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3. Don Draper. In tonight's episode, he got to learn that Betty called him about her malady and didn't tell her husband, got to mess with a teenage girl's head and mock Harry Crane when trying to sign the Rolling Stones to do a Heinz ad, is still married to Megan, and didn't have to do any actual work. Not a bad outing. He also has the result of the firm's EOE "ad" working for him. She's named Dawn, which kind of cracks people up.
2. Michael Ginsberg. He's the newest copywriter at SCDP, brought in to work the Mowhawk account. His initial meeting with Peggy doesn't go well - he's spends most of it channeling Woody Allen, but with more crazy. He almost talks himself out of meeting Don, but has a good enough portfolio for Peggy to give him a chance to meet Don. In that meeting, Michael is normal, almost charming, or at least is when Peggy lets him talk (as she keeps interrupting to hold off his neuroses). He also lives with his (I'm assuming) widowed dad, who sings what I assume is a Hebrew blessing over his son when told he got the job. I think I'm going to like these two.
1. Pete Campbell. The episode doesn't start well for him - Roger moved a meeting regarding Mohawk out of Pete's new office and into his own - but Pete gets the last laugh when he assembles the SCDP staff to announce Mohawk's return. That he gets to do so and intimate that Roger will be working under him on the account is icing on the cake.
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3. Harry Crane. He accompanies Don to sign the Rolling Stones, and gets in to see them. He even gets them to sign on to sing an ad for Heinz. Except that the group he actually signs are The Tradewinds. This might not be such a bad deal in a decade, as it looks like they'll become the band Styx (assuming Wikipedia is right about their early years and I'm making the correct logical leap). Crane then pounds sliders (he's got the munchies after smoking a joint with a teenaged girl) and complains about not getting food when he brings dinner home for the family. Don gets to mock some more, but more gently than last week. Pretty much the usual sad sack Harry as usual.
2. Roger Sterling. He's all set to handle the Mohawk account and even have his own creative staffer to handle the writing, but then gets presented as the "day to day" guy on the account by Pete. This makes him feel even more ineffectual than usual, as he notes to Don over a drink. I do like that these two are friends (of a sort) again. Don better get used to hearing this type of complaint, though.
1. Betty Francis. Betty has gained a significant amount of weight since we last left her, and it's due to something she's carrying. Sadly for her, it's not a baby. It's a lump on her thyroid, which is discovered when she goes to get a prescription for diet pills at the suggestion of her mother in law. Thankfully, the lump is benign, but this does suggest that her weight gain is psychological. From the last scene, where she's sharing ice cream sundaes with Sally, it seems that food is the lone place she's finding happiness in her current situation, even though Henry clearly loves her. Henry also learns of her call to Don from Don, when he calls to check up on her diagnosis. That's probably mitigating some of those feelings.
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