You want to be taken seriously? Stop dressing like a little girl.
Don and Herman Phillips attempt to make peace at the office; Peggy tries to find a way to participate in the high-level after-hours meetings being held by the executives; one of Herman Phillips's family members visits his office.
This episode contains examples of:
- Actually Pretty Funny: The model laughs at Pete's revelation of the casting call being called "the bra-ditions".
- Be a Whore to Get Your Man: Or "Be 'Joan' To Have The Men Let You Get Involved." Peggy wears an elaborate, curve-hugging outfit with her cleavage out and hair down when she crashes the partners' meeting with Maidenform at the strip club. It works for the most part.
- Betty and Veronica: Zigzagged. Paul's pitch is that every woman is one of them, deep down - naming them as either a "Jackie Kennedy" (Betty) or a "Marilyn Monroe" (Veronica). Peggy disputes it as an oversimplification, pointing out (correctly) that she is neither. Of course, Joan — and, the previous episode, Bobbie Barrett — explains the fact that she can't be classified as either woman because she herself is still a girl, and their advice essentially amounts to encouraging her to pick either lane. She does.
- Blatant Lies: Duck is flabbergasted when his kids tell him that Chauncey is being dropped off to live with him (done because their soon-to-be father-in-law is allergic). When Pete sees Chauncey in the office later on, Duck saves face by saying that he missed the dog and asked his wife to give him back.
- Chained to a Bed: Don leaves Bobbie tied up to a bed post, disgusted by her revelation that she talks about him with other women.
- Green-Eyed Monster: Pete gives quite a jealous look when he sees Peggy sitting in a man's lap at the strip club.
- Heel Realisation: Don has one when Sally's verbiage reminds him of his earlier exchange with Bobbie. The fact of his reputation for philandering and how far he'd fall in his daughter's eyes were it to be exposed leaves him rattled.
- Kick the Dog: Duck almost literally does this when he abandons his dog on the office sidewalk.
- Locked Out of the Loop: Peggy becomes annoyed when developments with the new project are done without her input, seeing it as a consequence of being isolated from the boys' club mentality.
- Loving a Shadow: The actress Pete meets up with talks about the frustrations she goes through in casting calls.Model: Well, they fall in love with a picture of you, and then you come in and they're disappointed.
But, it doesn't make any sense because all they need is a picture. - Nice Guy: When Peggy expresses worry about the auditions progressing without her input, Ken Cosgrove shows a bit of sensitivity when saying that he won't let things spiral out of control without notifying her first.
- Off the Wagon: Averted by Duck (for now).
- One of the Boys: Peggy tries to invoke this trope in order to ingratiate herself into the office proceedings, and even joins the rest of the men at the strip club.
- Slut-Shaming: Don puts Betty down for purchasing a bikini to wear at the club. Ironically, Don finds out that he has quite a reputation among women for his extramarital habits.
- Pete throws Peggy a nasty look when she sits on the lap of an executive at a strip club.
- Take a Third Option: Discussed. Peggy pointed out that the "Jackie or Marilyn" bit about women oversimplflies the personalities of real women: i.e. Jane Siegel is identified as a "Jackie" yet has more "Marilyn" behaviors, and Joan has Marilyn's figure but Jackie's conduct, and Peggy herself qualifies for neither. Ken jokingly identifies her as "Gertrude Stein," while Sal describes her as more of a "Hellenic" beauty and Don states she's like Irene Dunne.
- Team Pet: Pete, taken with Chauncey, talks about bringing in a dog to serve as one for the office. Duck immediately shoots that down.
- You Talk Too Much!: Don dislikes how much Bobbie tries to rile him up during their foreplay, saying that she's "ruining the mood". Eventually, her revealing that she gossiped about Don with other woman is what causes him to leave.
