Mad Men Season 1 Episode 10

The episode begins with don’t coming down the steps for work as Sally announces “grandpa’s here and Aunt Gloria.”  Don just goes into the kitchen to find Betty’s dad sitting at the table, and Gloria standing behind him. Betty’s dad wants sugar in his tea but Betty tells him only saccharine. We see that all of them are getting ready to leave for the beach when Betty asks Don to help her with something upstairs. Betty is upset with his father’s new girlfriend and surprisingly Don tries to calm her down. Don suggests that her father can’t even fix himself a cup of tea by himself after being married for 40 years. Don goes to the office for one more day before the three day weekend. Once he arrives we see the men are watching a Kennedy campaign, trying to strategize their next move. There is some conversation but the show is cute to another meeting. This meeting is with the Menkens where both Rachel and her father Abraham are there. Abraham is somewhat open to the suggestions that Sterling Cooper offers he wants to add a restaurant on the ground floor and close the store during construction. Abraham has concerns that he’s creating a store that even he wouldn’t shop in. Don intervenes while looking at Rachel and discusses how the customers have changed. Don says they are “like your daughter, educated and sophisticated, they are fully aware of what they deserve and are willing to pay for it.” Meanwhile this is going on Roger tries to make another pass at Joan. Roger tries to convince Joan to come over because his wife and daughter are out of town for the weekend. However she says no and asks to see the new movie. Roger declines and just continues walking. As Joan puts up a memo in the break room her friend Carol walks in. Carol was just fired after she covered for her boss. Carol and Joan decided to spend the weekend in town searching for real bachelors.  

The scene then cuts to Pete walking into Don’s office. He comes to inform Don that they have lost the Dr. Scholl’s account because they where idsapponted with the creativity. Don is extremely upset and shoves everything off of his desk to the floor. He then goes off to Roger’s office and tells him what has happened. Roger’s remark is “the day you sign a client is the day you start losing them.” We then see Pete bugging Peggy while she tries to ignore him.  Pete won’t leave her alone so Peggy makes a good remark and says “every time I walk by I wonder, are you going to be nice to more or cruel?” Pete is stunned and just walks away. Meanwhile, the other ad men are busy flirting with a group of models, all twins, at the Cartwright double-sided aluminum casting call. Roger and Don show up and set their sights on Eleanor and Mirabelle Ames. Roger hires them on the spot and requests a private celebration upstairs in his office. Drinks all around, Roger flirts relentlessly. "Do you love your sister?" he prods. "Why don't you show her how much? Give her a kiss." Before anything happens, Don rises to leave. Before he can, Eleanor asks him to dance. Across town, Joan and Carol are getting ready in Joan’s bedroom. When Joan notices Carol staring, Carol tells Joan her true feelings. Her true feeling is that she wants Joan to see her as a boy. As she finishes packing her purse, Joan simply asks if they can forget about it and just out. Later that night, Joan and carol return with Franklin and Ralph. When Joan asks Franklin to change her light bulb in her room and Ralph makes a move on Carol. While back at Sterling Cooper, Don and Eleanor sit in don’s office when they hear Mirabelle scream. Don rushes into Rogers office to find Roger naked on the floor. After a few dramatic seconds we see two paramedics pushing a gurney with Roger toward the elevator lobby.

Back at the hospital, we find out Roger is recovering from a heart attack and asks Don if he believes in human energy like a soul. When his wife arrives he breaks down and cries. Then his daughter Margaret comes in and the three of them embrace. The same night we see Joan rushing to Sterling Cooper to help Cooper send telegrams to all Roger’s clients assuring them that business will go uninterrupted. She holds back her tears as Cooper tells her she could do better.

At the hospital Don calls Betty to tell her he won’t be going to the beach house. Don knocks on the door of an apartment. We see Rachel answer. She lets him in and fixes him a drink. He leans in and kisses her desperately. “is this like the end of the world,” she asks, stopping him. “Just do whatever you want?” Don finally opens up and talks about the first time he was a pole bearer and being that close to death. “This is it, this is all there is,” he says. “And its slipping though my fingers.” They kiss, and he slowly lying back onto the couch. He asks if she really wants this. “Yes please” she replies. Afterwards, Don opens u p once more. He explains that his mother was a prostitute, and when she died in childbirth, they delivered the baby to his father and his wife. His father was a drunk who got kicked in the face by a horse. When he died, she took up with another man. “I was raised by those two sorry people.”

The themes I saw that continued in the episode where controlling men. Roger tried to control Joan but Joan wouldn’t allow that to happen. I also saw the theme of the narcissistic men again. I saw how Roger is upset with Joan so he goes to one of the twins. We see Don upset with Betty so he runs to Rachel. I think that the men are so afraid to lose any control that they control all they have too. The men in this show are so interesting. One thing I realized is that all of the people in the show show as little about themselves as possible. They all have hidden motives and hidden don’t share their past.

