Diana really is both a mirror of don himself and of previous women particularly rachel menken in don s life, and shes without question the most tragic figure in the entire series. The episode draws a lot of parallels with the very first episode and several from the first season. Synopsis picking up in april 1970, don has resumed his womanizing ways as a bachelor. The season premiere sets the tone for don draper s life as weve known it for the past seven years. Meanwhile, peggy and stan work with a famous photographer on a commercial shoot. He also encounters a waitress named diana at a diner, convinced they have met before, but she insists they are strangers. With jon hamm, elisabeth moss, vincent kartheiser, january jones. For seven seasons, weve watched him hook up with an artist. He then became a founding partner at a new firm, sterling cooper draper. Rachel menkens death in the midseason premiere of mad men definitely raised some questions for. In general, though, judging a mad men season two episodes in is tempting fate. Apr, 2015 don and diana take one step forward, two steps back. Diana, the waitress who don draper successfully stalked into romantic submission on this weeks mad men, seems less like a person and more. One thing im particularly confused about is the waitress diana.
Jon hamm explains what don was smiling about in that mad men. Don draper after spending the first part of this season drenched in ennui and chasing yet another mysterious brunette, don has hit the road leaving mccann, his family, and all his troubles in the. A mad men investigation into don drapers mysterious love interest. Matthew weiner discusses dons relationship with the waitress on mad men emmytvlegends. Donald francis don draper is a founding partner and the creative director at sterling cooper draper pryce advertising agency in manhattan, ny shut the door. Don makes a point of telling the models at the cattle. This episode simmers with class distinctions and resentments. We know that a young don draper pushed his way through a rack of them to emerge into the. Peggy and joan attend a business meeting at mccann erickson. Apr 03, 2015 mad mens don draper has used his impossibly good looks and charm on more women than any one mostly married man has the right. This includes peggys desire to go to paris like don wanted to with midge and d.
Donald francis don draper is a fictional character and the protagonist of the amc television series mad men 20072015, portrayed by jon hamm. However, dons latest love interest, diana the waitress played by elizabeth reaser from the twilight movies, who our hunky ad man had sex with during the season 7b premiere in a. Betty draper january jones season 1, episode 1 smoke gets in your eyes dons marriage to betty which lasted three seasons on the show was largely joyless and unhealthy. Mad men creator matthew weiner pointed out that last season, season six, found don draper exactly where he started in the pilot. Matthew weiner discusses dons relationship with the waitress on. Apr, 2015 diana, the waitress who don draper successfully stalked into romantic submission on this weeks mad men, seems less like a person and more like a figment clothed in various waitress uniforms. We see the waitress for the first time when don is with roger and those girls,right. Mad men season 7, episode and cast information amc. Apr 07, 2015 then, after a long night of arguing with peggy elisabeth moss and drinking until he puked, in season 4s the suitcase, don was visited by a vision of anna draper melinda page hamilton, his. Draper and jon hamm as don draper in mad men season 7b. With january jones and kiernan shipka, we shot those on set. Mad men returned for the first of its final seven episodes sunday night with a few exterior new looks rogers kentucky colonel mustache, but more of don drapers jon hamm inner dilemmas. The season premiere sets the tone for don drapers life as weve known it for the past seven years.
The new elizabeth reaser character seems to be dons focal point in the final mad men episodes. Don drapers women in mad men ranked from worst to best. Part of the mystery surrounding every mad men season. Everyone has their own unique relationship with don draper, and im not just talking about his coworkers, lovers and exwives.
Then, after a long night of arguing with peggy elisabeth moss and drinking until he puked, in season 4s the suitcase, don was visited by a. Everyone whos been watching mad men s final season has a theory about the waitress. The purpose of diana and the anxiety of time running. He has a cryptic dream about rachel menken and attempts to reconnect with her, only to learn she recently died of leukemia. May 19, 2015 jon hamm explains what don was smiling about in that mad men finale. Something about dons sevenseason romanticsexual trajectory.
What was the point of the storyline with the waitress. She looks like the girl don is banging in season 1. Peggy and joan attend a business meeting at mccann. While megan comes to new york with her mother and sister to collect her belongings, don has a romance with the waitress. The appearance of the enigmatic waitress diana in the mad men universe and don drapers life in episodes eight and nine of this final season. Jon hamm as don draper in mad men amcjustina mintz mad men fans are losing patience with don drapers gloomy waitress dates.
For the rest of the episode, draper deals with two women. The episode opened with a very beautiful woman modeling a chinchilla coat for don draper jon hamm. The seventh and final season of the american television drama series mad men consists of. He seeks her out so plainlya seeming violation of the don draper dating. Apr, 2015 however, don s latest love interest, diana the waitress played by elizabeth reaser from the twilight movies, who our hunky ad man had sex with during the season 7b premiere in a back alley, no. Diana really is both a mirror of don himself and of previous women particularly rachel menken in dons life, and shes without question the most tragic figure in the entire series.
