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“Mad Men” Season Five Episode Loglines and Synopses 501-513

EPISODE 501/502 – “A Little Kiss” (2-hour premiere) In the season five opener, we’re welcomed back with a surprise for Don as Pete and Roger butt heads, and Joan clashes with a houseguest.

African-American protesters carry signs on the street in support of equal opportunity employment. Several Y&R employees lean out the office window and drop bags of water on them. Afterward, the protesters stride into Y&R -- a journalist in tow -- and catch the perpetrators red-handed.

At his new apartment, Don cooks breakfast for Sally, Bobby and Gene. Sally gives Don an early birthday present on behalf of the kids: a shaving brush. Megan walks in and greets the family. Later, Don drops the kids off at Betty’s home but stays in the car.

In her bedroom, Joan rubs cream on her baby Kevin’s bottom. When her mother Gail Holloway tries to help, Joan snaps but later apologizes: Joan says she hasn’t slept and feels cooped up. Gail takes Kevin for a walk so that Joan can nap.

Peggy, Stan and Ken are in Pete’s office to discuss the upcoming Heinz presentation. Everything is ready except for the coupon copy, which is Megan’s job. (Megan and Don are both late.) When Don arrives, Roger shows him and Pete a newspaper article shaming Y&R for the water bomb stunt. Don suggests running a mock help wanted ad: “Sterling Cooper, an equal opportunity employer.”

Megan confides to Peggy that she’s throwing Don a surprise 40th birthday party. Peggy is skeptical, but Megan promises the party will inspire everyone to have sex. Peggy reviews the guest list, eliminating Duck Phillips.

Meanwhile, Joan’s mother tries to dissuade Joan from going back to work. “Your husband’s a doctor,” she argues. Joan insists that SCDP needs her, and that she does not want to break her promise to go back.

Pete arrives at a lunch meeting with Mohawk Airlines to find Roger already there sharing drinks. Miffed at Roger for hijacking his meeting, Pete urges Roger to return to the office because of an “emergency.”

In the conference room, Peggy’s pitch for a ballet of beans fails to impress the Heinz executives. Don arrives and tells Heinz they will devise a new pitch. Peggy complains that he didn’t fight hard enough for her idea.

Back at the office, Pete is overcome with anger over Roger’s antics and accidentally walks into the pillar in his office. As his nose bleeds, he angrily tells his secretary Clara that Roger only flirts with her so that he can spy on Pete’s calendar and poach potential clients. On the evening of the surprise party, Don and Megan arrive at their front door to find late arrivals Roger and Jane bickering. Don feigns surprise at the room full of partygoers, and Roger confesses to ruining the moment.

As the guests become tipsy, Megan presents her birthday gift: She sings a French song, “Zou Bisou Bisou,” and dances provocatively. The guests clap and whistle. After the party, Don flops onto the bed fully clothed. Megan, still wide awake, asks if he enjoyed the party. He tells her not to waste money on such things. Unfazed, she teases and kisses him and wants to talk about the party. Don declines and insists on going to sleep, so Megan leaves the room.

The next morning, Lane finds a men’s wallet in a cab. He inspects it and is struck by a photo of a young woman named Delores.

At home, Joan argues with her mother, who shows Joan an SCDP help wanted ad which she claims is evidence that they intend to replace Joan.

Megan and Don arrive at the office, barely speaking. When Roger sees Don, he imitates Megan’s performance to Don’s chagrin.

Don, Roger, Lane and Bert squeeze into Pete’s office, where Pete announces that Mohawk is coming in for a meeting. He points out how unimpressive his office looks and demands to have Roger’s office. Roger refuses.

In the office kitchen, Harry and Stan gush about Megan’s risqué dance. Megan, standing behind Harry, overhears some particularly lewd comments from Harry then leaves. Lane telephones the wallet’s owner but reaches the owner’s girlfriend, Delores. Lane flirts with her on the phone.

Roger summons Harry to ask him to trade offices with Pete. Harry reluctantly agrees once Roger offers $1,100. Later, Joan stops by SCDP with baby Kevin in tow.

Megan rants to Peggy about the culture at SCDP. “You’re all so cynical,” she says. “You don’t smile. You smirk.” She hints that Don didn’t appreciate the surprise party. Peggy is apologetic. Megan goes home early.

In Lane’s office, Joan tearfully asks if they’re planning to replace her. Lane assures her that she’s indispensable.

When Pete learns about the office trade, he rants to Harry that he deserves Roger’s office. Meanwhile, Peggy stops by Don’s office to apologize for making a snide remark at the party. When she mentions that Megan went home early, Don too leaves for the day.

The wallet-owner stops by SCDP. Lane secretly removes Delores’s photo before returning it. At the apartment, Don asks Megan why she left work. She takes off her robe then angrily cleans the apartment in her underclothes. Don grabs her arm. “Go sit over there,” she huffs. “All you get to do is watch.” When he persists, she passionately kisses him back and they make love.

At the office, Pete asks Clara to pencil in a fake Coca-Cola meeting for 6AM the following morning on Staten Island to trick Roger.

Back at Don’s apartment, Megan complains that she’s disliked at the office and wonders if she ought to stop working there. Don tells her he doesn’t care about work, he cares about her.

Early the next morning, Roger grouses to Jane that he has to go to Staten Island. Meanwhile, Pete plays cards on his morning commute, smiling at the prank.

At the office, Don and Megan enter the reception area to find a large group of black women and men. They are responding to the help wanted ad, unaware it was a joke. Don, Roger, Pete, Lane and Bert brainstorm a resolution. The receptionist interrupts with an African artifact sent from Y&R. When she confirms that the applicants saw the gift, Lane moves to the reception area to collect resumes, from the women only, for secretary positions. EPISODE 503 – “Tea Leaves” As Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce tries to build upon its current business, Peggy is given new responsibility. Don and Harry indulge a client.

Sally and Bobby struggle to zip Betty into a tight dress, but without success. Betty crawls under the covers, tells Henry she doesn’t feel well and refuses to join him at a social function that evening.

At Don’s apartment, Megan speaks in French to her mother on the phone while dressing for an SCDP client dinner with Heinz. She passes the phone to Don who, flustered by the language barrier, hands the phone back.

Later at the restaurant, the Heinz client and his wife ask how Don and Megan met. “At work,” Don says. “Don was divorced,” Megan adds. The client asks Don to enlist the Rolling Stones for a television ad. Don says he’ll try.

Pete tells Roger they’re on the verge of signing Mohawk, and he would like Roger to handle the account. They decide to hire an additional copywriter because Peggy has her hands full. They believe the client would want a man.

Harry tells Don that he’s arranged a backstage meeting with the Rolling Stones’ manager on Saturday night.

At home, Betty sits on the couch in her robe, eating Bugles and reading the paper. Her mother-in-law stops by and suggests diet pills to help Betty get back into shape.

Back at the office, Don and Roger inform Peggy about Mohawk then ask her to hire a male copywriter.

Betty visits her doctor to inquire about diet pills. The doctor explains that rapid weight gain in housewives is usually caused by unhappiness or boredom. During his exam, he finds a lump in her throat.

Betty returns home and looks for Henry, who is not there. She calls Don and frantically tells him about the thyroid lump. “Say what you always say,” she begs. “Everything’s gonna be okay,” he replies.

