IMDb Editors' Top “Mad Men” Episodes10 of 13
#3 – The Wheel :Season 1, Episode 13
The first season's final episode saw the cracks in the Draper marriage widening ever further, as Don refuses to go to Betty’s family Thanksgiving, only to regret his decision later as he presents a new campaign to Kodak for the company’s new carousel slide projector. Ruminating on his own damaged childhood and his eroding marriage, Don gives one of the most eloquent speeches in "Mad Men" history on nostalgia, yearning, old wounds, and the desire to go back to that safe home that may or may not have ever existed in the first place. While Don's life slowly crumbled, Peggy's experienced a sudden shock that many viewers may have saw coming or, like the newly anointed copywriter, may have denied so strongly they felt literal, visceral pain when it came.
The first season's final episode saw the cracks in the Draper marriage widening ever further, as Don refuses to go to Betty’s family Thanksgiving, only to regret his decision later as he presents a new campaign to Kodak for the company’s new carousel slide projector. Ruminating on his own damaged childhood and his eroding marriage, Don gives one of the most eloquent speeches in "Mad Men" history on nostalgia, yearning, old wounds, and the desire to go back to that safe home that may or may not have ever existed in the first place. While Don's life slowly crumbled, Peggy's experienced a sudden shock that many viewers may have saw coming or, like the newly anointed copywriter, may have denied so strongly they felt literal, visceral pain when it came.
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