Long weekend indeed. I’ll start with my favorite line because it speaks volumes. It was uttered by twin Eleanor, “Everything he says means something else, too.” It’s a great line. She is, of course, referring to Roger’s double entendre but I think she’s really talking about all the characters, both male and female. Many conversations and even looks have double meanings, a lot is left unsaid, and sometimes someone says too much. It’s amazing that human beings are so bad at communicating what they want. Rachel and Don don’t have much of a problem with that at the end of the episode, but it takes them a while to get there.But let me start at the beginning. Betty’s off to the beach with her father and his new “friend,” Aunt Gloria. Betty can’t understand why her father needs someone else so soon after her mother’s death, but Don thinks she should “let him have this.” Her father needs a female companion and Betty ...
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