In her office, Peggy leafs through portfolios. She’s impressed by the work of Michael Ginsberg. Stan advises her to hire someone less talented or the new guy will end up her boss.

As Betty relaxes in the bathtub, Henry tells her he scheduled a doctor’s appointment for her the next morning. At the doctor’s office, she runs into Joyce, an old acquaintance who suggests they meet for lunch.

Peggy interviews Ginsberg but is put off by his insistence on seeing Don. When she ends the interview prematurely, he apologizes.

Over lunch, Betty predicts that if she dies, her kids will “never hear a nice word about me again.” A fortuneteller stops by her and Joyce’s table and reads Betty’s tea leaves: “You’re a great soul. You mean so much to the people around you.” Betty bursts into tears.

Peggy tells Roger that Ginsberg is crazy, but Roger insists that she hire him. He says hiring a Jew would make the agency more modern, then cracks a joke about Don’s new black secretary, Dawn.

As he gets ready for the Stones concert, Don warns Megan that Betty might call.

Backstage at the concert, Don and Harry wait for the Stones to arrive. Harry tells two teenage girls that he and Don are in the advertising business. Henry kisses Betty in bed. She returns his advance, surprising him. “It’s been too long,” she says.

Back at the concert, one of the girls sneaks Harry in past security. The other girl remains with Don.

In the kitchen, Betty dreams that she’s watching Henry and the kids seated for a meal while Henry’s mother serves them. Sally turns Betty’s chair upside down. “I’m so sorry sweetheart,” says Betty. She wakes from the dream.

Harry bursts out of the backstage room exclaiming that he’s signed the Stones for the commercial. But when he hears the crowd screaming “They’re here!” he realizes he accidentally signed the wrong band: The Trade Winds.

The next morning, Don tells Megan that Betty might be sick. Megan encourages him to not get stuck thinking about what might happen.

In his office, Don admires Ginsberg’s portfolio during the interview. Ginsberg fawns over Don, who congratulates Peggy on finding a good candidate. Peggy tells Ginsberg he got the job.

Betty finds out the tumor is benign. Henry hugs her, but she replies: “It’s nice to be put through the ringer and find out I’m just fat.”

Pete gathers everyone at the office to announce that he landed the Mohawk account but Roger will handle it. Roger storms out then tells Don he’s tired of trying to prove his worth. Don reveals that Betty might have cancer. “When is everything going to get back to normal?” Roger wonders.

Don calls Betty for an update. Henry picks up the phone and is surprised that Don knew about Betty’s situation. He tells Don that Betty is fine and promptly hangs up.

Ginsberg comes home, unpacks groceries and tells his father that he got the job. His father blesses him with a prayer in Hebrew.

Betty and Sally eat ice cream sundaes at the kitchen table. Sally leaves hers half-eaten, and Betty reaches over to finish it.

EPISODE 504 – “Mystery Date” Don runs into someone from his past. Joan makes a decision, and Roger gives Peggy extra work.

In the SCDP elevator, Don coughs repeatedly. Megan steps away to keep her distance. The elevator stops and Andrea, a former colleague of Don’s, steps in. She flirts until Don introduces Megan as his wife. “How many times is this going to happen?” Megan asks.

While Peggy, Ginsberg and Stan are working on the Topaz account, Joyce stops by with graphic photos from the Chicago nurse murders. Megan joins and looks while Joyce provides gory details. Ginsberg calls them “sickos” then storms out.

Joan and Gail prepare for Greg’s return. Joan wants Kevin to be there when he arrives; Gail thinks he’ll want to see Joan more than Kevin.

Sally calls Don at the office to complain about Henry’s mother, Pauline, who is babysitting her while Betty and Henry are away. Don ends the call as Stan and Ginsberg arrive to go over a pitch for Butler Footwear. Don, still coughing, approves the pitch but asks about boards for a Cinderella concept. Stan reminds Don that he killed the idea because it was cliché. Upon his arrival, Greg kisses Joan then cradles Kevin. Gail offers to take the baby out for a bit. Joan and Greg retreat to the bedroom.

Back at the office, Don apologizes to Megan about the elevator incident. She expresses concern that Betty wasn’t entirely to blame for his “careless appetite.”

Sally reluctantly eats lunch while Pauline reads about the nurse murders. Sally leans over to read the newspaper but Pauline slaps her hand away. “Some things are not for children,” Pauline says.

At the Harris residence, Greg tells Joan he’ll be returning to Vietnam for another year. Joan accuses the Army of lying about his time commitment. “It’s war,” Greg says. “It doesn’t stop for our plans.”

At the Butler meeting, Ginsberg presents SCDP’s pitch. The Butler executive approves the pitch and calls Ginsberg a genius. Ginsberg then launches into an impromptu pitch of the Cinderella concept, which the client favors. Later, at a bar, Don berates Ginsberg for presenting the Cinderella pitch. “Think of those ideas in front of me,” he orders, leaving to make a call. “He’s such a decent guy,” says Ginsberg. Ken tells Ginsberg he almost got fired, but Ginsberg disagrees.

Don calls Megan then complies when she tells him to go home and rest.

Pete informs Roger that Mohawk wants to discuss a campaign on Monday morning. Roger says he’ll be ready. He then asks Peggy devise a Mohawk campaign over the weekend. He offers ten dollars; Peggy requests all the cash he has on him -- $400.

At Don’s apartment, Andrea stops by. He rebuffs her come-ons then sneaks her out via the service elevator.

Sally watches TV while Pauline chats on the phone about the nurse murders, but Pauline hangs up when she notices Sally eavesdropping. Pauline then recounts a story about her strict father to teach Sally a lesson about discipline.

Joan, Greg and Gail dine with Greg’s parents; Greg’s mother shares that Greg has volunteered for the extended duty.

While working late at the office, Peggy startles Dawn, who is asleep on Don’s couch. Dawn explains that cabs won’t go past 96th Street and her brother won’t let her take the subway. Peggy invites Dawn to spend the night at her place.

A feverish Don awakens to find Andrea in his bedroom, which after some initial protests, leads to his unzipping her dress.

Sally reads about the nurse murders by flashlight under her covers.

Sharing beers in Peggy’s living room, Dawn asks Peggy not to tell Don that she was sleeping in his office. Peggy reassures her, then talks about how copywriting is tough, especially for women.

At the Francis house, Sally tells Pauline she can’t sleep because of the murder story. Pauline insists they’re safe with her “burglar alarm” – a knife -- then gives Sally a sleeping pill.

Back at their apartment, Joan says to Greg about re-enlisting: “You can’t make a decision like that without me.” Greg storms out.

Handing Dawn a pillow and blanket, Peggy notices her purse on the coffee table and locks gazes with Dawn. Peggy leaves her purse on the table, collects the empty beer bottles, and walks out of the room. Don tells Andrea their tryst was a mistake. “You loved it,” she says. Don pushes her to the floor and chokes her until she goes limp. He pushes her body under the bed.

Betty and Henry arrive home to find Pauline asleep on the couch. Betty looks for Sally who is asleep under the couch.

Don wakes up to find Megan approaching with a breakfast tray. Andrea’s body is gone. He asks Megan where she’s been. She says she was with him all night and concerned about his health.

Joan tells Greg she wants him to leave and never come back. He says the Army makes him feel like a good man. “You never were,” she says. “Even before we were married.” He leaves.

