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S2E5 · The New Girl

Joan might have found Don a perfect secretary; Peggy comes to the rescue when Don finds himself in the middle of personal issues between a TV comedian and the man's wife; Pete and his wife see a fertility specialist to deal with her inability to conceive.

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Joan hires a new secretary named Jane Siegel, who begins working for Don, while Roger confronts Joan about her recent engagement. Pete and Trudy meet with a fertility specialist, as they are having difficulty conceiving a child, and they discover that Pete is not infertile. Don continues his affair with Bobbie, but the two get in a car accident during a drive to the beach when Bobbie distracts Don with a kiss. Don fails a sobriety test and is unable to pay his fine, forcing Peggy to bail them out and cover up the incident. Don tells Betty that the combination of booze and his prescribed pills for high blood pressure may have contributed to the accident. Meanwhile, Bobbie stays with Peggy to hide her black eye from her husband. In the process, Bobbie tells Peggy that she will not advance in her career until she starts treating Don as an equal. Flashbacks depict Peggy's short stay in the hospital after giving birth; Don visits Peggy and advises her to do "whatever they say" to get released, encouraging her to move forward with her career.

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