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DavidS - Aug 23, 2010 7:05:35 am PDT #6463 of 12003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I'm kind of expecting a political scandal to ruin Henry's career, and Betty freaks and the kids come back to Don.

That way you could send her character off in a different direction, and we could see Don grounding himself with parenthood.

Or, something completely else.


-t - Aug 23, 2010 7:06:29 am PDT #6464 of 12003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

It's Betty that is finding "reasons" for them not to move, isn't it? Because they haven't found a place that would be right for the kids, blah, blah, blah.

There's something funny about Don having bought two houses for women he doesn't live with.


sumi - Aug 23, 2010 7:08:42 am PDT #6465 of 12003
Art Crawl!!!

Well, whatever happens between Betty and Henry to bring things down, it's probably going to involve him not being the man that Betty thinks he is based on how he has presented himself, i.e., he is as much a sham (to her) as Don was.


Jessica - Aug 23, 2010 7:10:26 am PDT #6466 of 12003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

It's Betty that is finding "reasons" for them not to move, isn't it? Because they haven't found a place that would be right for the kids, blah, blah, blah.

If Henry really wanted to, he could talk her into moving. Look how easily he talks her into everything else - it wouldn't surprise me at all if he's in some major financial trouble.


DavidS - Aug 23, 2010 7:19:12 am PDT #6467 of 12003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

That would be interesting seeing Betty going to work and having to deal with those things. It was made clear that there's no alimony from Don so she'd have to eat her pride to ask for help.

I'm surprised they haven't decided to send Sally off to a private school away from home. That's normally how they'd deal with a "problem child" in that era.


Barb - Aug 23, 2010 7:31:26 am PDT #6468 of 12003
“Not dead yet!”

It's Betty that is finding "reasons" for them not to move, isn't it? Because they haven't found a place that would be right for the kids, blah, blah, blah.

Yep. And the fact that she shrieked, "I wish he would just die!" I think was one of those "uh-oh" moments.

I'm surprised they haven't decided to send Sally off to a private school away from home. That's normally how they'd deal with a "problem child" in that era.

I honestly thought when Henry pointed out he'd already suggested a possible solution, that that's what the solution was.


DavidS - Aug 23, 2010 7:32:08 am PDT #6469 of 12003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I honestly thought when Henry pointed out he'd already suggested a possible solution, that that's what the solution was.

Ditto.


Barb - Aug 23, 2010 7:40:00 am PDT #6470 of 12003
“Not dead yet!”

I'm actually finding Henry kind of interesting in that he obviously shares disdain for Don based on what he's heard from Betty and his limited interactions with him, yet at the same time, I think he's gradually feeling something of a kinship in that they both want he and Betty out of that house and think that Betty's treatment of Sally is excessive.

And I couldn't help but wonder, with the sleepover mom, if she would have dismissed Don the way she did Henry, because he's "only the stepfather."


sumi - Aug 23, 2010 7:55:36 am PDT #6471 of 12003
Art Crawl!!!

I thought she dismissed him because she was embarrassed about the subject.


Scrappy - Aug 23, 2010 8:04:05 am PDT #6472 of 12003
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I didn't find Betty one-dimensional. She had a great scene with Doctor Edna. You see her trying to understand Sally a bit and the grief for her dad and her guilt. Lots going on there.