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Mad Men season 1

The first season of the American television drama series Mad Men premiered on July 19, 2007, and ended on October 18, 2007. It consisted of thirteen episodes, each running approximately 47 minutes. AMC broadcast the first season on Thursdays at 10:00 pm in the United States. Actors Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones, Christina Hendricks, Bryan Batt, Michael Gladis, Aaron Staton, and Rich Sommer receive main cast billing.

Mad Men
Season 1
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Starring
No. of episodes13
Release
Original networkAMC
Original releaseJuly 19 (2007-07-19) –
October 18, 2007 (2007-10-18)
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Season one takes place between March and November 1960. It introduces the fictional advertising agency Sterling Cooper. The season begins with the new secretary, Peggy Olson, starting her first day with the firm. As the season unfolds, the mysterious backstory of enigmatic ad man Don Draper is revealed as is the growing confidence and success of Peggy Olson.

The first season was highly commended for its excellence in writing, acting, and art design, as well as for its faithfulness to the era it depicted. It was acknowledged with numerous honors from industry awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, the Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Series, and a Peabody Award. According to Metacritic's annual aggregate of year-end lists that detailed the best TV shows of 2007 as determined by significant entertainment publications and critics, Mad Men's first season received the most mentions of any show and also received the most first-place votes.[1]

Cast edit

Main cast edit

Recurring cast edit

Guest stars edit

Plot edit

The first season opens in March 1960, as genius advertising executive Donald "Don" Draper meets Peggy Olson, his new secretary. They both work at the small but prestigious agency Sterling Cooper. Though Don is welcoming towards her, Peggy is subject to passive-aggressive hostility from office manager Joan Holloway and sexual harassment from her male colleagues. Junior accounts manager Pete Campbell, who is about to get married, takes a liking to Peggy and the two have sex the night of his bachelor party. Don, meanwhile, has trouble balancing his life as he cheats on his wife, Betty Draper, with a beatnik artist named Midge Daniels. Roger Sterling, the acerbic son of one of Sterling Cooper's founding partners, cheats on his wife, Mona, with Joan, of whom he is enamored.

Sterling Cooper begins working for the 1960 Richard Nixon presidential campaign, gratis and unbidden, as they believe Nixon's success against John F. Kennedy will benefit their business. They are also working to reassure their largest client, Lucky Strike, whose account is the firm's bread and butter, in the face of resurgent medical research demonstrating smoking is harmful and related lawsuits and impending legislation harmful to the tobacco industry.

Betty begins seeing a psychiatrist after her numb and shaking hands cause her to crash the family car. Don, initially resistant to the idea of psychotherapy, allows Betty to seek help. Behind Betty's back, Don has Betty's doctor report back to Don what Betty says in treatment. Meanwhile, Don begins a flirtatious relationship with Rachel Menken, the Jewish owner of a department store who seeks marketing help at Sterling Cooper.

Don also has to deal with the arrival of his younger brother, Adam Whitman, who refers to Don as "Dick Whitman". Don gives Adam $5,000 and tells him to make a new life for himself, as Don did, and to never contact Don again.

Flashbacks to Don's childhood as "Dick Whitman", during the Great Depression, depict Dick's relationships with his unloving, pious stepmother, who calls him a "whore-child", and abusive father Archibald Whitman, who cheats a hobo out of promised payment for performing chores. Dick had grown friendly with the vagrant, and the incident further degrades his image of his father. Additionally, the vagrant teaches young Dick the hobo code, which communicates important messages via simple visual symbols. Don finds a weathered hobo sign indicating Don's father is a dishonest man.

Peggy begins writing copy after ad man Freddy Rumsen recognizes her talent. She is soon given control of her own account, creating a campaign for a weight loss machine. Peggy's work on the weight loss machine coincides with her own weight gain.

Roger suffers two heart attacks, drastically changing his outlook on life, and prompting Lucky Strike's owner, Lee Garner, Sr., to warn Bert Cooper that keeping Lucky Strike's account requires Sterling Cooper to do something to "show Don Sterling Cooper appreciates him". Bert then offers Don a partnership, with a 12% share of the business (without Don having to pay a partnership fee). Don accepts, provided he's not required to sign a contract; an amused Bert agrees, and acknowledges Don's attitude calls back to Ayn Rand's philosophy, as expressed in the book Bert had earlier urged Don to read: Atlas Shrugged.

Don's first order of business is to appoint a new head of accounts (to lighten Roger's load as partner and rainmaker), and Don begins interviewing external candidates (to Pete's chagrin). The most promising candidate proves to be Herman "Duck" Phillips, who "landed American Airlines", but is looking for a job after alcoholism and an extramarital affair ended his career at Y&R's London office.

After the partners leave for the day, the Sterling Cooper ad men throw a raucous party the night of the 1960 presidential election, but see their client and preferred choice, Nixon, defeated by Kennedy.

Further flashbacks revolve around Dick Whitman's origin story in the Korean War, in which he is put under the command of a Lieutenant Donald Draper, who is soon to be sent home. After an attack, an accidental explosion kills Draper and injures Whitman. Whitman switches dog tags with his lieutenant and assumes Draper's identity as a way to escape the war. The Army has "Draper" take Whitman's body back to Whitman's family. The coffin is dropped off by train, and Whitman does not exit to greet his family, but a young Adam sees Whitman standing inside the train. Adam's parents dismiss his entreaties that, "I see Dick on the train". A female train passenger notices Whitman's look of grief and tells him to "forget that boy in the box". Whitman then turns his back on his family and begins his new life as "Donald Draper".

