Love is far from in the air this Valentine’s Day at Sterling Cooper and Associates. Don spends the day drinking and watching the Little Rascals alone in his apartment (well, not completely alone thanks to his new cockroach roomate), Ginsberg and Stan rib Peggy in the elevator on the way to work for being drastically single, and Roger, much to his amusement, gets called an ethnic slur that I learned from my grandfather.

Don takes a momentary pause from his daytime TV marathon to throw on a shirt and jacket and answer the door for Dawn, who we learn is still playing the part of his secretary since he’s apparently having a hard time letting go, despite him having not put on pants until 5 minutes ago. He tries to pay her for her time but she refuses because she claims she really doesn’t mind keeping him in the loop because Dawn’s just plain the BEST.

Fresh off of being reminded of her celibacy by her male associates, Peggy approaches her desk to see a giant bouquet of roses, which she automatically assumes are for her because, well, why wouldn’t they be? The world does revolve around her now that Don’s out of the office, right? The roses were obviously from Ted, despite the fact that he moved to the opposite side of the country to start over with his family and put his past with her behind him (well, and also to one-up Don and head-up the California branch, I guess), despite there being no note to be found saying who they were from, and despite the fact that Shirley (her secretary) tried to tell her that the roses were actually for her. Oops, Petty Peggy strikes again.

Meanwhile we finally get a chance to catch up with Sally over at Miss Porter’s, smoking cigarettes and badmouthing her mother just as a girl of her age should be. Her and her rebellious boarding school friends make plans to ditch her roommate’s mother’s funeral to go shopping in the Village instead because FREEDOM but Sally loses her purse somewhere along the way and goes on a quest to recover it, starting with the most obvious place to look: SC&P. She runs into Lou sitting in her dad’s old office, who apparently is immune to ALL feminine charm (not just Peggy’s) and is less than helpful to the confused teen. She waits for Don in his apartment and when he returns from lunch with an associate from a competing firm, he knows he’s been caught. Seeing as how he’s got nothing better to do and realizing that he can’t lie to his daughter any more than he already has, he offers to drive her back up to school.

Over on the west coast, Pete’s using his romance with his Valley Girl real estate agent to weasel his way into a larger deal with Chevy, using the head of Chevy’s LA store’s drinking problem as leverage. (Or something like that. I didn’t quite understand what was going on but I don’t think that it’s super crucial to the story so whatever.) Now he just needs to convince the NY team that all parties are on board and aware of the new changes but a combination of poor intercom reception and a lack of caring on the NY team’s part gets Pete all hot and bothered. Like a toddler who doesn’t get his way, Pete decides to give Ted the silent treatment. Boo-hoo, Petey-wetey’s frustwated.

Back in the car on the way up to Connecticut, Don and Sally finally come clean to one another about their lies and even bond over a nice rest stop meal. Even if Don can’t win the husband-of-the-year award, for once he’s at least trying to win dad-of-the-year. And so far it’s working! As Sally exits the car, she turns around and tells Don she loves him, taking him completely by surprise. Hurrah, maybe not everyone on this show has to be miserable all the time!!

Up on the account floor, Shirley comes clean to Peggy about the truth behind the roses, leaving Peggy embarrassed and demanding a change in personnel because God forbid anyone see her with egg on her face. Lou is also demanding a change in personnel since Dawn was unable to keep Sally from him because she was out running his errands. He really does have a way with the ladies. Joan obliges and moves Dawn up to the head of reception (but not before Dawn gets a chance to stand her ground and speak her mind to Lou), which good old Bert Cooper doesn’t agree with because, in his own words, “they can see her from the elevator.” Bert’s completely unaware casual racism is actually kind of hilarious, as is Lou’s completely unaware blatant sexism. Oh, these men.

Noting her frustration with all of the sudden personnel changes and also her success with landing Avon, Jim Cutler invites Joan to take a new office (and position) on the accounts floor, allowing Dawn to take her now-old job as Head of Personnel, moving Shirley to Lou’s desk (I can’t wait to see how their tempers match up), and moving blondie (seriously, what IS her name??) back to her post at the front desk. Yay, everybody wins!!

Although no majorly-groundbreaking plot points were revealed this episode, there was a definite theme of honesty being the best policy. Dawn was honest and spoke up about the way she was being treated by Lou and she ended up getting promoted to Head of Personnel. Shirley was honest about the roses and was not only free of Peggy’s wrath but also promoted to secretary for the Creative Director. Don was honest with his daughter and ended up winning her love back. Pete wasn’t honest with anybody and he’s still miserable because of it.

Mad Men’s previews for the next episode are always cryptic as hell, but from what I can tell, at least we finally get to see what Harry Crane’s been up to! What do you think’s going to happen in the next handful of episodes? Make some Mad Men predictions at Insticator.com now!