This week’s episode starts off with Peggy looking at a new apartment for her and her man, a continuation of the theme from this season that Peggy has become a very strong woman that’s on her own and a force in the Madison Avenue ad business.
As Don and Megan walk thru the apartment complex lobby they run into there friendly neighbors, the Rosen’s who are on the way out of town for the weekend to Washington DC. Don, clearly mesmerized by this woman asks not once but twice as to where they were going for the weekend as Mr. Rosen pokes at Don as he walks away to his car stating for a 3rd time that they’re going to DC for the weekend. Don really is on love with this woman, so much so he can’t even hide it well. This should be interesting to see how long it takes to have this affair exposed.
The mood turns as we get a glimpse of what is was like to be in the shoes of some Americans as the news came across the wire that Dr. Martin Luther King had been assassinated. The show as it always does captures the moment in history so well and then intertwines different personal things that are happening to each of the characters. For example we see the offer Peggy made on her apartment decrease per the realtors recommendation because of the area of the apartment and the rioting that may have been happening, we see Don call Washington DC to track down the Rosen’s so he can make sure that the mistress he loves in safe, we see Pete Campbell call his wife with whom he’s separated from and offers to come out and see her and his daughter and be with them in that trying time but she declines (good for her).
The most interesting exchange being between Harry Crane and Pete Campbell, Harry was complaining to Pete about how their customers were pulling ads because of the regularly scheduled TV programming being pulled in favor of the news coverage on the assassination. Pete got very, very angry and called out Harry then Bert Cooper had to come out and have them break it up. This was one of the few moments ever in Mad Men that I actually liked what Pete said and did.
We again are left to see Don Draper peel away another layer of him, he doesn’t say much about himself but when he does he definitely makes a point. This admission by him to his wife Megan about his children and how he basically fakes being happy just because he thought that was what he was supposed to do. He admits he didn’t have a good childhood and that he doesn’t know how to be parent but then also confesses that the moment he sees something in his children he had never seen before makes his heart want to explode. He was referring to the time he spent with his oldest son at the movie theatre watching planet of the apes as he listens to his son talking and finds himself amazed at what he hears.
As always the writing in this show is superb as we see Don’s son Bobby peel away little strips of wall paper from his bedroom wall only to later see him reveal things about himself to his dad and Don peel away and reveal more about himself to his wife. I could only imagine what difficult times it was to live during those days. Until next week…….In the mean time, check out the most talked about part of this episode.
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Corey,
ReplyDeleteThat is very interesting to hear about how the writers intertwine the "real life" events in the character's lives with historical events. Having never lived through any of the actual events that occur in Mad Men, sometimes I only look at an event like Dr. King's assasination through a historical lens. It is interesting to consider how it affected the lives of everyday people.
Every time I read your post, it makes me want to lock myself in a room and watch all the episodes at once so I can watch the one you are talking about.
ReplyDeleteThank you Erin, did you see the media link in the blog??? The last sentence. In the mean time, check out the most talked about part of this episode.
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