Pete, who has demonstrated a propensity to snoop, expresses the belief that he should be promoted to head of accounts and throws his hat in the ring. He has also revealed his jealousy about Peggy and Don's success and sits at Don's desk after the two have left for the day. The mailroom boy mistakes Pete for Don and delivers a package from Adam Whitman filled with Dick Whitman's dog tags and childhood photographs. (Adam posted the package immediately before hanging himself in his hotel room).

Pete confronts Don with the information that he knows Don's real name is Dick Whitman and attempts to blackmail him for a promotion. Don neutralizes the threat by telling Bert, "I've pulled the trigger on hiring Duck Phillips," which he knew would incite Pete to reveal Don's true identity to Bert. Pete tells Bert that Don is a deserter who isn't who he says he is, but Bert brushes it off with "Who cares?" After Pete leaves the room, Bert gives Don the option to either fire Pete or keep a close eye on him, as "one never knows how loyalty is born."

Peggy seeks medical care for severe stomach pain. The doctor quickly realizes Peggy's weight gain is a result of a pregnancy; she was impregnated by Pete Campbell. After the child is delivered, the nurse encourages Peggy to hold the baby, but Peggy refuses.

The season ends just before Thanksgiving 1960, as Betty and Don bicker over Don's lack of interest in attending Thanksgiving dinner with Betty's family. Don cites his workload as his reason to stay home. Soon afterwards, Betty discovers Don was receiving calls from her psychiatrist, who was reporting on her sessions to Don. Don also learns that his brother Adam has hanged himself.

Don subsequently makes a new campaign presentation for the Kodak Carousel that revolves around the "power of nostalgia".

During a train ride, Don has a vision of returning home to announce he will be joining the family for Thanksgiving. Instead, Don returns home to find the house dark and empty. He sits alone at the bottom of the staircase as the season closes.

