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#10 – Meditations in an Emergency: Season 2, Episode 13
Mad Men has always exceled when it incorporates real-life events, and one of the best examples is the use of the Cuban Missile Crisis in "Meditations in an Emergency." Alongside a handful of revelations (Don confesses his infidelity, Betty reveals she's pregnant), the episode's apocalyptic mood culminates in one of the show's biggest and best moments yet: after Pete confesses his love for Peggy, she calmly counters that she had his child and gave it away. The news rocks Pete so much that he ends the season alone in his dark office, gripping a rifle in a way that suggests he wouldn’t have minded if the Soviet Union had, in fact, attacked New York City.
Mad Men has always exceled when it incorporates real-life events, and one of the best examples is the use of the Cuban Missile Crisis in "Meditations in an Emergency." Alongside a handful of revelations (Don confesses his infidelity, Betty reveals she's pregnant), the episode's apocalyptic mood culminates in one of the show's biggest and best moments yet: after Pete confesses his love for Peggy, she calmly counters that she had his child and gave it away. The news rocks Pete so much that he ends the season alone in his dark office, gripping a rifle in a way that suggests he wouldn’t have minded if the Soviet Union had, in fact, attacked New York City.
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