In Care Of 

With his personal and professional life crumbling around him, Don positions himself for a change of scenery. Meanwhile, Pete's life is falling apart as well, thanks to the meddling of Bob Benson.

Director:

Matthew Weiner

Writers:

Matthew Weiner (created by), Carly Wray

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 Francis
Christina Hendricks	...	Joan Harris
Aaron Staton	...	Ken Cosgrove
Rich Sommer	...	Harry Crane
Kiernan Shipka	...	Sally Draper
Jessica Paré	...	Megan Draper
Kevin Rahm	...	Ted Chaough
Christopher Stanley	...	Henry Francis (credit only)
Jay R. Ferguson	...	Stan Rizzo
Ben Feldman	...	Michael Ginsberg (credit only)
Mason Vale Cotton	...	Bobby Draper
Robert Morse	...	Bertram Cooper

Storyline

Sunkist has requested from SC&P a dedicated west coast representative. Despite it being a demotion, Stan asks Don to be that person as Stan has his own ideas of what that west coast position means: the beginning of another advertising firm of his own. Considering Stan's request, Don contemplates his own future based on his recent past behavior, both professionally and personally. He has finally come to the realization of it being destructive and he makes a decision for himself and Megan which would get them away from many of Don's problems, such as Sally's revelation of his affair with Sylvia, and from Sylvia herself. Don's intent of how he will conduct his life is made public during a presentation to a potential lucrative new client, Hershey's. Ted and Peggy also come to decisions of their own with regard to their personal relationship, especially following a series of cat and mouse sexual games, where the role of cat and the role of mouse are not always well defined. Roger, who is ...

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Plot Keywords:

hershey's | telegram | redhead | romance episode | office | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 June 2013 (USA)

Filming Locations:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lionsgate Television, Weiner Bros.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

48 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Don is approached about Hershey being a potential client, Don is puzzled at first and says Hershey doesn't advertise. This statement is true - until 1968, Hershey did not advertise. Founder Milton S Hershey thought the product was good enough on its own. It has been said that if he saw a discarded Hershey wrapper lying on the ground, he would rearrange it so that the label faced up.

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Goofs

The apostrophe on the sign Pete backs into is upside-down, a typographic error not common until "smart quotes" were introduced on word processors after the show is set.

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Quotes

Don Draper: I was an orphan. I grew up in Pennsylvania in a whorehouse. I read about Milton Hershey and his school in Coronet magazine or some other crap the girls left by the toilet. And I read that some orphans had a different life there. I could picture it. I dreamt of it, of being wanted, because the woman who was forced to raise me would look at me every day like she hoped I would disappear. Closest I got to feeling wanted was from a girl who made me go through her john's pockets while they screwed. ...

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Connections

References The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)

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Soundtracks

Both Sides Now
(uncredited)
Written by Joni Mitchell
Performed by Judy Collins

User Reviews

Excellent, engaging, endearing ending

Creator Matthew Weiner gives us his best episode and it clearly shows us where all these greatly crafted characters and amazing actors have arrived after six solid seasons. Peggy and Ted relationship vs Don and Megan. Very different to be sure, connect in conflict and in pursuit of happiness in the vast loud chaos of life. Choices, feelings, heartbreaks and complicated realities are re-enacted to pure perfection. Elisabeth Moss and Jessica Pare embody the multi-level writing under Weiner's equally deft directing.

Don childhood finally takes an exquisite form in a fantasy vs reality meeting about chocolate and so much more.

The show ends wordlessly, when all is said and done perfectly. Profound, sad and so satisfied even if probably as unsettling as life itself.

So good I am afraid to watch season 7 as I do not see how one can possibly top this although I am happy to keep following the lives of these vivid (sometimes livid) people.