Episodes edit

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUS viewers
(millions)
11"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"Alan TaylorMatthew WeinerJuly 19, 2007 (2007-07-19)1.65[3]
It's March 1960.[2] Don Draper, a high-level advertising executive at the Sterling Cooper agency in New York City, struggles to find ideas to keep an account for Lucky Strike cigarettes, while at the same time managing his tangled personal life. Peggy Olson finds employment as Don's new secretary but immediately finds it difficult to fit in with the other secretaries, especially Joan Holloway. Junior accounts manager Pete Campbell, who is about to get married, takes a liking to Peggy and pursues her sexually.
22"Ladies Room"Alan TaylorMatthew WeinerJuly 26, 2007 (2007-07-26)1.04[4]
Don continues to conceal his increasingly complicated personal life, even in the face of Roger Sterling's invitation to open up. Meanwhile, Peggy pines for Pete, who is still on his honeymoon, while fending off the advances of several of the men of Sterling Cooper. Betty's numb and shaking hands lead her to see a psychiatrist.
33"Marriage of Figaro"Ed BianchiTom PalmerAugust 2, 2007 (2007-08-02)1.07[3]
Pete returns from his honeymoon, excited about his new marriage but conflicted about his past encounter with Peggy. Don's business relationship with client Rachel Menken develops into a personal attraction, while he and Betty host a birthday party for their daughter, Sally.
44"New Amsterdam"Tim HunterLisa AlbertAugust 9, 2007 (2007-08-09)0.85[5]
Pete faces pressure from his wife, Trudy, regarding a new apartment. He also further alienates Don and almost loses his job at Sterling Cooper by pitching his own copy to a client in a social setting. Bert Cooper advises Don to retain Pete because of his society connections. Betty meets her neighbor Helen Bishop's ex-husband and babysits Helen's son Glen.
55"5G"Lesli Linka GlatterMatthew WeinerAugust 16, 2007 (2007-08-16)0.75[6]
Ken gets a short story published in The Atlantic Monthly, inciting envy among his colleagues and driving Pete to ask his wife to meet with an old boyfriend to help Pete get published. Don's younger brother Adam, who believed that Don was killed in the Korean War, stumbles upon a photo of Don in Advertising Age and tries to come back into his life. Peggy overhears a personal phone conversation between Don and Midge and shares the secret with Joan. Don can't let Adam back into his life because his painful past would leave him too much to lose at present, but after giving Adam money to start over he and his brother embrace in tears.
66"Babylon"Andrew BernsteinAndre Jacquemetton & Maria JacquemettonAugust 23, 2007 (2007-08-23)0.81[7]
It's Mother's Day. Roger tries to convince Joan to get her own apartment so they won't have to meet in hotels anymore. At a brainstorming session for Belle Jolie lipstick, Peggy has some interesting ideas that cause Freddy Rumsen to suggest she be asked to write copy. Rachel faces her conflicting feelings for Don after he seeks out her advice on a new campaign for tourism to Israel.
77"Red in the Face"Tim HunterBridget BedardAugust 30, 2007 (2007-08-30)1.02[8]
Roger joins Don for an evening of dinner and drinking, during which Roger makes a pass at Betty, causing a rift in their friendship as the agency prepares for a meeting with members of Richard Nixon's campaign staff. Pete faces trouble at home after he exchanges a wedding gift (a chip and dip set) for a rifle. Helen confronts Betty about the night she babysat Glen.
88"The Hobo Code"Phil AbrahamChris ProvenzanoSeptember 6, 2007 (2007-09-06)0.85[9]
As Peggy's ad copy proves to be successful, her relationship with Pete becomes more complicated. Don spends the evening with Midge and her Bohemian friends. An encounter Don had as a boy with a hobo is told in flashbacks. Art Director Sal Romano finds himself the object of interest of both a female co-worker and a male client.
99"Shoot"Paul FeigChris Provenzano and Matthew WeinerSeptember 13, 2007 (2007-09-13)0.84[10]
McCann Erickson, a larger ad agency, tries to hire Don. They offer Betty a modeling job as a part of their attempt to lure him. The agency devises a strategy to help Nixon's presidential campaign. Peggy's weight gain is noticed in the office, leading to a fight between Pete and Ken Cosgrove, after Ken makes an insulting comment about her.
1010"Long Weekend"Tim HunterBridget Bedard and Andre Jacquemetton & Maria Jacquemetton and Matthew WeinerSeptember 27, 2007 (2007-09-27)0.61[11]
It's Labor Day and after Sterling Cooper loses the Dr. Scholl's account, Roger attempts to cheer Don up by arranging for twins to spend the night with them, which results in Roger having a heart attack. Joan goes out for a night out on the town with her roommate, who reveals her secret love for Joan.
1111"Indian Summer"Tim HunterTom Palmer and Matthew WeinerOctober 4, 2007 (2007-10-04)0.68[12]
It's October and Adam hangs himself after mailing a personal box to Don. Roger has a second heart attack during a meeting with the head of Lucky Strike, Lee Garner, Sr and as a result, Don is given a partnership in Sterling Cooper, making Pete jealous. Peggy's work writing copy for a weight-loss device that vibrates, providing sexual stimulation, earns her a raise. Meanwhile, Betty becomes increasingly sexually frustrated as Don's focus remains elsewhere. While sitting in Don's office at the end of the day, Pete gets mistaken for him and is given Adam's package by a mailboy.
1212"Nixon vs. Kennedy"Alan TaylorLisa Albert & Andre Jacquemetton & Maria JacquemettonOctober 11, 2007 (2007-10-11)0.80[13]
On November 8, 1960, Sterling Cooper's employees have an all-night office party to watch the 1960 United States presidential election results, hoping for Nixon to win against Kennedy. Pete discovers Don's real name is Dick Whitman, and Whitman officially died in the Korean War in 1950. The next day, when Don tells Pete that Duck Phillips will become the new head of accounts, Pete tries to use this knowledge to blackmail Don into giving Pete the job and tells Cooper who chooses not to believe him and orders Don to fire him or to have Pete show his loyalty. Don chooses the latter and remembers his past in the Korean War–including the accidental death of Lt. Donald Draper in 1950 and his switching identities with the lieutenant to escape his own grotesque past. He then comes home and disappointedly watches Nixon's concession speech.
1313"The Wheel"Matthew WeinerMatthew Weiner and Robin VeithOctober 18, 2007 (2007-10-18)0.93[14]
At Thanksgiving, Betty discovers her friend's husband has been having an affair, leading her to re-evaluate her own marriage. Pete brings in a big account through his father-in-law. Peggy gets promoted to junior copywriter, but without realizing she is pregnant, she gives birth to a child fathered by Pete Campbell. Don learns of his brother's suicide and successfully pitches an ad campaign for carousel slide projectors to Eastman Kodak.

Production edit

Filming edit

The pilot episode was shot at Silvercup Studios and various locations around New York City; subsequent episodes have been filmed at Los Angeles Center Studios.[15][16] It is available in high definition for showing on AMC-HD and on video-on-demand services available from various cable affiliates.[17] The writers, including Weiner, amassed volumes of research on the period in which Mad Men takes place so as to make most aspects of the series—including detailed set designs, costume design, and props—historically accurate,[18][19][20] producing an authentic visual style that garnered critical praise.[21][22][23] Each episode has a budget of $2–2.5 million, though the pilot episode's budget was over $3 million.[18][24] On the scenes featuring smoking, Weiner stated: "Doing this show without smoking would've been a joke. It would've been sanitary and it would've been phony."[20] Since the actors cannot, by California law, smoke tobacco cigarettes in their workplace, they instead smoke herbal cigarettes.[20][24]

Crew edit

In addition to having created the series, Matthew Weiner is the showrunner, head writer, and an executive producer; he contributes to each episode—writing or co-writing the scripts, casting various roles, and approving costume and set designs.[18][24] He is notorious for being selective about all aspects of the series, and promotes a high level of secrecy around production details.[18][24]

Along with Matthew Weiner, the writing staff of the first season consisted of co-executive producer Tom Palmer, who wrote two episodes; producer Lisa Albert, who wrote two episodes; producers and writing team Andre and Maria Jacquemetton, who wrote three episodes; writer's assistant Robin Veith, who wrote two episodes; and freelance writers Bridget Bedard and Chris Provenzano, who each wrote two episodes. Other producers included co-producer Blake McCormick, producer Todd London, and co-executive producer Scott Hornbacher. Primary directors of the first season were Tim Hunter, who directed four episodes, and Alan Taylor, who directed three including the pilot episode. The remaining episodes were directed by Ed Bianchi, Lesli Linka Glatter, Andrew Bernstein, series cinematographer Phil Abraham, Paul Feig, and series creator Matthew Weiner, who directs each season finale.

