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Souvenir ( Mad Men)[edit]

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"Souvenir" is the eighth episode of the third season of the American television drama series Mad Men. It is written by Lisa Albert and Matthew Weiner and directed by Phil Abraham. The episode originally aired on the AMC channel in the United States on October  4, 2009.

Souvenir
Directed byAndrew Bernstein
Written byLisa Albert and Matthew Weiner
Release date
October 4, 2009
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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Plot[edit]

Episode 3.8 of Mad Men begins with a conversation between Pete Campbell and his secretary Hildy (Julie McNiven). Hildy is making it very obvious that she wants to leave the office, as she states her and some girls got a place for the weekend. She then leaves, and Ken Cosgrove and a couple other guys come into Pete's office. Pete offers to buy drinks for everyone, they all take him up on the offer, and they all leave.

Don and Betty Draper are then doing various tasks in their kitchen. Betty is filling out paperwork for the reservoir case. After talking with Betty for a bit, Don leaves to go play with the kids outside. Betty continues making phone calls and gauging interest from presumed neighbors about the fight for the reservoir. In the middle of Betty working, she gets a surprise call from Hilton's office. He is being offered to fly to Rome to meet with Mr. Hilton and stay there for two days. He agrees to the offer, although when he asks Betty if she wants to go with him, she says " who will watch the kids", which can be inferred as she can not go.

Pete is then seen walking groceries to his house when he sees a woman crying in the hallway. He confronts her and asks " is everything okay?" The woman, who's name is Gudrun, explains that she is house sitting and throws a party. During the party, she spilled wine on a very expensive dress and does not know what to do. Pete comforts her and states " give the dress to me, I will take care of it".

A couple days later Betty, Francine, and Marilyn are continuing their fight against the reservoir development at the town board meeting. The three women are anxiously waiting for Henry, who is governor Rockefellers director of public Relations and Research. He finally arrives just in time, and makes the argument to the town board that the water studies that were done in the reservoir were not conclusive and more research needs to be done. The Town board agrees, and suspens the development for now. The three women celebrate their victory. However a surprising turn of events takes place when Betty and Henry leave the meeting. Henry takes Betty to her car, and then gets quite intrusive in Betty's space, as he sticks his head inside Betty's car. The two engage in small talk for a bit, and then all of a sudden Henry kisses Betty. The two then say goodnight and go their separate ways. That night, Betty wakes up in the middle of the night and tells Don, " I'm going to Rome with you".

The next day, Pete goes to the dress store to try and fix the mess that his neighbor created. He is disappointed with the service he is getting from the saleswoman, and demands to see the manager. In surprising fashion, Joan comes out to assist Pete. They are both genuinely surprised, but then get down to business. In sort of a fake story. Pete explains to Joan what had happened. Joan then states that she will take care of it. Pete questions her again, but Joan reassures him that everything is taken care of.

Don and Betty arrive at the beautiful hotel in Rome. They go right to their room. Later that night, Don and Betty go and meet Mr. Hilton at a restaurant. Betty gets quite a bit of attention from some men, but Don shuts down their interaction when he goes and sits next to Betty. Mr. Hilton arrives, and they talk for a while. They end there conversation, and then Don and Betty head back to their room, and have sex.

Back in America, Pete delivers the newly bought dress back to Gudrun. She is both pleasantly surprised and extremely grateful. Pete asks if they can celebrate together, but she denies the request. Later that night Pete walks back to Gudrun's house and basically forces his way in. He makes a move on her, and the two end up having sex. The next day Ed Lawrance comes over and confronts Pete about what had happened. He gives Peter a warning never to do that again, and walks away. Later that day Trudy gets home and is extremely excited to see Pete, however the moment is ruined because of Pete's guilt. The two make amends, however it seems Pete is still very guilty from all that transpired.

Don and Betty finally make it home to quite a bit of chaos. They learn that the kids were miss behaving when they were gone. Betty then has a conversation with Sally about the right way to kiss, and how special it should be. Betty states " the first kiss is when you go from being a stranger to knowing someone". Later that night after Francine leaves the house Betty has an outburst that she " I hate this place, I hate my friends, and I hate this town. The episode ends off with Don trying to make Betty feel better by showing her the gift that he got her from Rome.

Production[edit]

The episode "Souvenir" was directed by  Phil Abraham, whose previous work includes The Sopranos.,[1] and was written by Lisa Albert and Matthew Weine. The filming of this episode took place in the Dorthy Chandler Pavilion and the Los Angeles County Music Center, both located in downtown Los Angeles.[2]

Reception[edit]

The episode received positive critical  reviews from television journalists and critics. Alan Seinwall,[3] writing for New Jersey's The Star Ledger, praised the episode for the emphasis that was put on Betty, fully grasping her untapped potential in a world that looks down upon her. Kate Aurthor from BuzzFeed describes the episode as underwhelming as a whole. However she does state that the episode is infamous for the questionable "rape scene" involving Pete. She describes the uncertainty of the scene in the context of the show as a whole as " It's a show in which authorial intent has always been paramount, so this is a pretty fascinating, and disturbing, mishap"[4]

Cultural References[edit]

Pete is reading an "Ebony" magazine in one of the scenes. In another scene, Don references Pan Am, which was an airline that went out of business in 1991. Don also says in one of the scenes that we can stay in the Waldorf, which is a famous hotel in NYC, any time we want. The dress in the episode was a Bonwit Teller dress. Governor Rockefeller was also referenced in the episode.  

External Links[edit]

[1] "Souvenir"

References[edit]

  1. "Wayback Machine" (PDF). web.archive.org. 2010-09-28. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  2. Abraham, Phil (2009-10-04), Souvenir, Mad Men, retrieved 2021-11-16
  3. Sepinwall, Alan (2009-10-04). "Mad Men, "Souvenir": La dolce vita". What's Alan Watching?. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  4. Aurthur, Kate. "All 90 Episodes Of "Mad Men" Ranked, From Good To Perfect". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2021-11-16.


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