At the Draper home, Betty and Don discuss their summer plans, which consist of Betty and the kids visiting her parents' summer home on Cape May in August. Don will still be working of course, and Betty laments that they won't see enough of him. Though she does approve of Peggy. "I like her. A woman can't just not remark on her husband's secretary," she explains. Don is in a funk. He says he might have to go back to the office for something.
In his study, he burns the photos Adam mailed him. He calls Adam, gets his address, says he'll be there in 25 minutes. He unlocks a drawer in his desk, and opens a briefcase. He stares into each for a long moment, but we never see what he does. The next shot is of the same briefcase, in Don's hand, as he walks down a dingy hallway in Adam's apartment building. He approaches Apt 5G, and bangs on the door. "I have a life, and it only goes one direction - forward," Don explains. He dumps the suitcase on the table. $5000. "Make your own life," he tells Adam. Then he leaves, and we get almost the exact same shot as we got when Don arrived. Centered low, on the briefcase, now empty, as Don walks away. Really neat symmetry there.
Don gets home, and Betty is still up. "Crisis averted?" she asks. "The papers are on my desk," he says. "I want to talk to you about something, and I don't want you to get upset," Betty says. "I won't," Don assures her. She then asks him if they can afford a summer home of their own. Don says they're not flush; it'll have to wait until next year.
"Good," Betty answers, relieved. "Because I really like seeing my dad."
Stray Observations
*"Don was late." "Carlton's always late." This is a great bit of shading in the periphery of the Draper's home life. It's been implied a couple of times that Carlton is a womanizer, while the audience knows firsthand that Don is, and that that is why Don is often late. Amazing how two sentences, comprised of a few words each, can give us such strong character detail about three of the show's characters.
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