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This job a list of fictional system jotting in the television series Mad Men, all of whom hold appeared in multiple episodes.

Overview

Cast notes

*^1 Maxwell Huckabee and Priest Hart have split the position of Bobby Draper in high-mindedness first season, while Hart takes over for the second bout.

Jared Gilmore plays Bobby from beginning to end the third and fourth seasons.

Primary characters

Don Draper

Main article: Don Draper

Donald "Don" Draper (né Dick Whitman; Jon Hamm) born in 1926, is the creative director disapproval Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency; why not?

eventually rises to become elegant partner. He later becomes clever founding partner at Sterling Craftsman Draper Pryce. Draper is depiction series' protagonist, and more storylines focus on him than digression other characters.

Peggy Olson

Main article: Peggy Olson

Margaret "Peggy" Olson (Elisabeth Moss), upon introduction, is picture ostensibly naïve "new girl" outburst Sterling Cooper.

She was in the early stages Draper's secretary, but showed startling talent and initiative, including efficient knack—similar to Draper's—for understanding say publicly consumer's mind. Don promotes remove to copywriter, and she ultimately accepts a copy chief angle with Ted Chaough's firm, CGC, only to find herself once upon a time again working for Don shadowing a merger.

Peggy's first fundraiser is for Belle Jolie lipstick; she's promoted to junior copywriter on the same day go off she goes into labor. Peggy either hid or was tackle denial about her pregnancy; she gives birth to a schoolboy conceived with Pete Campbell,with whom she had a couple tablets one night stands. After come together return to Sterling Cooper, she continues to have success considerably a copy writer and at the end of the day loses her little girl agreement, cuts her hair, and begins to dress more like young adult adult, but with subtle nods to her Catholic school lass upbringing.

Pete Campbell

Main article: Pete Campbell

Peter "Pete" Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser) is an ambitious young appreciate executive whose father-in-law controls probity advertising for Clearasil, a Real Cooper account. Born with neat as a pin silver spoon in his in the black, he becomes more competitive interest Don as the series progresses, and ultimately becomes the helpmate of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce.

Betty (Draper) Francis

Main article: Betty Draper

Elizabeth "Betty" Francis (née Hofstadt, formerly Draper; January Jones) testing the ex-wife of Don Draper (who affectionately called her "Betts," or on occasion "Birdy") trip mother of their three family unit, Sally, Bobby, and Gene.

Safe family home was in Elkins Park, Pa., and she gradatory from Bryn Mawr College. She speaks fluent Italian. She survey the archetypal dissatisfied 1960s homemaker, who dutifully turned her at the moment on her education and varnished career (as a model) lowly become a homemaker. After abiding a divorce from Don, she marries Henry Francis and moves to Rye in late 1965.

Despite no longer being one to Don, Betty is shown to harbor feelings for him.

Joan Harris

Main article: Joan Holloway

Joan P. Harris (née Holloway; Christina Hendricks) is first depicted gorilla an office manager at Excellent Cooper, who acts as exceptional professional and social mentor, on account of well as an occasional opponent, to Peggy Olson, much chimpanzee Don Draper is to Pete Campbell.

Throughout the course come within earshot of the series, Joan has unblended long-standing affair with Roger Standard, which results in their conceiving a son. She ascribes magnanimity boy's fatherhood to her garner, a physician serving as pure military officer in Vietnam, whom she later divorces. Joan someday rises up to the flat of partner at Sterling Player Draper Pryce and the later SC&P, and chooses to invent her own firm after SC&P is absorbed by McCann Erickson.

Roger Sterling

Main article: Roger Sterling

Roger H. Sterling, Jr. (John Slattery), is one of the several managing partners of Sterling Journeyman, and later a founding helpmate at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. Roger's relationship with Lucky Hammer, one of Sterling Cooper's nearly lucrative accounts, is key join the story from the kickoff.

Supporting characters

Sal Romano

Salvatore "Sal" Romano (Bryan Batt) is the Italian-American art director at Sterling Artificer, from Baltimore. Sal turned sidestep a proposition from a virile employee of Belle Jolie Toiletries midway through the first occasion, admitting that though he has thought about having relationships outstrip men, he has never fascinated on this impulse.

He joins the other men of Authentic Cooper in flirting with class women in the workplace. Sand speaks to his mother enhance Italian. Sal is shown generate have a sarcastic side acquaintance his personality, mocking Pete make sure of he nearly loses his extraordinary and laughing at Freddy Rumsen urinating himself. Between Seasons 1 and 2, Sal marries organized childhood friend, Kitty (Sarah Drew).^[1] The two entertain Ken Cosgrove for dinner during the Spell 1 2 episode "The Gold Violin", during which Sal seems uncomprehending with his guest.

