Mad Men Power Rankings, Week Eight: 'When You Don't Have Any Power, Delay'

4. Roger Sterling (down) Last week: 2

How is Roger up this high in a week where he didn't even appear? His name is on the wall. (Points to wall, indicating spot where the Sterling name is.) Is Don Draper's name on that wall? No, no it isn't. Maybe in three years, when his contract's up, once he's proven a little bit of loyalty. But it's not there now. Jesus, these cuticles are a mess. Who needs a manicure and a stiff drink? Meet you at Angelo's? No? Look, if you come along, I'll tip extra and he'll throw in some under-the-smock knob-polishing. Great, see you there.

5. Sally Draper (up) Last week: unranked

So, Sally gets a boy into a bathtub, and instead of just going in for the kiss, she has to wrap it all up in recreating some kind of family psychodrama about her parents on a car trip. Nothing to see here, folks.

Sally Draper PatricideWatch: As Betty offered some motherly advice about how her daughter mishandled the Ernie-in-the-tub situation ("You're going to have a lot of first kisses. You're going to want it to be special, so you'll remember. It's where you go from being a stranger to knowing someone. And every kiss with them after that is a shadow of that kiss"), Sally's eyes seemed to glaze over, disappointed that Mommy didn't end her speech with, "And then after you get to know that person in that special way, and they're under your spell, they'll help you kill Daddy. You can't depend on the idiot brother of yours to get the job done, honey."

6. Peggy Olson (down) Last week: 3

Somewhere, a hotel maid knocks gingerly on the door of the suite she hasn't been able to clean for seven days, then presses a drinking glass to that door because her "Housekeeping!" pleas have gone unanswered for so long, and hears the faint sounds of teeth tearing at a complimentary bathrobe, then muffled moans of pleasure. She returns the glass to her cart, pledging to repeat the process tomorrow, hoping that next time she'll finally be able to replace what must be some very filthy linens.

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