Mad Men Episode 2

Well the show Mad Men doesn't really change in the second episode. It is all about Don Draper and his very complicated life. In this episode Betty, Don’s wife, has a massive panic attack where her hands go numb behind the wheel of her car. Betty ends up crashing into a fountain in the front yard. Peggy is missing Pete.  So let’s begin with an in detail summary. 

The episode begins with Don and Betty at dinner with Don’s boss Roger Sterling, and his wife Mona. Don is reluctant to talk about his past. Roger speaks of his nanny, and mentions his daughter sees a psychologist. Once the ladies go to the bathroom, Betty’s hands go numb. Mona puts her lipstick on for her.  At dinner Don refuses to speak about his past and later that night Betty begins to wonder who he really is and she even asks him “who’s in there?” Whoa go Peggy in this episode she receives her first paycheck. Then Don is persuaded by someone name Bertram Cooper to work on the Nixon campaign. Then there is some real action when Joan walks by and sees Peggy about to eat lunch and she say’s how sad it is. So Joan takes Peggy into the break room where Pete (the guy who cheated on his finance last episode) has sent a postcard to his friends back in New York. The girls say they’re going to shop through lunch. Of course, this invites the men to take them out instead, and they flirt heavily, and when they get back, Paul hits on Peggy. Peggy shoots him down. While this is occurring back home Betty and Francine gossip about the new neighbor, divorced Helen Bishop. Later, Betty slows down while driving past Helen and her hands again go numb. Then Betty ends up crashing into a fountain in the front yard. There is an argument between Don and his mistress Midge. Then Don goes home Betty tells him all about the doctors and Don doesn't believe her and thinks that psychiatry is fake. Don comes home that night with a beautiful white gold watch, but Betty, still weepy, again suggests psychiatry. Don arranges for her to see Dr. Arnold Wayne. After taking Betty to Dr. Wayne at eleven in the morning, Don blows off work to visit Midge. Paul hits on Peggy and kisses her but she pulls away. He asks her if she belongs to someone. Peggy starts to put together her desk to leave a little early, but Joan catches her and shows her letters that she’d typed is wrong. Peggy says she’s upset because men are all over her, although Joan suggests this is enjoyable. Betty is at her first appointment with Dr. Wayne, meandering about her hands, the bomb, and feeling anxious. Dr. Wayne silently takes notes. Don takes Betty out to dinner, and, once home, Dr. Wayne calls to discuss Betty’s session.

Again throughout the episode I saw one major theme play out. It was sexism and adultery from all the men on the show. Again, even when Betty, Don’s wife is seeing a psychologist he chooses to cheat with Midge. All thought this episode a theme I saw was drinking. Each man and every woman had multiple drinks. They all consumed alcohol in almost every scene of the show. I was amazed at how they all treated each other. It was all about sex and how they all want to try and get into with each other. It’s hard to understand the women most they say don’t want to be with the men but they don’t really know how to say now or stop the continual flirting and advances. The last theme is that everyone in the show is a chain smoker they all continually smoke. Even Betty’s friend Francine who is pregnant smokes. It’s strange how no one seems to care about personal health but instead their social lives.

In conclusion, these actions and themes are against scripture. In Hebrews 13:11 it discusses how let marriage 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. I just don’t understand how a woman would be able to live in this time. For drinking I found 1 Peter 5:8 which says be sober-minded; be watchful. Again this time was all about a person’s social life not their life. I just find it hard to comprehend how people feel that all these behaviors are okay.