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• PREVIEW: AMC's THE KILLING and Season Finale of MAD MEN on Sunday, June 10
  Mad Men "The Phantom" There are opportunities for everyone; Peter meets a stranger on a train. New. Season Finale. Note: If you have DISH network, AMC has moved to channel 9609 because of a contract dispute between AMC and DISH.
  *Don has a toothache; he treats it with whiskey and won't go to a dentist because it always got better in the past. However, he keeps seeing visions of his dead brother (probably because of guilt from Lane's suicide).
  *Megan is disappointed that her screen test didn't get sent around to film companies (she paid some company). Megan's mom is still around, wanted to be there for Easter since her husband is an atheist. Megan's actress friend Emily meets Megan's mom and admires her.  Emily tells Megan that she was up for a part for a commercial for Butler shoes (which SCDP does the ads for). Megan tells her that she doesn't think that she can help, but she'll talk to Don. Megan then asks Don to put HER name instead. Don is surprised that she would want a commercial since she is into being an artist. They argue about it, but his tooth is hurting so he's cranky. Megan gets very upset but pretends she's fine. She cries in the bathroom with the shower on. Later, she tells her mother that she doesn't want to get out of bed because she's too sad. Her mother tells her to stop feeling sorry for herself. When Megan retorts, she calls her an ungrateful little bitch.
  *Megan has been getting mystery phone hang-ups. Turns out it's Roger, trying to get Megan's mother, Marie, on the phone. Marie pretends it's her husband calling.  Roger asks Marie to meet him at his hotel for "conversation". She is wary but agrees. They rush onto the bed but then exchange witty banter. Roger tells her about Lane's suicide, which disturbs her. He asks her if she will take LSD with him, but she doesn't want to take care of him. They have sex instead.
  *Beth and her husband Howard run into Pete on the train, and then Beth phones Pete to meet her at a hotel. Pete's hairline is still receding badly.  Pete meets her, even though he feels like an idiot.  She tells him that she has been depressed and will be getting shock treatment - again, which surprises him. She warns that she may not remember him and begs him to have sex with her, so he does. He tries to convince her that she feels better being with him and doesn't need shock therapy. He tries to blame Howard for controlling her. He asks her to run away with him to L.A., but she turns him down. She describes her depression for him and insists that the shock treatment works. He professes his love, but she says they don't know each other.
  *Peggy is adjusting in her new job. She gets the new lady's cigarettes ads from Phillip Morris (Virginia Slims).
  *It's March.  Nobody wants Lane's office. Joan tells the other partners that they had their best quarter ever. She will be buying new office space in the building. Joan shows Don that Lane left the company a death benefit of $175,000, which just makes her feel more guilty for turning down Lane's advances. Don is shocked to hear it but tells Joan to give $50,000 to Lane's widow (since Lane invested that in the company).  She suggests Don see her dentist in the Chrysler building.
  *Don brings the check to Lane's widow. She accepts it but doesn't say much at first. Then she yells at Don for filling Lane with ambition. She shows him the photo of the girl in his wallet and asks who it was, but Don doesn't know. She yells at Don some more before he leaves.
  *Trudy shows Pete the drawings for the pool they are planning. He is not too enthusiastic about it. Trudy yells at him for all the doom and gloom. Pete goes to visit Beth at the hospital, saying he's her brother. She doesn't recognize Pete but asks him to stay and talk to her, anyway, so he does. He talks to her about his "friend" that is in the hospital because he cheated on his wife. He says that his life is a temporary bandage on a permanent wound. Pete sees Howard on the train. Howard tries to get him to go play hooky with him. Pete is disgusted and reprimands him for putting his wife in the hospital. Howard realizes Pete is the one who's been sleeping with his wife. they get into a fist fight. The train conductor separates them and then Pete insults him, so he tells Pete to get off the train in Harrison. Trudy is horrified when Pete comes home with his face all beat up. He lies that he fell asleep and ran the car into a ditch. She agrees that he needs an apartment in the city after all.
  *Don comes home to find Megan literally falling-down drunk. She is whiny, annoying and gives him a hard time.  Marie comes home, so Don tells Megan to sleep it off.  Don then gives Marie a hard time for leaving Megan alone. Marie tells him to nurse Megan through this defeat and things will be fine, that she just has an artistic temperament.  Don finally goes to the dentist, who yells at him for not coming sooner for his absess.  Under the anesthesia, Don's dead brother talks to him.  Don begs him not to leave him.  The dentist tells Don not to smoke for 24 hours. Don goes to the movies and sees Peggy. She hugs him and he sits down next to her. She tells him things are going well and they discuss her new product. She tells him that she's going to Virginia on a plane, which she's excited about. He lies that Megan is doing well.
  Later, Don watches Megan's screen test on a projector while he smokes.
  *The partners look at the 58th floor, where their new offices will be. Don gets Megan the job for Butler shoes after all.
  Don walks away from the commercial filming and goes to a bar, to the tune of "You Only Live twice" (very cool scene).
  We see the others-Peggy, Pete, Roger, while the song plays. Peggy is getting ready for bed and sees two dogs having sex outside; she smiles. Pete is listening to music. Roger is standing stark naked and looking out his hotel room window as if to say, "Look at me!" - obviously he took the LSD.
  Then back in the bar, Megan's friend Emily hits on Don, with another beautiful woman, asking if he's alone. We don't see his response (Payback's a bitch!).
   

• Mad Men: "The Other Woman" Season 5, Episode 11
  Episode Synopsis: Don deals with a challenging pitch, while Peggy ponders taking a trip. Original Air Date: May 27, 2012 Video
  Pete and the others convince Joan to have sex with one of the Jaguar guys to get the account. Lane suggests that she ask to be a partner instead of cash. They land the account. Peggy gets a job with Cutler Gleason and Chaough, quitting Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce.
   

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