January Jones & Jon Hamm

I wrote this episode not long after viewing the Season Two episode, (2.02) "Flight 1":


"MAD MEN": The Specter of Intolerance

Matthew Weiner’s acclaimed television series, "MAD MEN", has addressed many issues that American society had faced in both the past and today. Issues such as class, sexism, religion and race have either reared its ugly heads or have been brushed upon by this series about an advertising agency in the 1960s.

The center of "MAD MEN" is mainly focused upon advertising executive named Don Draper. But the series also focuses upon his co-workers at the firm he works at – Sterling...

PEGGY OLSON'S PROMOTION IN (1.13) "THE WHEEL"

Many fans of the show had made a big deal of Peggy Olson's promotion in the Season One finale, (1.13) "The Wheel". Actually, many also focused upon Peggy's upward mobility from the secretarial pool to her position as one of the firm's copywriters - a professional. I had just finished watching this episode for the second time and another thought came to mind.

It finally occurred to me that Don had given Peggy that promotion in order to spite Pete Campbell. Pete had informed Don that he managed to acquire the Clearsil account due to his father-in-law...