Mad Men C to Z S3E7 Seven Twenty-Three

Don takes desperate measures to avoid signing a contract, Betty has an unofficial first date with Henry, and Peggy makes another questionable relationship decision, thanks to an Hermes scarf. Bring your coterie of trusted advisors and kings and re-watch with us - that's what the podcast's for!

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Podcast Episode Time Stamps:

00:00 Introduction

00:54 Three flash-forwards: Peggy in a hotel, Betty on the fainting couch, Don injured on the floor

01:29 "That's your hearth, darling - the soul of your home."

Betty has hired an interior decorator to re-do her living room.

03:24 "I watched the sunrise this morning." "How was it?" "Average."

Roger is unimpressed with nature, likely because he's jealous of David Ogilvy.

05:35 "Having me in your life is gonna change things." "I look forward to it."

Conrad Hilton surprises Don in the office.

10:26 "I may know someone in the governor's office. His name is Henry."

Betty meets with the Junior League and name drops the guy from Roger's garden party.

11:45 "I know Roger will be the face of this, but I wouldn't mind doing the legwork."

Pete finds a way to ask Don for work advances without attempted bribery

15:57 "I just realized everyone who calls you must want something."

Betty calls Henry's office, and he returns the call immediately

20:14 "Stop barging in here and infecting me with your anxiety."

Pete insists Peggy return Duck's gift - that he only wants to injure Don by enticing them to leave

23:15 "This is the way it has to be. Not just for Conrad Hilton, but for Sterling Cooper."

Don's lack of a contract becomes a meeting

27:41 "I'm a lawyer, but I don't use it much." "We all have skills we don't use."

Betty and Henry meet at a bakery. She doesn't pull out her Italian, but she did major in anthropology.

29:15 "Why can't you stare into the eclipse, anyway? What's it gonna do, really?"

Carlton shares his lack of astronomical awareness and Miss Farrell's running habits with Don

30:59 "Victorian ladies would get overwhelmed and need a place to lie down."

Betty and Henry see a fainting couch in a furniture store window

32:41 "You're all the same. The drinking, the philandering."

Miss Farrell calls Don out for flirting, which he denies

36:46 "Grunt once for yes."

Roger applies pressure to make Don sign his contract.

39:20 "You're good. Get better. Stop asking for things. Close the door."

Don excels at mentorship and manners.

41:41 "Honestly, I find it terribly disrespectful that you would go behind his back," Betty tells Roger on the phone, after returning from the lunch she had with Henry, behind Don's back

42:50 "I was just thinking about all the times I walked by you and didn't even notice." "Oh." "How is that possible?" The nicest thing we can say about Duck is that at least he's not Pete.

46:18 "It's three years, Don. What's the matter - you don't know where you're going to be in three years?

48:01 "Want to know why we're going to Niagara Falls? We're getting married."

Don, this is your survival instinct. Don't smother me with drugs and alcohol when you rage road trip.

53:48 Flash-forwards all revealed and wrapped

54:59 "After all, when it comes down to it, who's really signing this contract, anyway?"

58:08 Episode Wrap-Up and Listener Shout-Out