a white lie so he didn't feel so bad.

Yeah but she got him back by feeding his dinner to the dog. (Who should really not be fed at the table, much less on the table, but whatever. Dogs in Hollywood are not like real dogs--they never get catastrophic diarrhea at 3 am and poop all over the living room carpet.)

The guy who plays Caffrey is disturbingly pretty.

And OMG Mark Shepherd AGAIN.

He's EVERYWHERE.

Well, she didn't really get him back--she said there was no dinner, and he gets no dinner. Though there might have been an implication that she was going to cook dinner later, but I didn't quite get that.

I hear ya on MM, Le Nubian. At the end of the show, the DH turned to me and said "Well, that was harrowing."

Great work by Jon Hamm. I'm not surprised that he shaded the truth about what happened, and I'm glad that Betty called him out on his fib about the date of the divorce.

Yep, harrowed -- and well-deserved harrowing, too. And with the Suzanne situation, not all the chickens are home to roost.

Loved the Roger portions, too. So much backstory so well portrayed/alluded, illuminating the character present.

Last night was the first time MM has ever made me cry. The Don/Betty scenes were nothing short of amazing.

I think seeing Don so utterly vulnerable took all the wind out of Betty's sails. She'd prepared herself for a long fight, but the minute he dropped that cigarette I think she realized she'd already taken him out with the first punch. And after that, it wasn't fun for her any more.

I loved her little throwaway comment about how it's obvious Don didn't grow up with money because he has no idea what to do with it. I guess his "cover" has never been quite as perfect as he's wanted it to be.

I wonder if Betty realizes at this point that Don loves her more than she loves him. I wonder if Don knows it.

The blogger at the Chicago Tribune pointed out something that could come into play in a major way -- Betty has something quite actionable on Don (the assumed identity, not just a name change) that would swing any divorce over to her side in a flash, now. Way bigger than being able to prove infidelity or else risk losing the children.

She'd prepared herself for a long fight, but the minute he dropped that cigarette I think she realized she'd already taken him out with the first punch. And after that, it wasn't fun for her any more.

Yes, you could see her loving having the upper hand, but as soon as she offered him a drink, it was over.

Betty has something quite actionable on Don (the assumed identity, not just a name change) that would swing any divorce over to her side in a flash, now.

not if Don gets rid of the evidence. All she has is an allegation, and nothing to back it up. Frankly, even with the evidence, it's flimsy if he doesn't admit it.

There's Anna Draper, whose name & address she has, and the divorce/deed records would be on file elsewhere. Plus, I do think the Army might get highly interested in the case as I'm willing to bet there's no statute of limitations on desertion.

This being fiction, it would be a snap for a fictional private eye to bust the identity case wide open... and in the real world I'm not sure it would be that much more work.