To be cruel? (Because he is a cruel person.) And maybe because he thought that he could get Betty on his side.

And maybe because he thought that he could get Betty on his side.

I thought he was going for seducing Betty first, as a way to get back at Don. But when she wouldn't play, he went for the throat.

I thought it was interesting to see younger Don as a car salesman! Somehow, that makes sense for his career path. Car sales is a cut throat business, convincing people they need something they really don't.

And, the woman who said he wasn't Don in that little flashback. I can't wait for them to follow up with that.

I thought he was going for seducing Betty first, as a way to get back at Don. But when she wouldn't play, he went for the throat.

Well, that makes perfect sense especially when you consider he's not an obvious chick magnet and Don is. I mean, clearly, Jimmy's got a lot of the self-loathing and envy going on. He said it himself-- "the more you drink the funnier I get. ABC did surveys."

This is why this show is so interesting to me. All of the characters have depth, even the peripheral ones. Jimmy is more than just the cuckold. He has no illusions about his wife, his life, and career. But it doesn't stop him from being hurt and angry and vindictive. And he's willing to make the sacrifices he has in order to be able to live the life he wants to, presumably without repercussions.

Is this the first time Betty knows who the other woman is? When she admitted to the shrink that she knew Don had affairs, she was kind of fishing out the information, right? I can't remember if she knew the details before.

Oh, and poor Salvatore with his unrequited affection for Ken. And poor Kitty! She seems like a bright, appealing young wife, trying so hard. I bet Salvatore is a good husband otherwise.

So much of this show is people struggling to find their place in the world, which is why I think it resonates so much. Our struggles are the same struggles, just recast. I wonder what we'll look back on later about our own era and marvel at our simplicity and complacency.

She seems like a bright, appealing young wife, trying so hard. I bet Salvatore is a good husband otherwise.

until people start asking about children ;)

Is this the first time Betty knows who the other woman is? When she admitted to the shrink that she knew Don had affairs, she was kind of fishing out the information, right?

Yeah-- she suspected before and when she called a phone number that she found in Don's desk, I think she fully expected that a woman would pick up, but then it turned out to be the shrink and that's when she realized that Don had been checking in on her supposed confidential sessions. And IIRC, it was after that that Betty made the comment to the doctor in a session that she was aware of Don's affairs, probably looking for some passive/aggressive way to let Don know that she knew of them.

However, now that the Other Woman's been given an actual face (and that Betty was humiliated in the process), she's going to be able to directly confront Don, which is what they alluded to in the previews for next week. Of course, she could be confronting him about something else altogether. That's the beauty of this show. You just don't know.

Betty's "you people are so crude" comment was telling. I liked Jimmy's response, too - "Who? Comedians!??!?" He had both her and Don's number.

Oh, and poor Salvatore with his unrequited affection for Ken. And poor Kitty! She seems like a bright, appealing young wife, trying so hard. I bet Salvatore is a good husband otherwise.

Poor Salvatore. He perked up so much when Ken said, "You're not like the other men around here, are you?" No, no he's not.

Betty's "you people are so crude" comment was telling. I liked Jimmy's response, too - "Who? Comedians!??!?" He had both her and Don's number.

I think she said, "you people are ugly and crude." I assume Jimmy is supposed to be Jewish? The writers sum up so much in just Betty's line and Jimmy's response.

Yeah, Bobbie had some line about if it wasn't for her, it would have been "Grin and [Jewish name]," not "Grin and Barrett."