"Chocolate bunny"? OMG.
Also, I thought Don has never looked sleazier or more pathetic than in this episode. He freaks the fuck out over the possibility of facing the truth, and when he escapes, he's not only potentially pulling the company down with him, but he's already forgotten about his near miss *and* his new girlfriend, and planning on porking the new secretary.
Dick move, Don!

p.s. good write up, btw

Last night's episode had more plot than the previous 3 1/2 years of the show combined.

And don't feel sorry for Lane. He gets to spend 1966 and 1967 in London.

SAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought this episode was one of the best bait-n-switch shows in the series. It started off by bombarding us with iconic '60s stuff- Playboy club, the military industrial complex as an ad client- culminating with Sally's Beatles tickets at Shea Stadium. At the first few minutes I thought there was going to be an over-indulging of pop-culture-as-plot with some frantic race to secure Beatles tickets so as not to let Sally down. But by the end I'd very nearly forgotten about them until Megan hands them over saying "everything worked out." In the end its like the whole thing was just an excuse to let Sally scream out of happieness for a change.

Also, at first I thought the Defence contract stuff was going to revisit Don's anxiety about the Bomb that he slightly exhibited way back in California. I'm glad that it didn't because it would have been all too easy of a way for the 'dear diary' voice-overs to make a comeback.

The pregnancy thing and Lucky Strike leaving SCDP were predictable and thankfully the writers knew it. No time was wasted on either plot point. Rather than spending an entire episode with Joan &/or Lee about dealing with Roger, they just cut to the chase and let us see Sterling silently shitting his pants. Are Roger's days at SCDP numbered? If so, will it be the partners or his own heart that takes him out? Personally, I'd like to see Roger have a redeeming episode soon- I love his character but this season has chipped away his 'cool' qualities and now I'm left wondering how much longer I'm going to tolerate him. If he can get his shit together by next episode and find a clever way to save the Lucky Strike account (al la Don Draper circa 1962) without letting anyone else at the firm know he almost lost it, I'll happily put him back to 'favorite character' status.

Oh, one last thing... I LOVE WHEN PETE GETS ALL SELF-RIGHTOUS AND THINKS HE'S SO HONEST. He's so sure that he's a good guy he almost convinced Don.