Mad Men C to Z S6E5 The Flood

An advertising awards dinner is interrupted with shocking news, Peggy is looking to buy an apartment, Ginsberg has a first date, and Don takes Bobby to the movies. You're not allowed to watch TV for a week, but re-watch with us!

Find us @MadMenCtoZ, and visit our website, Mad Men C to Z dot com for more details about each episode.

View the full transcript for this episode

Podcast Time Stamps:

00:00 Introduction

00:40 Peggy: an apartment with a doorman?

02:44 Bobby pulls at the wallpaper, but nobody can hide all the torn things in the world

04:03 "My goodness, you're really good at everything."

05:12 "This is Beverly." "Our dads play chess together."

06:42 Peggy & Megan at the Andy Awards

08:21 Meeting Jim Cutler, Randall Walsh, and Ted's chair faux pas

10:04 Michael spews awkwardness and Beverly is remarkably patient

10:54 Martin Luther King, Jr

17:55 "I didn't do it! It peeled off!"

18:53 Pete calls Trudy, but she holds her ground

21:42 Megan complains about her father not wanting to feel his emotions right before going to bed with a man who avoids his emotions

22:39 Don goes out of his way to reach "Arnold" in D.C.

24:23 Peggy & Phyllis

28:05 "It's a shameful, shameful day!"

30:11 Dawn, Don, and Joan

31:59 "This is the only apartment for you. You don't want to be kicking yourself next week."

32:48 "I was trying to communicate without talking, but it isn't working." "Randy, it never works."

35:04 Parents and children: Betty & Don, Michael & Pop, Sally & Don

37:44 When you're not allowed to watch TV so your father takes you to the movies

41:25 "I saw us raising our kids with more different kinds of people."

44:09 The second time in the series Don actually notices his son

45:30 Henry wants to run for office (so Betty's going to get her blonde back)

46:35 One of Don's saddest confessions

51:39 Pete, alone

52:31 Bobby's worried about Henry, and to his credit, Don tries to comfort him instead of offering him money or telling him to move forward. He does have pensive alone time on his balcony afterward, though.

55:29 Episode Wrap-Up, Closing Song, and Listener Shout-Out