Reception edit

Ratings edit

The premiere episode, which aired at 10:00 p.m. on July 19, 2007, was rated higher than any other AMC original series at the time, and attained a 1.4 household rating (1.2 million households).[25] The season averaged 900,000 viewers.[26]

Critical reception edit

The first season of Mad Men received acclaim from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 85% of 41 critics have given the season a positive review with an average score of 9.2/10. The site's consensus is: "Oozing evocative early 1960s ambiance, Mad Men is a sly, subversive look at the American workplace that radiates class, wit, and an undercurrent of disaffection."[27] On Metacritic, the first season scored 77 out of 100 based on 32 reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews.[28]

Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter said each episode "unfolded like a small movie", calling it "one of the best character studies anyone has put on television in some time – an adult drama of introspection and the inconvenience of modernity in a man's world."[29] Robert Bianco of USA Today said the show "hopes to come to grips with both what was lost and what has been gained since generation gaps, sexual revolutions, racial divides and Vietnam blasted the '60s apart" and called it a "smart, complex drama".[30] The New York Times called it "both a drama and a comedy and all the better for it, a series that breaks new ground by luxuriating in the not-so-distant past."[31] DVD Talk writer Adam Tyner described the season as "virtually flawless", praising the depth with which each of the characters has been written.[32] Andrew Johnson praised the initial episode in Time Out New York stating: "Inspired by cynical Eisenhower-era comedies of manners (Sweet Smell of Success, The Apartment) and the stories of John Cheever, frequent Sopranos writer Matthew Weiner's Mad Men is a scathing chronicle of the ad industry’s boozy midcentury heyday, and one of the freshest series to hit basic cable in years."[33]

Variety's reaction to the first season was more mixed, commenting that "as a serialized drama, the program's situations aren't especially stirring, even with its solid, perfectly outfitted cast. The sheer atmosphere, however, proves intoxicating."[34] Tom Shales of The Washington Post wrote a negative review, stating that "the stories unfold in a dry, drab way and the pacing is desultory. Series directors are fond of long pauses that serve no purpose other than to give the impression that an actor forgot his next line."[35]

Accolades edit

The first season of Mad Men was nominated for and won numerous industry awards, including fifteen Emmy nominations and six Emmy wins. At the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards, Mad Men won Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series (Matthew Weiner for "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"). The series also won Creative Arts Emmys for Art Direction, Cinematography, Hairstyling, and Main Title Design.[36][37][38][39]

The series also received nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Jon Hamm), Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (John Slattery), Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Robert Morse), Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series (Alan Taylor), again for "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes") and a second nomination for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series (Weiner and Robin Veith, for "The Wheel").[40]

Mad Men won a Peabody Award for Outstanding Achievement in Television for the first season in 2007. AMC Executive Vice President Charles Collier called the award an "incredible honor".[41] The first season was also honored by the American Film Institute as one of the ten greatest television achievements of 2007, called it brilliant for depicting "the discomfort that hides in the dark corners of nostalgia", and said "The show's extraordinary writing, characterizations and art direction neatly package a time filtered through the haze of cigarettes and sexism, but the message is for today — that those who sell a way of life are often mad for a world that is not their own."[42]

The series won Best Television Drama Series at the 65th Golden Globe Awards, while Jon Hamm won Best Actor – Television Series Drama.[43] "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" also won a Casting Society of America Artios Award for Outstanding Casting in a Television Pilot, Drama.[44] Alan Taylor won a 2007 Directors Guild of America Award for Drama Series directing "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes".[45] The series also won 2007 Writers Guild Awards for Best Dramatic Series and Best New Series. Chris Provenzano for "The Hobo Code" was nominated for the Episode Drama award, but lost to The Sopranos episode, "The Second Coming".[46]

The first season was also honored by the Television Critics Association Awards, winning Program of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Drama, and Outstanding New Program of the Year. Jon Hamm was also nominated for Individual Achievement in Drama at the 24th TCA Awards.[47]

Jon Hamm and the cast Mad Men were also nominated at the 14th Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series and Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series but lost to James Gandolfini and the cast of The Sopranos, respectively.[48]

Home media release edit

The first season was released on DVD and Blu-ray in region 1 on July 1, 2008. In addition to the thirteen episodes, the discs include 26 audio commentaries by cast and crew, and featurettes regarding the production of the series and mini-documentaries on media culture and the historical time in which the story is set. Featurettes include "Establishing Mad Men", "Advertising the American Dream", and "Scoring Mad Men". Also included is a music sampler for music from the show, a photo gallery, and a season two preview.[49][50]

