S4E12 – Blowing Smoke

S4E12 – Blowing Smoke

From Mad Men Men by InBetweenDrafts

October 9, 2024 · 59 min · Season 4 · Episode 12

About this episode

The episode discusses the penultimate episode of Mad Men Season 4, titled 'Blowing Smoke', focusing on character dynamics and plot analysis.

We're not known for blowing smoke on Mad Men Men, but I guess we can make an exception for this penultimate episode of the season! That's right, we're back to discuss Season 4, Episode 12, titled "Blowing Smoke." Which finds the old gang at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce scrambling in the fog of losing Lucky Strike. As usual, we recap the episode, give our analysis, and reference the director/writer/actors’ commentaries as well as Mad Men Carousel by Matt Zoller Seitz. In case this is your first time digging into our podcast, we recap Mad Men from the perspective of a first-time watcher, someone who only watched the show once while it was airing, and a superfan who watches excessively instead of having a functional social life. “Blowing Smoke” Discussion Points: What can we make of the dynamic between Sally and Glen in this episode? How can we connect Don's American Cancer pitch to the "kids" in "Blowing Smoke"? Does this really feel like a penultimate episode? Is the Midge subplot all that believable? What is the current state of Don and Faye's relationship? Extra credits: Matthew Weiner created Mad Men , which aired on AMC from 2007 to 2015. John Slattery directed “Blowing Smoke”…

People in this episode

Host: InBetweenDrafts

Topics covered

  • Mad Men analysis
  • episode recap
  • character dynamics
  • Don Draper
  • Sally and Glen
  • Midge subplot
  • Don and Faye relationship

Keywords

  • Mad Men
  • Blowing Smoke
  • Sally
  • Glen
  • Don Draper
  • Midge
  • Faye
  • episode recap
  • character analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AMC

Books & works: Mad Men Carousel

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