Mad Men Recap: The punch, the call girl and the boy named Handsome that turn Pete into a complete psycho

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Mad Men Recap: The punch, the call girl and the boy named Handsome that turn Pete into a complete psycho

By Siofan Davies | April 16th, 2012 | 12:00 pm

Photography courtesy of Jordin Althaus/AMC

When Lane’s wife declares: “I don’t find Britain any more moral than here nowadays. The boys look like girls, and the girls don’t seem to be concerned with manners, do they?” What she’s really saying is…
“You won’t catch me at a Rolling Stones concert anytime soon.”

When Roger says to Lane about the Jaguar account: “I’d be happy to ride shotgun.” What he’s really saying is…
“I don’t mind playing wingman. And by shotgun I mean, I plan on getting very day drunk.” Later, when Roger tells Lane the tricks to seducing a client, we see that when given an audience that needs him, Roger is serious and dispenses with the quips. There’s still gold in them silver fox’s hills.

When Don says of going to the Campbells: “But Saturday night in the suburbs? Let’s be real, blow our brains out.” What he’s really saying is…
“I just got over murdering/not murdering an old flame. One drive through the country and I will have to be murdering a whole lot more.”

When Ken says to Peggy: “The pact still stands, if I go anywhere you go with me.” What he’s really telling us is…
By default Peggy has aligned herself with Ken. Obviously Roger is out as a route to moving up at another agency since he’s barely staying afloat at his own company, and Pete’s no longer her ally, so Ken is the only survivor left on the island for an alliance.

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