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** In the Season 3 premiere, Don begins to see the events leading up to his birth happening right in front of him in his kitchen. These are most likely his imagination as he wasn't born yet when these events happened.


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** Bobby Draper and Bobbie Barrett as well.


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** Don's flashbacks to his childhood fall on the grittier side however, taking place in rural America during the Great Depression. The visual dissonance between the flashbacks and the main story just makes them all the more jarring.
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* EndsWithASmile: The series ends with Don Draper meditating on a hillside as a smile creeps onto his face, then the show cuts to the famous "hilltop" Coca-Cola ad, the implication being that Don just came up with the idea.

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** Miss Blankenship dies in the office.

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** Miss Blankenship dies in the office. Cooper at least tries to salvage and put some grandeur on it.
-->"She was born in 1898 in a barn. She died on the thirty-seventh floor of a skyscraper. She's an astronaut."
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* HuntingIsEvil:
** Betty is bothered by the birds in her garden, however, it's only after she loses her chance at modeling again thanks to Don, and realizes that she is still trapped in an unfulfiling and unhappy family and marriage that she takes a gun out to the garden and calmly shoots them.
** Ken gets his eye shot out on a hunting trip with Chevy executives.
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The show ran for 7 seasons from July 19, 2007 to May 17, 2015, receiving fifteen [[UsefulNotes/EmmyAward Emmys]] and four UsefulNotes/{{Golden Globe}}s along the way. After the success they had with splitting ''Series/BreakingBad'''s last season into two parts, AMC elected to do the same with ''Mad Men''; the first half of Season 7 aired in spring 2014, and the second half aired in spring 2015.

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The show ran for 7 seasons from July 19, 2007 to May 17, 2015, and aired as a SundayEveningDramaSeries; receiving fifteen [[UsefulNotes/EmmyAward Emmys]] and four UsefulNotes/{{Golden Globe}}s along the way. After the success they had with splitting ''Series/BreakingBad'''s last season into two parts, AMC elected to do the same with ''Mad Men''; the first half of Season 7 aired in spring 2014, and the second half aired in spring 2015.
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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: An in-universe example. When Cooper hangs a Rothko in his office, the guys worry about what they're supposed to say if he asks them about it. The real reason Bert Cooper bought it was because he expected the price to double in a year and sell it to make a profit.

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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: An in-universe example. When Cooper hangs a Rothko in his office, the guys worry about what they're supposed to say if he asks them about it. The real reason Bert Cooper bought it was because he expected the price to double in a year and sell it to make a profit.
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* ImmigrantPatriotism: Lane loves living in America and embraces all things New York (putting a [[UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} Mets]] pennant and a little copy of the Statue of Liberty in his office). This doesn't keep him from being proudly British (including cheering on England in the '66 World Cup), but on multiple occasions he's made it clear he wants to stay in America.

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* ImmigrantPatriotism: Lane loves living in America and embraces all things New York (putting a [[UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} [[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball Mets]] pennant and a little copy of the Statue of Liberty in his office). This doesn't keep him from being proudly British (including cheering on England in the '66 World Cup), but on multiple occasions he's made it clear he wants to stay in America.
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''Mad Men'' is an American [[PeriodPiece period drama]] TV series surrounding an {{advertising}} firm on Madison Avenue, UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, during TheSixties. The series deconstructs nostalgia of the "good old days" of America's past and explores the changing American landscape through the eyes of Sterling-Cooper Advertising and the world of advertising at the dawn of the decade that would change America forever.

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''Mad Men'' is an American [[PeriodPiece period drama]] TV series surrounding an {{advertising}} firm on Madison Avenue, UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, during TheSixties. The series deconstructs nostalgia of the "good old days" of America's past and explores the changing American landscape through the eyes of Sterling-Cooper Advertising and the world of advertising at the dawn of the decade that would change America the country forever.
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* Pete Campbell (Creator/VincentKartheiser), an accounts man[[note]]He speaks to the client and finds out what they want. He then hands that information over to Creative, which Don is in charge of, and they actually execute on the client's orders.[[/note]] with large aspirations but somewhat less talent. His wedding to Trudy Campbell (Creator/AlisonBrie) is one of the defining events of the first season.

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* Pete Campbell (Creator/VincentKartheiser), an accounts man[[note]]He speaks to the client and finds out what they want. He then hands that information over to Creative, which Don is in charge of, and they actually execute on the client's orders.[[/note]] with large aspirations but [[KnowNothingKnowItAll somewhat less talent.talent]]. His wedding to Trudy Campbell (Creator/AlisonBrie) is one of the defining events of the first season. His constant chafing about [[SmallNameBigEgo what he thinks he deserves]] forms the bulk of his character arc.



