S6E4 · To Have and to Hold

Complete story — includes the ending

Joan tries to fire Scarlett, Harry's secretary, as punishment for Scarlett convincing Dawn to commit time card fraud. Furious, Harry bursts into a partners' meeting and questions Joan's partnership stake at SCDP. Bert and Roger give Harry a bonus but refuse to make him a partner, while an embarrassed Joan decides to promote Dawn to take over her office management duties. Don and Megan have dinner with Mel, the head writer of Megan's soap opera, and his wife Arlene; Mel unsuccessfully tries to encourage Don and Megan to join them in group sex. Don is uncomfortable with Megan performing a sex scene on the show and visits the set unannounced, embarrassing Megan. SCDP prepares a pitch for Heinz Ketchup, but the firm learns they are in a "bake-off" with CGC; Don listens to Peggy's pitch behind the closed door, both impressed and upset that she is using lessons she learned from him. After the pitch, Ken arrives and reveals that Raymond has fired SCDP, having learned of their meeting with Heinz Ketchup. Ted also reveals that Heinz Ketchup has no intention of leaving their much larger firm, and was using interest from smaller agencies to negotiate a better rate deal.