An atmosphere of sheer panic overtook Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce last week, after the news that Lucky Strike was leaving the company finally set in. It was an uneasy and unorthodox Mad Men, as the company dangled on the edge of apocalypse, and it's needless to say to say that more than one careless decision was made. Roger, who knew about Lucky Strike weeks beforehand, took the defensive of not knowing what was going on. The conversation is something of a reversal of the previous episode's, where Roger criticized Pete for losing North American Aviation.The accounts kept dropping as Glowcoat, frightened by the possibility of their advertising firm collapsing, pulled out. Don Draper, who has finally gotten to a place where we can honestly like him as a character, nearly screwed things up entirely with Faye. Their relationship has been one of the nicest things about the latter half of the season, and Don jeopardizes that by bringing business into the picture. However, the writers leave his biggest mistake for the end, when his latest secretary Megan seduces him in his office. I have a feeling that if Megan isn't a sociopath, she has somewhat sinister motives behind this act. We'll have to wait until tonight's penultimate episode of the season, Blowing Smoke, to figure it out.
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