* Roger Sterling (AndStarring Creator/JohnSlattery): the son of the man who founded the firm. He is Don's mentor, but more importantly one of his closest friends. Like Betty, he is the scion of a rich family, and has rarely found a problem he can't solve by throwing money at it.

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* Roger Sterling (AndStarring Creator/JohnSlattery): the son of the man who founded the firm. He is Don's mentor, {{mentor}}, but more importantly one of his closest friends. friends, drawn together by their shared love of drink and womanizing, not to mention experiences in the service (UsefulNotes/WorldWarII for Roger, UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar for Don). Like Betty, he is the scion of a rich family, and has rarely found a problem he can't solve by throwing money at it.it; like Betty, he's [[ManChild not exactly mature]].
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* RatedMForManly: Don Draper is the epitome of suave masculinity; men want to be him and women with him. He's a sex symbol both in-universe and out-universe, where incidentally he is often referred to as ''the man'' and articles or list providing tips about how to be like him are common. Seasons 1-3 build this image up. Seasons 4-6 are dedicated to tearing that image down. A global deconstruction, given that below the smooth surface lies a [[BrokenAce pretty damaged individual]].
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* Sally Draper (Creator/KiernanShipka), Don and Betty's oldest child. 6 years old at the start of the series, her slow growth into maturity defines her character arc. She has a younger brother named Bobby; the Drapers add a second son, Gene, in a later season.

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* Sally Draper (Creator/KiernanShipka), Don and Betty's oldest child. 6 years old at the start of the series, her slow growth into maturity defines her character arc. She has a younger brother named Bobby; Bobby (Creator/MasonValeCotton, [[TheOtherDarrin eventually]]); the Drapers add a second son, Gene, in a later season.



* Bertram Cooper (AndStarring Creator/RobertMorse): the other co-founder of the firm. An EccentricMentor who flits in and out of the show at his own whims, he nonetheless knows the business inside and out.

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* Bertram Cooper (AndStarring Creator/RobertMorse): the other co-founder of the firm. An EccentricMentor who flits in and out of the show office at his own whims, he nonetheless knows the business inside and out.
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The series, while an ensemble piece, focuses mainly on Don Draper (Creator/JonHamm), a charming rogue of an ad executive with major personal problems--mainly his inability to break his personal cycle of infidelity, as well as his DarkAndTroubledPast as a man LivingADoubleLife and unable to fully embrace the success he's found. Other characters include:

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The series, while an ensemble piece, focuses mainly on Don Draper (Creator/JonHamm), a charming rogue of an ad executive with major personal problems--mainly his inability to break his personal cycle of infidelity, as well as his DarkAndTroubledPast as a man LivingADoubleLife and unable to fully embrace the success he's found.chasing things he can't have -- making him perfect for advertising. Other characters include:
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** "The Suitcase" had Peggy lament to Don that [[IAmNotPretty men don't stop and look at her on the street]], and then on "Lost Horizon", she is doing her PowerWalk in the narrow hallways of [=McCann=] Erickson with several men turning around to look at her in amazement and Peggy is giving no fucks whatsoever.

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** "The Suitcase" had Peggy lament to Don that [[IAmNotPretty men don't stop and look at her on the street]], and then on "Lost Horizon", she is doing her PowerWalk stride in the narrow hallways of [=McCann=] Erickson with several men turning around to look at her in amazement and Peggy is giving no fucks whatsoever.
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* Sally Draper (Creator/KiernanShipka), Don and Betty's oldest child. 6 years old at the start of the series, her slow growth into maturity defines her characcter arc. She has a younger brother named Bobby; the Drapers add a second son, Gene, in a later season.

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* Sally Draper (Creator/KiernanShipka), Don and Betty's oldest child. 6 years old at the start of the series, her slow growth into maturity defines her characcter character arc. She has a younger brother named Bobby; the Drapers add a second son, Gene, in a later season.

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''Mad Men'' is an American [[PeriodPiece period drama]] surrounding an {{advertising}} firm on Madison Avenue, UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, during TheSixties. The series deconstructs nostalgia of the "good old days" of America's past and explores the changing American landscape through the eyes of Sterling-Cooper Advertising and the world of advertising at the dawn of the decade that would change America forever.

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''Mad Men'' is an American [[PeriodPiece period drama]] TV series surrounding an {{advertising}} firm on Madison Avenue, UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, during TheSixties. The series deconstructs nostalgia of the "good old days" of America's past and explores the changing American landscape through the eyes of Sterling-Cooper Advertising and the world of advertising at the dawn of the decade that would change America forever.