I feel the smoking and drinking may have to deal with the 60’culture. But for smoking I found 1 Corinthians 6:19 which speak of the body as being the Spirit of God. There were many scriptures against drinking. One was Ephesians 5:8 which spoke about not consuming alcohol but be filled with the Holy Spirit. I found 1 Corinthians 6:10 which speak of who wouldn’t inherit the kingdom of God.  But for a person being controlling I found how God is to have dominion not man (Romans 6:14).

MadMen Season 1 Episode 9

This episode opens with Don stepping into a lobby of a theater. He doesn’t look happy to be there and it is only half way through the show when Jim Hobart approaches Don. Jim is the head of a rival advertising agency and he mentions how he and some of the others were talking about his ads. He then continues to encourage Don to consider moving up in the professional world. When they’re conversation is coming to an end Don and Jim’s wife approach. Jim’s wife links arms with Don to get drinks at the bar while Jim decided to speak with Betty. He sees an uncanny resemblance in Betty to Grace Kelly. She tells him that she’s dabbled in modeling when she was younger, and Jim thinks she could by what he was looking for in his next campaign of Coca-Cola. He gives Betty his business card and she takes it. The next day while Don is on his way to work Betty is cleaning up all the kids toys, which includes a BB gun, and she tells her best friend Francine about Jim’s offer regarding the campaign for Coca-Cola. Betty remembers when she was a must to an Italian fashion designer and within a few seconds of the show her and Francine are in her bedroom while betty tries on all of her dresses that the Italian designer had made for her. Don gets to the office and notices a package on his desk. It’s happens to be from Jim and it’s a membership to the Athletic Club. Don calls Jim and listens to his pitch, which includes higher pay, international network and better clients that include Pan Am and Esso. Don just thanks him for the gift and hangs up on him. The show goes back to Betty who is at Dr. Wayne’s office (her psychiatrist) and Betty talks about her days as a model. She even explains that modeling is how she met Don. She was modeling a coat. She also remembers how her mother was dead set against her career even comparing modeling to prostitution. Dr. Wayne states “you’re angry at you mother.” I think for the first time Betty is upset with the Dr. for his statement. She fires back at him “she wanted me to be beautiful so I could find a man. There’s nothing wrong with that.” The next scene is Betty and Don at home. Betty is preparing dinner and she tells Don that she wants to return to modeling for a few days a week. Don looks upset and begins to argue but he gives up quickly. The next day at Sterling Cooper we see Peggy scrubbing a piece of paper with an eraser when she drops it on the floor. She bends goes to pick it up and she realizes she’s ripped her skirt down the side. She quickly ties her sweater around her waist and goes into the break room. Joan is there and offers Peggy her spare outfit to avoid ruining her silhouette. While in Don’s office Roger shows up with new golf clubs. He says there from Jim and mentions the bonus Cooper have him. Roger tires to explain that big clients such as Pan Am aren’t as glamorous as they seen and the hand-on approach doesn’t follow to big companies. Don just remains silent. The episode flashes back to a group of Pete’s friends gossiping about Don’s offer. Then they see Peggy. They realize that she is in a very attractive but bad fitting dress. They quickly switch subjects and focus on Peggy’s ego now that she’s writing copy. Pete just listens and listens and then leaves abruptly. Pete and Harry retreat to his office. Pete has a great idea about how to boost Nixon’s chances in undecided states. Next we see Betty waiting in a row of younger models. She is overdressed and fidgets until Jim arrives. The phone rings at the Draper home. It's for Betty. She's the girl with the Cola. Don seems genuinely happy for her. The next day, Betty puts on a smile for the photographer as she sits on a picnic blanket with her bottle of soda. Meanwhile, Ethel sits asleep on the couch as Robert, Sally and their dog Polly barrel through the living room into the backyard. Suddenly their neighbor Ross lets some pigeons out of a cage and Polly grabs one in her mouth. Ross grabs Polly by the collar and the bird falls from her mouth. It's wounded but healthy. "I see that dog in my yard again, I'm going to shoot it," he says. That night, Betty wakes up to the sound of Sally sniffling and sobbing. She had a bad dream that Ross was going to kill Polly. This is news to Don and Betty. Angry, Don gets up to have talk with his neighbor, but Betty stops him. In Don's office, Harry, Paul and Pete all compliment Don's work on the Lucky Strike campaign when Roger and Cooper barge in. "Who is responsible?" Cooper asks, regarding the purchase of yet unproduced Secor commercials. Harry and Pete timidly take ownership, and to their surprise, get nothing but congratulations. Before Don leaves, he gets another envelope from Jim. This time it's pictures of Betty and her ideal family from the shoot. Don flips them face down and leaves and goes to Roger's office. He demands a raise with no contract and Roger obliges, happy with Don's decision to stay. Don assures his boss that if he leaves, it won't be for advertising. "I'd like to stop talking about it and get back to it someday," he says about life. Don calls Jim to decline the offer, despite Jim getting his wife into the company. "It's a pity to lose both of you," he says. Meanwhile, Betty poses for another shoot when Ronnie (photographer) approaches with some bad news. They're looking for more Audrey Hepburn, less Grace Kelly. Pete and the boys are celebrating his success in the bullpen when Peggy walks by. As they did before, they make fun of her. "They call a girl like her a lobster," Ken says. "All the meat's in the tail." All of a sudden, Pete hits Ken in the jaw. They fight onto the ground while Don and Roger leave. That night, Betty tells Don over a casserole that although they offered her many possibilities, she doesn't think she wants to go back to modeling after all. Don gets it. The next day, Betty goes through her morning routine and sits in the kitchen. When she notices the pigeons circling the sky, she grabs the BB gun, takes aim and fires at the birds.