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External links edit

  • Official website
  • Mad Men at IMDb

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The first season of the American television drama series Mad Men premiered on July 19 2007 and ended on October 18 2007 It consisted of thirteen episodes each running approximately 47 minutes AMC broadcast the first season on Thursdays at 10 00 pm in the United States Actors Jon Hamm Elisabeth Moss Vincent Kartheiser January Jones Christina Hendricks Bryan Batt Michael Gladis Aaron Staton and Rich Sommer receive main cast billing Mad MenSeason 1Season 1 promotional posterStarringJon Hamm Elisabeth Moss Vincent Kartheiser January Jones Christina Hendricks Bryan Batt Michael Gladis Aaron Staton Rich Sommer Maggie SiffNo of episodes13ReleaseOriginal networkAMCOriginal releaseJuly 19 2007 07 19 October 18 2007 2007 10 18 Season chronologyNext Season 2List of episodesSeason one takes place between March and November 1960 It introduces the fictional advertising agency Sterling Cooper The season begins with the new secretary Peggy Olson starting her first day with the firm As the season unfolds the mysterious backstory of enigmatic ad man Don Draper is revealed as is the growing confidence and success of Peggy Olson The first season was highly commended for its excellence in writing acting and art design as well as for its faithfulness to the era it depicted It was acknowledged with numerous honors from industry awards including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series the Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Series and a Peabody Award According to Metacritic s annual aggregate of year end lists that detailed the best TV shows of 2007 as determined by significant entertainment publications and critics Mad Men s first season received the most mentions of any show and also received the most first place votes 1 Contents 1 Cast 1 1 Main cast 1 2 Recurring cast 1 3 Guest stars 2 Plot 3 Episodes 4 Production 4 1 Filming 4 2 Crew 5 Reception 5 1 Ratings 5 2 Critical reception 5 3 Accolades 6 Home media release 7 References 8 External linksCast editSee also List of Mad Men characters Main cast edit Jon Hamm as Don Draper Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson Vincent Kartheiser as Pete Campbell January Jones as Betty Draper Christina Hendricks as Joan Holloway Bryan Batt as Salvatore Romano Michael Gladis as Paul Kinsey Aaron Staton as Ken Cosgrove Rich Sommer as Harry Crane Maggie Siff as Rachel MenkenRecurring cast edit Kiernan Shipka as Sally Draper John Slattery as Roger Sterling Robert Morse as Bert Cooper Julie McNiven as Hildy Alison Brie as Trudy Campbell Anne Dudek as Francine Hanson Rosemarie DeWitt as Midge Daniels Andy Umberger as Arnold Wayne Stephanie Courtney as Marge Alexa Alemanni as Allison Talia Balsam as Mona Sterling Darby Stanchfield as Helen Bishop Marten Holden Weiner as Glen Bishop Joel Murray as Freddy Rumsen John Cullum as Lee Garner Sr Mark Moses as Herman Duck Phillips Kate Norby as Carol McCardy Joe O Connor as Tom Vogel Jay Paulson as Adam Whitman Elizabeth Rice as Margaret Sterling Guest stars edit Deborah Lacey as Carla Darren Pettie as Lee Garner Jr Plot editThe first season opens in March 1960 as genius advertising executive Donald Don Draper meets Peggy Olson his new secretary They both work at the small but prestigious agency Sterling Cooper Though Don is welcoming towards her Peggy is subject to passive aggressive hostility from office manager Joan Holloway and sexual harassment from her male colleagues Junior accounts manager Pete Campbell who is about to get married takes a liking to Peggy and the two have sex the night of his bachelor party Don meanwhile has trouble balancing his life as he cheats on his wife Betty Draper with a beatnik artist named Midge Daniels Roger Sterling the acerbic son of one of Sterling Cooper s founding partners cheats on his wife Mona with Joan of whom he is enamored Sterling Cooper begins working for the 1960 Richard Nixon presidential campaign gratis and unbidden as they believe Nixon s success against John F Kennedy will benefit their business They are also working to reassure their largest client Lucky Strike whose account is the firm s bread and butter in the face of resurgent medical research demonstrating smoking is harmful and related lawsuits and impending legislation harmful to the tobacco industry Betty begins seeing a psychiatrist after her numb and shaking hands cause her to crash the family car Don initially resistant to the idea of psychotherapy allows Betty to seek help Behind Betty s back Don has Betty s doctor report back to Don what Betty says in treatment Meanwhile Don begins a flirtatious relationship with Rachel Menken the Jewish owner of a department store who seeks marketing help at Sterling Cooper Don also has to deal with the arrival of his younger brother Adam Whitman who refers to Don as Dick Whitman Don gives Adam 5 000 and tells him to make a new life for himself as Don did and to never contact Don again Flashbacks to Don s childhood as Dick Whitman during the Great Depression depict Dick s relationships with his unloving pious stepmother who calls him a whore child and abusive father Archibald Whitman who cheats a hobo out of promised payment for performing chores Dick had grown friendly with the vagrant and the incident further degrades his image of his father Additionally the vagrant teaches young Dick the hobo code which communicates important messages via simple visual symbols Don finds a weathered hobo sign indicating Don s father is a dishonest man Peggy begins writing copy after ad man Freddy Rumsen recognizes her talent She is soon given control of her own account creating a campaign for a weight loss machine Peggy s work on the weight loss machine coincides with her own weight gain Roger suffers two heart attacks drastically changing his outlook on life and prompting Lucky Strike s owner Lee Garner Sr to warn Bert Cooper that keeping Lucky Strike s account requires Sterling Cooper to do something to show Don Sterling Cooper appreciates him Bert then offers Don a partnership with a 12 share of the business without Don having to pay a partnership fee Don accepts provided he s not required to sign a contract an amused Bert agrees and