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).
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