Roger asks Jane to marry him, which necessitates a divorce from Mona. Roger's lawyer warns it will be expensive.
At a brainstorming meeting for Right Guard, Ken points out that women have body odor too. Peggy flippantly proposes that there should be a Right Guard deodorant product for women. Since no Gillette reps are there at the time, this idea doesn't go anywhere (at least not for now!).
According to a presentation at the rocket show, the USSR has the technology to totally bomb the USA at a moment's notice, as well as a very sophisticated defense system. It's wildly exaggerated, but it seems to get to Don.
Duck approaches Roger about becoming a partner. Roger turns him down flat, saying his numbers haven't been what Duck had promised.
Don is befriended by a freewheeling bunch of attractive, cosmopolitan, well-traveled, unemployed, possibly rich people (or maybe just very accomplished moochers), including a young woman named Joy. He makes a spur-of-the-moment decision to ditch the rocket show without telling Pete so that he can hang out with his new pals in Palm Springs. (This after being grumpy with Pete for wanting to hang out and socialize.)
Pete doesn't like CA and doesn't find the people friendly, but does his best to conduct business... from the hotel pool... without Don.
Don goes to the house in Palm Springs. It supposedly belongs to some friends of theirs who are out of town. Don passes out from heat stroke, but he's okay. Joy is very vague about who these people are or why they wander around. I keep thinking it's a cult or something, but Don doesn't seem worried.
At dinner, a man who is later to revealed to be Joy's father says he's smarter and stronger now than he ever was, which is another reason I kept thinking they were some kind of cult and they were going to try to sell Don a "secret," but this doesn't go anywhere.
At the office, when Ken, Sal, Joan, and Harry hear that Peggy and Kurt have a date to see Bob Dylan, they start to tease, but Kurt casually tells them that he's gay.
Peggy pretends not to be shocked. After he leaves the room, the rest of the guys complain, horrified, and ask Smitty if he knew about this. (LOL!) Smitty explains, "he's from Europe. It's different there." And that means more ladies for him, he says, gazing hopefully at Joan. They're so rattled they want to call a meeting to warn the female employees.
Duck meets with his former employer, who is miffed that he's not drinking (evidently they don't know about his problem; they didn't fire him - he quit) and don't want to hire him back. He drinks two Gibsons and tries to get them to buy out Roger's share of Sterling-Cooper - it'll be cheap because of Roger's ugly divorce. He wants to be in charge of accounts and specifically asks that Creative report to him.
Kurt shows up at Peggy's and she gives him a chance to dump her in favor of a boy if he wants. She complains that she doesn't pick the right boys. He says it's her outdated hairstyle, so he gives her a haircut before the Dylan show. He finally cuts off that damn stupid ponytail that's been bugging me all this time and she looks fabulous!!
Joy tells Don that the next stop is Nassau, and then Capri. She thinks it has "something to do with taxes." He's welcome to stay with them - her dad likes him and Joy says he can fool around with anyone he likes; she's not possessive.
Duck receives a case of gin from his British pal, his former employer. Apparently this is the go-ahead signal to proceed with the deal. He gives one bottle to Joan.
The madmen see on TV that there's a lot of racially-charged unrest in Mississippi, where Paul and Sheila have gone to do good deeds for civil rights. A black man has just enrolled at the state university, and the protest riots have been so severe that President Kennedy sent in Federal forces to restore order. (Let's forget that it was early August last week when Marilyn Monroe died and Pete and Don left for California, and that this event took place in late September.)
Pete returns to the office with a bag of oranges. He's surprised to hear that no one has heard from Don. He likes Peggy's haircut. Ken tells him about Kurt. Evidently, this news is ruining his week.
Duck pops a breath mint and tells Cooper and Sterling that Putnam, Powell, & Lowe approached him and want to buy them out. This will be the company's chance to make the big time. He makes it sound as though he's going to play hardball with them. Cooper wants them to make the first move.
Don lounges alone in the Palm Springs house and places a phone call. He says he's Dick Whitman and he wants to see this unnamed person. He hastily writes something - I think an address, but it's too blurry to see - on the last page of the book Joy's been reading, The Sound and the Fury. He tears the page out (Joy's in for a rude surprise).
Don's luggage, which got lost on the way to California (he's been borrowing things at the house), is delivered to the Draper home. No one comes to the door.
Closing music: "What'll I Do" by Johnny Mathis.
Quote of the week: "I like sex. You do, too - I can tell." (Joy)
Next week: Don's still MIA.
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