acknowledges Don s attitude calls back to Ayn Rand s philosophy as expressed in the book Bert had earlier urged Don to read Atlas Shrugged Don s first order of business is to appoint a new head of accounts to lighten Roger s load as partner and rainmaker and Don begins interviewing external candidates to Pete s chagrin The most promising candidate proves to be Herman Duck Phillips who landed American Airlines but is looking for a job after alcoholism and an extramarital affair ended his career at Y amp R s London office After the partners leave for the day the Sterling Cooper ad men throw a raucous party the night of the 1960 presidential election but see their client and preferred choice Nixon defeated by Kennedy Further flashbacks revolve around Dick Whitman s origin story in the Korean War in which he is put under the command of a Lieutenant Donald Draper who is soon to be sent home After an attack an accidental explosion kills Draper and injures Whitman Whitman switches dog tags with his lieutenant and assumes Draper s identity as a way to escape the war The Army has Draper take Whitman s body back to Whitman s family The coffin is dropped off by train and Whitman does not exit to greet his family but a young Adam sees Whitman standing inside the train Adam s parents dismiss his entreaties that I see Dick on the train A female train passenger notices Whitman s look of grief and tells him to forget that boy in the box Whitman then turns his back on his family and begins his new life as Donald Draper Pete who has demonstrated a propensity to snoop expresses the belief that he should be promoted to head of accounts and throws his hat in the ring He has also revealed his jealousy about Peggy and Don s success and sits at Don s desk after the two have left for the day The mailroom boy mistakes Pete for Don and delivers a package from Adam Whitman filled with Dick Whitman s dog tags and childhood photographs Adam posted the package immediately before hanging himself in his hotel room Pete confronts Don with the information that he knows Don s real name is Dick Whitman and attempts to blackmail him for a promotion Don neutralizes the threat by telling Bert I ve pulled the trigger on hiring Duck Phillips which he knew would incite Pete to reveal Don s true identity to Bert Pete tells Bert that Don is a deserter who isn t who he says he is but Bert brushes it off with Who cares After Pete leaves the room Bert gives Don the option to either fire Pete or keep a close eye on him as one never knows how loyalty is born Peggy seeks medical care for severe stomach pain The doctor quickly realizes Peggy s weight gain is a result of a pregnancy she was impregnated by Pete Campbell After the child is delivered the nurse encourages Peggy to hold the baby but Peggy refuses The season ends just before Thanksgiving 1960 as Betty and Don bicker over Don s lack of interest in attending Thanksgiving dinner with Betty s family Don cites his workload as his reason to stay home Soon afterwards Betty discovers Don was receiving calls from her psychiatrist who was reporting on her sessions to Don Don also learns that his brother Adam has hanged himself Don subsequently makes a new campaign presentation for the Kodak Carousel that revolves around the power of nostalgia During a train ride Don has a vision of returning home to announce he will be joining the family for Thanksgiving Instead Don returns home to find the house dark and empty He sits alone at the bottom of the staircase as the season closes Episodes editSee also List of Mad Men episodes No overallNo inseasonTitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUS viewers millions 11 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Alan TaylorMatthew WeinerJuly 19 2007 2007 07 19 1 65 3 It s March 1960 2 Don Draper a high level advertising executive at the Sterling Cooper agency in New York City struggles to find ideas to keep an account for Lucky Strike cigarettes while at the same time managing his tangled personal life Peggy Olson finds employment as Don s new secretary but immediately finds it difficult to fit in with the other secretaries especially Joan Holloway Junior accounts manager Pete Campbell who is about to get married takes a liking to Peggy and pursues her sexually 22 Ladies Room Alan TaylorMatthew WeinerJuly 26 2007 2007 07 26 1 04 4 Don continues to conceal his increasingly complicated personal life even in the face of Roger Sterling s invitation to open up Meanwhile Peggy pines for Pete who is still on his honeymoon while fending off the advances of several of the men of Sterling Cooper Betty s numb and shaking hands lead her to see a psychiatrist 33 Marriage of Figaro Ed BianchiTom PalmerAugust 2 2007 2007 08 02 1 07 3 Pete returns from his honeymoon excited about his new marriage but conflicted about his past encounter with Peggy Don s business relationship with client Rachel Menken develops into a personal attraction while he and Betty host a birthday party for their daughter Sally 44 New Amsterdam Tim HunterLisa AlbertAugust 9 2007 2007 08 09 0 85 5 Pete faces pressure from his wife Trudy regarding a new apartment He also further alienates Don and almost loses his job at Sterling Cooper by pitching his own copy to a client in a social setting Bert Cooper advises Don to retain Pete because of his society connections Betty meets her neighbor Helen Bishop s ex husband and babysits Helen s son Glen 55 5G Lesli Linka GlatterMatthew WeinerAugust 16 2007 2007 08 16 0 75 6 Ken gets a short story published in The Atlantic Monthly inciting envy among his colleagues and driving Pete to ask his wife to meet with an old boyfriend to help Pete get published Don s younger brother Adam who believed that Don was killed in the Korean War stumbles upon a photo of Don in Advertising Age and tries to come back into his life Peggy overhears a personal phone conversation between Don and Midge and shares the secret with Joan Don can t let Adam back into his life because his painful past would leave him too much to lose at present but after giving Adam money to start over he and his brother embrace in tears 66 Babylon Andrew BernsteinAndre Jacquemetton amp Maria JacquemettonAugust 23 2007 2007 08 23 0 81 7 It s Mother s Day Roger tries to convince Joan to get her own apartment so they won t have to meet