That scene where Pete ordered Trudy back was exactly what prompted that description.

And this is one of those things that I was musing on, earlier today-- I never got the sense of Pete being completely convincing in the authoritarian role. It's almost as if he and more peripherally, Trudy, are playacting at what they think their roles should be. Whereas Don is very much comfortable in his skin as an authority figure-- he falls into the role of command very naturally, which is why it's interesting to see his control and power (at least, the veneer of it) gradually slipping away. (i.e. the accident, the salt, just off the top of my head.)

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I never got the sense of Pete being completely convincing in the authoritarian role. It's almost as if he and more peripherally, Trudy, are playacting at what they think their roles should be

Yes!! So much this.

I never got the sense of Pete being completely convincing in the authoritarian role. It's almost as if he and more peripherally, Trudy, are playacting at what they think their roles should be

I concur.

I never got the sense of Pete being completely convincing in the authoritarian role. It's almost as if he and more peripherally, Trudy, are playacting at what they think their roles should be.

I think that's right, tho Pete really is an ass. He ain't playacting that.

Oh, Pete's assiness is genuine -- no doubt there.

I haven't watched the ep yet (and I CAN'T WAIT. STOOPID WORK.), but all this talk of Pete and authority keeps making me think of his hunting fantasy last year. It was creepy and bloody, yes, but it was creepy bloody kids' make-believe.

but all this talk of Pete and authority keeps making me think of his hunting fantasy last year. It was creepy and bloody, yes, but it was creepy bloody kids' make-believe.

Pete's choice of stroke magazine was also creepy. A men's magazine with a woman strung up in a torture/bondage scenario common to that kind of mag.

eta: Hmm, some blog comment says it was a cover story on Pearl Harbor. Still, an odd choice for sperm donation.

They really need to clarify the situation with Peggy's baby and Anita.

Did Anita also have a baby? Are there two kids? Was Anita faking the pregnancy to cover for Peggy? Did Anita's baby die and there's just one baby? Wha?

Did Anita's baby die and there's just one baby? Wha?

This is what I'm betting on-- it would just add another delicious layer of resentment for Anita. Of course, knowing this show, it's something that's even more out there, such as Anita's baby perhaps being born with a birth defect or with Down's and being institutionalized, so Anita's passing Peggy's healthy baby off as her own. I mean, can you imagine? The bad girl having the perfect baby while the good daughter has one that's "wrong"?

but there are two (maybe more - like three?) youngsters in her sister's house. are you saying that one is too old to be the one her sister was pregnant with?

There are 2 older kids and 1 toddler in Anita's household (that we've seen). If the toddler is Peggy's, there should also be a younger baby, but we've never seen him/her.

From a blog comment:

Anita's baby will turn out to be the one Peggy mentioned to Bobbie who died. That would also explain the depth of Anita's "troubles" she spoke of in the confession booth.

I didn't catch that.

Another comment noted that there was reference to minding "the baby" (not babies) and there being one crib.