The themes I saw that continued in the episode where controlling men. I also realized that almost all of the men are narcissistic and want everything to be around them. Just like Don and Betty’s modeling career. I saw how even though most of them men in this show commit adultery. They are willing to do anything for their kids and at times for their wives. I saw how Pete is ‘in love’ with Peggy. He doesn’t talk bad about her and he even defended her when Kevin was speaking badly. As for themes there was of course was this controlling behavior but there was now this new sense of the men being protective. I don’t know how long it will last but for now it’s nice to see.

For a fruit of this controlling/dominating behavior I saw that everyone smokes. I’m feel this may have to deal with the 60’culture. But for smoking I found 1 Corinthians 6:19 which speak of the body as being the Spirit of God. There were many scriptures against drinking. One was Ephesians 5:8 which spoke about not consuming alcohol but be filled with the Holy Spirit. I found 1 Corinthians 6:10 which speak of who wouldn’t inherit the kingdom of God.  But for a person being controlling I found how God is to have dominion not man (Romans 6:14).

Season 1 Episode 8

This episode is so interesting and is really good. In this episode we see the elevator door opening at Sterling Cooper, and Pete enters. Just before the doors close we see Peggy rushing into the elevator.  Then the elevator person says forgive him because the service elevator is out. In comes a janitor. For Peggy and Pete it is still really early and they are the first two employees to arrive. They speak about how they have big days ahead. Pete makes a comment about it being too crowded in the elevator. Pete is moving into his new apartment with his wife and Peggy’s copy is being present to Bell Jolie clients. They get off the elevator and there is no one there. Once on the floor, enters Pete’s office to see if he wants any coffee. Pete tells her to come in and close the door. Pete tells her “do you know how hard it is to see you walking around here every day?” Suddenly Pete grabs her waist and leans in for a kiss. Then they are on the couch. Peggy begins to unbuckle his pants and Pete fumbles with her skit. The janitor comes in and sees their bodied moving thought glass he just laughs and keeps walking. The scene ends and we see Pete tucking in his shirt, and Peggy realizes Pete’s ripped her collar. Pete tells Peggy he didn't read her copy as he promised. The phone rings and Peggy leaves. Moments later the office comes to life. The scene switches over to the switchboard where Joyce, Marge, and Lois move the class between everyone. We see Lois dropping in on Salvatore’s calls. We see her listening to Salvatore and his mother. It moves over from Lois eavesdropping to Don sitting outside Cooper’s office. He looks nervous and confused. Cooper invites Don in and gives him a check of $2,500 which Cooper says is for his talents. We seen see how Lois ventures over to the art department where Salvatore works. She meets Marty and Duane before Sal comes in. She then says she is lost and asks for directions back to the switchboard. Then she gathers the courage and says to him ciao, ciao. Salvatore looks surprised and happy. We move back to Peggy and she is the conference room, where Fred Rumsen presents the ad campaign for Belle Jolie. We see how she has worked hard and we see her sketches which show a woman standing next to a man, a lipstick kiss on his check. One of the Belle Jolie representatives seems impressed but another isn't.  The brand has more colors than any other and this ad makes no mention of that. Don is upset and gets up and leaves.  Don takes over charge of the pitch saying we've tried it your way and your number four. He says that “every woman wants choices, but in the end, none want to be the one in a box of a hundred. You are giving every girl who wears lipstick the gift of total ownership.” With this being said one of the representatives asks for Don to sit down. The four men begin to celebrate in Don’s office and invite Peggy in for a well-deserved drink of her own. Excited and happy with this success Peggy begins to invite people to a bar for drinks. She invites Pete and other men, the switchboard women. Lois even calls Salvatore to invite him. Salvatore passes up the opportunity to have drinks with Elliot a representative from Bell Jolie. In this scene we see Elliot reach over and drink from Sal’s glass. Elliot continues to ask if Sal would like to go see the view from his bedroom Sal declines. While at the bar most of Sterling Cooper is dancing. Peggy notices Pete sitting alone and dances towards him she asks him to dance and he tells her no and that this isn’t his scene. Her eyes are filled with tears as she returns to the crowd. The show switches scenes and goes to Don knocking on Midges door. Midge is there along with many friends who are getting high and listening to Miles Davis. Don tells her to pack a bag and they’re going to Paris. Midge tells him no. After Don begins to get high he goes to the bathroom and looks at himself in the mirror. He has a flashback. His flashback is him outside of a farmhouse digging as his dad is working on a drunk and a woman is hanging laundry. A hobo approaches and asks if he could work to earn a meal. Abigail agrees and at dinner discovers that he has good manners and is from New York.  That night, Dick brings him blankets and they begin to talk. Dick tells the hobo that he is a child of a whore and the hobo admits he’s actually a traveler who gave up the conventional life to be free. The hobo reveals the codes that show the houses and how the honor is. When the hobo leaves the next morning, Dick sees that there is a picture of a knife which means a dishonest man lives here. He flashes forward again, and he goes and tells Midge to go to Paris. She declines again so he endorses the check and gives it to her. The episode ends with Don going home. The themes continue again. The theme is adultery. Don cheats on Betty and continues like nothing’s happened. He even tries o go away with Midge. I also noticed that all of the people in this show like to gossip. Everything revolves around the lies that are being told. Pete lies and says he wants to be with Peggy but then at her celebration he declines her. He only wants her when no one is around. What would've happened if he never went though with his wedding? The scriptures that come to mind are Hebrews 13:11 which discuss how marriage should be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefined for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. It says it clearly how adulterers are going to be judged. For drinking I found 1 Peter 5:8 which says be sober-minded; be watchful. It’s crazy how times have changed.