Roger discovered the gift of a set of golf clubs being deli. Jon hamm as don draper 14 episodes elisabeth moss as peggy olson episodes vincent kartheiser as pete campbell 12 episodes january jones as betty francis 8 episodes christina hendricks as joan harris 11 episodes aaron staton as ken cosgrove 7 episodes rich sommer as harry crane 9 episodes kiernan shipka as sally draper 6 episodes. Im ready, don draper tells his new lover, diana, in the secondtolastscene of new business. Jon hamm stars as don draper in the emmy winning 60sset drama. Every woman don draper has slept with on mad men so. However, dons latest love interest, diana the waitress played by elizabeth reaser from the twilight movies, who our hunky ad man had sex with during. Apr 14, 2015 a mad men investigation into don drapers mysterious love interest. With mad mens mysterious diana, don seems to be going back to the. After the clios, alice went down on don while humming the star spangled banner.
Jon hamm as don draper and john slattery as roger sterling. Don drapers first job as don draper was selling furs. Apr 19, 2015 the appearance of the enigmatic waitress diana in the mad men universe and don draper s life in episodes eight and nine of this final season seems to have caused a lot of viewer consternation. Whitman but never had ties to that life like a wife and kids and ultimately became addicted to the lie of the life of don draper, just like he was to affairs and liquor. On the first season of mad men, did don draper refuse the betterpaying job to deliberately. Unless youve been living under a rock during these past seven seasons of mad men, you know that don draper is not stranger to hooking up. And don keeps discovering up the skirt of every flight attendant and diner waitress mad men recap drinking game. Mad men peggy gives notice to don draper season 5 duration. Mad men don and megan divorce season 7 recap tvline. And don t forget that don s perusal of diana is the proximate excuse for his crosscountry trajectory that constitutes the end game of the series.
Mad men recap, season seven, episode eight, severance. Don and diana take one step forward, two steps back. The second part of season 7 takes place between april and november 1970. Don drapers happiness will be found in dick whitman. Mad men season 7 episode 9 deep dive recap who is diana. A mad men investigation into don draper s mysterious love interest the new elizabeth reaser character seems to be don s focal point in the final mad men episodes. Mad mens don draper has used his impossibly good looks and charm on more women than any one mostly married man has the right. Up to the season 3 finale, draper was creative director of fictional manhattan advertising firm sterling cooper. Shes dons mother, his lover, and a jon dos passos character combined into one human being. Diana, the waitress who don draper successfully stalked into romantic submission on this weeks mad men, seems less like a person and more like a figment clothed in various waitress uniforms. And dont forget that dons perusal of diana is the proximate excuse for his crosscountry trajectory that constitutes the end game of the series. Amcmad men t he emotional phone call don has with peggy was a challenge to shoot.
Mad mens allison brie would choose roger sterling over don draper. He got this raise when a large firm was courting him to leave the company. With five episodes left, many viewers seem to think of diana as a diversion but she might be important to dons final story. The seventh and final season of the american television drama series mad men consists of 14. Every week for the seventh and final season of amcs hit perioddrama mad men, sophie gilbert, david sims, and lenika cruz will discuss the possible fates facing don draper and those in his orbit.
Mad men don draper and the waitress sukiyaki youtube. He worked as a usedcar salesman before moving to nyc to start a new life. A sterling cooper employee since season 1, allison started as a receptionist and became dons secretary in season 3. Prior to that position, he was the director of the creative department at the sterling cooper advertising agency smoke gets in your eyes. Follow for the last time the complex lives of don, peggy, roger, joan, betty and pete as their stories come to an end.
Rachel menkens death in the midseason premiere of mad men definitely raised some questions for don. Don is oddly drawn to a diner waitress as he learns about the loss of an old acquaintance, peggy and joan are. Diana, the waitress who don draper successfully stalked into romantic submission on this weeks mad men, seems less like a person and more like a. The appearance of the enigmatic waitress diana in the mad men universe. Don is certain that he knows her from the past, yet this is never fully developedor. Understood the meaning but was weary of the draper demons. She looks a lot like both midge and rachel from the first season. The forecast with diana the greek waitressoracle thankfully out of the picture, roger asks don to write a gettysburg addresstype speech on the future of the firm. He is regarded among his colleagues as the best to ever pitch copy. Jon hamm stars as don draper in the emmywinning 60sset drama. Don draper is haunted by his past in the first of mad mens final seven episodes.
Carin baeramc don draper is an identity dick whitman stole from a fellow soldier who died in the korean war. Don is on the outside looking in on the forced indefinite paid leave from his job. But as don tells the waitress about seeing rachel in. She does what he does run from her problems rather than face them and solve them. When a drunken don forgets his keys after a christmas party, she delivers. Can you ruin a final season by adding too many characters.
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