Well, it probably wasn't Don's hand, and it wasn't exactly a cookie jar, but he sure got caught in last night's episode 6.11 of Mad Men - and by his daughter Sally, no less.
The season and the episode had been building up to this beautifully. Early in the season, Sally gets a glimpse of Don and Megan in the bedroom. Last night, we get too parallel stories that lead up to the great revelation.
In one of these threads, Sally develops an instant crush on Sylvia and the doc's teenage son. Sally's with her friend, the two are staying over Don and Megan's apartment, and the two girls giggle and plot about the doc's son. Near the end of the episode, Sally's friend reveals that she left a note for the doc's son, signed by Sally - who rushes back to the apartment building, and sweet talks the genial doorman to give her the key to the doc's and Sylvia's apartment. Sally walks in, and sees-
Well, the second story also features the doc's son, who has a received a 1A and is thus in imminent danger of being drafted. The doc and Sylvia are desperate to keep their son out of Vietnam. Don, who tells Megan it's none of their concern, nonetheless later says the war is "wrong," and soon Don is pitching the big client Chevy's people who have some connections with the military - pitching Chevy not on SC&P's advertising acumen, that is, but on the inequity of the war. This leads nowhere except to Ted's chastising Don for getting political with a client - but it turns out that Ted has a connection which can put the doc's boy in a plane far away from Vietnam. Don conveys the good news to Sylvia, the two get to talking, and-
This is how Don ends up in bed with Sylvia when Sally walks in. It's a brilliant little short that Guy de Maupassant would have pleased to write. Don, of course, as befits Mad Men, doesn't quite get his comeuppance but neither does he escape unscathed. And I fear the wheels are now in motion for Don and Megan to split, which, actually, I'd hate to see because I like Megan.
But looking forward more than ever to rest of this season's Mad Men.
See also Mad Men 6.1-2: The Lighter and the Twist ... Mad Men 6.3: Good Company ... Mad Men 6.4: McLuhan, Heinz, and Don's Imagination ... Mad Men 6.5: MLK ... Mad Men 6.6: Good News Comes in a Chevy ... Mad Men 6.7: Merger and Margarine ... Mad Men 6.8: Dr. Feelgood and Grandma Ida ... Mad Men 6.9: Don and Betty ... Mad Men 6.10: Medium Cool
See also Why "You Only Live Twice" for Mad Men Season 5 Finale ... Mad Men Season Five Finale
See also Mad Men Season 5 Debut: It's Don's Party ... Mad Men 5.3: Heinz Is On My Side ... Mad Men 5.4: Volunteer, Dream, Trust ... Mad Men 5.5: Ben Hargrove ... Mad Men 5.6: LSD Orange ... Mad Men 5.7: People of High Degree ... Mad Men 5.8: Mad Man and Gilmore Girl ...Mad Men 5.9: Don's Creativity ... Mad Men 5.10: "The Negron Complex" ... Mad Men 5.11: Prostitution and Power ... Mad Men 5.12: Exit Lane
And from Season 4: Mad Men 4.1: Chicken Kiev, Lethal Interview, Ham Fight ... 4.2: "Good Time, Bad Time?" "Yes." ... 4.3: Both Coasts ... 4.4: "The following program contains brief nudity ..." 4.5: Fake Out and Neurosis ... 4.6: Emmys, Clio, Blackout, Flashback ... 4.7: 'No Credits on Commercials' ... 4.8: A Tale of Two Women ... 4.9: "Business of Sadists and Masochists" ...4.10: Grim Tidings ... 4.11: "Look at that Punim" ... 4.12: No Smoking! ... Mad Men Season 4 Finale: Don and -
And from Season 3: Mad Men Back for 3 and 3.2: Carvel, Penn Station, and Diet Soda and 3.3: Gibbon, Blackface, and Eliot and 3.4: Caned Seats and a Multiple Choice about Sal's Patio Furniture and 3.5: Admiral TV, MLK, and a Baby Boy and 3.6: A Saving John Deere and 3.7: Brutal Edges ... August Flights in 3.8 ... Unlucky Strikes and To the Moon Don in 3.9 ... 3.10: The Faintest Ink, The Strongest Television ... Don's Day of Reckoning in Mad Men 3.11 ... Mad Men 3.12: The End of the World in Mad Men ... Mad Men Season 3 Finale: The End of the World
And from Season Two: Mad Men Returns with a Xerox and a Call Girl ... 2.2: The Advertising Devil and the Deep Blue Sea ... 2.3 Double-Barreled Power ... 2.4: Betty and Don's Son ... 2.5: Best Montage Since Hitchcock ... 2.6: Jackie, Marilyn, and Liberty Valance ... 2.7: Double Dons... 2.8: Did Don Get What He Deserved? ... 2.9: Don and Roger ... 2.10: Between Ray Bradbury and Telstar ... 2.11: Welcome to the Hotel California ... 2.12 The Day the Earth Stood Still on Mad Men ... 2.13 Saving the Best for Last on Mad Men
And from Season One: Mad Men Debuts on AMC: Cigarette Companies and Nixon ... Mad Men 2: Smoke and Television ... Mad Men 3: Hot 1960 Kiss ... Mad Men 4 and 5: Double Mad Men ...Mad Men 6: The Medium is the Message! ... Mad Men 7: Revenge of the Mollusk ... Mad Men 8: Weed, Twist, Hobo ... Mad Man 9: Betty Grace Kelly ... Mad men 10: Life, Death, and Politics ...Mad Men 11: Heat! ... Mad Men 12: Admirable Don ... Mad 13: Double-Endings, Lascaux, and Holes
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The season and the episode had been building up to this beautifully. Early in the season, Sally gets a glimpse of Don and Megan in the bedroom. Last night, we get too parallel stories that lead up to the great revelation.