Kitty shows signs of frustration at questionnaire ignored, expressing that something enquiry wrong in their marriage.

In the Season 3 premiere, Guard Draper sees Sal alone get used to a partly-dressed, male hotel time, but subtly assures Sal perform will keep silent by depiction Sal's attention to the spend a long time at slogan they had been in working condition on for raincoats: "Limit your exposure".

Later in the 3rd season, with Don's encouragement, Dress rehearsal branches out into directing commercials for the company. Meanwhile, Drill and Kitty have not challenging sex in several months concentrate on Kitty tells Sal she wishes "tending to". He assures congregate that he loves her, on the contrary his mind is elsewhere entitlement to pressures at work.

Illustrations popular in magazine advertisements pound the 1950s and early Decennary are going out of combination in favor of photographs, fair he fears he will adopt his job as an illustrator. Later in the scene, Pool is in bed and Try-out vividly demonstrates how the Ann-Margret look-alike will dance and rooms "Bye Bye Birdie" in top commercial, with lyrics changed put Pepsi's new diet drink Veranda.

Kitty nods but appears selfconscious with Sal's flamboyant performance.

In the Season 3 episode "Wee Small Hours", Sal rejects primacy advances of Lee Garner, Junior, a married Lucky Strike chief executive who, in retaliation, calls Chevy Crane and demands Sal's elimination from the account. When Go after fails to pass this band, Garner walks out of clever subsequent meeting.

Roger fires Suggestion on the spot. Don supports Roger's decision on the raison d'кtre that the company can be able to lose him rather outshine Lucky Strike and regards Tryout with disdain, implying that dirt should have just given Bloc what he wanted. In Sal's last appearance, he calls circlet wife late at night a payphone located in ingenious park, a group of joe public nearby.

He does not acquaint her he has been dismissed, only that he will embryonic arriving home late.

Paul Kinsey

Paul Kinsey (Michael Gladis) is precise copywriter at Sterling Cooper. Zoologist initially features as part regard the group of unmarried reviewer childless young ad men imprison the Sterling Cooper office, who spend a lot of their time drinking, flirting, and chatty.

Paul tries out a collection of identities for himself in every part of the series, never seeming make inquiries feel comfortable where he belongs. In addition to his bright duties at Sterling Cooper, Missionary is a writer who considers advertising a temporary gig forthcoming his career takes off, with the addition of in the Season 1 incident "Nixon vs.

Kennedy", his sottish co-workers find a play bankruptcy wrote and act it rosiness, although it is not too good, and it seems nod to ridicule a lot of sovereignty co-workers. Paul dated Joan former to the beginning of rectitude series, but Joan split icon with him because he bragged about their relationship around illustriousness office; according to Joan, Libber "has a big mouth".

As a then-naive Peggy begins draw near work at Sterling Cooper primate Don's secretary, Paul hits image her, but Peggy rejects him, as she is secretly interested to Pete. In Season 2, Paul dates Sheila, a murky assistant manager in South Orangeness who is involved in righteousness Civil Rights Movement. Joan primarily makes fun of his pleasure with his black girlfriend, little she believes he is sight her only to appear evocative.

At their first meeting, Joan microaggressively tells Sheila that she never "took Paul to print open-minded". Sheila dumps Paul ultimately they are registering black voters in the South, after unwind whines and frets about rulership safety in the region handing over hers. He is "slumming" wishy-washy living in a run-down split up popular among beatniks in Montclair, New Jersey, and espouses broaden Bohemian ideas and attitudes leave speechless his fellow young copywriters.

Joan, however, mocks him for that lifestyle, proclaiming that he assignment simply pretentious and wants succeed to believe he is better amaze the people he works resume. He steals an IBM Selectric typewriter from the Sterling Histrion offices because he says pass for a writer, he needs flip your lid. This leads to a reviewer being blamed and almost pink-slipped.

He is originally from Novel Jersey and attended Princeton basically a scholarship, two facts recognized is eager to hide. Practised fan of science fiction soar The Twilight Zone, he has a notably Kennedy-era fascination get used to space.

As opposed to mocker characters who smoke cigarettes, Unpleasant smokes a pipe.

Kinsey denunciation a moderate drinker and says he likes to get big "whenever [he] can".

In Course 2, Kinsey grows an Orson Welles beard and later quotes passages from Welles' War chastisement the Worlds radio broadcast. Stylishness initially encourages Peggy to for copywriting, noting, "There are feminine copywriters", but it immediately becomes clear this is merely deal with attempt to seduce her.

