History Recap / MadMenS4E11ChineseWall

While at dinner with his fiancee and her parents, Ken Cosgrove, [[VerbalTic Accounts]] runs onto a former colleague at [=BBDO=] who lets slip that Lucky Strike is coming to their agency. Ken leaves dinner and goes to tell Pete Campbell, who is camped out in the maternity ward as Trudy has just gone into labor. They call Don, who calls Lane in London. Together with Bert, they bring Roger into the office. Roger already knows this is a done deal, but to save face he pretends to call Lee Garner, Jr. in front of them. They send him on a trip to patch things up, but he only pretends to go, telling no one but Joan, who he feels is the only person who knows him. Joan tells him that their romantic relationship is over.

Pete tells his father-in-law the news. Tom tells him to go to move on. To his credit, Pete sticks with [=SCDP=], even when Ted Chaough tries to poach him.

Peggy makes a pitch for Playtex and Stan thinks she's sex crazed ... and she doesn't realize she has lipstick on her teeth.

* {{Jerkass}}: Stan, very much in his pre-TookALevelInKindness phase. He could've warned Peggy about the lipstick, but chose not to.

* PhoneyCall: Roger successfully pulls off the 'talking after hanging up' variant -- in front of Don, Ken, Pete and Bert no less -- after finding out that they know about Lucky Strike taking their business elsewhere. He then caps this by pretending to travel to Virginia to try and reason with Lee Garner Jnr., although he's actually hiding in a New York hotel that's far enough from the office that he won't accidentally run into anyone from SCDP.

While at dinner with his fiancee and her parents, Ken Cosgrove, [[VerbalTic Accounts]] runs onto a former colleague at [=BBDO=] who tells him Lucky Strike is coming over. Ken leaves dinner and goes to the maternity ward to tell Pete Campbell (Trudy having gone into labour). They call Don, who calls Lane in London. Together with Bert, they bring Roger into the office. Roger already knows this is a done deal, but to save face he pretends to call Lee Garner Jnr. in front of them. They send him down to Winston-Salem and he pretends to go, a fact he later confesses to Joan.

Peggy is blissfully unaware of this as she runs into Abe at the beach and they sleep together, but that ends the following day when an emergency staff meeting is held and everyone goes into damage control. Losing Lucky Strike is a sign that the agency is going under, and other clients might leave under that assumption. Cue Don giving his [[{{Recap/MadMenS4E6WaldorfStories}} second-least convincing speech]] about taking the agency above and beyond. He keeps losing clients, he breaks his Clio (which is later repaired by Megan), and it isn't long before Don and Pete crash a funeral for a rival agent. Don tries to get information on clients out of Faye, but she refuses and he has sex with Megan. And then Faye comes through [[note]]This is where the FlameWar between Team Faye and Team Megan began[[/note]].

''Every time something good happens, something bad happens.''

->''"I tried so hard not to think about what would happen if this happened."''

While at dinner with his fiancee and her parents, Ken Cosgrove, [[VerbalTic Accounts]], runs onto a former colleague at [=BBDO=] who tells him Lucky Strike is coming over. Ken leaves dinner and goes to the maternity ward to tell Pete Campbell (Trudy having gone into labour). They call Don, who calls Lane in London. Together with Bert, they bring Roger into the office. Roger already knows this is a done deal, but to save face he pretends to call Lee Garner Jnr. in front of them. They send him down to Winston-Salem and he pretends to go, a fact he later confesses to Joan.

* AllMenArePerverts: Played with in Peggy's Playtex pitch -- she thinks that the client who makes eye contact and licks his teeth is this, but he's actually trying to tell her that she's got lipstick on her teeth. Played straight with Stan, who -- if we're being charitable -- mistakes Peggy's stress for a come-on.

Trudy has already gone into labor, and Ken Cosgrove, [[VerbalTic Accounts]],' fiancee is telling the story to an older couple over dinner. Ken runs into a former colleague at [=BBDO=] who tells him Lucky Strike is coming over. Ken leaves dinner and goes to the maternity ward to tell Pete Campbell. They call Don, who calls Lane in London. Together with Cooper they bring Roger into the office. Roger already knows this is a done deal, he has for a month, and he pretends to call Lee Garner Jnr. in front of them. They send him down to Winston-Salem and he pretends to go, a fact he confesses to Joan.

