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The last time we saw Peggy she was on her very first
business trip. It was her first time riding in an airplane and I’d be willing
to bet that is was the first time she looked out of her hotel window only to
see two dogs doing it, well, doggie style.
The first time we see Peggy in 1968 she is being a problem
solver. Bert Peterson is back and
he is a widower now and we find out that he’s in accounts at CGC. I’m not sure
we really needed to see his belly button but how dignified can we really expect
the man to be? Peggy tries to call Ted
but she really knows how to solve the problem and even make the ad better than
it was before. She is not, however, good at being the boss. She’s just as
belittling as Don was toward her and it can be seen differently coming from a
woman. Her Jr copy writers don’t like her but she thinks that this is how a
boss acts because she was pushed and had to stay late and worked her butt off
and she’s not going to expect less from the people around her. She handles the unhappy client with grace and
then gets to work on a super bowl ad that pleases her boss. She has come so far
from the little girl who was afraid to cut her hair.
We see her using some of Don’s tricks by writing the letter
to a pretend person and the shots of her staring off look a lot like Don’s
thinking face. I like to see her with Abe (even though it took me forever to
remember his name) and I think they make a good couple. I also like that she’s
still in touch with Stan and gets to hear all of the SDCP gossip. I thought it
was great that he’s on the phone and can hear her make her ‘fix it’ pitch at
the end. It really made me think that she did need to leave in order to see if
she was just as good without Don as she was under his wing. The scene when she
quit last season was so well done by both Jon Hamn and Elizabeth Moss but they
always have good scenes together. I do hope we get to see Peggy’s mother again,
she’s so funny to watch. And Father Gill, they should bring him back as well!
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