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The Doorway
"The Doorway" is the two-part sixth season premiere of the American television drama series Mad Men. Officially counted as the first two episodes of the season, it figures as the 66th and 67th overall episodes of the series. It was written by series creator and executive producer Matthew Weiner and directed by executive producer Scott Hornbacher. The episodes originally aired back-to-back as a feature-length premier on AMC in the United States on April 7, 2013.
The episode takes place in late December 1967 and on the early morning of January 1, 1968. It received strongly positive reviews from critics.
The episode opens with a point of view shot of "Jonesy" (Ray Abruzzo), the Drapers' doorman, in the throes of a heart attack. Dr. Arnold Rosen, a cardiac surgeon who also lives in the building, attends to him with chest compressions.
Don (Jon Hamm) is lying on a Hawaiian beach reading Dante's Inferno, along with Megan (Jessica Paré). The Drapers are mixing business and pleasure on a trip to the Royal Hawaiian Hotel on an expenses-paid trip from Sheraton, which owns the hotel and is an SCDP client. At a luau, Megan, now a recognizable actress on a TV soap opera, is approached by a middle-aged woman seeking an autograph, with Megan excited at being noticed, while Don is put off. That night, Don, unable to sleep, goes to the hotel bar, and spots a young man completely drunk and face down on the bar. Don encounters another slightly drunk man, who recognizes Don's lighter as an indication that he had served in the US military, and identifies himself as Private Dinkins, a soldier on R&R from a tour in Vietnam. Dinkins reveals that he has been in the midst of his own bachelor party and notes the drunken man is his best man. He invites Don to give away his bride at the ceremony. The next morning after waking up alone, Megan finds Don participating in the ceremony on the beach and takes a photo.
In New York, Betty (January Jones), Sally (Kiernan Shipka), Henry's mother Pauline, and Sandy (Kerris Dorsey) (a 15-year-old whose mother has died and who is staying with the Francises) attend The Nutcracker. On their way home, Betty gets pulled over for reckless driving. Back at home with Henry (Christopher Stanley), Bobby, and Gene, Sandy - who says she is going to Juilliard - shows off her skill at playing the violin, performing the popular Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 9, no.2 by Chopin. Later, while in bed, Betty teases Henry about his leering at Sandy while she played the violin, and shocks him by jokingly offering to help him gag and rape the girl.
When Megan and Don return home from their Hawaii trip, Megan asks Jonesy how he's feeling. In a flashback to the event earlier, Don and Megan watch Jonesy collapse from an apparent heart attack. Dr. Rosen begins applying chest compressions, as is shown in the opening shot of the episode, and at Rosen's direction, Don removes Jonesy's jacket, while Megan phones an ambulance. Flashing forward back to the present, Jonesy is apparently healthy and back at work, making jokes about his home life before handing Megan a script delivered to her.
In the middle of the night, Betty gets up to make a snack and finds Sandy in the kitchen, smoking a cigarette and unable to sleep. Sandy reveals that Juilliard rejected her and that what she really wants is just to live in New York City. Betty urges Sandy to wait a few more years, and this sparks an argument between the two. Betty confides her unpleasant experience living in an overcrowded, low-rent Manhattan apartment when she was modelling, while Sandy expresses admiration for people living in a commune in the Village, and says she once visited such a group on St. Mark's Place.
Peggy (Elisabeth Moss), now living with her boyfriend Abe, receives a late-night call from Bert Peterson from Cutler Gleason and Chaough. A comic appearing on The Tonight Show has made jokes about American soldiers in Vietnam cutting off Viet Cong soldiers' ears and wearing them around their necks like trophies, rendering CGC's planned Super Bowl commercial for Koss headphones (featuring the slogan "Lend Me Your Ears") potentially too controversial. Peterson wants Peggy to develop a new ad. Peggy tries unsuccessfully to reach Ted Chaough (Kevin Rahm) in Colorado by phone about the crisis.
