- An old flame and potential client reenters Roger Sterling's life, Joan's husband searches for a new job, and Don finally comes clean to Betty about his true identity.
- Two women from Roger's past reenter his life. The first is Annabelle Mathis, a former lover from twenty years earlier. Her business, Caldicott Farms, specializes in horse meat for dog food. She is looking to advertising firms to help save her business, the industry which has received bad publicity because of the movie The Misfits (1961). Annabelle may not be able to separate her professional and personal relationship with Roger. The second is Joan, who calls him to help her look for a well paying job in light of Greg's professional situation. Joan knows that she can't get her old job back, but wants something more lucrative than being just a secretary or a sales clerk. At home, Joan is feeling frustrated with Greg's lack of focus on what he will do with his professional life. Ultimately, Greg makes an extreme decision. At the Draper household, the kids are looking forward to Halloween, while their parents have more pressing matters. Betty takes the children back to Philadelphia so that she can deal with Gene's house and what she and William will do with it. While there, Betty takes the opportunity to speak to the Hofstadt family lawyer for advice on what to do with the information she found about Don's true identity as Dick Whitman. Betty makes decisions based on this advice. With Betty away, Don and Suzanne talk about taking a trip together. A crisis strikes Don which makes him forget about some important things he has left waiting in his car.—Huggo
- A former client returns to to Sterling Cooper as she is now in charge of her father's business and says she wants to try to regain the market share they lost when they were targeted for using horse meat in their dog food. She also clearly has an interest in Roger Sterling who she had a thing for years before. Betty and the kids go to their father's house to settle his affairs but she takes the opportunity to get advice from the family lawyer on her own marital situation. She returns early and decides to confront Don with what she knows. Joan is looking for work as her husband looks to change his residency to psychiatry. While she is being supportive he's just feeling sorry for himself and they have have a major falling out over his future. She calls Roger to see if he can help her find a job but Greg makes a major career move without consulting her.—garykmcd
- "Mad Men" - "The Gypsy and the Hobo" - Oct. 25, 2009
In the bedroom Betty packs for a trip.
Downstairs in the kitchen Sally asks Don for a Minnie Mouse costume. Bobby wants to be an astronaut. They're all going for a trip for a week except Don and will have to trick or treat elsewhere. Betty says she only has 40 dollars. He tells her to swing by the bank. She pointedly asks if he doesn't have any money anywhere.
Roger, Don, and Bert meet with Annabel Mathis, a former client who runs a dog food company. Roger and Annabel seem taken with each other, they clearly share special memories. Turns out her husband died, lung cancer, as Don lights a cigarette. It also turns out that the dog food company she inherited from her dad was embroiled in an expose, turns out they use horse meat. It also turns out that everyone does and her company was unfairly tarnished but it doesn't matter since the deal is done. She wants their help but has two caveats: no changing the recipe or the name of the company. Roger and Annabel walk out. He wants to know if it was necessary for her to come here. (She's going to all the ad firms looking for help.) She says she wanted to see him. He says he's remarried. She suggests a business dinner, somewhere French.
Miss Farrell comes home to Don waiting for her. She's making spaghetti with cream and stuff like she had in litle Italy. She wishes she could take him there. She catches herself and says she's not talking about a future with him since she entered this affair with eyes open. He says he pushed her. She says even if she removes herself from his life she sees a man who isn't happy. He says he's happy now. She pulls away. She starts to prep. He goes to nap.
Greg and Joan conduck a mock interview for a psychiatry position. He says he left surgery because he realized that there other ways to heal people other than cutting them open. She asks him about personal experience with psychiatry and he reluctantly admits his dad had a nervous breakdown. She likes that he was open and advises him on ways to express enthusiasm in a believable way. He's surprised he didn't tell her his family story before.
Miss Farrell joins Don in bed. She admits she wanted more than she thought she would and that it will pass. He says he doesn't want it to pass. He proposes a vacation since his family's away. She says she'll think of a place.
Roger hits balls as his phone rings. It's Joan. She needs a favor, help finding work. They banter and he tells her he's glad she called saying you want to be on certain people's minds. He asks if she misses SC and then asks how he works this, just give 'em your number? She's impressed he's working it out for himself.
Betty's in the drawer of an office desk again, this time her dad's. A lawyer comes in to talk about selling the house with Betty's brother. He wants to buy her out. But Milton, the lawyer, points out that Gene wanted to get as much money as he could for the house. The brother is mad since this means that Gene essentially left the house to Betty since he knew he didn't have enough money to buy her out. He leaves. Betty asks to speak to. Milton in confidence for advice. She spills the beans on Don and asks what she should do. He says she could try and divorce him but would need to prove adultery in a court of law. And even then she might not get anything and he could take the children. He asks if she's afraid of him and whether he's a good provider. No and yes she says. But she points out the lies and says it fellt like a dream finding it out and saying it out loud, for the first time it's felt true. He tells her to go home and give it a try and it's what he would tell his daughter. Betty's brother pounds on the door saying it isn't right.
Roger meets Annabelle for dinner and asks what she wants. It turns out they had a thing over 20 years ago and she left him for another man, the recently deceased husband. She clearly wants to rekindle things, they rehash their problems- his lack of ambition among them- but he's not indulging her nostalgia. He says it's different with his new wife and even though they get tanked he doesn't give in to temptation and it's not even clear if it's there. He still seems wounded and lashes out with little digs. He offers to get her a cab. She bids him goodnight...
Joan comes home to find a despondent Greg who says he made a fool of himself in the interview. She tries to comfort him but he snipes at her saying he doesn't want to be a psychiatrist, it's not medicine. She says she doesn't care what he does as long as he does something since they need money. He laments that he did everythign he was told, was a good boy, and has always wanted to be a surgeon. She again tries to comfort him and he snaps at her that she doesn't know what it's like to want something your whole life and not get it. Appraising her sorry state of husband picking she disagrees and to express said disagreement she smacks a vase against his head.