Season 1 Episode 7

In this episode we see more about Roger and a little bit more or Don’s narcissistic personality. In the beginning of the episode we see Don calling Betty’s psychiatrist to find out how she’s doing and what she’s been talking to him about. Dr Wayne says that Betty is consumed by jealousies and overwhelmed with everyday activities. The doctor also says that Betty has the emotions of a child and that it is seen though many housewives who are trying to measure up to their husband’s success. While in the office we see Roger drinking his morning mild and vodka when his boss Cooper walks in. Copper tells him that Nixon’s people will be coming by the end of the week to see if the agency is a good fit for the candidate. We also see how Roger wants all that he can’t have. We see this when Roger invites Joan over because his wife and daughter are out of town. Joan declines because her roommate has showed up and already has plans for the two of them.  It’s interesting how Roger turns from one person to another for companionship. Joan turns him down so he goes to Don and tells him “one drink, you owe me that.” Don looks to agree but Pete approaches them and Roger brushes him and unknown to me if he calls him Paul to frustrate him.  As Pete’s ego tries to recover he begins to talk to Peggy.  In the process, Peggy informs Pete how she is writing a copy of the lipstick company. Pete looks confused and offers to look at the copy when she done.  The show flashes towards Roger and Don at a bar talking. Roger is talking about Mona and Don invites Roger over for dinner.  Once they walk through the doors of the Draper home Betty looks upset but doesn't do anything but serve the two men.  While having dinner at the Draper home the three of them discuss their childhoods. Don looks at them and changes the subject. After a lot of drink and many more cigarettes Don has to go to the garage for more liquor. While Don is in the garage Roger wants to ‘help’ Betty. He stands a little too close, he slides his hands around her waist, she resists him and pushes him away but he begins to nuzzle her. She tells him to stop and he says something along the lines that she wants him. Don walks in and see’s them he knows something is off but Roger takes a drink and says his goodbyes. Don returns to the kitchen and wants answers for what he saw or what had happened. She just says was being friendly to his drunken boss. He gets mad and says “you made a fool of yourself,” he also she was throwing herself at him. Betty doesn't say anything and the scene ends. The next day Roger comes into Don’s office with a bottle of liquor and an apology. Don doesn't really do anything but play it cool. After a short day out of the department store trying use his charm Pete goes home empty handed and without impressing the young clerk. Back at the office Pete’s friends arrive to see Pete holding a rifle which he exchanged when he was at the department store. He aims it towards the secretaries trying to check the out until there is someone blocks his view. It’s his secretary telling him he has a meeting. Roger tells the group that Nixon is coming. The next morning Don notices Pete arriving with the rifle in his hand. He just gives Pete a look and enters the elevator. The next scene is Pete in his office with the rifle in his hand. He’s upset because his wife is upset about the rifle. Peggy enters with a folder; she asks Pete if he would still take a look at her work. He just tosses the papers aside and tells her to sit next to him. The next scene is Betty at the grocery store. Helen her neighbor pasts her and doest may eye contact or speak to her. Betty asks her what’s wrong. Helen explains he found a lock of her hair in Glen’s treasure box. Betty tries to explain but Helen doesn't want to hear. Helen is upset and begins to question her. Betty begins to get upset and slaps her. We flash back to Roger and Don who are eating lunch which is oysters and liquor. Once they are on their way back to the office they realize they didn't speak about what will happen with Nixon and their men. Once they get back to the office they are informed that the elevators are out of service. They decide to walk up the 23 flights of stairs. Don is going though it like nothing while the much older Roger is struggling.   When Don finally gets to the foray of the office he see’s three of Nixon’s men waiting for them with Pete and Cooper. Again introductions are arrived when Roger arrives. Roger goes to speak but vomits onto the carpet. As Roger regroups every goes into the meeting, the episode ends with Don having a hint of a smile on his face.

