The agency's new owners visit Sterling Cooper to reassign Pryce to one of their India-based companies. A replacement for Pryce is introduced to the company. Ken, however, brings a riding lawnmower into the office. During a party to celebrate Joan's departure, a secretary runs over the replacement's foot, allowing Pryce to keep his job. Meanwhile, after tendering her resignation, Joan finds out that her husband has been blacklisted as a surgeon. This episode takes place in the first few days of July 1963, leading up to Independence Day.