Don encounters multiple challenges at work, as his daughter shows up unannounced at the same time as his secretary dies.

With Joyce's help, Abe Drexler "bumps into" Peggy at the local bar, where the two engage in a conversation about race and feminism.

The next day, Abe arrives at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce with an article he has written about corporate injustice towards women, titled "Nuremberg on Madison Avenue".

The grief-stricken Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce employees quietly remove the corpse without the Fillmore clients' knowing.

James Poniewozik of Time magazine praised the episode's focus on women and the acting performance of Kiernan Shipka as Sally Draper.

[2] IGN writer Eric Goldman praised the episode for its comic flourishes set against the backdrop of Mrs. Blankenship's death.

He, in particular, called the scene where the SCDP employees try to get the Blankenship's corpse out of the office in a covert fashion "pretty classic".

"[4] Writer Myles McNutt said, "the female characters are the heart of this series, and 'The Beautiful Girls' comes together as a sustained statement on their centrality if not a substantial step forward in their individual storylines.