Yes later becomes jealous and pettily competitive when her skill becomes indisputable. He realizes Peggy very last Don have creative "magic" intermingle when it comes to hype ideas and slogans and psychotherapy annoyed, especially as his undo contributions become less favored next to Don and, as a outcome, diminish his importance at illustriousness firm.

Paul expresses considerable cause danger to when he realizes Peggy was chosen by Don to link the new agency Sterling Histrion Draper Pryce, while he was not.

In the Season 5 episode "Christmas Waltz", Kinsey reappears as a devotee of honesty Hare Krishna movement, which sharptasting has joined at least part to win the affections pale a girl.

(His advertising continuance has apparently stalled, since take steps bounced between a few carefulness agencies before becoming a Scamper Krishna). He contacts Harry Rear to ask him to supply on his spec script pursue Star Trek to Harry's coach at NBC. The script go over terrible, but Harry, feeling criminal because he has had going to bed with Paul's Hare Krishna woman, and not wanting to agreement with Paul's problems, praises say publicly script and gives Paul $500 and a ticket to Los Angeles so he can gather up afresh.

He advises Paul war cry to submit the script bring forth the Star Trek production plan due to "studio politics," spell instead recommends that he inscribe his own original stories. Thankless expresses considerable gratitude toward Destroy, telling him he is depiction first person to actually render null and void something for him, completely unknowing of Harry's lies.

Ken Cosgrove

Kenneth "Ken" Cosgrove (Aaron Staton) esteem an account executive at Genuine Cooper. Pete says Ken decay the son of a seller from Burlington, Vermont, and Honeyed tells Fillmore Auto Parts be active grew up in rural Vermont. In Season 6, Ken tells Pete Campbell that he went to high school in Cartographer, Vermont.

Ken says his close is heavyset and works primate a nurse at a bring back hospital. He attended Columbia College, and before getting married quick in Murray Hill. He survey easygoing, confident, and generally fedup, with a genuine artist's proficiency. He writes as a 1 and took a job talk to advertising because he heard nearby was money in it.

Middle the early seasons, he gives the impression of being work at his job while keen caring much about it, bawl seeming as ambitious as Pete Campbell and Harry Crane. Without fear appears as a member holiday the younger set of worse account men and copywriters parallel with the ground Sterling Cooper, seeming to pull the plug on more office time drinking, toying and gossiping than working.

Cause offense has literary aspirations and has been published in The Ocean Monthly, which excites the of Pete Campbell and Thankless Kinsey.^[2]

In Season 2, it enquiry revealed that Ken makes substantially more money than his companion Harry Crane ($300/week vs. $200/week). In Season 3, Ken countryside Pete are promoted, sharing illustriousness role of Accounts Director, which infuriates Pete (who wanted nobleness job) while Ken is undisturbed.

While not as outwardly picky as Pete, he has prove to be a competent salaried and an exceptionally talented imaginative thinker, eclipsing Pete as expert rising star at Sterling Artisan. Eventually, Ken is promoted strongly affect Pete, to the latter's anger, particularly when Ken is blasé about the promotion and wonder learning that Pete is division the position with him.

During the time that he gets married he becomes the only one of say publicly central characters on the famous to never be shown wile on his wife. He maintains a healthy separation between top personal and professional lives, contrary to use family connections rant succeed.

Because Pete Campbell was approached first and agreed comprise join SCDP, Ken is mass asked to join the newborn firm and is not abandonment in the earlier episodes schedule Season 4.

It turns produce that he leaves Sterling Artificer and goes to McCann Erickson. He eventually leaves for Geyer and later tells Pete prowl McCann was the worst authority he had ever seen. Be rude to admits to being unhappy submit bored at Geyer and succeeding joins SCDP, bringing Birds Qualified and other clients with him, and agrees to serve botched job Pete.

There are limits on a par with what Ken will do, pacify refuses to try to move his father-in-law's business over join forces with SCDP because he does not quite want to mix his exceptional and professional lives, about which Pete has no scruples. After in Season 4, Ken hype having dinner with his fiancée, Cynthia and future in-laws in the way that he learns that Lucky Thrash, SCDP's biggest client by in the middle of nowher, is taking their business approximately another agency.

In the Course 5 premiere he is providentially married, and he and climax new wife attend Don's take aback birthday party. Ken is termination writing in his off-hours endure has published science fiction fictitious using the pseudonym of Fell Hargrove, which the prestigious declaration house of Farrar Straus wants to publish, a fact without fear tries to keep secret liberate yourself from his co-workers.^[3] At the spot of "Signal 30", Ken tells Peggy Olson that Roger Fine is forcing him to forsake writing fiction as he feels it takes away time spread his work for the sure.

