History Recap / MadMenS7E2ADaysWork

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Implied; Ginsberg cracks a joke about Peggy masturbating.

It is Valentines Day at SC&P. Sally and a couple of schoolfriends are in the City to attend the funeral of a classmate's mother, but they sneak away and go shopping. However, Sally loses her wallet and tries to find Don at work for help getting home, not knowing that he is on leave. Lou Avery, the new creative director occupying Don's office simply states that Don is not there, evading all questions by suggesting she try Don at home. Then Lou angrily reprimands Dawn, his secretary, for not being at the office to handle Sally, telling Joan to move her. Sally finds Don in his apartment; he claims he was at work and offers to drive Sally back to school. During this journey, he opens up to her and tells her why he got suspended from work. The eat at a diner and Don suggests leaving without paying; he is impressed that Sally finds this wrong.

Joan, having moved Dawn up to the front of the office in reception, is reprimanded by Cooper that there is black woman on the front desk. Peggy finds flowers on her secretary's desk, believing that they have been sent to her when they really belong to her secretary, Shirley. Peggy, believing that Ted sent her flowers, delivers belligerent phone messages to him, and then decides to tell Shirley to get rid the flowers. When Shirley reveals that the flowers were in fact meant for her, Peggy tells Joan to send Shirley somewhere else, a nearly impossible job, for she cannot put black secretaries up front. A solution is found when Joan realizes she has two jobs -- managing the office and managing her accounts. She then decides to moves upstairs to officially become an account woman and give Dawn her old office and the job of managing the secretary pool.

It is Valentines Day at SC&P. Sally and a couple of schoolfriends are in the City to attend the funeral of a classmate's mother, but they sneak away and go shopping. However, Sally loses her wallet and tries to find Don at work for help getting home, not knowing that he is on leave. Lou Avery, the new creative director occupying Don's office simply states that Don is not there, evading all questions by suggesting she try Don at home. Then Lou angrily reprimands Dawn, his secretary, for not being at the office to handle Sally, telling Joan to move her. Sally find Don in his apartment; he claims he was at work and offers to drive Sally back to school. During this journey, he opens up to her and tells her why he got suspended from work. The eat at a diner but leave without paying.

* ADateWithRosePalms: Implied; Ginsberg cracks a joke about Peggy masturbating.

It is Valentines Day at SC&P. Sally is supposed to attend a funeral, but her friends convince her to sneak away and go shopping. However, he loses he wallet and tries to find Don at work for help getting home, not knowing that he is on leave. Lou Avery, the new creative director occupying Don's office simply states that Don is not there, evading all questions by suggesting she try Don at home. Then Lou angrily reprimands Dawn, his secretary, for not being at the office to handle Sally, telling Joan to move her. Sally find Don in his apartment; he claims he was at work and offers to drive Sally back to school.

Joan, having moved Dawn up to the front of the office in reception, is reprimanded by Cooper that there is colored person up front. Peggy finds flowers on her secretary's desk, believing that they have been sent to her when they really belong to her secretary, Shirley. Peggy, believing that Ted sent her flowers, delivers belligerent phone messages to him, and then decides to tell Shirley to toss the flowers. When Shirley reveals that the flowers were in fact meant for her, Peggy tells Joan to send Shirley somewhere else, a nearly impossible job, when she cannot put black secretaries up front. A solution is found when Joan realizes she has two jobs: managing the office and managing her accounts. She then decides to moves upstairs to officially become an account woman and give Dawn her old office and job of managing the secretary pool.

