Of course the brute and rapist thinks he’s being brutalized.

Great episode! A lot of neat throwbacks. Enough that the episode felt like a new beginning of another cycle of terrible shit.

I thought the way it ended was very reminiscent of the series premiere. It’s pretty clear that Don had a lot of responsibility for making Betty into Betty, and I think we’re going to see something similar happen to Megan. Note that Betty and Henry seem almost (other than creepy pillow talk) functional, and that Betty is a lot more sympathetic than she was when she was with Don. We never saw pre-Don Betty, but we met Megan when Don did, and now we get to see awful things happen to her and either get awful or leave.

There was also a line about love that reminded me a lot of that line from the premiere – “What you call love was invented by guys like me…to sell nylons.” Does anyone know what I’m talking about?

Also, the Carousel came back.