Peggy finds the linens folded and a Thank You note from Dawn on the living room table.

Joan lies in bed with Kevin and her mother. A siren wails outside.

EPISODE 505 – “Signal 30” Lane strikes up an interesting friendship. Pete entertains guests.

At Drivers Ed class, Pete laughs at Signal 30, an instructional film, thereby catching the attention of his teenage classmate, Jenny.

Later that night, Pete lies awake next to Trudy, listening to the drip of the kitchen faucet. He gets up, gets the toolbox and stops the leak.

Rebecca pressures Lane into going to a pub to watch soccer with her friends. Once there, Lane cheers for England (who wins the World Cup) then later dines with the Bakers, another English couple. Edwin Baker, a Jaguar Cars executive, says he’s interested in doing business with SCDP.

Peggy runs into Ken at a diner with an unidentified man he declines to introduce.

At an SCDP meeting, Lane tells the partners that Jaguar is breaking into the U.S. market and looking for an agency. Lane wants to pursue the account himself.

Pete hands Don directions to his house for dinner on Saturday night. Don tries to beg off and tells Megan to cancel. Megan tells him to call Trudy himself.

In Peggy’s office, Ken confides that the man at the diner was from Farrar Straus and they were talking about a possible book. Ken reveals that he has authored more than twenty scifi/fantasy stories under the pen name Ben Hargrove.

Roger stops by Lane’s office and offers pointers for the upcoming dinner with Baker.

Don calls Trudy to cancel but Trudy won’t have it.

Jenny chats with Pete at Drivers Ed. He suggests they visit the Bronx Botanical Gardens some time.

At the Draper home, Don starts drinking in preparation for dinner with the Campbells.

At the Campbell house, Pete shows off his stereo to Ken and imagines a “tiny orchestra” playing inside. Don and Megan arrive; the women proceed to the kitchen. Meanwhile, at a restaurant, Lane tries out Roger’s strategic suggestions for bonding with the client but has difficulty finding an opportunity.

At the Campbells’, talk turns to living outside the city. Ken’s wife Cynthia, who works in publishing, brings up his writing career. After dinner, the kitchen faucet bursts. Pete fetches the toolbox while Don takes off his shirt then fixes the faucet. Everyone claps. Don smiles at Trudy, who’s holding baby Tammy.

On the way home, Don tells Megan he wants to “make a baby.” She pulls over and admits watching Don fix the faucet was a turn-on. They make love in the car.

At the office, Roger asks Lane how the dinner went. Lane says the strategy failed, but that he scheduled another dinner. Pete suggests that Roger, Don and himself take Baker out instead. Lane can seal the deal as a “pure friend.”

Pete flirts with Jenny at Drivers Ed. A teenage boy walks into class and mistakes Pete for the instructor. Jenny recognizes the boy, Hanson, from high school and they catch up, leaving Pete out of the conversation.

Over dinner, Baker tells Don, Pete and Roger that he wants some fun. Roger knows of a “party” nearby. There, they partner off with escorts, except for Don who remains at the bar, after declining the house madam’s offers.

Afterwards, Baker tells Don and Pete that he’s pleased. Pete confronts Don about feeling judged in the cab ride home. “Like I’m riding with a nun,” he says. Don tells Pete not to throw away his marriage.

At home, Pete watches Trudy sleep then goes to shower.

Roger calls Ken into his office and suggests he drop the scifi writing, since it distracts him from work.

In the conference room, Lane tells the partners that they lost the Jaguar account because Baker’s wife found out about the prostitute. Pete says Baker didn’t bring the idea up with Lane because he thought Lane was a “homo.” Pete goes on to say that Lane’s value dropped shortly after he fired them from Sterling Cooper. Lane challenges Pete to a fistfight and knocks him to the ground.

Joan brings ice to Lane’s office. “What do I do here?” he asks. “Something essential,” she replies. He kisses her. She gets up and opens the door, but stays. He apologizes. She deflects, saying, “About what? Everyone in this office has wanted to do that to Pete Campbell.”

Peggy tells Ken that Lane “kicked the crap out of Pete.” Ken says Lane beat him to it – Pete told Roger about his writing career, and he’s decided to give it up.

Pete leaves the office, joining Don in the elevator. “I have nothing,” he says, choking back tears.

In bed, Ken scribbles a story on his notepad called “The Man With the Miniature Orchestra” using a new pen name, Dave Algonquin.

At Drivers Ed, Pete watches Hanson slowly slide his hand up Jenny’s skirt as they watch another instructional film.

EPISODE 506 – “Far Away Places” Peggy is rattled by a particularly difficult pitch. Don visits a potential client.

Peggy looks for a pack of Choward’s Violet candy as Abe lies in bed. He suggests they see the movie The Naked Prey but she’s too worried about an upcoming Heinz presentation. He blames her for thinking too much about work and storms out of her apartment. Megan checks in with Peggy at the office until Don pulls Megan aside, announcing that he and Megan are going on an impromptu business trip to a Howard Johnson hotel upstate. He tells Peggy to present the Heinz pitch without them. Stressed, Peggy asks Stan for a cigarette.

In the conference room, Peggy delivers the pitch: “Home is Where the Heinz Is.” The client, Raymond, says the concept is too sentimental and asks if Don signed off on it. Peggy replies that yes, he has, and furthermore, that Raymond likes the idea but doesn’t realize it. “It’s young and it’s beautiful, and no one else is going to figure out how to say that about beans,” she declares. After the presentation, Pete informs Peggy that she’s off the account at the client’s request.

Peggy pours herself a drink then leaves the office to watch a movie. In the movie theater, Peggy accepts a joint from a man nearby. He slides his hand up her leg. She stops him, unbuckles his belt, puts her hand down his pants, and tells him to watch the movie.

Back at the office Peggy sees Ginsberg arguing with his father, who has shown up uninvited. “Who’s this?” the elder Ginsberg asks of Peggy. Peggy introduces herself then Ginsberg ushers his father out.

Peggy lies down on Don’s office couch. Don calls from a phone booth at 8:30PM, waking her. He asks if anyone has called. Puzzled, Peggy apologizes for the Heinz pitch. Don hangs up abruptly.

In their office, Ginsberg tells Peggy that he was reportedly born in a concentration camp, where his mother died, but that he’s actually a Martian. Peggy later calls Abe and asks him to come over. “I always need you,” she says.

The previous morning, Roger stops by Don’s office to propose a debauched business trip to the flagship Howard Johnson hotel in Plattsburg. To Roger’s disappointment, Don says he’ll take Megan instead. “It was a dumb idea,” Roger muses as he watches Don brief Megan.

That night, Roger and Jane attend her psychiatrist’s dinner party. On the way, Roger complains about going but Jane insists the dinner is important to her.

After dinner, the hostess hands out LSD. Roger's hallucinations include a visit from Don and imagining half of the hair on his head has turned black. At home, he and Jane share a bath then lie on the floor, still high on LSD. Together they admit their marriage is over, in part because he doesn’t like her. “I did,” Roger reflects. “I really did.”

The next morning, Roger tells Jane he’s checking into a hotel. “Are you leaving me?” she asks. When she's reminded about the previous night's conversation, she warns him the divorce will be expensive.

Again the previous morning, Roger watches from the hallway as Don briefs Megan about the Howard Johnson trip. Don tells Megan to skip the Heinz presentation so that they can visit the hotel. She hesitates, but eventually acquiesces.

