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Don, still reeling from Anna's death, begins to take stock of his life. Betty bumps into Don while he's on a date with Bethany, and her level of upset over this concerns Henry who think she's still in love with Don. Joey acts incredibly disrespectfully to Joan, to the point of drawing a cartoon depicting her fellating Lane and leaving in in a place where he knows she'll see it. Peggy fires him for this, but Joan sees Peggy's action as undermining her authority. Henry calls Don to get him to pick up the boxes he's left in the garage, and ignores him when he does so. Don goes on a date with Faye, and later turns up uninvited at Gene's birthday party -- at which Betty stops Henry from confronting him.

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Don, still reeling from Anna's death, begins to take stock of his life. Betty bumps into Don while he's on a date with Bethany, and her level of upset dismay over this concerns Henry it draws concern from Henry, who think she's still in love with Don. Joey acts incredibly disrespectfully to Joan, to the point of drawing a cartoon depicting her fellating Lane and leaving in in a place where he knows she'll see it. Peggy fires him for this, but Joan sees Peggy's action as undermining her authority. Henry calls Don to get him to pick up the boxes he's left in the garage, and ignores him when he does so. Don goes on a date with Faye, and later turns up uninvited at Gene's birthday party -- at which Betty stops Henry from confronting him.
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** Joan, upset by both her colleagues' behaviour and Greg leaving, states to Joey, Danny, and Stan how she won't care when they end up deployed there.

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** Joan, upset by both her colleagues' behaviour and Greg leaving, states to Joey, Danny, and Stan how she won't care when they end up getting drafted and deployed there.
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''We're ruined because we get these things and wish for what we had.''

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''We're ->''We're ruined because we get these things and wish for what we had.''
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''We're ruined because we get these things and wish for what we had.''


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--> '''Don:''' Narrative, forced perspective. Are you sure Joey did this?"


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--> '''Joan:''' All you've done is prove to them that I'm a meaningless secretary and you're another humourless bitch.
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* IgnoredAesop: Played with; Don intentionally misses the point of Faye quoting [[AesopsFables Aesop]]'s "North Wind and the Sun" fable, thinking that she's actually asking if she can borrow his coat.

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* IgnoredAesop: Played with; Don intentionally misses the point of Faye quoting [[AesopsFables [[Literature/AesopsFables Aesop]]'s "North Wind and the Sun" fable, thinking that she's actually asking if she can borrow his coat.

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Don, still reeling from Anna's death, begins to take stock of his life. Betty bumps into Don while on a date, and her level of upset concerns Henry. Joey acts incredibly disrespectfully to Joan, but when Peggy fires him for this, Joan sees it as undermining her authority.

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Don, still reeling from Anna's death, begins to take stock of his life. Betty bumps into Don while he's on a date, date with Bethany, and her level of upset over this concerns Henry. Henry who think she's still in love with Don. Joey acts incredibly disrespectfully to Joan, but when to the point of drawing a cartoon depicting her fellating Lane and leaving in in a place where he knows she'll see it. Peggy fires him for this, but Joan sees it Peggy's action as undermining her authority.
authority. Henry calls Don to get him to pick up the boxes he's left in the garage, and ignores him when he does so. Don goes on a date with Faye, and later turns up uninvited at Gene's birthday party -- at which Betty stops Henry from confronting him.



* BelligerentSexualTension: Joey picks up this one as Stan badmouths Peggy.

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* BelligerentSexualTension: Joey picks up on this one as when Stan badmouths Peggy.Peggy.
* CallBack: Joey telling Joan that she dresses like she "wants to get raped" inevitably calls to mind the time when she ''[[Recap/MadMenS2E12TheMountainKing was actually raped]]''.



* HiddenDepths: Don notes that in terms of getting a message across, Joey's cartoon is much better than any of the actual work he has done.
* IgnoredAesop: Played with; Don intentionally misses the point of Faye quoting [[AesopsFables Aesop]]'s "North Wind and the Sun" fable, thinking that she's actually asking if she can borrow his coat.



