Great writeup! I’ve appreciated how you’ve drawn out the show’s thematic links to the capital H History happening concurrently with its events. One note on this episode: CGC also fails to win Heinz. That’s why they’re at the bar (the “lonely hearts club”) with SCDP: “J Walter Thompson, bought it in the room.” That parallel failure prefigures Don and Ted’s conversation about big vs small agencies before the Chevy pitch.
Great writeup! I’ve appreciated how you’ve drawn out the show’s thematic links to the capital H History happening concurrently with its events. One note on this episode: CGC also fails to win Heinz. That’s why they’re at the bar (the “lonely hearts club”) with SCDP: “J Walter Thompson, bought it in the room.” That parallel failure prefigures Don and Ted’s conversation about big vs small agencies before the Chevy pitch.