Peggy is blissfully unaware of this as she runs into Abe at the beach and they sleep together, but that ends the following day when an emergency staff meeting is held and everybody goes into damage control. Losing Lucky Strike is a sign that the agency is going under, and other clients might leave under that assumption. Cue Don giving his [[{{Recap/MadMenS4E6WaldorfStories}} second-least convincing speech]] about taking the agency above and beyond. He keeps losing clients, he breaks his Clio (which is later repaired by Megan), and it isn't long before they crash a funeral for a rival agent. Don tries to get information on clients out of Faye, but she refuses and he has sex with Megan. And then Faye comes through [[note]]This is where the FlameWar between Team Faye and Team Megan began[[/note]].

* MoodWhiplash: Just after finding out that he has become a father, Pete goes to a funeral with Don and Freddy.

* PhoneyCall: Roger successfully pulls off the 'talking after hanging up' variant -- in front of Don, Ken, Pete and Bert no less -- after finding out that they know about Lucky Strike. He then caps this by pretending to travel to Virginia to try and reason with Lee Garner Jnr., although he's actually hiding in a New York hotel that's far enough from the office that he won't accidentally run into anyone from SCDP.

AllMenArePerverts: Played with in Peggy's Playtex pitch -- she thinks that the client who makes eye contact and licks his teeth is this, but he's actually trying to tell her that she's got lipstick on her teeth. Played straight with Stan, who -- if we're being charitable -- mistakes Peggy's stress for a come-on.
FailedASpotCheck: Peggy, who doesn't realise that she's got lipstick on her teeth when she does the Playtex pitch.
{{Jerkass}}: Stan, very much in his pre-TookALevelInKindness phase. He could've warned Peggy about the lipstick, but chose not to.
PhoneyCall: Roger successfully pulls off the 'talking after hanging up' variant -- in front of Don, Ken, Pete and Bert no less -- after finding out that they know about Lucky Strike. He then caps this by pretending to travel to Virginia to try and reason with Lee Garner Jnr., although he's actually hiding in a New York hotel that's far enough from the office that he won't accidentally run into anyone from SCDP.
SecretKeeper: Joan becomes this after Roger confesses his deception to her.

Trudy has already gone into labor, and Ken Cosgrove, [[VerbalTic Accounts]],' fiancee is telling the story to an older couple over dinner. Ken runs into a former colleague at [=BBDO=] who tells him Lucky Strike is coming over. Ken leaves dinner and goes to the maternity ward to tell Pete Campbell. They call Don, who calls Lane in London. Together with Cooper they bring Roger into the office. Roger already knows this is a done deal, he has for a month, and he pretends to call Lee Garner, Jr. in front of them. They send him down to Winston-Salem and he pretends to go, a fact he confesses to Joan.

Peggy is blissfully unaware of this as she runs into Abe at the beach and they sleep together, but that ends the following day when an emergency staff meeting is held and everybody goes into damage control. Losing Lucky Strike is a sign that the agency is going under, and other clients might leave under that assumption. Cue Don giving his [[{{Recap/MadMenS4E6WaldorfStories}} second-least convincing speech]] about taking the agency above and beyond. He keeps losing clients, he breaks his Clio (which is later repaired by Megan), and it isn't long before they crash a funeral for a rival agent. Don tries to get information on clients out of Faye, but she refuses and he has sex with Megan. And then Faye comes through.[[note]]This is where the FlameWar between Team Faye and Team Megan began[[/note]]

Peggy makes a pitch for Playtex and Stan thinks she's sex crazed...and she doesn't realize she has lipstick on her teeth.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Danny raises his hand, but he's so short nobody notices.
-->'''Ted Chaough:''' We just got Alfa Romeo. Little Italian sports car? I think you'll really enjoy driving it.
-->'''Pete:''' I don't drive.
-->'''Chaough:''' I'll ''teach'' you.

Peggy is blissfully unaware of this as she runs into Abe at the beach and they sleep together, but that ends the following day when an emergency staff meeting is held and everybody goes into damage control. Losing Lucky Strike is a sign that the agency is going under, and other clients might leave under that assumption. Cue Don giving his [[{{Recap/MadMenS4E6WaldorfStories}} second-least convincing speech]] about taking the agency above and beyond. He keeps losing clients, he breaks his Clio (which is later repaired by Megan), and it isn't long before they crash a funeral for a rival agent. Don tries to get information on clients out of Faye, but she refuses and he has sex with Megan. And then Faye comes through.[[hottip:*:This is where the FlameWar between Team Faye and Team Megan began]]