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The Doorway
"The Doorway" is the two-part sixth season premiere of the American television drama series Mad Men. Officially counted as the first two episodes of the season, it figures as the 66th and 67th overall episodes of the series. It was written by series creator and executive producer Matthew Weiner and directed by executive producer Scott Hornbacher. The episodes originally aired back-to-back as a feature-length premier on AMC in the United States on April 7, 2013.
The episode takes place in late December 1967 and on the early morning of January 1, 1968. It received strongly positive reviews from critics.
The episode opens with a point of view shot of "Jonesy" (Ray Abruzzo), the Drapers' doorman, in the throes of a heart attack. Dr. Arnold Rosen, a cardiac surgeon who also lives in the building, attends to him with chest compressions.
Don (Jon Hamm) is lying on a Hawaiian beach reading Dante's Inferno, along with Megan (Jessica Paré). The Drapers are mixing business and pleasure on a trip to the Royal Hawaiian Hotel on an expenses-paid trip from Sheraton, which owns the hotel and is an SCDP client. At a luau, Megan, now a recognizable actress on a TV soap opera, is approached by a middle-aged woman seeking an autograph, with Megan excited at being noticed, while Don is put off. That night, Don, unable to sleep, goes to the hotel bar, and spots a young man completely drunk and face down on the bar. Don encounters another slightly drunk man, who recognizes Don's lighter as an indication that he had served in the US military, and identifies himself as Private Dinkins, a soldier on R&R from a tour in Vietnam. Dinkins reveals that he has been in the midst of his own bachelor party and notes the drunken man is his best man. He invites Don to give away his bride at the ceremony. The next morning after waking up alone, Megan finds Don participating in the ceremony on the beach and takes a photo.
In New York, Betty (January Jones), Sally (Kiernan Shipka), Henry's mother Pauline, and Sandy (Kerris Dorsey) (a 15-year-old whose mother has died and who is staying with the Francises) attend The Nutcracker. On their way home, Betty gets pulled over for reckless driving. Back at home with Henry (Christopher Stanley), Bobby, and Gene, Sandy - who says she is going to Juilliard - shows off her skill at playing the violin, performing the popular Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 9, no.2 by Chopin. Later, while in bed, Betty teases Henry about his leering at Sandy while she played the violin, and shocks him by jokingly offering to help him gag and rape the girl.
When Megan and Don return home from their Hawaii trip, Megan asks Jonesy how he's feeling. In a flashback to the event earlier, Don and Megan watch Jonesy collapse from an apparent heart attack. Dr. Rosen begins applying chest compressions, as is shown in the opening shot of the episode, and at Rosen's direction, Don removes Jonesy's jacket, while Megan phones an ambulance. Flashing forward back to the present, Jonesy is apparently healthy and back at work, making jokes about his home life before handing Megan a script delivered to her.
In the middle of the night, Betty gets up to make a snack and finds Sandy in the kitchen, smoking a cigarette and unable to sleep. Sandy reveals that Juilliard rejected her and that what she really wants is just to live in New York City. Betty urges Sandy to wait a few more years, and this sparks an argument between the two. Betty confides her unpleasant experience living in an overcrowded, low-rent Manhattan apartment when she was modelling, while Sandy expresses admiration for people living in a commune in the Village, and says she once visited such a group on St. Mark's Place.
Peggy (Elisabeth Moss), now living with her boyfriend Abe, receives a late-night call from Bert Peterson from Cutler Gleason and Chaough. A comic appearing on The Tonight Show has made jokes about American soldiers in Vietnam cutting off Viet Cong soldiers' ears and wearing them around their necks like trophies, rendering CGC's planned Super Bowl commercial for Koss headphones (featuring the slogan "Lend Me Your Ears") potentially too controversial. Peterson wants Peggy to develop a new ad. Peggy tries unsuccessfully to reach Ted Chaough (Kevin Rahm) in Colorado by phone about the crisis.