He wasn’t necessarily just being lazy: It’s pretty evident throughout the episode that Don is distracted by some intense angst of his own. (Though still prescribed as an anti-seizure medication in other countries, it’s now primarily used on dogs in the United States, though it remains popular as a suicide drug-it’s what Abbie Hoffman O.D.’d on).Īlthough we’re not told how Don and Betty reconciled after “The Wheel”, the presence of a housekeeper at the Draper residence (and the scene of Betty at riding lessons, almost but not quite as much of a bored-housewife cliché as therapy-trust me, I spent my early years in a wealthy suburb in the early ’70s) suggests that Don dealt with the situation in large part by opening his checkbook. Just as overdue is Don’s visit to the doctor, who, in a sign of the times, prescribes him the barbiturate Phenobarbital as an anti-anxiety medication. ![]() I don’t think the length of the gap since season one is ever specified in dialogue, but the broadcast date of Jackie Kennedy’s famous TV tour of the White House (February 14, 1962) proves that about 15 months have passed since Betty blew off Don for Thanksgiving at the end of “The Wheel.” I may be one of the few serious fans who never asked the question “Why the fuck doesn’t Don have a lock on his office?” during season one, and I got a huge laugh out of the scene up top in which one is installed. ![]() In that spirit, let’s get right down to business. Welcome, friends, to The House Next Door’s recap of the first episode of Mad Men’s second season, “For Those Who Think Young.” It’s been a huge thrill to see the show come out of nowhere to become the buzz program of the past year (as well as a multi-Emmy nominee), but obviously not as big a thrill for the fans as for the cast and the show’s creator, Matthew Weiner, who doesn’t waste any time on recaps or self-congratulation, instead throwing viewers right into the deep end to the strains of Chubby Checker’s “Let’s Twist Again” (”…like we did last summer”).
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