Mad Men episode 5.03 -- running commentary

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• Yep, here's the black secretary -- and Harry is letching at her, of course!
  
• Oh dear -- now we get the beginning of that weight loss conversation/collective yo-yo dieting that's still plaguing us so badly.
  
• Ah, sickness -- it's her thyroid. And she still comes to Don because she is such a clingy, needy personality.
  
• I actually like Betty's fatter look better, but am wondering what the producers did to make JJ look like that.
  
• Oh, Don is grilling that girl for creative inspiration -- very typical of him!
  
• Heee, Harry has the munchies!
  
• Well, the Francises certainly have come up a step from the house Betty and Don lived in!
  
• My sister has a clock like that. However, were those antiques not terribly out of fashion at that time.
  
• Why is Pete acting like the boss? And how did he get that office there?
  
• Nope, Roger, nothing ever 'gets back to normal'. When things start changing, there is no way out except forwards.
  
• Henry is jealous of Don now??
  
• Aha, Michael Ginsberg is a keeper -- we see how he lives.
  
• Nope, I don't like the implication that fat people always eat two whole helpings of ice cream...