Roger's never been particularly smart when it came to women. this is the man who paid how much just to have dinner with a prostitute.

Well, and for him, he's of the generation where women fall into one of three categories: wives, mistresses, or whores. Plus, it's what he expects-- that the pinnacle of what a woman reaches for is marriage. He thinks he's offering her what she most wants and desires.

Yeah, that's true. I never expected Don to go off with the Europeans...if he wanted, he could have yet another persona, couldn't he?

Exactly. He could just drop off the face of the earth - so far as the New York family and friends are concerned and start all over again.

Maybe Don called somebody who knew him when he was in the military.

Ooh. That could be interesting.

I mean, I think he decided against doing that. But you never really know with Don. For such an organization guy, he's got a bohemian streak.

A TWOPPER pointed out that Don's Eurotrash weekend was not unlike the time he spent in the Village with Midge and her crowd. He could just drop the adman persona and go think different thoughts.

I suspect that he doesn't get to do that much anymore and I wonder if his foreign movie breaks offer enough of a change for him.

One of the clips for next week did seem to show him following the Jet Set to the caribbean. It's an interesting turn for his character, and I have to admire the narrative risk taking.

Ultimately he has to go back to NYC (I do think he loves his kids. Besides, show not named Eurotrash Beach Bum), but it will be interesting to see if he can undergo a sea change.

What's been getting me about that phone call he made was how easily he said the name Dick Whitman. And he didn't repeat it, in that rusty sort of way when you haven't said a name for a long time or the person on the other line might be surprised to hear it.