* NotQuiteTheRightThing: Peggy fires Joey for his innappropriate behaviour, but Joan feels that Peggy taking this step makes it look like Joan couldn't and so reduces her to being a "meaningless secretary".

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* MrFanservice: Don. Swimming.
* NotQuiteTheRightThing: Peggy fires Joey for his innappropriate inappropriate behaviour, but Joan feels that Peggy taking this step makes it look like Joan couldn't and so reduces her to being a "meaningless secretary". secretary".
* PutOnABus: This is the last we see of Bethany, Jane's friend who she tried to set up with Don.



* VengefulVendingMachine: The new SCDP vending machine has started eating people's change (and Joey's watch, when he tried to retrive a snack).

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* SilentTreatment: Henry gives Don this when the latter comes to pick up his boxes.
* VengefulVendingMachine: The new SCDP vending machine has started eating people's change (and Joey's watch, when he tried to retrive retrieve a snack).



** Don watches coverage about it on the TV
** Joan, upset by both her colleagues behaviour and Greg leaving, states to Joey, Danny, and Stan how she won't care when they end up deployed there

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** Don watches coverage about it on the TV
TV.
** Joan, upset by both her colleagues colleagues' behaviour and Greg leaving, states to Joey, Danny, and Stan how she won't care when they end up deployed therethere.
* VoiceoverLetter: Don's journal.

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* BelligerentSexualTension: Joey picks up this one as Stan badmouths Peggy.



* MistakenForGay: Joey thinks Harry is hitting on him when he suggests that he's good-looking enough to be an actor

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* MistakenForGay: Joey thinks Harry is hitting on him when he suggests that he's good-looking enough to be an actoractor.
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* NotQuiteTheRightThing: Peggy fires Joey for his innappropriate behaviour, but Joan feels that Peggy taking this step reduces her to being a "meaningless secretary".

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* NotQuiteTheRightThing: Peggy fires Joey for his innappropriate behaviour, but Joan feels that Peggy taking this step makes it look like Joan couldn't and so reduces her to being a "meaningless secretary".
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* CardboardBoxOfUnemployment: When Peggy fires Joey Baird after he tapes a demeaning cartoon to Joan's window. Joey attempts a TakeThisJobAndShoveIt when he grabs a bankers box Peggy's currently using to store files, dumps it out, and takes it with him, but it mostly serves to characterize him as a petulant ManChild.

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*MistakenForGay: Joey thinks Harry is hitting on him when he suggests that he's good-looking enough to be an actor
* NotQuiteTheRightThing: Peggy fires Joey for his innappropriate behaviour, but Joan feels that Peggy taking this step reduces her to being a "meaningless secretary".



* NotQuiteTheRightThing: Peggy fires Joey for his innappropriate behaviour, but Joan feels that Peggy taking this step reduces her to being a "meaningless secretary".
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Don, still reeling from Anna's death, begins to take stock of his life. Betty bumps into Don while on a date, and her level of upset concerns Henry. Joey acts incredibly disrespectfully to Joan, but when Peggy fires him for this, Joan sees it as undermining her authority.

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!!This episode contains examples of:

*QuestionableConsent: Greg convinces Joan to have sex as a way of saying goodbye, despite her clearly being too upset.
*NotQuiteTheRightThing: Peggy fires Joey for his innappropriate behaviour, but Joan feels that Peggy taking this step reduces her to being a "meaningless secretary".
*VengefulVendingMachine: The new SCDP vending machine has started eating people's change (and Joey's watch, when he tried to retrive a snack).
*UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar: comes up several times during the episode:
**Don watches coverage about it on the TV
**Joan, upset by both her colleagues behaviour and Greg leaving, states to Joey, Danny, and Stan how she won't care when they end up deployed there

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