Mad Men 1.7: Your generation may have been tough 20 years ago, but now yer just old

I'll put up something for the new episode Monday or Tuesday... for now, please enjoy episodes 6 and 7 from last season.

BTW, this was my favorite episode of the first season. It may be my favorite episode ever.

The psychiatrist tells Don about Betty's petty jealousies and childish emotions. He says chronic anxiety is in housewives, but she has deeper issues and it will take more time and more frequent sessions to explore them.

Roger is having milk in his scotch for breakfast - supposedly the milk will help his ulcer. Cooper says that Nixon's people are coming for a meeting soon. He says that when Neville Chamberlain met with Adolf Hitler, Chamberlain was put at a disadvantage by being forbidden to smoke.

Memorial Day weekend is coming up. Roger wants to spend the weekend with Joan, but she's made plans with roommate Carol. In front of Pete, Roger recruits Don for some no-goodery instead. Pete tries to get invited, but is snubbed.

Pete offers to review Peggy's writing for the Belle Jolie lipstick campaign.

Don invites Roger home for dinner. Only after Roger accepts does Don notify Betty, and blames Roger for the short notice.

There's not enough steak for everyone, so Betty doesn't have any. She claims she was fat as a child. Roger tries to charm Betty, and she plays along. They talk about where they went swimming as kids. Roger gets too nosy for Don's tastes.

After dinner, there's drinking and smoking and talking about the war. Roger was in World War II, Don went to Korea. Roger thinks his war was better than Don's war; he thinks his generation is tougher than Don's, too.

Don goes out in search of more booze. While Don is gone, Roger puts the moves on Betty, who is now not finding it so easy to be charming. When Don comes back, he's suspicious of what he sees. Roger is very drunk. He takes a drink in a glass to go. Don gives Betty hell, as if it's her fault that Don's boss is a horndog! She says she was just being friendly, because Roger is Don's boss. He says she's like a little girl. (A little girl whose husband needs to supervise his boss better.)

At the office the next day, the guys laugh at the extra chip 'n' dip tray that Pete got for a wedding present. His mission today is to return it to the store. The madmen are amused that he's running errands for Trudy, but Pete says he doesn't mind.

All sobered up now (relatively speaking), Roger tells Don that he was drunk last night. One time, he went home to the wrong place. Don says Betty wants her glass back.

Pete has trouble with the chip 'n' dip return; he doesn't have a receipt and he doesn't realize that they were registered in Trudy's name and not his. While fighting this battle, he runs into a rich friend from school, who flirts with the store employee behind the counter. She tells Pete she can only give him store credit for the tray. After the friend leaves, leaves Pete tells the girl at the counter that he has diseases. He uses the store credit to buy a rifle, takes it back to the office, and points it at the secretaries.

Nixon's people are coming to the office tomorrow. The madmen discuss Kennedy. Most of them seem to hate him venomously. Don is quiet. Someone compares Kennedy to Elvis. Pete says Elvis doesn't wear a hat either.

At home that night, Don gives Betty more shit about flirting with Roger; meanwhile, Trudy is upset with Pete about the rifle.

Next day, Peggy gives her lipstick copy to Pete for review. He talks about a fantasy he has where he hunts something and brings it to a cabin, where his woman cooks it for him and then watches him eat it. Peggy says, "that would be wonderful."

At lunch, Peggy is hungry and buys a big lunch from the sandwich cart. Her boobs look huge.

Betty goes to the supermarket, where she runs into Helen Bishop. At first Helen seems to try to ignore her, but when Betty approaches her, Helen admits she's very upset that Betty gave a lock of her hair to Glen. Helen says he's just a kid; what's wrong with Betty? Betty slaps Helen right in the produce department. Everybody sees them.

At lunch, Don encourages Roger to eat lots of oysters, drink lots of martinis, smoke lots of cigarettes, and have cheesecake for dessert. They make inane small talk about Lucy and Desi. Roger babbles that he love redheads. He mentions his ulcer. Don gets him to have one more drink.

Betty splits some wine with her pregnant neighbor Francine - they're tasting wines for a dinner party. Francine asks Betty about the slap at the supermarket. She's worried about Betty. Francine supposedly hates Helen, but from the way she's talking it seems more likely that she's terribly jealous. Betty says she hates JFK. She talks about her mother and her doctor. She's nervous that men will someday not find her desirable.

The elevator is out of order because Don bribed the operator before lunch. He and Roger will have to climb the stairs to get to the office on the 23rd floor. A drunk, sickly, exhausted Roger is already whining at the 8.5 floor landing. Don is amused, smoking a cigarette. Roger won't stop for a rest. He groggily gasps again that he loves redheads. He stumbles and says that he lost his tie clip. He sends Don ahead, who makes it to the 23rd floor in surprisingly good condition for a guy who never seems to exercise, unless you count banging his girlfriend.

Nixon's people arrive. Roger finally reaches the lobby. He throws up in front of everyone, woozy and breathless. "Oysters," he explains dizzily. Cooper replies, "I can see that."

The elevator dings behind them.