            The themes I saw that continued in the episode where drinking and smoking. I saw how Roger tired to commit adultery and failed. I saw Pete trying to pick up on other women and failed just as bad as Roger. I feel in this episode helped show how even though some are the mistress some refuse to change and give into the men. I saw a lot of back stabbing in the episode. I saw Roger try and sleep with Betty. I feel she was being polite and for Don not to tell Roger something was wrong. He is suppose to stand up and defend he not leave her vulnerable. In this episode as I saw before the chain smokers came out again. I also saw that they all drink whenever possible.

            There where many scriptures against drinking. One was Ephesians 5:8 which spoke about not consuming alcohol but be filled with the Holy Spirit. I found 1 Corinthians 6:10 which speak of who wouldn't inherit the kingdom of God. For smoking I found 1 Corinthians 6:19 which speak of the body as being the Spirit of God. I just find it so odd that none of them in the show even pretend  or say their Christian. I wonder how differently the show dynamics would be if they added a die-hard Christian. 

Season one episode 6

This weeks episode was so good but i have to say there where a lot of stupid jokes being made. For me the episode is so good because  it has so much information and dialogue between the characters. However to me some of the jokes went to far, but it was still good but it shows the personality of the men making the jokes. 

Episode  six begins Don making breakfast and  while taking it to Betty for Mothers day.  However, Don slips on the stairs and hits his head, which causes him to  have a flashback to the day his brother Adam was born. Don and his younger self seem to looking to each other the whole time. It's showing how much Adams visit in the last episode is affecting Don. Right after the nurse asks do you want to see your brother younger dick says  "hes not my brother" and Don comes out of his flashback. Betty and the kids come to check on Don and all he does is laugh and says happy Mother's Day. The episode continues with  Don and Betty's discussion of a book. This causes Betty to revisit her mother's death. For the first time you see Don being a loving supportive husband unlike previous episodes. But we see Don waving away Betty's mood, by saying that "mourning is just extended self-pity" and then bringing up a the tribe he reads about them brewing their ancestors' ashes into beer.

Later we see the Sterling Cooper's office. the focus shifts to Roger Sterling. Sterling's wife, Mona is in the office and makes a joke about how her husband's grey hair makes him look older than he is. We see how Joan react to Sterlings family. We see Joan and Sterling's family at the office, followed by the the viewers seeing the  revelation of Sterling's affair Joan. We find about this crazy affair after Mona leaves the office for lunch. Ot flashes to sterling getting redressed and then Joan was out and is fixing her clothing. we also see Joan accepting her life as a mistress. what is strange to me is her remark here about how "food that close to a bed reminds me of a hospital" this hints to events which may have shaped her. When Joan tells Roger that she knows as much about men as he does about advertising, she's incriminating herself in light of how Sterling's insight into the business has been another source of many of the series' best lines in Don's bedroom scene with Betty earlier, there's a jokey reference to women as the equivalent of cars that can be traded in for new models. While that's unfortunately true where the wives and mistresses of the rich and powerful are concerned, the wisecrack is undercut by Joan's frank description of the sense of power she derives from stringing along multiple sugar daddies. Joan is hardly the only woman who enjoys a significant amount of control over the men in their lives. W also see how Joan is quite happy being a mistress and says that it will only last until she is married and finds someone to marry.  We soon see the return of Rachel Mencken and Don asks for her unvarnished insights into the Israeli mind frame. Its a bad excuse to have lunch with her, and we see Don is still attracted to her. Rachel is smart and she keeps the upper hand throughout the lunch both because she has knowledge Don wants her because she plays her emotional cards so close. This leads to a scene where she reveals her feelings for Don in a phone conversation with her sister. The scene ends with an assessment of the social rules. And finally with Rachel's sister saying  "It's 1960, we don't live in a shtetl, we can marry for love," her response is "I'm not sure people do that anymore." Sterling Cooper secretaries serve as an impromptu lipstick focus group while the men literally watch from the peanut gallery. One secretary's bleating remark that brainstorming sounds like something difficult is inches over the foul line—it's hard to believe that any woman could have such a low opinion of her faculties when she's got the example of Joan walking around in front of her daily. Joan's manipulation and whit of the focus group and titillation of Roger through the glass marks another display of her power, which we soon learn is something she guards jealously when we see her patronizing Peggy when relaying the message that Fred Rumsen about his intrigue by Peggy's potential as a copywriter. At first glance, Rumson seems like he might be the biggest lush at Sterling Cooper, but he's soon revealed as someone whose clear-eyed view of the business rivals that of Roger Sterling. Rumsen's puts-down of Ken, the way he uses one of Salvatore's snarky quips as the jumping-off point for an impassioned—and convincing—explanation of why Peggy might be an advertising natural. Ken again gilds the lily by ending with Rumsen's too-far-over-the-top observation that observing Peggy's insight. Once the office scene is over it switches over to Don going to Midge's. Where Don and Roy have words. Roy is the bohemian poseur with whom Midge is apparently also involved. Midge displays her power by goading the two, then sitting back and watching a fight begin to brew. Joan's power at the office and in the boudoir means little if she can't be seen with Roger in public. And while the liaison may provide Roger with relief from a miserable marriage, the inherent nature of the relationship means that relief will forever be superficial and will not last long.  We also see how upset Don gets when he is challenged. We see how Don realizes Midge and Roy are "in love." The episode ends with an angry Don leaving Midges apartment. 

