Full Spoilers ahead for Season 5, episode 5 of Mad Men (if you haven't seen it there's no reason to read this)
Lane Motherfucking Pryce. If it hadn't been for Tupac making Coachella nothing but a gangsta party later that night (if you're one of the 5 people who haven't seen it, watch it now.), Lane's beatdown of Pete Campbell would have definitely been the most gangster thing to happen last weekend. This Sunday's episode began with Pete in driving school and it set the tone for the rest of the show as this was certainly a Pete-centric hour. Thus far this season we've gotten some hints that Pete isn't happy with his new suburban life with Trudy but this episode really went further in that direction to show just how unhappy Pete is. Throughout the episode we see Pete attempting to court a high school girl from his driving school class even going as far as to ask her out on a date to the botanical gardens in the city.
Pete also seems incapable of living the suburban life as he unsuccessfully fixes the water tap before it eventually breaks at the party that him and Trudy are hosting. Something that causes Don to go "Superman" (Trudy's words) and fix the tap so easily that makes me wonder if there's anything he can't do. This is completely opposite to Pete who can't even find the proper tool in the time it takes Don to fix the tap. Sad episode for him. Speaking of the party it was very interesting to watch the three couples, Don and Megan, Pete and Trudy, Ken and Cynthia (Whose name Don and Megan didn't know up until Ken said it. Funny stuff.) interact with each other. Even Don who at first didn’t want to go to the party seemed like he had a decent time and even brought up his own childhood willingly. Something he rarely if ever does. This might be a cause of the calming, relaxing effect Megan has on Don or the amount of alcohol Don had before and during the party (“I want to hit the doorbell with my chin”). Regardless of the reason, it was fun to see Don relax a bit with people other than Megan.
