Other moments of comedy gold on the show are less gory. In the best slapstick moment of the series so far, Don’s antediluvian secretary, the blind Mrs. Blankenship, dies while at her post. Don’s in a meeting with an auto-parts company when it happens, but luckily he has Joan to save the day. Joan runs that office, and this moment proves it. She directs Megan to get a man and Harry Crane’s blanket while Don goes back to his meeting. Behind the clients, we can see Joan and Pete cover the old secretary and struggle to wheel her out of the office in her chair. They fight to keep the body moving and the blanket in place in the background before Harry shows up for the punch line. “My mother made that!” he cries. It’s hard not to laugh at Mrs. Blankenship’s death when poor Harry has lost his blanket.
