The Quality of Mercy
- Episode aired Jun 16, 2013
- TV-14
- 47m
Don renews his battle with Ted after seeing his relationship with Peggy, Sally interviews at a boarding school, and Pete discovers Bob Benson's background.Don renews his battle with Ted after seeing his relationship with Peggy, Sally interviews at a boarding school, and Pete discovers Bob Benson's background.Don renews his battle with Ted after seeing his relationship with Peggy, Sally interviews at a boarding school, and Pete discovers Bob Benson's background.
- Henry Francis
- (credit only)
- Stan Rizzo
- (credit only)
- Bobby Draper
- (as Mason Vale Cotton)
- (credit only)
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Did you know
- TriviaThis episode's title is a quotation from The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, Act IV, Scene 1: "The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven."
- GoofsTed mentions the iconic "plop plop fizz fizz" jingle used by Alka-Seltzer in their television advertising. The episode is set in the fall of 1968, but the Alka-Seltzer jingle didn't premiere until 1975.
- Quotes
Pete Campbell: I thought you were in Detroit.
Ken Cosgrove: [Wearing eye patch] I was. I told them Cynthia was pregnant and they took me out to celebrate and they shot me.
Pete Campbell: What?
[laughing]
Ken Cosgrove: It's not funny. Chevy is killing me. I hate Detroit. I hate cars. I hate guns. I don't even want to look at a steak anymore.
Pete Campbell: The only way to get through this is to keep reminding yourself it's a great account.
Ken Cosgrove: I'm gonna be a father. I'm gonna have a family.
Pete Campbell: Pull yourself together. Anyone here would trade places with you in a second.
Ken Cosgrove: Did I tell you that on the way to the hospital, they tried to stop for lunch? They're fat yahoos in cheap suits. I'm done.
- ConnectionsFeatures Brideless Groom (1947)
- SoundtracksPorpoise Song
(uncredited)
Written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King
Performed by The Monkees
[Played under final scene and closing credits]
Sally estranges both her parents as an adolescent in a broken family may well do. Her escapades and transgressions are terribly fun and at the same time frightening, save for her loyal friend who comes to the rescue.
Don spiralling down into alcoholism and Ted falling head over heels with Peggy make for great drama that plays out in a epic devious meeting shenanigans that shake things up in a subversive if not exactly subtle way. Echo and resonance will resolve nicely with a great contrast in the next episode where Don's big meeting shuffles all the card by its brutal honesty and humanity trying to win HERSHEY'S account (or perhaps not).
These last two episodes are so strong that the series could have easily exited with the pinnacle of this pioneer series.
- christian94
- Nov 2, 2014
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