In the car, Megan frets over abandoning her co-workers for the Heinz presentation. Don tells her to stop worrying. “There has to be some advantage” to being his wife, Don adds.

At the hotel restaurant, Megan orders pie for dessert, but Don insists they have orange sherbet instead. He jots down notes for work. “You like to work, but I can’t like to work,” Megan points out. Don tells Megan she should have told him Heinz was so important. “I never got the chance,” Megan replies. The sherbet arrives. Megan says it “tastes like perfume” then shovels it into her mouth when Don suggests she’s trying to embarrass him. They continue arguing until Don storms out. He orders her into the car. She refuses, yelling “Get in the car! Eat ice cream! Leave work! Take off your dress! Yes, master.” Don drives away. Later, Don returns to the Howard Johnson's and searches for Megan. From a phone booth he calls both Peggy and Megan’s mother but learns nothing.

Flashing back to the ride home from Disneyland, Don drives as Megan reads a map. Sally wakes up in the back seat and asks where they’re going. Don whistles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” by The Beatles.

Back in the present, Don drives home alone. He finds Megan at the apartment, furious that he left her in the parking lot. She hits him and Don chases her until they fall to the floor. “Every time we fight it just diminishes this a little bit,” she says, crying. “I thought I lost you,” he says and hugs her tightly. She strokes his head.

Don and Megan walk into the office together, sharing a smile as they part.

In the conference room, Cooper tells Don that they disappointed a client because Don let Peggy run the show. “You’ve been on love leave,” Cooper warns. “It’s amazing things are going as well as they are with as little as you are doing.” Roger walks in and announces that it’s going to be a beautiful day.

EPISODE 507 – “At the Codfish Ball” Don, Roger and Pete attempt to bring in new business. Sally comes to the aid of a relative.

Sally calls Glen on the phone and complains about Pauline, referring to her as “Bluto.” In the hallway, Pauline trips on the telephone cord and falls to the floor. Sally orders Bobby to get Pauline water while she calls for help.

Don hauls luggage for Emile and Marie, Megan’s parents, into the Draper apartment. Emile and Marie quibble in French until Megan asks them to speak English. Don takes an urgent phone call from Sally.

Roger and Mona meet for drinks and Roger talks about his “life-altering” experience with LSD. He asks Mona to help arrange meetings with prospective clients at an upcoming American Cancer Society dinner, which is honoring Don for his anti-smoking letter.

During dinner at the Draper home, Megan defends Don against Emile’s critiques. Don arrives with Sally and Bobby, reporting that Pauline broke her ankle. Sally explains that Pauline tripped over one of Gene’s toys, and Don praises Sally for handling the situation well. Marie excuses herself from dinner and Megan follows shortly after. She finds Marie asleep in bed, a burning cigarette still in hand.

Eating Chinese food at the office, Ginsberg and Stan challenge Peggy’s opinion on a Playtex campaign. “It’s not fair that just because you’re a boob-carrying consumer that your opinion means more,” says Stan. Abe, who has joined them for dinner, stands and kisses Peggy good night.

In bed, Don tells Megan that even the ACS award won’t persuade Emile to like him. Megan notes that her mother -- competitive for Emile’s affections -- touched Don six times in one hour.

The next day, Megan comes to Don with an idea for the Heinz campaign: A mother serves her child beans in various historical contexts, from caveman times through to the future. When Don suggests “Kids want beans, and they have forever” as the tag, Megan says she was actually thinking of, “Heinz beans, some things never change.” Don excitedly tells Stan and Ginsberg about the idea.

Abe calls Peggy and insists they meet for dinner at Minetta Tavern. Stan and Ginsberg, meanwhile, complain about the last-minute change to the Heinz campaign.

Peggy tells Joan she thinks Abe is breaking up with her, but Joan thinks he’s proposing. “Men don’t take the time to end things,” she says. “They ignore you until you insist on a declaration of hate.” Meanwhile, Roger asks Don to charm potential clients at the ACS dinner, explaining that “we’re being lowered on a bucket into a goldmine.”

Peggy arrives at Minetta Tavern dressed up. Abe proposes they move in together. She pauses, and then agrees.

At a dinner with Heinz, Megan learns that Raymond is planning to fire SCDP. She whispers the news to Don and prompts him to pitch the new concept at the table. Raymond is won over.

Megan and Don kiss in a cab as Don lavishes Megan with praise. Since the family is at their apartment, she suggests they go back to the office to have sex.

The next morning, Peggy tells Joan that she and Abe are moving in together. She worries that Joan is disappointed in her, but Joan calls it romantic.

In the conference room, Ken recounts the Heinz dinner to the crowd. Don credits Megan, who dismisses it as beginner’s luck. Peggy congratulates Megan and asks why she isn’t more celebratory. “I should be jealous, but I look at you and I feel like I’m getting to experience my first time again,” Peggy says. “This is as good as this job gets.”

The next day, Megan, Marie and Sally return home from a shopping trip and Sally asks Don if she can go to the awards dinner. Emile and Marie quarrel. Megan tells Don that Emile, an academic, had an unsuccessful business meeting and then cried to one of his grad students. “He should be crying to my mother,” Megan says.

Peggy and Abe prepare dinner at her apartment. Katherine Olson, Peggy’s mother, arrives with a cake.

Roger arrives at the Draper residence and Marie helps him with his bowtie. Sally shows off her dress. “One day your little girl will spread her legs and fly away,” Emile says. “Wings, daddy,” Megan corrects. Don tells Sally to remove her makeup and boots before they leave.

At the ACS dinner, Pete introduces Don and Megan to Ed Baxter, Ken’s father-in-law. Ed compliments Don’s talent as well as Megan’s contribution to the Heinz campaign.

Roger tells Sally who’s who at the event and Pete explains his job to Emile. Meanwhile, Marie watches Roger across the room.

Peggy tells her mother that she and Abe are moving in together. Katherine opposes their “living in sin” and says she’d rather Peggy just lie about it. She tells Peggy that Abe is just using her as practice for marriage.

At the ACS event bar, Marie tells Roger, “You should get everything you want.” Meanwhile, Emile tells Megan that she’s changed. “Don’t let your love for this man stop you from doing what you wanted to do,” he says. Later, Sally wanders into a room and sees Marie performing fellatio on Roger.

Ed tells Don that clients like Don’s work but don’t like Don, on account of the letter he wrote against Lucky Strike. “How could they trust you after the way you bit the hand?” Ed explains.

Later that night, Sally calls Glen from Don’s apartment. “How’s the city?” he asks. “Dirty,” she says.

EPISODE 508 – “Lady Lazarus” Peggy is irritated by a secret she has to keep. Pete covers for a friend and Don gets unexpected news.

Howard sits with Pete on the train, boasting about his new lover in the city and attempting to sell Pete life insurance. At the office, Dawn tells Megan a man called asking for Megan Calvet. Megan discreetly ducks into the phone booth outside the office.

Meanwhile, Ginsberg dramatically pitches a “Hard Day’s Night” concept to executives from Chevalier Blanc. The clients clap when he finishes, then ask for music that sounds like The Beatles.

Afterwards, Ginsberg suggests music options but Don says he’ll run it by Megan.

