Mad Men

Previously on Mad Men...

Roger Sterling is a child.

Still I expect pragmatism from you...

We share that...

I just keep thinking about what's going on here and I miss it.

I say we put it to a vote.

I say we step outside.

Allison and Faye Miller and who knows how many more...

I'm going to be with you until I die.

How's not your wife dropping you off?

There was a time when she wouldn't leave the house in a robe.

There's a point when you go from going home on the 5:25 to the 7:05.

State highway patrol.

There has been an accident at Tremble Road and the expressway.

Does it go like that all day?

I suppose, but I don't hear it.

You're not ready at all?

We have time.

The first half of a football match is just flirting.

Well, I'd like to get there,

grab a nice seat, enjoy the chitchat.

If it's a matter of you and I having a nice lunch,

perhaps a ride in the boats in the park, hmm?

You don't even know what's good for you.

Spending an afternoon in the pub with our friends.

One: They're your friends, and recent ones at that.

Two: I have no fond memories of hours spent in pubs

watching football. Three--

- You love football. - No, that's my father.

And I hate this business

of bringing england over in pieces.

It's strictly for the homesick.

But it's filled with immigrants like us.

How lovely your face becomes when you tell me you need something.

I'd be happy if you'd just pretend to have a good time.

Then pretend I shall.

Now, I want both of you to make a pledge

that this is the end of football for some time.

We beat the bloody Jerries for the world cup, darling.

That is the end of football.

I'll believe that when I see it.

Is Lane this way about that?

Perhaps at one time.

But right now he's been in the midst

of a messy divorce with Great Britain.

I dare to say my blood's running now.

Good day to be an Englishman.

I don't know if I caught it. Are you an account man at the firm?

No, financial chief.

You should have one give me a call.

Well, my name's on the door.

I don't find britain any more moral than here nowadays.

The boys look like girls and the girls,

they don't seem to be concerned with manners, do they?

I find New York better than London

because 50 miles away, things are infinitely more wholesome.

You'll have your farmland. Give it some time.

She wants to raise hogs.

Just take the last booth.

Kenny?

Oh, hi. What are you doing here?

Trying to get ptomaine poisoning.

- I'll see you at the office. - Unless you have plans.

Oh, no. It's Cynthia's uncle.

He's trying to break into radio. I'm gonna try and talk him out of it.

I'd love to meet him.

He's painfully shy.

I get it.

You want to be alone.

Do you mind?

Okay, now on to new business.

- Roger? - Nope.

- Pete? - No.

- Mr. Cooper? - No, dear.

- Don? - Nope.

Very well, then.

If there are any addendums for the minutes,

please give them to me by 4:00.

Excuse me, gentlemen. If I may.

I have a bit of new business.

- Taking leave again? - Not at all.

I don't know if you're aware,

but England won the World Cup.

Cup of what?

Anyway, I've begun a bit of a friendship with Edwin Baker,

senior vice president of public relations

for Jaguar cars incorporated.

Completely unprovoked, he made it clear

that since their impending merger with BMC,

they're looking for a new agency

to break them into the American market.

Dinner is set.

- Yowza! - Spectacular.

- I want one. - So, Mr. Pryce,

- that's Jaguar, like the cat? - Indeed.

Why are you smiling?

Jaguar, well, we'd probably have to hire 10 people

who will be on the payroll for months.

Are you sure we can afford it?

My lordy. New business.

Not here, sir.

I suppose if you brought in an account of this stature,

I might said something different.

It's $3 million, tops.

It's a car and you know it.

You know, I'd be happy to ride shotgun.

If nothing else, I could pick up the check and make you look important.

I think that would make you look important.

But, honestly, Lane, if you want any of us along,

Cooper speaks British.

I believe Edwin and I relate to one another

on matters both business and personal.

Englishman to Englishman.

I love that car.

Should someone give him a few pointers?

- That's a good idea. - I'm terribly busy.

- Roger. - I'd be glad to.

Oh, Don. Just a minute.

Trudy dictated directions to Clara for Saturday night.

I promise, no charades, no bridge,

just good home cooking and drinks.

This Saturday I think we're going away.

I doubt that.

Trudy will only act on a certainty.

Okay.

Thank you.

- Dawn, can you get Mrs. Draper? - She's inside.

I'm almost done.

So, I want you to call your new best friend Trudy Campbell

and tell her that we're unavailable this weekend.

You already said we were coming.

To who?

I don't know. Trudy said you did.

Well, she got this far by subterfuge.

She won't feel bad when you pull the plug on it.

I like her.

I like her, too. But Saturday night in the suburbs?

That's when you really want to blow your brains out.

If you want to tell her, you call her.

Hey, where's Stan and Ginsberg?

Why? Do you have something you want to tell them?

No.

Listen, about this morning--

- I thought we had a pact. - It's not about the pact.

It has nothing to do with the pact. The pact still stands.

Then why didn't you introduce me?

I'm a copywriter. I'm not gonna take your job.

I'd love a shred of privacy. Just a shred.

You know? Is that too much to ask?

Okay, listen.

You know I write stories.

You're still doing that?

Well, I decided to fly under the radar.

I have a nom de plume and, well, I've had quite a bit of success

in a particular genre and he's from Farrar Straus.

Wow, that's exciting.

I guess.

Cynthia's trying to talk them into taking the best 20

and turning them into a collection.

20? When do you do this?

I started turning most of my dinners into drinks.

And if I have only one, I'm in pretty good shape when I get home.

So, what is it?

It's between fantasy and science fiction.

Robots and planets and things. There's whole magazines.

No, I mean what's your pen name?

Fine. It's Ben Hargrove.

Anyway, I could have introduced you,

and that was wrong, but I just...

I don't know.

Well, I wish I felt more relieved.

It's probably not gonna happen.

And listen, the pact still stands.

If I go anywhere, you go with me.

Okay.

So that's some big news.

Are you here to put in a good word for yourself?

No. A little bird told med

you got an RFP from Jaguar. And that is a very good sign.

Yes, I was just going over it.

Request for proposal. Jaguar. Blah, blah.

"One, have you ever been fired off an account?"

There are worse ones than that.

Would you take a little bit of unsolicited advice?

It's not pride that's keeping me from asking.

I certainly am aware that you're skilled in this arena.

I was.

Now I guess I'm professor emeritus of accounts.

Look, most people will tell you it's hard to make a mistake.

I mean, you just lie.

But that won't get you anywhere.

The beauty of this dinner is that if you do it right,

you can actually have him tell you all the answers.

In fact, I once got a guy from Dr. Scholl's to fill it out for me.

There'll be plenty of drinks.

Not for you. You order a scotch, rocks and water.

You drink half of it till it turns see-through.

- You get another. - Very good.

And then, well, then it's kind of like being on a date.

Flattery, I suppose.