in hotels anymore At a brainstorming session for Belle Jolie lipstick Peggy has some interesting ideas that cause Freddy Rumsen to suggest she be asked to write copy Rachel faces her conflicting feelings for Don after he seeks out her advice on a new campaign for tourism to Israel 77 Red in the Face Tim HunterBridget BedardAugust 30 2007 2007 08 30 1 02 8 Roger joins Don for an evening of dinner and drinking during which Roger makes a pass at Betty causing a rift in their friendship as the agency prepares for a meeting with members of Richard Nixon s campaign staff Pete faces trouble at home after he exchanges a wedding gift a chip and dip set for a rifle Helen confronts Betty about the night she babysat Glen 88 The Hobo Code Phil AbrahamChris ProvenzanoSeptember 6 2007 2007 09 06 0 85 9 As Peggy s ad copy proves to be successful her relationship with Pete becomes more complicated Don spends the evening with Midge and her Bohemian friends An encounter Don had as a boy with a hobo is told in flashbacks Art Director Sal Romano finds himself the object of interest of both a female co worker and a male client 99 Shoot Paul FeigChris Provenzano and Matthew WeinerSeptember 13 2007 2007 09 13 0 84 10 McCann Erickson a larger ad agency tries to hire Don They offer Betty a modeling job as a part of their attempt to lure him The agency devises a strategy to help Nixon s presidential campaign Peggy s weight gain is noticed in the office leading to a fight between Pete and Ken Cosgrove after Ken makes an insulting comment about her 1010 Long Weekend Tim HunterBridget Bedard and Andre Jacquemetton amp Maria Jacquemetton and Matthew WeinerSeptember 27 2007 2007 09 27 0 61 11 It s Labor Day and after Sterling Cooper loses the Dr Scholl s account Roger attempts to cheer Don up by arranging for twins to spend the night with them which results in Roger having a heart attack Joan goes out for a night out on the town with her roommate who reveals her secret love for Joan 1111 Indian Summer Tim HunterTom Palmer and Matthew WeinerOctober 4 2007 2007 10 04 0 68 12 It s October and Adam hangs himself after mailing a personal box to Don Roger has a second heart attack during a meeting with the head of Lucky Strike Lee Garner Sr and as a result Don is given a partnership in Sterling Cooper making Pete jealous Peggy s work writing copy for a weight loss device that vibrates providing sexual stimulation earns her a raise Meanwhile Betty becomes increasingly sexually frustrated as Don s focus remains elsewhere While sitting in Don s office at the end of the day Pete gets mistaken for him and is given Adam s package by a mailboy 1212 Nixon vs Kennedy Alan TaylorLisa Albert amp Andre Jacquemetton amp Maria JacquemettonOctober 11 2007 2007 10 11 0 80 13 On November 8 1960 Sterling Cooper s employees have an all night office party to watch the 1960 United States presidential election results hoping for Nixon to win against Kennedy Pete discovers Don s real name is Dick Whitman and Whitman officially died in the Korean War in 1950 The next day when Don tells Pete that Duck Phillips will become the new head of accounts Pete tries to use this knowledge to blackmail Don into giving Pete the job and tells Cooper who chooses not to believe him and orders Don to fire him or to have Pete show his loyalty Don chooses the latter and remembers his past in the Korean War including the accidental death of Lt Donald Draper in 1950 and his switching identities with the lieutenant to escape his own grotesque past He then comes home and disappointedly watches Nixon s concession speech 1313 The Wheel Matthew WeinerMatthew Weiner and Robin VeithOctober 18 2007 2007 10 18 0 93 14 At Thanksgiving Betty discovers her friend s husband has been having an affair leading her to re evaluate her own marriage Pete brings in a big account through his father in law Peggy gets promoted to junior copywriter but without realizing she is pregnant she gives birth to a child fathered by Pete Campbell Don learns of his brother s suicide and successfully pitches an ad campaign for carousel slide projectors to Eastman Kodak Production editFilming edit The pilot episode was shot at Silvercup Studios and various locations around New York City subsequent episodes have been filmed at Los Angeles Center Studios 15 16 It is available in high definition for showing on AMC HD and on video on demand services available from various cable affiliates 17 The writers including Weiner amassed volumes of research on the period in which Mad Men takes place so as to make most aspects of the series including detailed set designs costume design and props historically accurate 18 19 20 producing an authentic visual style that garnered critical praise 21 22 23 Each episode has a budget of 2 2 5 million though the pilot episode s budget was over 3 million 18 24 On the scenes featuring smoking Weiner stated Doing this show without smoking would ve been a joke It would ve been sanitary and it would ve been phony 20 Since the actors cannot by California law smoke tobacco cigarettes in their workplace they instead smoke herbal cigarettes 20 24 Crew edit In addition to having created the series Matthew Weiner is the showrunner head writer and an executive producer he contributes to each episode writing or co writing the scripts casting various roles and approving costume and set designs 18 24 He is notorious for being selective about all aspects of the series and promotes a high level of secrecy around production details 18 24 Along with Matthew Weiner the writing staff of the first season consisted of co executive producer Tom Palmer who wrote two episodes producer Lisa Albert who wrote two episodes producers and writing team Andre and Maria Jacquemetton who wrote three episodes writer s assistant Robin Veith who wrote two episodes and freelance writers Bridget Bedard and Chris Provenzano who each wrote two episodes Other producers included co producer Blake McCormick producer Todd London and co executive producer Scott Hornbacher Primary directors of the first season were Tim Hunter who directed four episodes and Alan Taylor who directed three including the pilot episode The remaining episodes were directed by Ed Bianchi Lesli Linka Glatter Andrew Bernstein series cinematographer Phil Abraham Paul Feig and series creator Matthew Weiner