Pete has drinks with his parents, providing a view into his privileged, elite upbringing, where his family live a life of leisure on Fishers Island.
The next day, Don is enraged when the client expresses great enthusiasm for Pete's unauthorized idea from the previous evening.
Don and Roger meet with the company's senior partner, Bert Cooper, who tells them that they cannot fire Pete due to his family's extensive connections with New York City's hereditary wealthy elite.
Pete and his co-workers listen to the comedy album The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, which Paul Kinsey compares unfavorably with Lenny Bruce.
[3] Bert Cooper hums the children's song "This Old Man" after admonishing Don and Roger and saving Pete Campbell's career.
Alan Sepinwall, writing for New Jersey's The Star-Ledger, praised the episode for developing and "humanizing" the character of Pete Campbell.
[4] Andrew Johnston, writing for Slant Magazine, similarly praised the episode for its development of Pete's character, as well as John Slattery's performance.