* Peggy Olsen (Creator/ElisabethMoss), who starts out as Don's new secretary but aspires to break into the advertising business herself... and has the talent to counter the misogyny of the 60s. Her arc involves not only her growth into a HighPoweredCareerWoman but her HeterosexualLifePartnership with Don.

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* Peggy Olsen (Creator/ElisabethMoss), who starts out as Don's new secretary but aspires to break into the advertising business herself... and has the talent to counter the misogyny of the 60s. '60s. Her arc involves not only her growth into a HighPoweredCareerWoman but her HeterosexualLifePartnership [[HeterosexualLifePartners Heterosexual Life Partnership]] with Don.



As the show progresses through the 1960s, many seasons are tied to and punctuated by milestone events. Season 1 starts around the time the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_oral_contraceptive_pill combined oral contraceptive pill]] is cleared for public consumption, laying the foundation for ''huge'' cultural shifts, and culminates in the 1960 election of UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy, Season 2 takes place during 1962 (not before beginning with a brief recap of what everyone’s been doing since 1961) and ends with the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Season 3 runs through 1963 and featured the JFK assassination in its penultimate episode. Season 4 (1964-65) breaks this pattern, though much of it centers around UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar. Season 5 (1966-67) continues to deal with Vietnam; and Season 6 (1968)[[labelnote:*]]OK, technically, it begins in December 1967 skipping the "Summer of Love"[[/labelnote]] is highly chaotic (just like the year) and delves into the racial tensions at the time, including the assassination of UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr. The first half of Season 7 begins with Nixon's inauguration in January 1969 and ends with man's first moonwalk later in July. The final half continues and closes in 1970, with less focus on current real-life events and more on the professional and personal turmoils of the main cast.

The series is the brainchild of {{showrunner}} Matthew Weiner, at one point Number Two man on ''Series/TheSopranos''. Weiner originally pitched to {{Creator/HBO}}--with whom he had a working relationship, after all--but they turned it down. He then turned to Creator/{{AMC}}, which has run with the ball as far as ''Mad Men'' being to AMC as ''Series/TheShield'' (or ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'') is to FX Network.

The show premiered on July 19, 2007 and has received fifteen Emmys and four Golden Globes. The seventh season was the final one; however, after the success they had with splitting ''Series/BreakingBad'''s last season, AMC elected to do the same with ''Mad Men.'' The first half of Season 7 aired in spring 2014, and the second half aired in spring 2015.

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Season 1 starts around the time the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_oral_contraceptive_pill combined oral contraceptive pill]] is cleared for public consumption, laying the foundation for ''huge'' cultural shifts, and culminates in the 1960 election of UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy, UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy.
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Season 2 takes place during 1962 (not before beginning with a brief recap of what everyone’s been doing since 1961) and ends with the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Crisis.
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Season 6 (1968)[[labelnote:*]]OK, technically, it begins in December 1967 skipping the "Summer of Love"[[/labelnote]] is highly chaotic (just like the year) and delves into the racial tensions at the time, including the assassination of UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr. UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr
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The first half of Season 7 begins with Nixon's [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon Nixon]]'s inauguration in January 1969 and ends with man's first moonwalk later in July. The final half continues and closes in 1970, with less focus on current real-life events and more on the professional and personal turmoils of the main cast.

The series is the brainchild of {{showrunner}} Matthew Weiner, at one point the Number Two man on ''Series/TheSopranos''. Weiner originally pitched to {{Creator/HBO}}--with whom he had a working relationship, after all--but they turned it down. He then turned to Creator/{{AMC}}, which has run with the ball as far as ''Mad Men'' being to AMC as ''Series/TheShield'' (or ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'') is to FX Network.

The show premiered on ran for 7 seasons from July 19, 2007 and has received to May 17, 2015, receiving fifteen Emmys [[UsefulNotes/EmmyAward Emmys]] and four Golden Globes. The seventh season was UsefulNotes/{{Golden Globe}}s along the final one; however, after way. After the success they had with splitting ''Series/BreakingBad'''s last season, season into two parts, AMC elected to do the same with ''Mad Men.'' The Men''; the first half of Season 7 aired in spring 2014, and the second half aired in spring 2015.
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* Peggy Olsen (Creator/ElisabethMoss), who starts out as Don's new secretary but aspires to break into the advertising business herself... and has the talent to counter the misogyny of the 60s.

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* Peggy Olsen (Creator/ElisabethMoss), who starts out as Don's new secretary but aspires to break into the advertising business herself... and has the talent to counter the misogyny of the 60s. Her arc involves not only her growth into a HighPoweredCareerWoman but her HeterosexualLifePartnership with Don.

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The series, while an ensemble piece, focuses mainly on Don Draper (Creator/JonHamm), a charming rogue of an ad executive with major personal problems--mainly his inability to break his personal cycle of infidelity, as well as his DarkAndTroubledPast.

