The merger between SCDP and CGC causes some power struggles, which carry over into Don's affair with Sylvia. Pete is forced to care for his mother, while Bob Benson looks out for Joan. We've got a chair for you at the partners' meeting, so re-watch with us!
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Podcast Time Stamps
00:00 Introduction
00:42 Don eavesdrops on Sylvia and Arnold fighting, because he's classy like that
02:02 Peggy's first day . . . again; the reality of merging SCDP & CGC
04:47 "I went to a meeting this morning, and there was no chair for me!" (This is that meeting)
07:58 Pete's care for his mother means asking her building manager to pour her a gin and tonic
10:32 "I need you, and nothing else will do."
12:33 "Dammit, Burt! You stole my goodbye!"
15:43 A rap session about margarine in general
17:17 Don's power trip at the Sherry-Netherland Hotel
18:53 Ted's right and Don has no good defense
22:22 "Buy Trudy a catcher's mask, and be happy you get to go to work every day."
23:05 Gilligan's Island, margarine, and bacon's not up for debate
26:29 Bob might be an opportunist, but he does help Joan
27:49 "Oh, Mathis. I knew it! Don't you have any hope?"
28:52 A hero in a leaky waiting room
31:41 To play Don's control game, or not to play (spoiler: the only way to win is not to play)
35:33 Can the audience feel sympathy for Don when he goes home to Megan?