Which is it? Yay, or Nay?

I think the novelty has worn off.  Don needs another hot young secretary he can take advantage of.

Bring back Allison.

That chick's a real Baberaham Lincoln!

*Shuh-wing!*

I guess I'm in the minority on Allison. I didn't care for her secretarial skills (i.e. keeping a professional attitude at the workplace; remember what was required of Peggy at first), nor do I think she's all that hot.
I think Joan will assign Don a new secretary when she thinks he's done serving his penance. Perhaps a married one this time.

What the heck was it Roger said of her on his tape? That he was boffing her when he was young and she was into some kind of kink?

I don't like her.  What a nag.  She reminds me of the Estelle Getty character on Golden Girls and I never liked her either.

@mneeley490 Yup,nothing less nothing more: The queen of perversions, i would say Yay to the hellcat!

Keeping Allison would have made for more interesting subplots. Mrs. Blankenship was funny at first but too much of the whacky old secretary stuff will get old real quick.

My guess is she's gone soon. She has served her purpose. After Don broke his own rule, he chose to punish himself with her. He also seemed to need a mother. His marriage had fallen apart. Anna, who was something of a mother figure for him was dying. When he was worried about winning the award, he reached for Joan's hand, in a needy, childlike way. But at the end of this episode, he seemed to have reached some closure. My guess is, he gets his life in a little more control and he no longer needs Blankenship and the show doesn't need the comic relief. Plus, now that we know her back story, she has served her purpose. I did enjoy her though.

catinthehat, it's funny you should bring up the mother idea.  My picture now, is that Peggy will be the mother.  I am still trying to think it all the way through, but you're right in that idea.

E.

Actually, Blankenship is like many of the old crusty ladies I remember from the 60's offices I worked in.

There was at least one in each office-and true to her hell cat history-they too had an interesting life.  Why else would they still be there?

Best line of this episode "If I wanted to see two negros fight I would through a dollar bill out the window."  Shocking to hear, but just another example of the 60's and how the old ladies could get away with saying anything.

"ARE YOU GOING TO THE TOILET?"

heaven or hell for her?

Mr Cooper enjoyed her company though!

I liked her as Don's secretary for a while.
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Don is a thorough professional at the workplace.Almost as much as he isn't when he's away from work.
Mrs.Blankenship was definitely a comic relief, but I never thought anyone paid much attention to her because the episodes before her death revealed no indication of this.
However,it was Roger Sterling's words that rang loud and clear in my head when he said 'I don't want to die at work'.
I agree...it's a horrible thing.

Ha ha Blankenship didn't seem to be a happy person she was pretty judgemental. I find ppl who are that opinionated usually feel inadequate and mask an inferiority complex by putting others down or trying to humiliate others.
To answer Draper Don's question, sadly she most likely already was living in hell. Dying at work was probably the best scenario for a seemingly lonely miserable woman.
Nevertheless, R.I.P. Mrs. B

I thought Mrs. Blankenship was the funniest one on the show!  What great lines came outta that mouth.  I hope you realize who she was in real life, the mom in the original karate kid.

Why don’t we all head to  nearest coffee house, have ourselves a coffee and roll,  Well, before we devour them, everyone should  spill a little coffee on the ground and toss a few morsels in respect of our homegirl, Ida Blankenship, the one and only,