At a focus group at SC - with one way mirrors- Annabel and some SC folks watch as three dog owners are trying out dog food. When they're told it's from Annabel's company they freak out because of the scandal. Don tries to get her to see reason that she can keep the recipe but needs to change the name of the company. She's not having it. Roger says to let it go, the name is done, it's unfair but it's over. She stalks out certainly interpreting that both ways.
Roger follows. They go into break room and he asks if this is about the other night. When she claims not to remember he says "You threw yourself at me and I turned you down." She says he wants to hurt her. He softens and says "you want to know if it was a great time? It was. You want to know if it broke my heart? Obviously." She says it was a mistake leaving him. He says it's nice to hear but it doesn't matter anymore. She says as she was burying her husband she thought she'd rather have her heart broken every day by Roger back then then a stable life with the man she married. She confesses to him "you were the one." He responds, truthfully, "you weren't." She is forlorn but says he's lucky he found the one and bids him adieu. He's clearly thinking of Joan.
Don's in the car with Miss Farrell, she's picked a place and he's cleared his schedule. She scooches down in the car and he goes into his house to get his stuff. He runs into Sally. He's surprised. As Betty approaches he says he left his hat in car. She says to get it later. She orders the kids upstairs.
He says he came home to feed the dog and change shirts before heading back in for a client dinner. She says she has to show him something. She brings him into office and tells him to open the drawer or she will. He argues for his privacy. She says she respected his privacy too long. She tells him to open it. He says no. She says she knows he knows she knows what's in there. He drops his hand with key. He says he can explain. He says she didn't have to look at his things. She pulls out the shoebox of memories and asks if his name is Dick. He says people change heir names, she did. He again says he can explain. She says she knows, he's a very gifted storyteller. He says he needs a drink and wafts out of the office to the kitchen, stunned. He goes to rinse his face. She comes in and asks if he's thinking up a story or preparing to run. He says he's not going anywhere. He seems freaked. She says she'll get him a drink and he should just sit down. She brings over a bottle and glass. She sits. She says "you bought her a house"? He asks where she wants him to start. He begins to tell her: real name Dick Whitman, he ended up married because he ran away to join the army, the accident and the switching of identities. He says "all I had to do was be him and I could leave Korea." She asks questions: You took his name? Yes. Isn't that against the law? Yes. She's startting to feel bad. Don says he found it was easier to be Don than to start over. He explains about buying Anna's house and the divorce. She notes the divorce came through on Valentine's Day 1953, three months before they got married. Why didn't he tell her any of this? He wonders when, their first date, their wedding night? "Why do you need to know," he asks. "You don't get to ask any questions," she answers. She says he has a family. He says he doesn't. She's upset saying she thought he was a football hero who hated his dad and knew he was poor and ashamed of it. He says he was very poor. She asks if he saw Anna in Cali. He says he did and it reminded him that he loved Betty. She asks "What would you do if you were me? Would you love you?" He says he was surprised that she ever loved him. She wonders if she's supposed to feel sorry for him now. He says he doesn't know. She says he obviously wanted her to know or wouldn't have left keys and stuff in her house. She yells at him to say something. He says "I didn't think I had a choice and I don't know what the difference is." He points out it's "their" house and children. She says the difference is he lied to her every day and that she can't trust him because she doesn't know who he is. The baby cries. She says they're not done. He gets up from the table, looks out door. He looks at the box and picks it up.
He goes up to the bedroom and sits on bed. Betty comes in. He asks her to sit with him. She looks at him warily. He pulls out pictures and IDs his father, Archibald. He says his mother was a 22 year old prostitute who died having him. He IDs Abigail, Archie's wife who raised him. He says when he was ten,Arch died and they moved. Abigail took up with a man named Mack who was nice to Don. She asks what happened to them. He says they're all dead. Even Adam she wonders? Don says he was his half-brother and he died. He gets teary telling her of the suicide. She says she's sorry and puts a hand on his shoulder.
Roger calls looking to get Joan a job from a man named Bob. He admits she's expensive but good and that he want to help her out, and that she's important to him. Bob asks after Jane, who Roger says is fine.
Joan is making dinner when Greg comes home. He's got flowers and an apology. He promises to get her another vase and to stop being an ass. He says he joined the army and that they're going to be taken care of now. The best part, he says, is that they need surgeons. He'll do six weeks basic, a residency in New York, will go in as a captain, and then might be stationed overseas. (Vietnam maybe if that's still happening he says) But whatever happens she won't have to work anymore. She doesn't know what to say. He says he hopes it makes her happy because that's what he wants. She says it's wonderful and they embrace. He says they're going out for dinner to celebate.
Miss Farrell finally gets it and takes off from the car.
Don brushes his teeth. We cut to him waking up the next morning. There are suitcases at the end of the bed. He puts his photos back in the box. He comes down to the kitchen. She asks if he wants breakfast. The kids ask about trick or treating. He says it's on. He touches Betty's head and they both look down. He kisses all of the kids. He says to Betty he'll see her tonight.
Don's secretary is surprised to see him. He calls Miss Farrell. She wonders if he got caught. He says it's more complicated than that. Tearfully, she assumes she won't see him anymore. Not right now, he says. She asks if he's okay. He says "only you would ask about me right now." She asks if she has to worry about her job. He says no. She says goodbye. He hangs up.
Don comes home and it's time to trick or treat. The kids are a gypsy and a hobo. Don offers to let Betty to stay home. She says she'll come. They go trick or treating.
They come to Francine and Carlton's and he offers the kids candy and then says to Don: . Who are you supposed to be?
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