that motherhood has impeded her sex life (especially with a man whose own kids have grown up), one of the many examples in the series where this trope is seen from the POV of the parent.

** Kevin is watching ''Series/SesameStreet'', which was first broadcast in 1970.

* NotSoDifferent: Don is quick to point out that, as frustrated as Sally is with her parents at the moment, she really does carry traits from the two of them.

* [[AFatherToHisMen A Mother To Her Men]]: As tough as she can get with her guys, you can't fire members of Creative for saying "fuck" and expect Peggy to take it well.

As Sally prepares to go on a 12-day school trip, she is unexpectedly visited by Glen Bishop, who reveals that he is shipping out to Vietnam. At first he claims he is doing so for ideological reasons, but later he reveals to Betty that he joined up after flunking out of college. Though he and Betty embrace and kiss each other platonically, after Betty admits she's alarmed for his safety, Sally mistakes it for inappropriate flirtation. When Sally later sees what she thinks is Don flirting with one of her friends, she is further disillusioned with both parents.

--> '''Betty:''' Don't listen to Creator/JaneFonda.

* TheTalk: While preparing the checks for the "12 States in 12 Days" tour, Betty attempts to tell Sally to be careful since she'll be unsupervised (for the most part) with her friends and there'd be boys. Sally soon kids Betty about the awkwardness and lateness of this talk.

->''"Why don't you just write down all your dreams so I can shit on them?"''

Don decides to sell his apartment, Joan stumbles into a relationship while on a trip to Los Angeles, Glen tells Betty and Sally that he is going to Vietnam, and a copywriter gets in trouble for his rude behavior to a client.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Even Betty smiles at Sally's crack about her teen years being "when the states were still colonies"
* AndADietCoke: Joan makes an early morning order to her hotel's room service that consists of a glass of skim milk and a grapefruit...then she thinks and adds a French Toast and a pot of coffee.

* CoolOldLady: Presumably, Gail Holloway, has a kinship with Kevin's hippie college-aged babysitter.

---> Don't listen to Creator/JaneFonda.
* TheTalk: While preparing the checks for the "13 States in 13 Days" tour, Betty attempts to tell Sally to be careful since she'll be unsupervised (for the most part) with her friends and there'd be boys. Sally soon kids Betty about the awkwardness and lateness of this talk.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Even Betty smiles at Sally's crack about her modelling days being "when the states were still colonies"

* [[SheIsAllGrownUp He's All Grown Up]]: Glen had shown the promise of physically maturing earlier, but he really follows through on that here. Betty doesn't even recognize him at first.

---> Don't listen to JaneFonda.

* TheVietnamWar: Glen is signed up to serve there. It's treated as a death sentence by most of the characters.

* AbsenteeActor: Aaron Staton (Ken), Rich Sommer (Harry), Christopher Stanley (Henry), and Jay R. Ferguson (Stan) are not present.

* HeelRealization: Likely pro-war Betty after the Vietnam-going Glen talks to her about his troubles with school and stepfather, when she sees Bobby and Gene running around with a toy gun, she scolds them and sends them off to watch TheBradyBunch and then throws the gun away.

* [[AFatherToHisMen A Mother To Her Men]]: As tough as she can get with her guys, you can't fire members of Creative for saying "fuck" and expect Peggy to take it well.

* TheVietnamWar: Glen is signed up to serve there. It's treated as a death sentence by most of the characters.

* [[ShesAllGrownUp HeIsAllGrownUp]]: Glen had shown the promise of physically maturing earlier, but he really follows through on that here. Betty doesn't even recognize him at first.

* [[ShesAllGrownUp HesAllGrownUp]]: Glen had shown the promise of physically maturing earlier, but he really follows through on that here. Betty doesn't even recognize him at first.

-->'''Don:''' Everybody has problems. Some people can handle them and some people can't. Look at yourself because the next thing you're going to have to move past is losing this job. You're fired.