They're not notches on his bedposts, damnit!

I dunno... I never got the feeling that Don considered his affairs to be special in any way, other than perhaps Rachel, which of course, adds to the irony that it was never consummated-- perhaps if it had been, she would've wound up being just another affair. And with Bobbie, I got the distinct impression that started out very much as a notch on the bedpost. Or maybe it was just that he was intrigued by a woman who was the aggressor, I don't know. I'll have to think about that one.

other than perhaps Rachel, which of course, adds to the irony that it was never consummated...

It wasn't? Didn't he give Rachel the big family reveal afterward? Maybe I need to rewatch S1.

It wasn't? Didn't he give Rachel the big family reveal afterward? Maybe I need to rewatch S1.

It could be I'm totally forgetting something. But I recall watching an episode very near the end of the season where she's having lunch with a girlfriend and admitting that Don's not Jewish but they haven't done anything yet. Could be my brain is melting.

But I recall watching an episode very near the end of the season where she's having lunch with a girlfriend and admitting that Don's not Jewish but they haven't done anything yet.

Yep (her sister). And then the next time we see her, or very close to it, she and Don are nekkid in bed.

But I recall watching an episode very near the end of the season where she's having lunch with a girlfriend and admitting that Don's not Jewish but they haven't done anything yet.

Wasn't she lying through her teeth in that conversation?

I'll have to rewatch (OH, DARN!!) in case I have the timing of those two scenes switched.

Wasn't she lying through her teeth in that conversation?

Yeah, she was. I just went back and looked at the episode summaries on the site-- they did the deed in Ep 10, "The Long Weekend." I think it was just overwhelmed in my mind because so much else happened that ep (like when doesn't it, right?) what with Roger's heart attack and Joan's roommate coming on to her.

Definitely need to go back and rewatch the ep.

What Decemberists song was that, and where is it available

It's called "The Infanta", the lead-off track from Picaresque.

I'm proud to say that I won, in a charity auction, a Craig Thompson (of Blankets fame) original ink drawing depicting the procession of the Infanta with the song's lyrics strewn about the images. I love the song, but still feel it was inappropriate for the show.

I'm proud to say that I won, in a charity auction, a Craig Thompson (of Blankets fame) original ink drawing depicting the procession of the Infanta with the song's lyrics strewn about the images.

::dies of jealousy::

I love all the Decemberists' album art like woah. Are charity auctions the only way to actually possess any, or does the artist ever just sell any of it? Because, whimper.

There was exactly one moment in this episode where I really just loved Don wholly and unambiguously, not in an "oh, how broken he is!" way--when he told Peggy in the middle of the first Jackie/Marilyn discussion that she was Irene Dunne. Such a perfect, lovely, layered little throwaway.

Are charity auctions the only way to actually possess any, or does the artist ever just sell any of it? Because, whimper.

The Craig Thompson illustration was done especially for the auction. All of the Decemberists album art is done by Carson Ellis. No idea what's for sale, but you can contact her and ask!