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The Grown-Ups Recap
Pete is asleep on his office couch when his secretary wakes him up. Mr. Pryce wants to see him. Apparently, it is freezing in the office, so Pete bundles up and heads to Pryce's office.There, he is given some bad news. Ken Cosgrove is being made Senior Vice President of Account Services, while Pete is being made Head of Account Management. Pete got the lesser position because although he makes the clients feel their needs are being met, Cosgrove makes them feel "as if they haven't any needs."
As Pete sulks his way out of the building, he passes Peggy and her roommate, who just got back from lunch. They are talking about Duck, who Peggy is apparently still sleeping with. Peggy's roommate doesn't understand why she's sleeping with this older man who isn't even married.
We then go to Roger's daughter Margaret and ex-wife Mona. Margaret is upset after getting back from lunch with her young stepmother Jane. She doesn't want Jane at her wedding, but Mona tells her to stop acting like a child. This prompts Margaret to run and call daddy, but Mona handles the situation with ease. After he gets off the phone, Roger scolds Jane for meeting with his daughter and upsetting her. Jane throws a tantrum, not unlike his daughter's, and runs out. It seems he has two bratty girls to deal with.
Later, Pete's wife Trudy walks in to to find him home early. He's depressed and wants to quit Sterling Cooper to go work with Duck. She tells him to calm down, that he still has a job. Next, we see Betty waking to a crying baby, only to find Don in the nursery holding Gene. She's surprised that Don's still at home and helping with the baby. She's tells him to go to bed.
Back at the office, it is now super hot. Kinsey and Peggy are working on something together in her office when Duck calls. He wants her to meet him at a hotel. She tells him it's short notice and tries to play it cool in front of Kinsey, but he realizes she's off to meet a man. "I know a nooner when I hear one." Then, Don storms into Pryce's office. He's annoyed that still haven't replaced Sal, as there is no one running the art department. He then tells him that Bert Cooper still has a say around here.
At the hotel, Duck is watching television. Walter Cronkite is reporting that President Kennedy has been wounded in Dallas. Obviously, no one realizes he is dead yet. He turns off the set when Peggy arrives at the door. They embrace and she has no idea what has happened to the president.
At Sterling Cooper, everyone rushes into Harry's office and turns on the TV. They hear JFK's been shot. Is he dead? All the phones are ringing. Back home, Betty is also watching the television when it is announced that Kennedy is dead. Carla rushes in with the kids and finds out. Both she and Betty start crying, then Carla sits down to smoke with Betty. Sally tries to comfort her mother.
Later, Peggy and Duck are lying in bed, having just made love. She complains that he might have given her a hickey, then he says a news broadcast he watched earlier has been distracting him. So, he goes to turn on the television and they both learn what happened. "I gotta call my kids," says Duck.
Meanwhile, Margaret Sterling is also distraught over news of Kennedy's death, but only because it's going to ruin her wedding. Back at the Draper house, Don has rushed home from work to comfort his family. "I can't stop crying," says Betty. He tells her to take a pill and go lie down. The kids are glued to the screen, obviously concerned, and Don tells them that everything is going to be okay. Don is visibly rattled, though, and later takes one of Betty's pills to sleep.
The next day, it's time for Margaret Sterling's wedding. Betty and Don get ready to go, even though it might be canceled in light of the recent tragedy. Pete is reluctant to go to the wedding, since he's mad at his bosses and the president has just died. Although his wife urges him to attend, she takes his side when she realizes how cold his co-workers have been about the Kennedy assassination.
Later, at the wedding, everyone is talking about JFK, of course. Henry Thomas walks in and kisses a woman. Betty sees this and is then relieved to hear that the woman he's with is his daughter. Roger makes a nice, funny speech and toasts to his daughter's happiness. When everyone takes to the dance floor, Don asks Betty to dance. She's reluctant, then accepts. Don seems ready to start fresh and tells her "everything's going to be fine." He kisses her passionately, while Henry Thomas watches.
Later, Betty walks out to the lobby to see Don and Henry are standing next to each other. They are both looking at her, smiling, and she walks straight to Don and leaves. Roger then carries his drunk wife to bed, where she passes out. He seems a bit drunk, too, and calls Joan. He tells her the wedding was a disaster and as usual, she knows the right thing to say. She can tell he's really upset, though, because he isn't wisecracking. Their conversation is short, but sweet. "Hang in there, Red."
The next day, Betty is watching TV when Oswald is shot. She squeals and runs out, while Don is also visibly shaken. Later, Betty says she needs to take a drive to clear her head. She goes to meet with Henry Thomas. Betty tells him that her husband has been lying to her for years and she just doesn't know what is going on in the world. Henry tells her that he wants to marry her. She's shocked and doesn't know what to say. He says he can make her happy, kisses her, then leaves.
Later, Pete and wife Trudy are watching Oswald being shot in slow motion. Trudy is now just as annoyed with the bosses at Sterling Cooper. She tells Pete to start gathering his clients and to get out of there.
Back at the Draper house, Betty walks in to the living room with a very serious expression. She tells Don that she doesn't love him anymore. He seems surprised, but plays it cool, telling her that she's just distraught. She says that when she kissed him at Margaret's wedding, she felt nothing. He refuses to listen any further and goes up to their bedroom. Frustrated, Betty flops down on the couch. Don, looking very distraught, slumps down in the corner of his dark bedroom.
The next morning, Don is ready for work and Betty's serving breakfast to the kids. He doesn't say anything to Betty, just says bye to the kids. No one else is at work except Peggy, who's typing away. He asks what she's doing there. "Aquanet." The commercial was going to entail driving in a convertible. The imagery is too close to the JFK assassination, so she has to fix it. She then steps out of her office to watch the president's funeral on television. Peggy asks Don if he wants to watch, but he shakes his head, then goes to his dark office to pour a drink.
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