Roger tells Pete that Head Ski Company requested him to handle their account and offers Pete two sets of skis they sent as a gift. Pete awkwardly carries them out of Roger’s office.

Don invites Megan to join him at a client dinner, but she bows out because of work. Don asks her when music became so important in advertising and admits, “I have no idea what’s going on out there.”

Later, Megan informs Peggy that she’s heading out because Don called and insisted she meet him at dinner.

At the train parking lot in Cos Cob, Howard’s wife Beth introduces herself to Pete, asking if he saw Howard on the train. When Beth explains that she’s locked herself out of her car, Pete covers for Howard and drives her home.

From home, Don calls Peggy to ask where Megan is. Confused, Peggy says Megan excused herself because of dinner plans with Don.

Beth confronts Pete about lying for Howard, proclaiming Howard wouldn’t care “if I was alive or dead.” Concerned, Pete follows her into her house and they kiss.

At the office, Peggy gets another call from Don. She hesitates, then picks up the phone, blurts out “Pizza House!” and hangs up. Don calls again but Peggy ignores the call.

Beth and Pete lay on her floor after having sex. She says his eyes remind her of images of Earth — and that the images are tragic. She insists “this can never happen again.”

When Megan arrives home, Don asks where she was. Megan says she lied to Peggy in order to see her friends. “I’ve done that,” Don concedes.

The next morning, Peggy follows Megan into the ladies room and confronts her. Megan apologizes for lying and says she was at a callback for an off-off-Broadway show, but didn’t get the part. Peggy encourages Megan to stick with advertising, but Megan says it might not be “what I’m supposed to be doing.” “There are people killing to get this job,” Peggy snaps.

In Don’s office, Ken says Cool Whip has requested the “Mr. and Mrs. Draper bit” at their test kitchen. Don and Megan stage a husband-and-wife scene in which she urges Don to “just taste it.” Peggy is visibly irritated, but tells Don she’s “just absorbing it.”

Pete calls Beth from the phone booth and asks her to meet him. She says it’s too risky and asks him not to call again.

Megan wakes Don in the middle of the night and confesses about her callback. “I miss acting,” she says. “I think I gave up too easily.” Don discourages her at first, but then agrees she shouldn’t abandon her dreams. They decide she’ll quit the next day.

The next morning, Don tells Joan about Megan and asks what the protocol is for her departure. Joan says the girls will take her to lunch. Megan tearfully announces that she’s leaving SCDP to pursue acting. Stan assumes the reality of ad work finally sank in: “You work your ass off for months, bite your nails, for what? Heinz. Baked. Beans.”

Harry tells Pete the news about Megan but Pete is unfazed. “They do whatever they want,” he says.

Don sees Megan off at the elevator then pushes the button again. The doors open but the elevator is not there. He looks down the empty shaft and backs away.

In Don’s office, Ken plays the song Chevalier Blanc picked for their ad and Don mistakes it for The Beatles. Ken asks about Cool Whip and Don says Peggy will replace Megan.

On the train ride home, Pete suggests going to Howard’s house to review life insurance policies.

Peggy and Joan gossip about Megan. “She’s going to be a failing actress with a rich husband,” Joan says. Peggy defends Megan but Joan reminds her about Betty’s modeling career. “That’s the kind of girl Don marries,” Joan says.

At Howard’s house, Pete quietly asks Beth to meet him at the Hotel Pennsylvania. Beth excuses herself with a migraine.

Don arrives home to find Megan cooking dinner. “You’re everything I hoped you’d be,” she says. “You too,” he echoes.

In the Cool Whip test kitchen, Peggy botches the tagline during the “Mr. and Mrs. Draper” bit. Peggy and Don argue about Megan until Peggy proclaims, “You’re not mad at me. So shut up.”

In a hotel room, Pete sits alone with champagne. He throws his glass against the wall before gathering his things and walking out.

In Don’s office, Roger suggests Megan wants to start a family. Don says Megan isn’t interested in babies but thinks she should follow her dream, lest she “end up like Betty or her mother.”

At home, Megan gives Don a Beatles album to educate him on music. She leaves for acting class and he puts on “Tomorrow Never Knows.” The song plays as…

Peggy shares a joint with Stan at work.

Pete sees Beth and Howard in their car. Beth draws a heart on the foggy window then erases it.

Megan lies on the classroom floor for an acting exercise.

Back at the Draper home, Don stops the record mid-song and leaves the room.

EPISODE 509 – “Dark Shadows” Don becomes competitive and Roger seeks new business. Sally faces a challenge.

Betty prepares a light breakfast, carefully weighing her cheese portion.

In the elevator heading up to the office, Pete announces that the New York Times wants to interview him for a story about “hip agencies.”

Don assembles a work portfolio and notes that “Peggy really got buried with Heinz.” Joan suggests he include “the letter.”

Cooper asks Roger to secretly woo Manischewitz, stressing the importance of Roger’s finesse and his “Semitic wife.” At the Draper residence, Megan teaches Sally how to cry on cue. Sally reminds Don to buy colored pencils for a family tree assignment.

At the office that night, Don laughs while flipping through a folder of Sno Ball taglines on Ginsberg’s desk. He sits down to read more.

Sally lets Betty into Don’s apartment and fetches her brothers. Betty is studying Don’s living room when she accidentally glimpses Megan dressing in the bedroom. Afterward, they exchange awkward pleasantries.

Meanwhile, Don riffs Sno Ball taglines alone in his office.

Back at home, Betty sprays whipped cream into her mouth then spits it out in the sink and sighs.

The creative team brainstorms Sno Ball taglines in Don’s office. Ginsberg suggests, “Hit me in the face with a Sno Ball.” Don proposes a devil eating a Sno Ball with the tagline, “Yes, even me.” “That’s actually good,” Ginsberg blurts out. Don approves both ideas.

At a Weight Watchers meeting, Betty says she lost half a pound despite a “trying” experience during the week.

Megan reads script lines with her struggling actress friend Julia, who’s preparing for an audition. Megan criticizes the script, offending Julia. “It’s just so easy for you from your throne on 73rd and Park,” Julia says.

Roger asks Ginsberg to come up with ideas for Manischewitz wine aimed at non-Jewish consumers. Ginsberg is reluctant until Roger offers a wad of cash.

Betty finds Henry frying steak at midnight. He worries that his job is a dead-end and he “jumped ship for nothing.” Betty reassures him that it’s just a setback.

On the phone, Roger asks Jane to pretend they’re still together for a client dinner. She agrees on the condition that he gets her a new apartment.

Pete daydreams that Beth comes to the office and seduces him after reading the Times article.

While organizing Bobby’s homework, Betty finds a loving note from Don to Megan. She stares at the note then tells Sally to include Don’s first wife, Anna, “deceased,” on the family tree. “Who is she?” Sally asks. Betty tells her to ask Megan.

Don presents the two Sno Ball concepts to the SCDP team and both receive praise. “Thank you,” Don and Ginsberg say simultaneously.

The next day, Sally confronts Megan about Anna. Caught off guard, Megan explains that Don and Anna married “to help each other out.” Sally blames Megan for withholding information.

At Weight Watchers, Betty listens to advice about managing weight over Thanksgiving.

Megan tells Don about Sally and he angrily starts to call Betty. Megan stops him, saying it’s what Betty wants: “The thrill of having poisoned us from fifty miles away.” Sally overhears the exchange.

