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I missed the date on the divorce decree, and even if I noticed, I don't know precisely when Don and Betty were courting.

Instead, I thought that Betty (and maybe us?) were completely misunderstanding the reality of the contents. Here's what I thought - It was the original Don that was divorced, but the "other" Don, the pre-Don Don, the real one. (Was there a date on the divorce papers? Were they clearly after the Korean War?) So too the house deed, which is for the first Don's wife, probably the only person in the world with whom Don is truly comfortable. My instant reaction was that Betty was seeing a confusing amalgam of papers from DIck Whitman, the original Don Draper, and the current Don Draper, all piled in that little shoe box - and I liked the foreshadowing of Betty and the drawer two episodes ago when she just casually tried to open it after hanging up the phone.

Anyway, I don't think she has any idea what she saw, but knew it wasn't good. How can her Don explain the contents in any semblance of believability, especially when the truth is perhaps the most unbelievable story of all?

I too shouted, "Write it down!" to Paul. But the coolest part of that whole scenario was when they were with Don, whose first reaction to the news that Paul forgot to write down his idea was sympathetic: I hate when that happens. Then Peggy went on her 'lightbulb moment' about what Paul said, and when she was done Paul looked at her with unabashed surprise and almost admiration. I don't recall the specific thing he said, but basically it was a soft, "Damn...." I think a lesser person would have been worried, but it felt like Paul knew that Peggy - his partner on the project - was pretty damn smart.

Great episode.

I like the work stuff better than the home stuff also.