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.
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