Ginsberg tells Peggy that Roger enlisted him for extra work. Peggy says she doesn’t care.

Pete calls Don early Sunday morning, complaining that the Times made no mention of him or SCDP in the article. “Don’t wake me up and throw your failures in my face,” Don chastises. Don tells Sally his marriage to Anna was not romantic and that Betty is trying to hurt him and Megan. Sally asks if Anna is the woman whose house they went to in California. Don says yes, and Sally agrees to apologize to Megan.

In the elevator, Peggy confronts Roger about picking Ginsberg instead of her. “You are not loyal,” she says. “You only think about yourself.”

In a taxi, Ken preps Don and Harry for the Sno Ball presentation. Don intentionally leaves Ginsberg’s boards in the cab.

Betty tells Sally she got an A+ on her family tree and asks if Sally spoke to Megan about Anna. Sally says Don and Megan “spoke very fondly of her.” Betty sends Sally to watch TV then knocks a box off the table in frustration.

Over dinner, Roger impresses the Manischewitz executive Max Rosenberg with an ad concept. Roger notices Max’s son flirt with Jane.

At the office, Harry reports that Don’s devil concept was a hit. Ginsberg storms off when Harry says they didn’t pitch his idea.

After dinner, Roger asks to see Jane’s new apartment. Once inside, he kisses her.

On the train the next morning, Howard brags to Pete about his lover. “Why don’t you spend Thanksgiving with her and I’ll go to your house and screw your wife,” Pete snaps. Howard laughs.

In the elevator, Ginsberg confronts Don who says it’s weak to present two ideas. “I feel bad for you,” Ginsberg says. “I don’t think about you at all,” Don responds.

Jane tells Roger he ruined her new apartment by sleeping with her in it. Roger apologizes.

Megan sets the table for Thanksgiving and tells Don that Julia got the role.

At the Francis Thanksgiving dinner, Bobby suggests everyone share what they’re thankful for. “I’m thankful that I have everything I want,” Betty says, “and that no one else has anything better.” As they eat, Betty savors her small portion of stuffing.

EPISODE 510 – “Christmas Waltz” Christmas wishes come true. Harry helps out a friend.

Lane's attorney abroad instructs him to wire £2,900 to England within two days for back taxes. Lane worries he can't come up with the money.

Harry schedules coffee with Paul Kinsey, then reports a strong first-quarter outlook to Lane but cautions that nothing is certain.

Lane visits SCDPís bank manager and convinces him to authorize a $50,000 credit extension.

Pete tells Don and Roger that Edwin Baker has been fired from Jaguar and SCDP is back in contention for the account. Presentations will take place mid-January. "That's a lot of work," Don notes. "Yes, you may have to stay past 5:30," Pete snaps.

Paul, wearing a robe and sporting a shaved head, greets Harry at a Hare Krishna gathering. He introduces his friend Lakshmi, who convinces Harry to join them in a group chant. Lane calls a partners meeting to announce they can hand out Christmas bonuses thanks to a $50,000 surplus. To Lane's chagrin, Don recommends holding off until the Christmas party. Pete agrees, explaining the Jaguar announcement will be a sufficient morale boost until then.

In Joan's office, Roger says he wants to financially support her and Kevin. "We created a human life," he says. "We made a baby." Joan refuses, claiming "It's better this way for him."

In a taxi after the Krishna gathering, Paul admits to Harry that he loves Lakshmi but the Krishna movement does not make him happy.

Megan and Don watch the play America Hurrah, in which a character rants against TV ads. After the play, Megan and Don fight about its negative portrayal of advertising. "No one's made a stronger stand against advertising than you," Don argues.

At a diner, Paul hands Harry a script he wrote for Star Trek and asks Harry to pass it along to NBC. Harry reluctantly agrees.

Lane steals into the office at night and forges Don's signature on a $7,500 check written out to himself.

The next day, Harry asks Peggy for her opinion on Paulís script, admitting "it's really bad." Peggy advises Harry to tell Paul the truth.

Pete asks Don to test drive a Jaguar for research purposes. Don agrees but brushes off Peteís suggestion to bring Megan. "If I'd told you last December that we'd be in the running for a car, you wouldíve kissed me on the mouth," Pete says sourly.

Lane assures his attorney that the funds should be available immediately, but hangs up when the attorney mentions his fee.

Joan is summoned to reception for a signature, but instead gets served divorce papers. She yells at the receptionist for letting the man into the office and smashes the model Mohawk airplane.

Don leads Joan out of the office and brings her with him to a Jaguar showroom where they pretend to be a couple looking for a new car. Don offers the salesman a $6,000 deposit to let them test-drive an XK-E alone.

At a bar, Joan reminisces about the days when suitors constantly sent her flowers. "My first week there, I thought you were dating Ali Kahn," Don confesses. "My mother raised me to be admired," Joan says, wondering why Don never showed interest in her. He admits he was afraid of her. They talk about what itís like to start over until Joan gets up to put on some music.

Lakshmi shows up at SCDP and propositions Harry in his office. He resists but kisses her back when she assures him itís permitted by the movement.

Back at the bar, Don and Joan flirt. He points out a man who seems interested in Joan and she guesses the man has a wife. Don offers to return the Jaguar by himself, slipping her some ìmad moneyî in case it doesnít work out.

Alone in the Jaguar, Don shifts gears and accelerates.

In Harry's office, Lakshmi reveals that Paul is the movement's best recruiter and tells Harry to stay away -- lest he turn Paul into a "gross materialist."

Don arrives home drunk and finds Megan simmering at the dinner table. She throws her plate against the wall and asks where heís been. Furious, she yells that she "sat here like an idiot waiting for someone who doesn't give a shit about anybody." She orders him to sit at the table and eat. "You used to love your work," she reflects.

Rebecca tells Lane she wants to visit England for Christmas. He dissuades her by claiming the office needs him after Jaguar "came crawling back to me," and he doesnít want to spend another Christmas alone.

Roger delivers a bouquet of roses that were sent to Joan. The card reads, "Your mother did a good job. Ali Kahn."

Harry tells Paul that his business connection liked the script but passed on it. He gives Paul $500 and a ticket to L.A., urging him to leave the Krishnas and start over. Paul hugs Harry. "All these people said they'd do something for me and you're the first one who did," Paul says.

At the office, Pete informs the partners that Mohawk is suspending their advertising budget due to a machinist strike. When Lane protests doing away with bonuses entirely, the partners agree to give bonuses only to the staff and defer their own.

In the conference room, the partners brief SCDP employees on Mohawk, Jaguar and the bonuses. Don ends the meeting with a pep talk: "Every agency on Madison Avenue is defined by the moment they got their car. When we land Jaguar, the world will know weíve arrived."

The room erupts in applause.

EPISODE 511 – “The Other Woman” Don’s challenged by a pitch and Peggy contemplates a trip.

The Jaguar team riffs taglines in the SCDP conference room. Stan suggests “Jaguar: The mistress who will do things your wife won’t,” but Don reminds him “a client doesn’t want to hear the word ‘mistress.’”

Peggy asks Don to sign off on a project but he snaps that she’s in charge of all other ongoing business until Jaguar is done. Peggy watches as Joan delivers a lobster lunch to the Jaguar team.

