I think that the difference in salary is that significant. (The Chief's wife seemed to suggest as much.)
These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
sumi - Sep 21, 2009 7:51:19 am PDT #3286 of 11998
Art Crawl!!!
Frankenbuddha - Sep 21, 2009 8:04:35 am PDT #3287 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Per Jon's speculation I thought it looked like Don face down, but I suspect that was the intended misdirect (much like the "Bye-bye Don" from Roger in the previews looked like a firing/downsizing but wasn't). Good call, Jon. I bet that's it.
Scrappy - Sep 21, 2009 8:06:27 am PDT #3288 of 11998
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
LOVED this episode. I thought it looked like Don, too, and I was perturbed. Having it be Greg makes much more sense.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 21, 2009 8:17:17 am PDT #3289 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Scrappy, I thought it might be Don and he's had his first heart attack (a la Roger). He certainly has the habits to bring one on (smoking, drinking and that late-night snack of hash and eggs in last week's episode is probably not a new thing).
Vortex - Sep 21, 2009 8:35:44 am PDT #3290 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I think so, yes - my impression is that as a resident he's still being paid basically a student's salary. As chief resident, he'd be promoted to a real doctor's paycheck.
ah, I see. Of course, I think that it's stupid to quit before the job is confirmed, but if he was in denial and told her to, she's stuck. Poor Joan.
She's also in a pickle for finding a new job. She'll have to put Sterling Cooper as her last employer and if they check her references, they'll get John the male secretary and he will slam her.
Speaking of, it was interesting to see the rampant hostility towards him. She kept it pretty veiled for a while. I felt the foreshadowing with the "DONT call me" line.
Scrappy - Sep 21, 2009 8:50:31 am PDT #3291 of 11998
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
OH, and I forgot to mention. My DH's late grandmother was Conrad Hilton's personal secretary all through the '60s, so the scenes where she called Don and came in during the meeting was very cool for us.
lisah - Sep 21, 2009 9:07:06 am PDT #3292 of 11998
Punishingly Intricate
Scrappy that is SO COOL!!!
Jon & Jessica that was my theory exactly. That is,
assy doctor husband kills himself.
Vortex - Sep 21, 2009 9:07:10 am PDT #3293 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
My DH's late grandmother was Conrad Hilton's personal secretary all through the '60s, so the scenes where she called Don and came in during the meeting was very cool for us.
awesome!
Jessica - Sep 21, 2009 9:08:37 am PDT #3294 of 11998
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Way cool, Scrappy!
Theodosia - Sep 21, 2009 9:26:38 am PDT #3295 of 11998
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Hee! Oh, Scrappy, that's amazing to see a character who could have been a relative!
I thought Grampa Eugene's special status for Sally and near-total disdain for Bobby said a lot for how Betty's brother William turned out.
I wonder if Betty is one of those women who looooove babies, and don't really have much interest in older children?