Don has been getting more intimate with Faye Miller. The start of this installment finds them in bed. It is clear how Don Draper feels about this woman. Later, while on a meeting, Megan, the receptionist, enters the conference room to announce the arrival of Sally, who, unknown to her mother, has taken a train to Manhattan alone. A kind woman who saw the problem brought her to the office. Don is clearly upset. When he offers the lady to pay for the fare, the woman gives Don a piece of her mind in how to handle his daughter, something that does not sit well with him.
Peggy meets her friend Joyce for a drink at P. J. Clarke. While they are talking, Abe Drexler, a friend of Joyce whom Peggy met at the loft party where a police raid took place. He obviously likes Peggy. His leftist ideas are not well taken by her. Abe brings up the problem that many firms that are clients of the agency discriminate against blacks, specially in the South. He goes to see Peggy at the agency the following day. He brings an article where his point about the way he see things are expanded. After reading Abe's essay, she comes back to the reception, where he has been waiting and tears it out. She does not want to continue seeing this man.
While Don was at a meeting with Fillmore Auto Parts executives in the conference room, he is interrupted again with the tragedy that just happened on the other side of the room. Peggy seeing Don's secretary, Miss Blankenship, with her head tilted back, thinks the lady has fallen asleep. Upon checking, she realizes the woman is dead. Don, coming to inspect the situation, is worried his visitors might see the dead woman being taken away, but luckily she is removed without being noticed.
Because of the incident at the office, Don asks Faye to take Sally to his apartment so she is out of the way. Sally does not take kindly to being with Dr. Miller. After he gets home, Don has a serious talk with his daughter Sally. He does not appreciate what she has done and he wants to make sure it never happens again. Sally is obviously not happy at her home; she begs her father to let her stay.
Jane Sterling has gone to the Hamptons. He still has a weak spot for Joan. She is married now, which changes the dynamic of their former relationship. Roger arranges for a beauty treatment for Joan at her apartment to be a surprise. When she comes to thank him, he insists in having dinner with her. They go to an out of the way restaurant in a seedy area. Outside the place, they are confronted by a mugger carrying a gun who forces them to give him their jewelry and money. Both are frightened with their experience. Roger takes her down the stairs of the building where they were robbed and they cling to each other in a passionate embrace.
The ninth chapter of the 2010 season was directed by Michael Uppendahl. The creator of "Mad Men", Matthew Weiner co-wrote the screenplay with Dahvi Waller. Several things come out in this chapter. First the country's black population, specially in the South were having a hard time getting employment from some of the big firms that chose to advertise with the agency, but Madison Avenue was not interested in being fair to the minority. There is also problems of discipline with young Sally, a spoiled girl that will be trouble later in her life. The other idea is how minor employees like Miss Blankenship dies and no one really cares about her; the only interest is to hide her out of sight not to bother the richer clients.
Another good installment in this brilliant series.
Peggy meets her friend Joyce for a drink at P. J. Clarke. While they are talking, Abe Drexler, a friend of Joyce whom Peggy met at the loft party where a police raid took place. He obviously likes Peggy. His leftist ideas are not well taken by her. Abe brings up the problem that many firms that are clients of the agency discriminate against blacks, specially in the South. He goes to see Peggy at the agency the following day. He brings an article where his point about the way he see things are expanded. After reading Abe's essay, she comes back to the reception, where he has been waiting and tears it out. She does not want to continue seeing this man.
While Don was at a meeting with Fillmore Auto Parts executives in the conference room, he is interrupted again with the tragedy that just happened on the other side of the room. Peggy seeing Don's secretary, Miss Blankenship, with her head tilted back, thinks the lady has fallen asleep. Upon checking, she realizes the woman is dead. Don, coming to inspect the situation, is worried his visitors might see the dead woman being taken away, but luckily she is removed without being noticed.
Because of the incident at the office, Don asks Faye to take Sally to his apartment so she is out of the way. Sally does not take kindly to being with Dr. Miller. After he gets home, Don has a serious talk with his daughter Sally. He does not appreciate what she has done and he wants to make sure it never happens again. Sally is obviously not happy at her home; she begs her father to let her stay.
Jane Sterling has gone to the Hamptons. He still has a weak spot for Joan. She is married now, which changes the dynamic of their former relationship. Roger arranges for a beauty treatment for Joan at her apartment to be a surprise. When she comes to thank him, he insists in having dinner with her. They go to an out of the way restaurant in a seedy area. Outside the place, they are confronted by a mugger carrying a gun who forces them to give him their jewelry and money. Both are frightened with their experience. Roger takes her down the stairs of the building where they were robbed and they cling to each other in a passionate embrace.
The ninth chapter of the 2010 season was directed by Michael Uppendahl. The creator of "Mad Men", Matthew Weiner co-wrote the screenplay with Dahvi Waller. Several things come out in this chapter. First the country's black population, specially in the South were having a hard time getting employment from some of the big firms that chose to advertise with the agency, but Madison Avenue was not interested in being fair to the minority. There is also problems of discipline with young Sally, a spoiled girl that will be trouble later in her life. The other idea is how minor employees like Miss Blankenship dies and no one really cares about her; the only interest is to hide her out of sight not to bother the richer clients.
Another good installment in this brilliant series.