 For me I saw the theme of adults, smoking, and drinking continue. I did also see the lies intertwine i saw how one lie leads to another. I feel it is so crazy how the women accept being the mistresses and know it won't  last forever. I saw how the women also choose to be the mistresses and chase after thee men who are married. I know it's not just the women the men should keep their vows they made to their wives. For the theme of adultery we see how midge is with Don, whose, married to Betty, but really wants to be with Rachel. We also see Sterling's mistress Joan interact with Sterling's wife Mona like they're friends. As for smoking everyone in this show are chai smokers. Everyone drinks in this show and drink at every opportunity. I just wonder with all the cheating on each other what would happen if a mistress would get pregnant? How would the men react? He would the women react?

Scripture against it 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 which says “don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body." This isn’t a specific command or warning against not smoking or drinking  but is says we are to treat our body like the temple of the Holy Spirit. We are to treat our bodies with respect because of the Holy Spirit living within us. Also for the Ten Commandments is in Exodus and the Ten Commandments.

MadMen Season Episode 5

This week’s episode was a huge shocker for me it was so good. It began with a dinner. Following this dinner at which Don and his boss receive an award called the Newkey, consisting of a horseshoe nailed to a plaque, Don and Betty go home extremely drunk and fall asleep in their clothes, then wake up tremendous hangovers. Don is late for work, but many people compliment him on his award. People in the office even tell him there is a photo of him in an advertising journal but Don says it is a good thing no one reads it. Peggy continues to tell him some people have commented on his lateness by saying his award has gone to his head. Don remark is how rude. Don has a meeting scheduled with his account executives, but only one, Ken Cosgrove, is there. Ken has been showing Peggy the short story he just got published in the Atlantic Monthly. He tells Don about it. Peter Campbell and Paul join the meeting and are surprised to learn that Ken is a writer and that he has published something. Ken tells them about the plots of his two novels, and Paul comments and of course Ken agrees. The meeting officially begins as they discuss a client, a bank that is giving away toasters to new customers. There is a general agreement that this give-away idea is not only stale but targets women who rarely control the family purse strings. Paul and Don come up with the idea of private or executive accounts for men. After the meeting, Peggy tells Don he has a call from Bix Beiderbecke. This turns out to be Midge who tells Don she used the late trumpeter's name because she wants to play the horn. Peggy picks up the phone without remembering that it is still open to the line Don is using. She overhears Midge ask Don to come over to her immediately. Peggy carefully re-cradles the phone. Don comes out of his office and tells Peggy he'll be gone until after lunch. Don and Midge and Midge points out, Don waits until that moment to complain about Midge calling him at work. Don tells her that he likes coming to see her, and she comments that he seems like two different people and that he becomes a different person as soon as he comes into Midge's apartment. The account executives gather in Peter’s office. Pete and Paul are self-pitying and jealous of Ken's success. Pete complains that Ken's father is just a salesman, and Paul wants to know, what difference does that make? But when Pete observes that Ken has been published in a national publication, which his own father reads, Paul agrees, that it hurts. We soon see Ken is talking too many of the secretaries about the novels he’s written and the one that was published. Paul walks in and says he read one and it is good. Saying that he would like to give his girlfriend a copy of Ken's story to read, Paul takes the magazine from Ken and tears out the pages, folds them, and puts them in his breast pocket. Later still, when the two men are alone, Paul apologizes for his behavior, explaining that he just never thought that he was in competition with Ken. You lose, says Ken. At a general meeting, Sterling compliments Ken on finishing something and makes several of his usual comments implying that nobody at the agency really ever does any work. Accounts from previous episodes are mentioned, so we know these are still occurring. Sterling says they will have to wait until after the November elections to see whether the government is likely to take any action against the tobacco industry. The meeting is interrupted by Peggy with a message for Don. A man named Adam Whitman has arrived and is asking for Don. Don looks absolutely stunned and shocked. He leaves the meeting and confronts Adam who says, it’s really is you, Dick. Adam continues to say that he is Don's brother, and he works as a janitor. He found the advertising journal with Don's picture in an office trash can. He had thought Dick was dead. Don tries to deny he is Dick, but Adam doesn’t believe that. Don promises to meet Adam at a coffee shop at noon. Don goes back to the meeting but is