Ken and Pete dine with Herb Rennet, head of the Dealers Association and a member of Jaguar’s selection committee. Herb suggests SCDP’s competitive standing might be improved if they arrange “an evening together” for him and Joan.

At home, Megan studies a script for an audition. Don asks her advice on the “mistress” concept, but she responds, “Doesn’t being a mistress make the car immoral?” Don bristles and Megan leaves the room to continue memorizing.

Pete tells Joan about Herb’s proposal. Taken aback, Joan wonders how Pete would feel if someone asked that of Trudy. Pete asks Joan how much it would take to convince her. “I don’t think you could afford it,” she says.

Subbing in for Ginsberg while he works on Jaguar, Peggy attends a conference call with Chevalier Blanc. The company wants to pull the Hard Day’s Night ad but Peggy spontaneously comes up with a twist on the existing ad targeting women instead and wins the client over.

Pete presents Herb’s proposal at a partners meeting, guaranteeing SCDP will lose the account if they don’t comply. Don spurns the idea and walks out, but the remaining partners reluctantly agree to offer Joan $50,000. They decide to withhold Christmas bonuses and extend their credit line to cover the cost.

Don instructs the Jaguar team to ditch the mistress concept because it’s vulgar. Later, Harry praises Peggy’s work on Chevalier Blanc. She tells Don the client ultimately went with the same ad as before, only in Paris. Don says Ginsberg will take over once Jaguar is finished, prompting Peggy to snap, “I guess I’m not in charge of everything.” Don flings cash in her face and barks, “Here. Go to Paris.”

Ken tries to comfort Peggy, saying that Don is just upset about Jaguar. “I don’t care,” she responds.

Lane advises Joan to demand a 5% partnership stake in the company, using himself as a cautionary tale: “Three years ago, when I was essential to the future of this firm, I settled for much less than I needed.”

At home, Pete reads to Tammy while Trudy watches from behind, smiling.

On the way to her audition, Megan pays Don a surprise visit for sex in his office. “I want to walk in there with confidence,” she says.

Pete tells Trudy he wants an apartment in the city, but she refuses. She informs him that “your love affair with Manhattan is over,” adding that they haven’t even been trying for a second child.

At home, Joan argues with her mother Gail over the broken refrigerator.

The next day, Megan tells Don she got called back for Little Murders and rehearsals begin shortly in Boston. “So you’re just going to leave for three months?” he says, “Well forget it.” She accuses him of expecting her acting career to fail.

Joan tells Pete she wants “a partnership, not silent, comprising 5% of the business” for her night with Herb. Pete asks how to make the arrangements. “Do I have to do all of it?” Joan snaps.

Ginsberg approaches Don with a new Jaguar concept, portraying the car as an unattainable woman: “Jaguar: At last, something beautiful you can truly own.” Don smiles.

Over lunch with Freddy Rumsen, Peggy gripes about her exclusion from Jaguar. Freddy suggests she leave SCDP and offers to help.

Pete tells Don about the arrangement with Joan. Don leaves the office and goes to Joan’s apartment to dissuade her. She thanks him and wishes him good luck on the presentation.

The next day, Don presents the pitch to Jaguar. Herb smiles as Don unveils the tagline.

The previous night, Joan joins Herb in a hotel room and they have sex. Later, at her apartment, Don arrives to advise her against going through with it.

The next day at the office, Joan asks Don how the presentation went. “We’ll see,” he says.

At her audition, Megan takes off her coat and is asked to turn around in a circle. She complies.

Peggy meets Ted Chaough from CGC to discuss job opportunities and he praises her work. She writes her job requirements, “Copy Chief $18,000/year,” on a piece of paper and slides it across the table to him. Chaough crosses out $18,000 and writes $19,000 – “If this is your last meeting.”

Megan tells Don the callback didn’t go well. “If I have to choose between you and that, I’ll choose you, but I’ll hate you for it,” she says. Don assures her that he doesn’t want her to fail, and they kiss.

In Roger’s office, Don locks eyes with Joan when she joins the partners gathered as Roger receives a call from Jaguar confirming they’ve won the account. The office erupts in celebration.

In Don’s office, Peggy informs Don she’s accepted a job with Cutler Gleason and Chaough. Don thinks she’s asking for a raise and attempts to negotiate salary, but Peggy tells him it’s not about money. She holds back tears as he kisses her hand. Peggy walks out of the office and smiles as she waits for an elevator.

EPISODE 512 – “Commissions and Fees” Don follows a surprising lead and Sally goes out.

At the barber shop, a rival ad man congratulates Don for landing the Jaguar account. “This is a big win for your little agency,” he says.

Lane has breakfast with a member of the 4A’s, who praises Lane’s fiscal track record and asks him to serve as head of the association’s Fiscal Control Committee. Lane accepts.

At a partners meeting, Pete says Jaguar would like to pay SCDP via a fee structure instead of straight commission. He adds that Dunlop – Jaguar’s tire supplier -- is interested in meeting with SCDP.

As Betty packs for a family ski vacation, Sally complains that she’d rather spend the weekend with Don and Megan. Betty calls Don to say she’s dropping Sally off, seething that “It’s your child bride she wants to spend time with.”

Examining the company financial records, Cooper finds Lane’s forged check and accuses Don of giving an unauthorized Christmas bonus. Don says he’ll take care of it.

Don calls Lane into his office and shows him the check. Lane protests at first but then apologizes and tearfully argues “that was my money.” Don demands Lane’s resignation and gives him the weekend to think of an “elegant exit.” When Lane says he feels lightheaded, Don assures him “that’s relief” and “this is the worst part” of starting over.

Lane shows up drunk at Joan’s office, but she sends him away after he makes a lewd comment. He retreats to his office, downing his drink.

Declaring that he’s tired of “piddly” accounts, Don tells Roger to arrange a meeting with Ed Baxter at Dow Chemical. Roger calls Dow the “Moby Dick” of accounts and reminds Don that Ken is squeamish about doing business with his father-in-law, but Don is unfazed.

To Megan’s surprise, Sally shows up at the Draper apartment and informs Megan she’ll be staying for the weekend.

Over drinks, Roger tells Ken they’re going after Dow Chemical but assures Ken he’s not obligated to work on the account. Ken agrees to keep the proceedings secret from his wife if Roger agrees to “force” him onto the account — and to exclude Pete from all meetings.

Roger tells Don he arranged a meeting with Baxter on Monday.

Megan lights into Don for not telling her about Sally’s visit. Don confides that he had to fire Lane for embezzling.

Lane arrives home drunk to find that Rebecca has surprised him with a new Jaguar. “You never spend on yourself,” she says. Lane vomits but the next morning reassures Rebecca that he likes the car.

While Don prepares for the Dow meeting at home, Sally joins Megan and her friend Julia for lunch. Megan asks Julia to tone down sex talk in Sally’s presence, but Sally explains she has a boyfriend -- though she isn’t sure he likes her “that way.” Megan assures Sally that great romances often start as friendships.

Lane attempts to commit suicide in the middle of the night using the new car’s exhaust, but the car fails to start.

Sally invites Glen to visit while Don and Megan are at work the next day. He agrees to sneak off campus and take the train into the city.

That night, Lane walks into SCDP’s empty office and types a letter at his desk.

The next morning, Sally waits for Megan to leave the apartment before rushing to change out of her pajamas.

Roger gives Don a pep talk as they wait outside Baxter’s office.

