S4E13 – 'Tomorrowland'

About this episode

The episode discusses the Season 4 finale of Mad Men, focusing on Don Draper's personal and professional turning points.

Why put off today when we can podcast about Tomorrowland? That's right, in the Season 4 finale of Mad Men (titled "Tomorrowland"), Don Draper faces a turning point both personally and professionally. Big surprise. As Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce struggles to secure its future, Don takes a bold step by taking his secretary Megan to a family trip to California. Meanwhile, Peggy tries to land a much-needed account, Joan grapples with unexpected news about her personal situation, and the Mad Men Men podcast faces our biggest struggle yet. Releasing a podcast episode on time! 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. Extra Credits: Matthew Weiner created Mad Men , which aired on AMC from 2007 to 2015. Matthew Weiner directed “Tomorrowland” and co-wrote the script with Jonathan Igla. The show stars Jon Hamm, January Jones, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, Christina Hendricks, John Slattery, Robert Morse, and many more. Our intro music is “Mad Men Men” by Tom…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton, Michael Overhulse

Topics covered

• Mad Men
• Tomorrowland
• Don Draper
• Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce
• podcasting challenges
• character development

Keywords

• Mad Men
• Tomorrowland
• Don Draper
• podcast
• character analysis
• Matthew Weiner
• Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce

Books & works: Mad Men, Tomorrowland, A Beautiful Mine

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