* AloneAmongTheCouples: A floral sort; Peggy and Dawn are just a few women we see who don't get flowers for Valentine's Day and Joan's yellow roses (in contrasts to the secretaries' reds and pinks) are revealed to be a "Mother's Day" bouquet in [[AllThereInTheManual a featurette]].
* BrutalHonesty: DiscussedTrope: Don relates how this trope got him put on leave.
* DysfunctionalFamily: We could call this trope: Draper Family

* InternalReveal: Sally goes to SCDP and finds out that Don isn't working there anymore. By the end he's told her about the disastrous meeting that got him put on leave.
* LiesToChildren: Don tells Sally that he was at work. BlatantLies told to his daughter.
* NeverMyFault: Peggy appropriates the flowers her secretary Shirley got from her fiance, thinking they're from Ted, to Peggy. When she finally learns the truth she somehow makes it Shirley's fault for getting flowers in the first place.

* TookALevelInBadass: Dawn tells off Lou Avery for his attitude and the comment that she enjoys a wealth of privilege in the office due to her race and gender, along with the fact he had her use her lunch break to buy his wife a present.

* ValentinesDayEpisode: Set in Valentine's Day 1969, has a lot of roses and talk of presents with a several reds and pinks showing up in the costumes.
* WhatTheHellHero: Peggy towards Shirley.

* TVTeen: Hard aversion in that Sally is much more of a credible person than anyone who fits this trope. Though she stills fulfills it in her rebellion of sneaking away to go shopping and openly smoking with her friends.

* In Sally's dorm room, EverybodySmokes. This was the 1960s, but these are teenagers and it is noteworthy they are all shown smoking.

* TVTeen: Hard aversion in that Sally is much more of a credible person than anyone who fits this trope.

* WhatTheHellHero: Ohhh Peggy, Peggy, Peggy.

Joan, having moved Dawn up to the front of the office in reception, is reprimanded by Cooper that there is colored person up front. Peggy finds flowers on her secretary's desk, believing that they have been sent to her when they really belong to her secretary, Shirley. Peggy, believing that Ted sent her flowers, delivers belligerent phone messages, and then decides to tell Shirley to toss the flowers. When the secretary complains, Peggy tells Joan to send Shirley somewhere else, a nearly impossible job, when she cannot put black secretaries up front. Since Joan is a partner with accounts she is given an account man's office and a secretary is given her job.

Joan, having moved Dawn up to the front of the office in reception, is reprimanded by Cooper that there is colored person up front, and tells her to put Dawn somewhere else. Peggy finds flowers on her desk which really belong to her secretary Shirley. Peggy then creates a scenario about he sent the flowers, and sends the man a number of belligerent phone messages, and then decides to tell Shirley to toss the flowers. When the secretary complains, Peggy tells Joan to send Shirley somewhere else, a nearly impossible job, when she cannot put black secretaries up front. Since Joan is a partner with accounts she is given an account man's office and a secretary is given her job.

It is Valentines day and S.C.and A. Sally is supposed to attend a funeral, but her friends convince her to sneak away and go shopping. She loses he wallet and tries to find Don at work for help getting home. The person in Don's office just says that he is not here, and evades all questions suggesting she try Don at home. The Lou boots the secretary, Dawn out, for not being at the office to handle Sally. Sally find Don in his apartment, and he claims he was at work. Don offers to drive Sally Back to her dorm, and over a meal Don explains something about why he is not working. Cooper complains to Joan that there is colored person up front, and tells her to put Dawn somewhere else. Peggy finds flowers on her desk which really belong to her secretary Shirley. Peggy then creates a scenario about he sent the flowers, and sends the man a number of belligerent phone messages, and then decides to tell Shirley to toss the flowers. When the secretary complains, Peggy tells Joan to send Shirley somewhere else, a nearly impossible job, when she cannot put black secretaries up front. Since Joan is a partner with accounts she is given an account man's office and a secretary is given her job.

* TVTeen: Hard aversion in that Sally is much more of a credible person than anyone who fits this trope.

DysfunctionalFamily: We could call this trope: Draper Family
In Sally's dorm room, EverybodySmokes. This was the 1960s, but these are teenagers and it is noteworthy they are all shown smoking.
FlowersOfRomance: Played for a lot of drama with Peggy and Shirley.