so distracted that he almost doesn't respond when he someone is speaking to him.Don meets Adam in the coffee shop. Adam reveals that Don disappeared after the Korean War and that his mother has now died. Don comments, she wasn't my mother and she never let me forget that. Adam says that after his mother died Dad passed, too. Don does not indicate whether he has any feelings about Dad passing. Adam says that, back in 1953, he had thought he saw Dick in his uniform peeking out of a window. He always had a feeling that his brother was still alive. Adam wants to know why Dick left, but Don only says he couldn't go back. Don finally admits that he missed Adam, but he won't tell Adam anything about his life now. When Adam says he wants to be in Don's life again, Don says, NO!!! He gets up to leave and says that this meeting never happened. While all this is happening, Betty and the kids arrive at the office because there is an appointment with a photographer for a family portrait. Peggy panics and seeks advice from Joan about what to do. Joan persuades Peggy to tell where she suspects Don is and Betty thinks Don is with Midge. Joan says Peggy should not have told that but promises she'll never tell. Joan being ever so helpful advises Peggy to keep it simple and just say she forgot to remind Don and to let him come up with his own excuse and that for sure he'll have one. Peggy tries to entertain Betty. At one point of this, Betty makes the remark that Peggy knows Don better than she. Peggy does not say anything. Don returns and says he was at the printers. Peggy tries taking the blame, but Don plays the gracious boss. When he walks out with his family, Peggy is considerably relieved. Peggy talks it over with Joan, telling her this is an odd job. Joan says that this is the greatest job. Pete and his wife, discuss a short story he wrote because if Ken writing his. Pete’s story about is about a hunter and a bear. Trudy thinks it is odd because the bear talks. Pete explains that the bear is not talking; that is just what the hunter thinks the bear is thinking. He would like her to help get it published by using her connection even though Pete knows that Charlie is her ex-lover. Trudy is clearly hurt over being asked to do this but she reluctantly agrees to go see him. Trudy meets with Charlie he propositions her, but she pleads for him to drop it. Trudy reports to Pete that his story is to be published in Boys' Life magazine. Pete is disappointed. They'll probably put it next to an ad for exploding cigars. He whines that his story is good enough for the New Yorker and accuses Trudy of deliberately holding him back. Trudy says she could have gotten it into the New Yorker Pete asks why didn't she? Trudy wants to know asks how he could put her in that position. Pete just pouts, evidently not picking up, or not caring, that Trudy is implying that in order to get his story published in a better magazine she would have had to sleep with Charlie. Don receives an envelope from Adam. It contains a photo of Dick in his uniform with Adam. With it is a slip of paper from a hotel with a note from Adam telling Don his room number is 5-G. Back in the suburbs Betty is talking to Don about her parents' summer home in Cape May and how it is so far away from New York that Don is hardly ever there. She asks Don why he is preoccupied, and he says he is trying to decide whether he must go back to the office tonight. After dinner, Don calls Adam if he will come see him in twenty-five minutes. Don opens a desk drawer and puts an open briefcase on top of the desk. He reaches into the drawer and begins to remove something that you can’t see. Don brings the brief case to Adam's room Adam is ecstatic, saying Don looks more like the person he remembers than he did before. Don asks whether Adam has anyone in his life. Adam answers him no. Adam comments Don's success and says they always said Don was too smart for his own good. Don explains that he has a new life and it only goes in one direction: forward. He opens the briefcase and gives his brother five thousand dollars. Don tells Adam to take the money, leave New York, and never contact him again. Adam says that this isn't what he wanted from Don. Don tells him, this is all I can give you. Don tells Adam to go back to thinking that his brother is dead. He urges Adam to reflect on the fact that with five thousand dollars and how he could make a new life for himself. Don allows Adam to hug him, but Don breaks it off first. When Don get’s home, Betty tells him she knows that Don is uncomfortable about having to use her parents' summer home. Betty suggests that they buy a summer home, closer to New York. Don says that he likes going to Cape May and maybe we can afford to buy a summer home next year. With this the episode ends. But for me it just stirred up so many questions? Like who is Don really? Does Betty know anything? What will happen to Adam?

            The same theme I have seen continued yet again. The theme of adultery plays over and over again. Don cheats on Betty with Midge. Peggy finds out and does nothing except gossip to Joan. This leads me to my next theme. I also saw the gossip train continue. Many so many people in this show talk about each other behind their backs they all talk about each other. The theme of smoking continues. Everyone in this show is a chain smoker.

