"Mad Men" Long Weekend (2007)

User Rating:

8.5/10   

Director:

Tim Hunter

Writers:

Matthew Weiner (creator)
Bridget Bedard (written by) ...

TV Series:

"Mad Men" (2007)

Original Air Date:

27 September 2007 (Season 1, Episode 10)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

It's Labor Day weekend and most of the men are sending their wives away for a few days. Don Draper's wife Betty is dreading the thought...

Plot Keywords:

Casting Call | Twins | Twin Sister | Giggling | Department Store

Cast

Jon Hamm	...	Don Draper
Elisabeth Moss	...	Peggy Olson
Vincent Kartheiser	...	Pete Campbell
January Jones	...	Betty Draper
Christina Hendricks	...	Joan Holloway
Bryan Batt	...	Salvatore Romano
Michael Gladis	...	Paul Kinsey
Aaron Staton	...	Ken Cosgrove
Rich Sommer	...	Harry Crane
Maggie Siff	...	Rachel Menken
Robert Morse	...	Bertram Cooper
John Slattery	...	Roger Sterling
Talia Balsam	...	Mona Sterling
Ryan Cutrona	...	Gene Driscoll
Allan Miller	...	Abraham Menken

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles Center Studios - 450 S. Bixel Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Lionsgate Television

Trivia:

Several characters discuss the film The Apartment (1960) throughout this episode. The Apartment was directed and co-written by Billy Wilder; this episode's title is evocative of another Billy Wilder film title, The Lost Weekend (1945).

Quotes:

Paul Kinsey: [singing] Ethel, go get the icepick / That Nixon guy is on TV again.

Movie Connections:

References Pillow Talk (1959)