In one of these threads, Sally develops an instant crush on Sylvia and the doc's teenage son. Sally's with her friend, the two are staying over Don and Megan's apartment, and the two girls giggle and plot about the doc's son. Near the end of the episode, Sally's friend reveals that she left a note for the doc's son, signed by Sally - who rushes back to the apartment building, and sweet talks the genial doorman to give her the key to the doc's and Sylvia's apartment. Sally walks in, and sees-
Well, the second story also features the doc's son, who has a received a 1A and is thus in imminent danger of being drafted. The doc and Sylvia are desperate to keep their son out of Vietnam. Don, who tells Megan it's none of their concern, nonetheless later says the war is "wrong," and soon Don is pitching the big client Chevy's people who have some connections with the military - pitching Chevy not on SC&P's advertising acumen, that is, but on the inequity of the war. This leads nowhere except to Ted's chastising Don for getting political with a client - but it turns out that Ted has a connection which can put the doc's boy in a plane far away from Vietnam. Don conveys the good news to Sylvia, the two get to talking, and-
This is how Don ends up in bed with Sylvia when Sally walks in. It's a brilliant little short that Guy de Maupassant would have pleased to write. Don, of course, as befits Mad Men, doesn't quite get his comeuppance but neither does he escape unscathed. And I fear the wheels are now in motion for Don and Megan to split, which, actually, I'd hate to see because I like Megan.
But looking forward more than ever to rest of this season's Mad Men.
See also Mad Men 6.1-2: The Lighter and the Twist ... Mad Men 6.3: Good Company ... Mad Men 6.4: McLuhan, Heinz, and Don's Imagination ... Mad Men 6.5: MLK ... Mad Men 6.6: Good News Comes in a Chevy ... Mad Men 6.7: Merger and Margarine ... Mad Men 6.8: Dr. Feelgood and Grandma Ida ... Mad Men 6.9: Don and Betty ... Mad Men 6.10: Medium Cool
See also Why "You Only Live Twice" for Mad Men Season 5 Finale ... Mad Men Season Five Finale
See also Mad Men Season 5 Debut: It's Don's Party ... Mad Men 5.3: Heinz Is On My Side ... Mad Men 5.4: Volunteer, Dream, Trust ... Mad Men 5.5: Ben Hargrove ... Mad Men 5.6: LSD Orange ... Mad Men 5.7: People of High Degree ... Mad Men 5.8: Mad Man and Gilmore Girl ...Mad Men 5.9: Don's Creativity ... Mad Men 5.10: "The Negron Complex" ... Mad Men 5.11: Prostitution and Power ... Mad Men 5.12: Exit Lane
And from Season 4: Mad Men 4.1: Chicken Kiev, Lethal Interview, Ham Fight ... 4.2: "Good Time, Bad Time?" "Yes." ... 4.3: Both Coasts ... 4.4: "The following program contains brief nudity ..." 4.5: Fake Out and Neurosis ... 4.6: Emmys, Clio, Blackout, Flashback ... 4.7: 'No Credits on Commercials' ... 4.8: A Tale of Two Women ... 4.9: "Business of Sadists and Masochists" ...4.10: Grim Tidings ... 4.11: "Look at that Punim" ... 4.12: No Smoking! ... Mad Men Season 4 Finale: Don and -
And from Season 3: Mad Men Back for 3 and 3.2: Carvel, Penn Station, and Diet Soda and 3.3: Gibbon, Blackface, and Eliot and 3.4: Caned Seats and a Multiple Choice about Sal's Patio Furniture and 3.5: Admiral TV, MLK, and a Baby Boy and 3.6: A Saving John Deere and 3.7: Brutal Edges ... August Flights in 3.8 ... Unlucky Strikes and To the Moon Don in 3.9 ... 3.10: The Faintest Ink, The Strongest Television ... Don's Day of Reckoning in Mad Men 3.11 ... Mad Men 3.12: The End of the World in Mad Men ... Mad Men Season 3 Finale: The End of the World
And from Season Two: Mad Men Returns with a Xerox and a Call Girl ... 2.2: The Advertising Devil and the Deep Blue Sea ... 2.3 Double-Barreled Power ... 2.4: Betty and Don's Son ... 2.5: Best Montage Since Hitchcock ... 2.6: Jackie, Marilyn, and Liberty Valance ... 2.7: Double Dons... 2.8: Did Don Get What He Deserved? ... 2.9: Don and Roger ... 2.10: Between Ray Bradbury and Telstar ... 2.11: Welcome to the Hotel California ... 2.12 The Day the Earth Stood Still on Mad Men ... 2.13 Saving the Best for Last on Mad Men
And from Season One: Mad Men Debuts on AMC: Cigarette Companies and Nixon ... Mad Men 2: Smoke and Television ... Mad Men 3: Hot 1960 Kiss ... Mad Men 4 and 5: Double Mad Men ...Mad Men 6: The Medium is the Message! ... Mad Men 7: Revenge of the Mollusk ... Mad Men 8: Weed, Twist, Hobo ... Mad Man 9: Betty Grace Kelly ... Mad men 10: Life, Death, and Politics ...Mad Men 11: Heat! ... Mad Men 12: Admirable Don ... Mad 13: Double-Endings, Lascaux, and Holes
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