Long Weekend (27 Sep. 2007)

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, as her father and his new girlfriend, whom she ... See full summary »

Director:

Tim Hunter

Writers:

Matthew Weiner (creator), Bridget Bedard,

Stars:

Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

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, as her father and his new girlfriend, whom she detests, will be staying with them. With the election approaching, the team at Sterling Cooper is gloomy since the Nixon campaign has not been following their advice. Roger Sterling was hoping to spend Friday night with Joan Holloway but having just seen the movie _Apartment, The (1960)_ , she is feeling a bit used. She plans a night on the town with her old college friend who has some surprising information for her. Don and Roger invite twin sisters from a casting call to join them for a drink but things go badly for Roger who suffers a serious heart attack. After the incident Don ends up spending the night with Rachel Menken where reveals a lot of his inner self.

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Plot Keywords:

twins | twin sister | casting call | presidential campaign | department store | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 September 2007 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

American Movie Classics (AMC), Lionsgate Television, Weiner Bros.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

46 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Joan strongly identifies with the Shirley MacLaine character Fran in The Apartment. Fran is an elevator operator, and, like Joan, is an employee at a large New York corporation who is having an affair with her married boss. Toward the end of this episode, after Joan has helped Bertram Cooper send out telegrams announcing Roger's heart attack, Cooper and Joan leave the office together and he asks Joan to push the elevator button for him, making Joan (temporarily) into an elevator operator and drawing another connection between the characters of Fran and Joan.

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Goofs

When Don and Rachel are on her couch, and he says, "No, not unless you tell me you want this", her head is on the sofa armrest. Suddenly her head is instead on the red pillow and she says, "yes please".

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Quotes

Roger Sterling: You know what my father used to say? Being with a client is like being in a marriage. Sometimes you get into it for the wrong reasons, and eventually, they hit you in the face.

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Connections

References Psycho (1960)

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Soundtracks

"Volare"
(uncredited)
Written by Domenico Modugno and Franco Migliacci
Performed by The McGuire Sisters
playing on the radio in Roger's office, while he and Don party with the twins

User Reviews

The Destruction of Pain

Long Weekend is a magnificent episode, simply because it differs in it's structure. The first half is lighter, more relaxed, and by the second half, a tragic turn of events for Roger takes place. John Slattery is amazing, perhaps his best performance yet. Christina Hendricks as well. An interaction between Joan and her roommate after a confession is perfectly played, it adds Hendricks right up there with Hamm, Moss and Jones. The last scene is brilliantly acted by Hamm, and it shows one of the best closing scenes yet in the show. Another great episode in a great series, and soon the season will end for other things to come.

Also to note, the brilliant film references to Hitchcock's Psycho are amazingly portrayed.