Raw Data: The Collaborators

These are the unprocessed thoughts and observations for Mad Men episode 5-03 "The Collaborators".

• Hearing news of the Tet Offensive from the radio and the good doctor put this in early 1968 still.
• A cursory Internet search using the Carson clip as a reference put it specifically at January 31, 1968
•  Pete could just as easily been getting those keys out of a bowl...
• Man Men, one of those shows which lives in grayscale, seems to have placed all the black/white-ness of its characters into Herb, the car salesman with no redeeming qualities
• Don's childhood flashback, moving in with Uncle Mac, with his pregnant de facto step-mother/guardian fits in the timeline between the flashbacks in "Shut the Door, Have a Seat" where Archie bites it and "Babylon", featuring Adam's birth
• Don's step mom and Catelyn Stark would have a lot to discuss
• Roger seemed to walk a line of indifference following the Jaguar meeting, more noting to Don "well, that happened" than taking a stance on either side
• Pete still wants to be Don, but can't help but ascend no further than "poor man's Don"
• How old is Sylvia?  Is she Don's contemporary?
• While Peggy outgrew her old role under Don, the next interesting step will be how she reacts when coming in direct conflict with thim
• Compare and contrast Peggy's reactions to the prank this week versus the drawing by Joey the freelancer