History Recap / MadMenS6E4ToHaveAndToHold

Don, Pete and Stan are hard at work on "Project K," their classified pitch to Heinz Ketchup. They rent Timmy a hotel room and pitch their idea, which is quite good... But when they emerge, they find Peggy and Ted Chaogh waiting without, ready to make ''their'' competing pitch. Don listens at the door as Peggy unveils a much stronger ad campaign; that said, the account ultimately goes to a third competitor, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Walter_Thompson J. Walter Thompson]]. (Stan is annoyed that information he told Peggy, in confidence, was used against him; Peggy has the grace to look embarrassed.) To top it off, Cosgrove storms into the bar and mentions that the Heinz Baked Beans rep has caught wind of this whole excursion and has dumped SCDP, effective immediately. "There's nothing better than being known for your loyalty," Ken reminds them.

Ken Cosgrove, Accounts, visits Harry Crane with a problem: Dow Chemical is being smeared in the newspapers. (It's got something to do, Harry points out [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastically]], with dropping napalm on Vietnamese children.) However, while Ken came merely to vent, Harry has a solution: he arranges an hour-long television event starring [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Namath Joe Namath]] and other celebrities, crammed full of wholesome entertainment: "Brought to you by Dow Chemical, family products for the American family." The commission for this TV special alone turns out to be $23,000, and it's quite a coup for Harry.

Finally, Don visits Megan on the set for the first time, where it becomes clear that his GreenEyedMonster is much less under control than he implied. He compares Megan's actions to YourCheatingHeart. Then [[{{Hypocrite}} he goes to sleep with Sylvia Rosen]].

Joan is visited by Kate, her friend from high school, who currently works for Mary Kay but, inspired by stories of Joan's partnership, is now bucking for a higher position at Avon. She begs Joan for a night on the town, wanting to see how her glamorous friend lives... only to wake up the next morning to a hangover and a subdued Joan, who points out that her partnership doesn't stop everyone else at [=SCDP=] from treating her like a secretary. This is underlined when Joan learns that Scarlett, Harry Crane's secretary, committed time card fraud with the help of Don's secretary Dawn. She fires Scarlett, only to be overruled by Harry. Harry then storms into a partners' meeting, questioning why Joan has a seat at the table while he does not. While he makes a strong ([[JerkassHasAPoint and financially meaningful]]) point about his contributions, it becomes clear that nobody likes him anymore. (Roger and Bert eventually fob him off with the entire commission of the TV special, but deny him the partnership.)

Megan learns that her character in ''To Have And To Hold'' will be flung into a romance with another character, requiring her to film the kind of activities that typically come before a SexyDiscretionCut. Don is supportive, controlling whatever jealousy he may feel. To help soothe his feelings, Arlene, the star of the soap, and her husband Mel, the head writer, invite Don and Megan out for dinner... and then offer a veiled invitation to group sex. The Drapers decline.

SCDP prepares a pitch for Heinz Ketchup, but is later found out by Heinz Baked Beans and is promptly fired as its advertising firm. Joan tries to fire Scarlett, Harry's secretary, as punishment for Scarlett convincing Dawn to commit time card fraud. Furious, Harry bursts into a partners' meeting and questions why Joan has a partnership stake at SCDP when he has more legitimate accomplishments. Joan is embarrassed and decides to promote Dawn to take over some of her office management duties. Mel (the head writer of ''To Have And To Hold'', Megan's soap opera), and his wife Arlene, have dinner with Don and Megan and unsuccessfully encourage the couple to join them in group sex. They decline.

** Stan (mistakenly) believes that Peggy's been telling Ted work related things that he said in confidence.

''Everybody's scared there. Women crying in the ladies room, men crying in the elevator ... It sounds like New Year's Eve when they empty the garbage, there's so many bottles.''

* ShoutOut: A subtle one to ''Series/ThirtyRock'', of all shows -- at the bar after the Heinz pitches, Ted orders an "Old Spanish" -- a cocktail that has hitherto only existed in the ''30 Rock'' universe. Which nicely returns ''30 Rock'''s shout-out to ''Mad Men'', which occured when Liz Lemon's mom reminisced about working for Sterling Cooper.

* ShoutOut: A subtle one to ''Series/{{30Rock}}'', of all shows -- at the bar after the Heinz pitches, Ted orders an "Old Spanish" -- a cocktail that has hitherto only existed in the ''30 Rock'' universe. Which nicely returns ''30 Rock'''s shout-out to ''Mad Men'', which occured when Liz Lemon's mom reminisced about working for Sterling Cooper.

* ShoutOut: A subtle one to ''Series/30Rock'', of all shows -- at the bar after the Heinz pitches, Ted orders an "Old Spanish" -- a cocktail that has hitherto only existed in the ''30 Rock'' universe. Which nicely returns ''30 Rock'''s shout-out to ''Mad Men'', which occured when Liz Lemon's mom reminisced about working for Sterling Cooper.