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The Secretary Awards

With the Award Season (Academy, Golden Globes, and Screen Actors Guild) a distant memory.. I think its only fitting to present the nominees for the Secretary Awards -- and the nominees for Don's Best Secretary are:
Peggy Olson -- yes she could be the best secretary.. but! once her copywriting skills were discovered she never stopped dreaming of a career beyond the secretary pool. She held down two jobs (junior copywriter/assistant) and Don's Secretary.. sure she was the mold that the others were cast from.. but does anyone really want the job? (or are they after the.. the RING?)
Ida Blackenship -- she was funny -- the original gangsta hellcat! but I think Joan was punishing Don for his liaison with Allison.

Lois? No.. and No.. too naive and a little too spacey

Jane Siegel -- no her allegiance to Roger made her a bad bad choice for Don's secretary besides there wasn't much in the head even if she was a "college educated girl"
Megan -- she almost got her boss sent to prison (DOD Contract Application) and made him and the agency a laughing stock (Teddy Chaough RFK impression). Rookie mistakes nearly cost her her job. As for the DOD contract application -- lots of secretaries fill out forms for their bosses but I put the blame on Don he was probably drunk when she handed him the forms to sign. But! The form gave her the perfect excuse to do a little reconaissance on her man looking through his personnel file. Come to think of it could those form and the way he reacted be the cause of Megan learning the truth about her husband to be??.
And the steno pad goes to....
Alison.
Why? she anticipates her bosses needs (no really!), hasn't made any mistakes on the job (besides sleeping with Don only that was his fault)... lets the important people in his offices.. is able to shoo away the hanger ons, and she's not as imposing as Joan. Would the DOD fiasco have happened on Allison's watch probably not (but I'll give Megan the benefit of the doubt -- rookie mistake).... Thoughts?


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