The Phantom
- Episode aired Jun 10, 2012
- TV-14
- 48m
As the partners consider expanding the office space, Don begins seeing ghosts and gets a request to advance Megan's acting career. Meanwhile, Peter's affair comes to a disappointing end, and... Read allAs the partners consider expanding the office space, Don begins seeing ghosts and gets a request to advance Megan's acting career. Meanwhile, Peter's affair comes to a disappointing end, and Megan's mom briefly reunites with Roger.As the partners consider expanding the office space, Don begins seeing ghosts and gets a request to advance Megan's acting career. Meanwhile, Peter's affair comes to a disappointing end, and Megan's mom briefly reunites with Roger.
- Betty Francis
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- Lane Pryce
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- Sally Draper
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- Henry Francis
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe movie theatre where Don runs into Peggy is showing Casino Royale (1967) - the Ian Fleming 'James Bond' novel that the Albert R. Broccoli did not have the film rights to and was made into a comedic feature film. This is evident from the distinctive Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass score. Meanwhile, the closing of the episode is accompanied by 'You Only Live Twice' - the theme song to the 5th Bond film - Broccoli produced - of the franchise, also released in 1967. 1967 is widely considered to be the zenith of Bond (and secret agent / spy) 'fever'in popular culture.
- GoofsThe "Earthrise" photograph visible on the wall in Pete's office was shot during the Apollo 8 mission, which did not take place until December 1968.
- Quotes
Beth Dawes: What's wrong with your friend?
Pete Campbell: He got involved with another man's wife.
Beth Dawes: And that put him in the hospital?
Pete Campbell: From the... complications.
Beth Dawes: Why did he do it?
Pete Campbell: Well, all the rave of reasons, I guess. He needed to let off some steam; he needed adventure; he needed to feel handsome again. He needed to feel that he knew something, that all this aging was worth something because he knew things young people didn't know yet. He probably thought it would be like having a few tall drinks and feeling very very good, and then he would go back to his life and say, "that was nice."
Beth Dawes: But then he got sick?
Pete Campbell: When it went away, he was heartbroken. And then he realized everything he already had was not right either, and that was why it had happened at all, and that his life with his family was some temporary bandage on a permanent wound.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards (2012)
This season continues that because the characters are strong and engaging. While Don of course continues to be the main man of the show, we have moved away quite a bit from an intense focus on him and allowed the other characters to come forward more and more, each producing good stories and threads. They are all held together by the central agency so the threads never feel like they are competing for time or distracting from each other, but rather that they compliment one another even though they may not directly have much to do with the other. Within the context of the show the characters are convincing. I will be the first to concede that the bed-hopping and other excesses are perhaps not recognizable as "real life" to me, but the show makes them work within the world it has created and the world it sells each week.
The progress into the 1960's is not forced into our faces, it happens through the music and the politics but beyond having characters and threads that are connected to changes in society, the show doesn't go out of its way to make points or large commentary out of it, so much as it just happening. I liked this as I didn't think the show was set up to push an agenda or preach, so I was glad that it didn't even really try. The cast are strong here and make the drama work well by delivering convincing characters. Hamm is very charismatic in the lead and he continues to engage even if his character now feels very familiar. The addition of a certain amount of weariness to him and a sense of being left behind was nicely done and nicely used by Hamm. Moss benefits the most from changes in the world of the show and her character and struggles are convincingly played out. Kartheiser becomes more engaging the less likable he becomes and the show gives him plenty to do this season. The cast is deep in talent and good turns though – Jones' fat suit may be the most obvious change but Shipka is great and the regular cast all maintain a high standard. Hendricks stands out a bit too much for my liking and I struggle with her being bigger than her character, it is a problem the show doesn't totally manage to deal with either. Likewise Brie is a tough sell at times in terms of what she has to play, although she mostly does it convincingly and well.
Overall another strong season and it does say something where one of the few negative things you can say is not about the drama but a technical thing; in this case the sound engineering. Perhaps it is just me but throughout the season background noises were far too loud and not in balance with the rest – it was frequently terrible and distracting and I have no idea why it was done like this. Otherwise though strong and engaging drama that employs all its characters well to the benefit of the story telling.
- bob the moo
- Jun 1, 2013
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