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Where were you when Martin Luther King was shot? Don Draper and Pete Campbell were listening to Paul Newman lecture a roomful of craven capitalists on what makes a good Democrat.
AND THE HIJINX ENSUE!
It's true that Pete has always been more forward thinking when it came to blacks, but I don't buy his moral outrage at Harry's insensitive (but typical of the period) rant. He was more acting out of his own (unexpected) guilt over ruining his family's life. But Harry is an ass whether he means to be or not, so it's easy for the office to believe it was all about him. I loved Cooper's Victorian sense of propriety and nobility in trying to break up the scene -- it was totally benign, and threw up even more contrast to the differing times these men grew up in.
It's harder to watch Don this season than it has been in previous years. Until now, there was still the idea that Don was someone you wanted to succeed, or at least escape doom. This season, Matt Weiner is making sure Don gets none of that cushioning -- he's fucking up all by himself, and there's definitely a real punishment coming up for him.
But yeah, he suddenly became insterested in being a dad to his son after hearing him say "Jesus!" Also, Planet of the Apes ROOLZ. Good background analogy, also a setup for future chaos.
Peggy likes her life, even during a national crisis. Nice to know. But that was a shitty apartment, and she would have hated the neighborhood AND the long walk to the subway.
(New Yorkers were treated to an inside joke -- the realtor said "as soon as the 2nd Avenue subway is finished..." -- construction had just begun in 1968 and was slow going; work halted in 1972 when the city went broke, and it didn't resume until the mid-2000s. It is still far from complete.)
LOVED Joan's awkward attempt to hug Dawn. Especially justaposed against Peggy's big momma hug to her black secretary.
Trudy -- badass till the end. YES.
Bobby Kennedy was shot a month after MLK -- hell, this could happen next week in Mad Men time.
