An advertising awards dinner is interrupted with shocking news, Peggy is looking to buy an apartment, Ginsberg has a first date, and Don takes Bobby to the movies. You're not allowed to watch TV for a week, but re-watch with us!
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Podcast Time Stamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:40 Peggy: an apartment with a doorman?
02:44 Bobby pulls at the wallpaper, but nobody can hide all the torn things in the world
04:03 "My goodness, you're really good at everything."
05:12 "This is Beverly." "Our dads play chess together."
06:42 Peggy & Megan at the Andy Awards
08:21 Meeting Jim Cutler, Randall Walsh, and Ted's chair faux pas
10:04 Michael spews awkwardness and Beverly is remarkably patient
10:54 Martin Luther King, Jr
17:55 "I didn't do it! It peeled off!"
18:53 Pete calls Trudy, but she holds her ground
21:42 Megan complains about her father not wanting to feel his emotions right before going to bed with a man who avoids his emotions
22:39 Don goes out of his way to reach "Arnold" in D.C.
24:23 Peggy & Phyllis
28:05 "It's a shameful, shameful day!"
30:11 Dawn, Don, and Joan
31:59 "This is the only apartment for you. You don't want to be kicking yourself next week."
32:48 "I was trying to communicate without talking, but it isn't working." "Randy, it never works."
35:04 Parents and children: Betty & Don, Michael & Pop, Sally & Don
37:44 When you're not allowed to watch TV so your father takes you to the movies
41:25 "I saw us raising our kids with more different kinds of people."
44:09 The second time in the series Don actually notices his son
45:30 Henry wants to run for office (so Betty's going to get her blonde back)
46:35 One of Don's saddest confessions
51:39 Pete, alone
52:31 Bobby's worried about Henry, and to his credit, Don tries to comfort him instead of offering him money or telling him to move forward. He does have pensive alone time on his balcony afterward, though.
55:29 Episode Wrap-Up, Closing Song, and Listener Shout-Out