Lucy announces her intention to enter the Miss Twin Peaks contest, and will soon decide whether Andy or Dick will act as father to her child. John Wheeler learns a friend has been murdered, and he must leave Twin Peaks immediately. Donna finds her birth certificate has no father listed, and old photographs of Ben clowning around with her parents.
Roger Sterling and his wife Mona have dinner with Don and Betty. Don is reluctant to reveal much about his past. Betty goes to the ladies room where here hands go mysteriously numb as she struggles with her lipstick. Once home, Betty continues prodding Don about his past, and doesn’t get much further.
Now that yesterday’s MacBook announcements have had some time to sink in, I’ll just say the new line of MacBooks is bumming me out. I dare say some of the Steve Jobs reality distortion field is wearing off for this Apple fan, and it’s all due to a heavy dose of… reality.
Kaylee asks Simon why he never swears as Inara leaves to meet a client. They are visiting a run-down planet where the primary export is clay, where Mal has hidden some loot. Simon poses as a buyer of mud and doesn’t do a very good job. Jayne is nervous because he has a history there. In the town square, they find a statue of - Jayne.
I was recently browsing the Watch Instantly titles for our NetFlix Roku box and noticed some new titles that - surprise, surprise - I’d actually want to watch. It turns out NetFlix recently partnered with Starz Entertainment which handles cable video on demand. Gizmodo has the press release.
Don Draper, an Madison Avenue advertising executive, sits in a bar drinking and smoking. He chats with a waiter about Old Gold cigarettes vs. Lucky Strikes. Don then stops by the Greenwich Village apartment of dark-haired artist, Midge, for a late night tryst. Cigarettes are still on Don’s mind, however.
Tech news telephone: CNET UK floats a rumor from Jason Calacanis that Apple is working on a networked television. At first glance, this rumor has surfaced before, and is the sort of thing any Apple pundit could come up with on their own, after considering ways to improve the languishing Apple TV and then thinking, well, one way to get people to buy one is to physically combine it with the TV itself. Add Apple’s expertise with LCD computer monitors and there you go.
Single career woman Kate (Tina Fey) has neglected motherhood for too long. After learning of a fertility problem, she enlists Angie (Amy Poehler) to act as surrogate mother for her long-desired baby. Hilarity ensues.