As the show progresses through the 1960s, many seasons are tied to and punctuated by milestone events. Season 1 culminates in the 1960 election of UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy, Season 2 takes place during 1962 (not before beginning with a brief recap of what everyone’s been doing since 1961) and ends with the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Season 3 runs through 1963 and featured the JFK assassination in its penultimate episode. Season 4 (1964-65) breaks this pattern, though much of it centers around UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar. Season 5 (1966-67) continues to deal with Vietnam; and Season 6 (1968)[[labelnote:*]]OK, technically, it begins in December 1967 skipping the "Summer of Love"[[/labelnote]] is highly chaotic (just like the year) and delves into the racial tensions at the time, including the assassination of UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr. The first half of Season 7 begins with Nixon's inauguration in January 1969 and ends with man's first moonwalk later in July. The final half continues and closes in 1970, with less focus on current real-life events and more on the professional and personal turmoils of the main cast.

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The series, while an ensemble piece, focuses mainly on Don Draper (Creator/JonHamm), a charming rogue of an ad executive with major personal problems--mainly his inability to break his personal cycle of infidelity, as well as his DarkAndTroubledPast.

DarkAndTroubledPast as a man LivingADoubleLife and unable to fully embrace the success he's found. Other characters include:
* Peggy Olsen (Creator/ElisabethMoss), who starts out as Don's new secretary but aspires to break into the advertising business herself... and has the talent to counter the misogyny of the 60s.
* Joan Holloway (Creator/ChristinaHendricks), office manager and head secretary at Sterling-Cooper. A HeadTurningBeauty and the HypercompetentSidekick who keeps the agency running, Joan faces similar challenges to Peggy but has somewhat different answers.
* Pete Campbell (Creator/VincentKartheiser), an accounts man[[note]]He speaks to the client and finds out what they want. He then hands that information over to Creative, which Don is in charge of, and they actually execute on the client's orders.[[/note]] with large aspirations but somewhat less talent. His wedding to Trudy Campbell (Creator/AlisonBrie) is one of the defining events of the first season.
* Betty Draper (Creator/JanuaryJones), Don's TrophyWife. Privileged and sheltered, she is living the suburban housewife dream but nonetheless balks at how empty her life is.
* Sally Draper (Creator/KiernanShipka), Don and Betty's oldest child. 6 years old at the start of the series, her slow growth into maturity defines her characcter arc. She has a younger brother named Bobby; the Drapers add a second son, Gene, in a later season.
* Roger Sterling (AndStarring Creator/JohnSlattery): the son of the man who founded the firm. He is Don's mentor, but more importantly one of his closest friends. Like Betty, he is the scion of a rich family, and has rarely found a problem he can't solve by throwing money at it.
* Bertram Cooper (AndStarring Creator/RobertMorse): the other co-founder of the firm. An EccentricMentor who flits in and out of the show at his own whims, he nonetheless knows the business inside and out.

As the show progresses through the 1960s, many seasons are tied to and punctuated by milestone events. Season 1 starts around the time the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_oral_contraceptive_pill combined oral contraceptive pill]] is cleared for public consumption, laying the foundation for ''huge'' cultural shifts, and culminates in the 1960 election of UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy, Season 2 takes place during 1962 (not before beginning with a brief recap of what everyone’s been doing since 1961) and ends with the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Season 3 runs through 1963 and featured the JFK assassination in its penultimate episode. Season 4 (1964-65) breaks this pattern, though much of it centers around UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar. Season 5 (1966-67) continues to deal with Vietnam; and Season 6 (1968)[[labelnote:*]]OK, technically, it begins in December 1967 skipping the "Summer of Love"[[/labelnote]] is highly chaotic (just like the year) and delves into the racial tensions at the time, including the assassination of UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr. The first half of Season 7 begins with Nixon's inauguration in January 1969 and ends with man's first moonwalk later in July. The final half continues and closes in 1970, with less focus on current real-life events and more on the professional and personal turmoils of the main cast.
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** Don Draper, chronic philanderer, berates his wife for merely flirting or wearing a bikini.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms:
** It's heavily implied in "The Color Blue" that Paul does this with the Jackie & Marilyn artwork while alone late at night in his office.
** Sally gets caught masturbating to [[Series/TheManFromUncle Ilya Kuryakin]] while at a friend's house. Neither the friend's mother nor Betty is pleased.
** This happens twice in "Indian Summer". Betty gets off ''with a washing machine''. Peggy for her part is asked to test a vibrating weight-loss apparatus, which turns out to have other benefits. She discreetly mentions this to her bosses, who realize the hidden potential in marketing it to women.

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