Glen arrives at the Draper apartment. He and Sally visit the Museum of Natural History. Glen admits that he told friends he was going to “do it” with her, but that he thinks of her as a little sister. Feeling ill, Sally runs to the bathroom and finds blood on her underwear.

Don brushes off Baxter’s concerns about “that letter” and insists Dow Chemical needs a new agency, despite having 50% of the market share. “I won’t settle for 50% of anything,” Don says. “I want 100%.”

Arriving home, Megan looks for Sally and sees Glen’s duffel bag.

Sally takes a cab to the Francis house and sprints to the bathroom. She hugs Betty tightly and explains that her period started and she didn’t know what to do: “I just wanted to come home.”

Scarlett drops off some company records with Joan, saying Lane hasn’t arrived and his office door is locked.

Glen shows up at the Draper apartment and tells Megan that Sally left him at the museum. Betty phones and tells Megan that Sally “became a woman today,” and “she just needed her mother.” Megan insists Glen stay until she can drive him to his train.

At the office, Joan tries to open Lane’s door but finds it blocked. She alerts Pete, Harry and Ken, who peer through the adjoining office window. “Dear lord,” Pete gasps. Ken holds Joan as she bursts into tears.

Betty gives Sally a hot compress and curls up in bed next to her, assuring Sally that getting her period means “everything is working.”

Back from their meeting with Dow, Don and Roger arrive to a nearly empty office. Cooper, Pete and Joan inform them that Lane hanged himself. Don forces his way into Lane’s office and they lay Lane’s body on his couch. Roger picks up a note from the floor and opens it. “It’s a resignation letter,” he says. Don closes his eyes.

At home, Don offers to drive Glen back to Hotchkiss. “Everything you think is going to make you happy just turns to crap,” Glen says. Don asks what Glen would do if he could do anything.

Later, Glen drives Don’s car and smiles as Don helps him steer.

EPISODE 513 – “The Phantom” In the season finale, opportunity is in the air for everyone and Pete meets a stranger on the train. At home, Don soothes an aching tooth with a cotton ball soaked with whiskey. He declines Megan’s offer to schedule a dentist appointment. Marie, who is visiting, consoles Megan when she receives a rejected screen test reel.

Howard and Beth join Pete on the train. Howard explains that Beth will be staying with her sister for a while. Beth quickly excuses herself and Howard follows.

Harry joins Joan on the elevator and notes that she pressed the 38th-floor button. Joan calls it an accident, deflecting Harry’s questions about the agency moving to another floor.

As he heads in to work, Don passes an elevator whose doors are closing. Inside he sees a man who looks like his dead brother, Adam.

Ginsberg argues with Topaz executives who object to use of the word “cheap” in his tagline. “You should get a girl’s opinion,” an executive says. “I used to take that as a given here.”

Beth calls Pete at his office, asking him to meet her at the Hotel Pennsylvania. “I hope you like waiting. That’s what I did,” Pete says, slamming the phone down.

At CGC, Ted Chaough tosses Peggy a pack of Phillip Morris’ “top secret ladies’ cigarette” and tells her to “Smoke it, name it, sell it.”

At a partners meeting, Joan announces revenue is up 34% from last year, making it their best-ever quarter. She has plans to meet with the building manager about new office space, but cautions against overextending and suggests postponing a final decision until June. The partners agree.

Pete arrives at Beth’s hotel room. Beth reveals she is starting electroshock therapy the next day. She’s “been very blue,” and it’s the only thing that will help, but it might erase her memory of him.

At the Draper home, Megan and her friend Emily lament the difficulty of finding acting work. The phone rings and Megan answers, but no one responds. Emily asks if Don can get her an audition for Butler shoes’ “Beauty and the Beast” commercial. Megan reluctantly agrees.

In bed, Pete urges Beth to forgo treatment and stay with him. She declines, explaining that electroshock does work.

At home, Megan gives Don a copy of her screen test and asks him to recommend her for the Butler commercial. He refuses, explaining, “You want to be somebody’s discovery, not somebody’s wife.” Megan agrees but later cries in the bathroom.

Roger calls the Draper home pretending to be Emile and asks for Marie. Roger admits he “hung up on your daughter about a dozen times today” and invites Marie to his “apartment” -- a room at the Stanhope -- for a rendezvous.

Entering the office the next day, Don passes an employee who looks like Adam.

Joan informs Don that SCDP will receive a $175,000 insurance payout from Lane’s death -- a profit rendering a “cautious voice” unnecessary. Don tells Joan to repay Lane’s wife the $50,000 Lane gave the company after Lucky Strike left. As Joan leaves, Don ices his tooth.

Marie wakes Megan at noon and tells her to stop feeling sorry for herself. “Not every little girl gets to do what they want,” she says. “The world could not support that many ballerinas.” When Megan retorts, “Is that what you tell yourself?” Marie calls her an “ungrateful little bitch” and walks out. Don visits Rebecca and hands her a $50,000 check. Producing the photo of Dolores, Rebecca accuses the agency of corrupting Lane. “Don’t leave here thinking that you’ve done anything for anyone but yourself,” she says.

Trudy shows Pete plans for a backyard pool, but he says it’s “awfully permanent” and warns that Tammy could drown. Trudy chastises him, saying she’s tired of “this doom and gloom.”

Roger and Marie burst into his hotel room, kissing passionately. Roger asks her to take LSD with him. She declines, saying, “Please don’t ask me to take care of you.”

Don arrives home to find Megan drunk and escorts her to bed. She throws herself at him, saying, “It’s what you want, isn’t it? For me to be waiting for you. That’s why you won’t give me a chance.”

Marie enters the apartment and Don berates her for leaving Megan alone. Marie advises Don to “nurse her though this defeat and you shall have the life you desire.” Don grimaces, holding his cheek.

Don visits the dentist for an extraction and, while anesthetized, sees Adam’s ghost. “You’re in bad shape, Dick,” Adam says. “It’s not your tooth that’s rotten.”

Pete visits Beth at the hospital. When she doesn’t recognize him, he tells her he’s visiting a friend who became heartbroken after an affair, realizing that “his life with his family was itself some temporary bandage on a permanent wound.”

Don enters a movie theater and sees Peggy. He joins her and they exchange pleasantries. He tells her he’s proud of her success, but “I just didn’t know it would be without me.”

Howard wakes Pete on the train. Pete fumes, “You just couldn’t wait to get her in the hospital and erase her brain.” Howard realizes Pete slept with Beth and they brawl. Pete is kicked off the train. At home, Pete tells Trudy he fell asleep at the wheel and drove into a ditch. Concerned about his welfare, Trudy relents and agrees he should have an apartment in the city.

Alone at the office, Don watches Megan’s screen test and smiles.

Joan shows the partners around the prospective new office space and Pete remarks that he’ll have the same view as Don. They stand in front of the window and look out.

Dressed as “Beauty,” Megan kisses Don on the set of Butler’s commercial. “You know I love you,” she says. Don watches her, then walks off. He sits down at a bar and orders an Old Fashioned.

In a dingy Richmond hotel, Peggy gets into bed with a glass of wine and smiles.

At home, Pete sits in the dark with headphones on and eyes closed.

Roger stands naked on a chair facing the window, arms outstretched.

A woman approaches Don at the bar. “Are you alone?” she asks. Don turns and looks at her, expressionless.