who directs each season finale Reception editRatings edit The premiere episode which aired at 10 00 p m on July 19 2007 was rated higher than any other AMC original series at the time and attained a 1 4 household rating 1 2 million households 25 The season averaged 900 000 viewers 26 Critical reception edit The first season of Mad Men received acclaim from critics Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 85 of 41 critics have given the season a positive review with an average score of 9 2 10 The site s consensus is Oozing evocative early 1960s ambiance Mad Men is a sly subversive look at the American workplace that radiates class wit and an undercurrent of disaffection 27 On Metacritic the first season scored 77 out of 100 based on 32 reviews indicating generally favorable reviews 28 Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter said each episode unfolded like a small movie calling it one of the best character studies anyone has put on television in some time an adult drama of introspection and the inconvenience of modernity in a man s world 29 Robert Bianco of USA Today said the show hopes to come to grips with both what was lost and what has been gained since generation gaps sexual revolutions racial divides and Vietnam blasted the 60s apart and called it a smart complex drama 30 The New York Times called it both a drama and a comedy and all the better for it a series that breaks new ground by luxuriating in the not so distant past 31 DVD Talk writer Adam Tyner described the season as virtually flawless praising the depth with which each of the characters has been written 32 Andrew Johnson praised the initial episode in Time Out New York stating Inspired by cynical Eisenhower era comedies of manners Sweet Smell of Success The Apartment and the stories of John Cheever frequent Sopranos writer Matthew Weiner s Mad Men is a scathing chronicle of the ad industry s boozy midcentury heyday and one of the freshest series to hit basic cable in years 33 Variety s reaction to the first season was more mixed commenting that as a serialized drama the program s situations aren t especially stirring even with its solid perfectly outfitted cast The sheer atmosphere however proves intoxicating 34 Tom Shales of The Washington Post wrote a negative review stating that the stories unfold in a dry drab way and the pacing is desultory Series directors are fond of long pauses that serve no purpose other than to give the impression that an actor forgot his next line 35 Accolades edit The first season of Mad Men was nominated for and won numerous industry awards including fifteen Emmy nominations and six Emmy wins At the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards Mad Men won Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series Matthew Weiner for Smoke Gets in Your Eyes The series also won Creative Arts Emmys for Art Direction Cinematography Hairstyling and Main Title Design 36 37 38 39 The series also received nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Jon Hamm Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series John Slattery Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Robert Morse Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series Alan Taylor again for Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and a second nomination for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series Weiner and Robin Veith for The Wheel 40 Mad Men won a Peabody Award for Outstanding Achievement in Television for the first season in 2007 AMC Executive Vice President Charles Collier called the award an incredible honor 41 The first season was also honored by the American Film Institute as one of the ten greatest television achievements of 2007 called it brilliant for depicting the discomfort that hides in the dark corners of nostalgia and said The show s extraordinary writing characterizations and art direction neatly package a time filtered through the haze of cigarettes and sexism but the message is for today that those who sell a way of life are often mad for a world that is not their own 42 The series won Best Television Drama Series at the 65th Golden Globe Awards while Jon Hamm won Best Actor Television Series Drama 43 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes also won a Casting Society of America Artios Award for Outstanding Casting in a Television Pilot Drama 44 Alan Taylor won a 2007 Directors Guild of America Award for Drama Series directing Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 45 The series also won 2007 Writers Guild Awards for Best Dramatic Series and Best New Series Chris Provenzano for The Hobo Code was nominated for the Episode Drama award but lost to The Sopranos episode The Second Coming 46 The first season was also honored by the Television Critics Association Awards winning Program of the Year Outstanding Achievement in Drama and Outstanding New Program of the Year Jon Hamm was also nominated for Individual Achievement in Drama at the 24th TCA Awards 47 Jon Hamm and the cast Mad Men were also nominated at the 14th Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series and Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series but lost to James Gandolfini and the cast of The Sopranos respectively 48 Home media release editThe first season was released on DVD and Blu ray in region 1 on July 1 2008 In addition to the thirteen episodes the discs include 26 audio commentaries by cast and crew and featurettes regarding the production of the series and mini documentaries on media culture and the historical time in which the story is set Featurettes include Establishing Mad Men Advertising the American Dream and Scoring Mad Men Also included is a music sampler for music from the show a photo gallery and a season two preview 49 50 References edit Best TV Shows of 2007 Metacritic December 22 2007 Archived from the original on March 22 2010 Retrieved August 10 2023 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link Johnston Andrew July 20 2007 Mad Men Fridays Season 1 Episode 1 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Slant Magazine Retrieved June 19 2011 a b Becker Anne August 10 2007 Not A Hot Cable Summer for All Broadcasting Cable Retrieved April 18 2015 Becker Anne July 31 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