Mad Men

Don and Betty visit Sally's school for a conference about their daughter's recent bad behavior. Pete, reviewing his client Admiral's generally flat sales figures with Paul, concludes that the television set manufacturer is popular with African Americans. Pete takes a call from "Uncle Herman," who turns out to be Duck Phillips. Duck invites Pete to lunch. That evening, Sally's teacher calls the Draper home and apologizes to Don for the morning's conference. Don ends the call when Betty announces she's going into labor. In the waiting room, Don meets Dennis, a Sing Sing prison guard and first-time father. The two men talk about fatherhood and prison life. Betty has a dream about a summer day and another dream about her father mopping blood. Betty wakes up holding her baby boy named Eugene. Pete arrives for lunch with Duck to find that Peggy is also invited. Duck offers both of them jobs, but Pete gets up to leave. The next day, Pete stuns two Admiral television representatives by proposing commercials featuring white and black actors. Peggy tells Don she wants a raise in pay equal to the men. Roger and Cooper chew out Pete for upsetting Admiral, but Lane observes that as a newcomer to the United States, he senses changing attitudes regarding race and perhaps Sterling Cooper should capitalize on this. less