Betty and Don arrive home after the award night in which he won a coveted advertising award. Don shows the following morning clearly hung over. Peggy makes a comment about what she heard Pete Campbell's version of how Don got the award, and how he thinks his boss' head is swollen with the pride he won an important recognition.
Ken Cosgrove's short story is published in the prestigious Atlantic Monthly. Most of the men in the office feel they can write, but no one can claim to have something published. To make things worse, Ken also has written two novels. Pete Campbell is fuming inside. Paul puts down Ken's achievement.
Peggy buzzes Don to tell him there is a person on the phone for him, whose name does not ring a bell to her. It is Midge calling. Don is not happy about her doing such a thing. Peggy, without thinking, picks up the extension where Don is talking to Midge. She cannot help but listening in shock to their heated conversation. Peggy does not know what to do when Don walks out of his office and announces he is out for lunch!
Pete made Trudy read a short story he has written. Her reaction: it is too modern for her taste. He asks her to call her friend Charlie Fiddish, a big man with a lot of influence to see if he can get the story published in a high brow magazine. Trudy points out to the fact that Charlie was 'her first'; she hesitates in complying with her husband's request. Reluctantly, she sees Charlie, who is more interested in reviving their relationship than in what she came to see him about. As an answer, he promises it will be included in a children publication, when Pete had thought it was better suited for The New Yorker.
At a staff meeting with Roger Sterling, Don is interrupted by Peggy, who hands him a note from an Adam Whitman who has come to talk to him. Don is rattled with the interruption, but he goes to the reception area to see this person. The red headed man is elated when he sees Don, who is horrified at the intrusion in his place of work. He tries to tell Adam he has him confused. When the other man insists, Don asks him to go to a cafeteria four blocks from the building and wait for him. Their encounter is not pleasant. Adam keeps saying he is the little brother, but Don is adamant in holding his ground. Don insist that he will not pay for the lunch because the meeting never happened.
Betty and the children arrive at Sterling-Cooper to get Don for their family portrait. Peggy, figuring Don has gone to a tryst with the woman on the phone has no explanation for his absence. She tries to get help from Joan, who feels she has to know where Peggy's boss is at the moment. Peggy explains he goes to meet a woman, which is music in Joan's ears. Joan suggests Peggy keep entertaining Betty. The two women get along fine, until Don arrives.
Don is surprised when he opens an envelope that contains a picture of a younger man, himself sent by Adam. He is staying at a seedy hotel. That night Don goes to see him. Don wants Adam to stay out of his life. He wants nothing of his past because he has reinvented himself into the actual persona. He opens his briefcase and hands over five thousand dollars to Adam for him to disappear and never contact him again. Betty talks to Don that night about getting a summer place near their home, but Don explains they cannot afford it now.
Lesli Linka Glatter directed this episode which was written by the creator of the series, Matthew Weiner. The main idea behind the chapter is that now the viewer knows that Don Draper is a fictitious person. Dick Whitman wants to hide into his new identity which has given him so much that he will do anything not to lose it. An interesting installment in this award winning series that reflects a slice of life during the 1960s
Ken Cosgrove's short story is published in the prestigious Atlantic Monthly. Most of the men in the office feel they can write, but no one can claim to have something published. To make things worse, Ken also has written two novels. Pete Campbell is fuming inside. Paul puts down Ken's achievement.
Peggy buzzes Don to tell him there is a person on the phone for him, whose name does not ring a bell to her. It is Midge calling. Don is not happy about her doing such a thing. Peggy, without thinking, picks up the extension where Don is talking to Midge. She cannot help but listening in shock to their heated conversation. Peggy does not know what to do when Don walks out of his office and announces he is out for lunch!
Pete made Trudy read a short story he has written. Her reaction: it is too modern for her taste. He asks her to call her friend Charlie Fiddish, a big man with a lot of influence to see if he can get the story published in a high brow magazine. Trudy points out to the fact that Charlie was 'her first'; she hesitates in complying with her husband's request. Reluctantly, she sees Charlie, who is more interested in reviving their relationship than in what she came to see him about. As an answer, he promises it will be included in a children publication, when Pete had thought it was better suited for The New Yorker.
At a staff meeting with Roger Sterling, Don is interrupted by Peggy, who hands him a note from an Adam Whitman who has come to talk to him. Don is rattled with the interruption, but he goes to the reception area to see this person. The red headed man is elated when he sees Don, who is horrified at the intrusion in his place of work. He tries to tell Adam he has him confused. When the other man insists, Don asks him to go to a cafeteria four blocks from the building and wait for him. Their encounter is not pleasant. Adam keeps saying he is the little brother, but Don is adamant in holding his ground. Don insist that he will not pay for the lunch because the meeting never happened.
Betty and the children arrive at Sterling-Cooper to get Don for their family portrait. Peggy, figuring Don has gone to a tryst with the woman on the phone has no explanation for his absence. She tries to get help from Joan, who feels she has to know where Peggy's boss is at the moment. Peggy explains he goes to meet a woman, which is music in Joan's ears. Joan suggests Peggy keep entertaining Betty. The two women get along fine, until Don arrives.
Don is surprised when he opens an envelope that contains a picture of a younger man, himself sent by Adam. He is staying at a seedy hotel. That night Don goes to see him. Don wants Adam to stay out of his life. He wants nothing of his past because he has reinvented himself into the actual persona. He opens his briefcase and hands over five thousand dollars to Adam for him to disappear and never contact him again. Betty talks to Don that night about getting a summer place near their home, but Don explains they cannot afford it now.
Lesli Linka Glatter directed this episode which was written by the creator of the series, Matthew Weiner. The main idea behind the chapter is that now the viewer knows that Don Draper is a fictitious person. Dick Whitman wants to hide into his new identity which has given him so much that he will do anything not to lose it. An interesting installment in this award winning series that reflects a slice of life during the 1960s