I stood, I felt a chill, I thought maybe you did too. I wanted to feel that way forever: Mad Men, Ep. 6, "A Guy Walks Into An Advertising Agency."

"One day you're on top of the world, and the next some secretary's running you over with a lawnmower."

Joan's words of wisdom, of course, were not just about poor Guy McKendrick and his now lost foot. They were first and foremost about her, though her fall from the top was a bit slower than Guy's, she can still feel that her dreams of being a secure and happy surgeon's wife have slipped away. She held onto them after he raped her in Don's office, she held onto them after he revealed himself to be an immature bully who always wanted his own way, she even held onto them after realizing that most of the people he works with think she is too good for him and not vice versa. But to have him come home, drunk and childlike, angry and in need of someone to take care of him, and admit his failure, that was the last straw. He will not be a surgeon. She had given up a place where she was secure and in control in service of his ambitions, only to find out that his ambitions were dashed, and her place at work was already gone. And yet, in last night's episode we were not filled with despair for Joan, because all we needed was to just glimpse her once in a crisis to know that she's a survivor, and she is far better than her current station in life. Water always finds it's level, and I am ready to see Joan rise up and her scummy husband slither down where he belongs.

Don and Betty are both having dreams and expectations dashed left and right too. Betty's hope that little Gene's birth would save her marriage, heal her family from her father's death and just generally make everything perfect is not quite working out. Little Sally is convinced that the baby is the ghost of her grandfather back to haunt her and Don resents the fact that she named their child after someone who hated him...and who he hated. "That's what people do Don!" She chastises him, reminding him that he "has no people" and cannot understand her need to memorialize her father. Instead of bringing them together, this incident just serves as a reminder of what is constantly tearing them apart.

Seeing Don be excited about the idea of a big promotion and then have his hopes dashed by McKendrick's stupid chart was so sad. The childlike smile he has in this picture (while talking to Bert Cooper) and when thinking about the idea in bed gave us a window into that side of Dick Whitman we saw in those flashbacks last season...the side that has hope. And joy. And all of the things that being Don Draper has sucked out of his life. BUT...oh there is a but. The but is, that Connie, the nice old man from Roger's party isn't just your run of the mill rich dude....he's CONRAD HILTON. And like Joan, Don is a survivor. And he just learned that being himself...who he has been running away from for so long...can actually help him in his new life. I am excited to see how this Hilton angle plays out.

And Roger. My beloved Roger was all over this episode, being hilarious and yet a little sad at the same time. "I like to think, 'I'm rich, they can't hurt me'" He tells Bert Cooper, but they can, because he believed that because his name is on the company, it is still his, even though he sold it. Just as Don's hopes for a promotion were dashed by McKendrick's stupid chart, so were Roger's hopes of continued relevance at the company that bears his name. "I'm being punished for making my job look easy." If anyone is right about that, it's Roger.

This was a wickedly funny episode, from Lois's terrible lawnmower driving leading to McKendrick getting more than his deserved comeuppance to the hilarious contrast between the Americans and the British. So many good lines!

-Paul, when jokingly asked to shave his beard.."What?! Who the hell are you people?"

-Bertram Cooper, weirdest guy ever, after meeting McKendrick. "Well, that was very strange indeed!"

-Evil British people, about McKendrick losing his foot "Doctor's say he'll never golf again."

-Pete, to Harry "They just reorganized the company and you're the only one in this room who got a promotion." Harry, in shock, "Really?!!"

-I loved Peggy trying to say something nice in her goodbye to Joan, even if she did get cut off.

-Joan and Don's moment at the end was very sweet.

-Roger, getting his nails done. I now agree it is manly, if Roger does it. Cause he is a MAN.

-Betty and the Barbie for Sally...at least she's trying! For real.

-Pete caught Peggy when she passed out after the lawnmower accident!

-Those British dudes are ruthless!

Next week: Who's laying on the floor?!! WHO IS IT?