            The scriptures that come to mind for the adultery is again Hebrews 13:11. Which discuss marriage and how it should be held in honor among all and God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous it says it clearly how adulterers are going to be judged. For smoking I remember 1 Peter 5:8 which says be sober-minded; be watchful. And for gossip I found Leviticus 19:16, Proverbs 11:13; 20:19, Psalms 34:13; and 52:2 which all discuss gossip and the tongue being deceitful on some way.

Mad Men Season 1 Episode 4

            This episode is really interesting and helps me understand the characters more. It opens with Pete and his friends listening to a record when his wife Trudy arrives. She arrives unannounced and you can tell that Pete is annoyed with her arrival. Trudy has a surprise for Pete and wants to take him to lunch. Pete introduces Trudy to Don. And Don charms her like he does to most of the women on the show. Peggy is also there and she waves but Pete doesn’t introduce her instead he just gives her a dirty look. The surprise Trudy has for Pete is an apartment in Manhattan. Pete and Trudy argue that they can’t afford it. Trudy’s idea is that they could ask for help. Pete is hesitant. There is a little problem at the company between Don and Paul’s girlfriend Rachel. Don asks her out but she puts him down. Back at the Draper home Betty is reading to the kids to put them to be and then goes out to walk the dog. While walking she sees a many banging on Helen’s door. He tells her he is Helen’s husband and asks Betty if he can use her phone. But Betty refuses and tells him “I’m sure you are who you say you are, but I don’t let strange men into my house.” He looks angry and Betty goes home quickly. Later on, Helen comes by to apologize. Betty and Helen sit and talk and Helen explains how she divorced him because he was cheating. Helen says goodbye to Betty after Don arrives home. Now back to Pete. Pete goes to his father who is mean Pete discusses the apartment. Pete tells his father he needs help with the down payment. His father tells him no and he’s spoiled and that he thinks advertising work is meaningless and doesn’t count as work. Pete goes home and lies to Trudy saying he didn’t bring up them needing help for the down because his father is sick. The next day at after a meeting something huge happens. During a meeting with Bethlehem Steel Pete decides to undercut Don while don is pitching an idea. Don reminds Walter (the guy from Bethlehem Steel) that he initially liked Dons idea. There is a little argument between Pete and Don where the ends results are Pete storming out like a child saying he has good ideas too. Later that night the Betty gets a call from Helen asking if she could babysit. She goes and babysits but its weird how Glen behaves around her. Like asking for a lock of her hair or trying to watch while she uses the bathroom. Betty gives in and gives Glen a lock of hair. Once Helen arrives home Betty tells her nothing about what happened with Glen and goes home. Betty finds Don asleep with sketches on his chest that are ‘O Little Town of Bethlehem.” The story flashes over to Pete and Trudy who are having dinner with Trudy’s parents. Trudy’s parents offer to pay the down and Pete refuses. On the way home you can tell that Pete is angry.  But he continues to pull a shady move on Don and the guys at Sterling Cooper. He goes to the St. Regis hotel to meet Walter from the steel company. Once there Pete introduces them to ‘cousins’ and then pitches his idea. I feel that Pete is so willing to prove himself he endangers his job more than helping himself. The next day Walter and the people from the steel company meet. Don presents his O Little Town idea, but Walter wants Pete’s pitch. After Walter leaves, Don fires Pete. I know I was so happy when this happened mainly because Pete is a sleaze ball. Well, Pete is extremely upset and storms back to his office and kicks out the people who are listening to records. Don now has the duty of telling Roger that he fired Pete for going behind his back. Roger is happy while Pete is in his office drinking and trying not to cry. Now it is both of their duty to tell Cooper what has happened. Cooper tells them to rehire Pete because of his family and their influences. Don and Roger go to Pete’s office and the unthinkable happens. Roger tells Pete that Cooper and he wanted to fire Pete but Don wouldn’t allow it. Roger tells Pete to follow Don like a soldier following a commanding officer. The episode ends with Pete and Trudy in their new apartment. The neighbors come in and talk to them and are happy with their family connections. Pete however looks out of the window uncomfortably.

The same theme I have seen continued yet again. The theme is adultery. Don cheats on Betty and continues like nothing’s happened. I also noticed that all of the people in this show like to gossip. Betty talks to the psychologist about Helen not properly caring for Glen. It’s sad how Betty feels about Helen but pretends to be a friend. I also have seen the theme of alcoholism continue. Pete drinks heavily once he gets fired. I also saw the theme of smoking continue. Everyone in this show smokes so much.

            The scriptures that come to mind for the adultery is Hebrews 13:11. Which discuss marriage and how it should be held in honor among all and God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous it says it clearly how adulterers are going to be judged. For drinking and smoking I found 1 Peter 5:8 which says be sober-minded; be watchful. Again I ask how the show would be different if there was a Christian character. What would happen in this show if they were saved? Would the characters act differently?