Mad Men 3x10

Stupid Mad Man Don Draper is continuing his affair with sassy Suzanne, Sally’s teacher. He’s even spending the night with her – pretending he’s going back to the office, and getting Betty’s sympathy to boot... Not that I don’t find Suzanne attractive, but, jeez, things were finally starting to get better between him and Betty... I hate to see people ruin love... One day, while he’s with Suzanne, there’s a knock on her door, it’s her brother Danny and she wants Don to meet him. Later she follows him into the train to New York (wait, why is Don sometimes driving his car, sometimes taking the train?) ... and tells him she doesn’t care about his work or his marriage, as long as she knows he’s with him... Uhoh, here we go. She’s getting possessive. The affair has turned in to a relationship. They’re even holding hands. Darn fools!

At Sterling Cooper, Peggy Olsen demonstrates yet again how good she is. They’re supposed to come up with ideas for Western Union telegrams... Paul Kinsey is working late, drinking steadily, and has an epiphany, then drinks some more. His secretary wakes him up the next morning ... he forgot to write down his incredible idea ... now he has nothing ... he forgot! Peggy tells him it’s alright, she has nothing much either. Paul recalls a Chinese saying, “The faintest ink is better than the best memory.” In Don’s office, Peggy’s ideas don’t go anywhere. Paul has to admit “the dog ate his homework” ... Then Peggy asks Paul to repeat that Chinese saying and she spins off from there, off the top of her head. Paul is visibly impressed. “See, it all works out,” Don says. I adore Peggy!