True confession: I watched the episode again last night, and noticed this in the scene where the accounts are being divvied up between Pete and Ken:

Pete: What are all these O's?
Joan: Olsen.
Pete: (sounding disgusted) She's all over the place.
Joan: You know that's not true.

I am ever so intrigued by the Pete and Peggy storyline. At what point did Pete shake it off and go back to Trudy? How did Betty get from wanting an abortion to the picture of domestic bliss? And where is Duck Phillips?

They never start the season where I think they will, but they always get there eventually.
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I'm sure we'll hear more about Betty but I wondered about Duck too -

Peggy seems to be blazing her own trail, as though she were taking a page from both the men and women with whom she works.  At the bar, she used the joke she heard Joan tell earlier in the day.  Then there was what seemed to be an interesting case of role reversal - she asserted herself, looking after her own pleasure even when her date was unprepared, then left him in a very non-committal way.  I got the sense she could care less if she ever saw him again.  It seemed to be a complete reversal of the stereotypical sex roles of the period.  In that sense, I think Peggy stands in for the thousands of women that bucked traditional roles during that period.

Then there was that comment she made about how she "worked for a jerk", something I don't think the "old Peggy" would have ever said.  She's learning to have confidence in her own judgements and opinions.  Witness the "debate" she had with Don about "Patio" - there was a time she would not have done that.  I keep thinking of the scene between her and Bobbie Barrett where Bobbie advised her to stand up to Don.

At this point, I can't see her re-attaching herself to Pete in any kind of serious way.

I worry that Peggy is cruising for another pregnancy.

I too think Peggy is going the wrong direction
She is still young and pretty and she has opportunities
She seems lost

I like her because she is not catty like some of the other women

I kind of agree with Peggy about using Ann Margaret to push Patio I did not like her in the piece they were watching

Don's idea was accurate I think when he said
women want to be her (Ann Margarette)and men want to be with her using that to sell Patio  Sex sells still works but not for me

@ Adgal... Why do you worry about Peggy cruising for another pregnancy when she stops the action and asks Hamburgerboy/pickup if he has a Trojan (a generic name for a condom back then) - ? Seems to me she is well aware of the potential bummer, and that she is in charge in this encounter.

Peggy and Pete don't interest me for some reason
I can't relate to their characters
And they seem one dimensional to me

Because something in the previews made me feel like Peggy might grow "too confident" in herself. It's nice that she's doing well in a man's world. It's nice that she's emulating Don with her "love 'em and leave 'em" attitude. But Don doesn't have a womb and she does.

You're right, she's being safe now. But as her confidence (and ego) blossoms, she may start feeling untouchable.

There's a bit of a theme about how far women can go in this series. When Betty started getting strong, what happened? She got pregnant. When the office manager lady did well in the media department, she was replaced by a man. Then she married an abusive doctor. Our main female characters eventually come around to finding out that there's only so far they can go in their own independence before their subserviance to men and their roles as women rears its ugly head.

It's a long, uphill climb... but I think they're getting there.

I was severely disappointed that all it took was that lame letter for Betty to reconsider Don.  I thought she really would get an abortion and kick him out for good.  I want to know more about what happened there.

As for Peggy and Pete... I don't think Peggy would go for Pete, since he practically threw himself at her already and she walked away from him.

No matter how much I hate most of the men on this show, they always do something charming or pathetic that keeps me from hating them completely.  Pete and Trudy dancing was adorable by the way...

You thought Betty would get an abortion and kick Don out for good, belvedere?  Interesting. I don't really think that would have been a feasible plan for Betty. 

For starters, Don is the sole breadwinner and the one who finances Betty's life of privilege at the country club, in their enormous house, etcetera.  Despite his marital indisgretions, she's proud to have him on her arm.  With her mother dead and her father dying, she knows she's not a favourite to do very well with the will, so that leaves her with her former modelling experience as a lead-in to a possible career.  Betty's still hot, but you've got to think, with two kids already and one on the way, how long could a career possibly last?

I don't know if I thought she would actually do it, but that's what my vindictive self would want to happen.

I do realize that would make things incredibly difficult.  That's why I thought they kept showing the divorced woman in their neighborhood.  Betty was obviously intrigued by her independence, but also disturbed by the lack of traditional family life.  She doesn't really understand living outside of her role as a mother and housewife, so I think that more than anything kept her with Don.  She's not really very calculating when it comes to business, finances, logistics so I don't think the facts of the situation would be the main reason, more the psychological aspect...

why would ANYONE be attracted to pete????