He continues to do fair under the new pen fame Dave Algonquin.^[4] In "Commissions careful Fees" Don and Roger sincere to secure Ken's father-in-law orangutan a client on their pin down. Ken doesn't mind working anarchy the account since it was acquired without his help however in exchange for feigning greenness to Cynthia, Ken demands become absent-minded Pete be excluded from goodness proceedings, likely a result exempt his lingering resentment for Pete telling Roger about his freelancer writing.

In Season 6, Honeyed has been given a ample office on SCDP's second nautical, and appears to be false move somewhat friendlier terms with Pete, even giving him advice like that which the latter finds himself import a very awkward situation. Let go dislikes the obsequious new operative Bob Benson. After the purchase of the new Chevy qualifications and the subsequent merger coupled with CGC, Ken is assigned in the neighborhood of deal with the account lecturer has to be in City more often.

Ken's happy-go-lucky point of view begins to fade, and class number of things he has to do for work roam he does not like, wave. He is forced to shell out time away from his in Detroit, and he review injured by the Chevy motor executives while engaging in prevention activities with them. In "The Crash", while under the staying power of a "mild stimulant" mosey is intended to help SCDP employees to work the residue hours needed on the Hassle account, Ken demonstrates that earth is a talented tap collaborator, but can't remember clearly inevitably he learned the skill stranger his mother or his chief girlfriend.

In "Quality of Mercy", Ken is wounded in tidy hunting accident by a twins of Chevy executives and loses an eye. Deciding that At is too much for him, he returns to New Dynasty full-time to support the recently pregnant Cynthia.

During Season 7, Ken reveals he has nifty son, Edward. Cynthia is junior frustrated with Ken facing inflated pressure at work, and she encourages him to leave rendering advertising business and write honourableness Great American Novel he has dreamed of doing.

After crown father-in-law retires from Dow Synthetic, Ken presents him with regular gift of golf clubs importance a client. The same grant, Roger, under pressure by McCann executives who are still drive round the bend at Ken leaving and legation the Birdseye account with him, fires him and gives empress accounts to Pete. Ken, on no occasion really enamored of his work, was about to quit advert and pursue Cynthia's suggestion cause somebody to be a full-time writer, nevertheless being fired infuriates him inexpressive much that he takes a-ok job as the head rigidity advertising with Dow Chemical.

Inspect light of Ken's new current, Roger and Pete attempt clobber mend fences with him, singularly when SC&P seeks to hold some autonomy from McCann-Erickson vulgar proposing to move operations have got to Los Angeles. Instead of obsequious a writer, Ken sees brush up opportunity to get revenge avail yourself of them. Rather than drop SC&P as Dow's agency, he informs them he will retain them but make their life dripping.

He is last seen household the final episode having dine with Joan (proposing an post for her to coordinate unembellished promotional film for Dow), self-assured in his new position, come first glad to be no individual with his former company.

Harry Crane

Harold "Harry" Crane (Rich Sommer) was a media buyer win Sterling Cooper.

He initially level-headed part of the group observe young and unmarried or just this minute married members of the Inspired and Accounts teams. Harry shambles from Wisconsin and a Institute of Wisconsin alumnus, the sole one of Pete's close proprietorship who did not attend sketch Ivy League school (Ken went to Columbia, Pete to College, and Paul to Princeton).

Bankruptcy is married to Jennifer, who works at the phone troop. In early seasons, they have the or every appea to have one of primacy happier and more egalitarian marriages on the show; Harry disintegration honest with his wife beam is shown asking her relieve about his problems at industry. He flirts with women however is faithful to his old lady until he has too unwarranted to drink at an period of influence party and has a one-night stand with Hildy, Pete's scribbler.

He confesses the infidelity nod to Jennifer, who kicks him but of their home for swell time. Harry and Jennifer come forth to have resolved that reservation by Season 2, and they have a daughter named Character. In Season 6 it decay mentioned that they also important have twin sons, Nathan tell Steven.

Harry is initially spiffy tidy up bit of a pushover, taking accedence far less in pay carry negotiations than he could be born with asked for, and his non-confrontational attitude causes him to mistreat a situation that leads estimate the firing of his associate and co-worker, Sal Romano.

Hatred these flaws, Harry is honourableness only member of the strengthen to recognize the importance medium television to the firm, status he subsequently creates and puts himself in charge of True Cooper's television department. Later, considering that Sterling Cooper is in primacy process of being sold, Ruin mistakenly thinks they are looking at opening a West Coast employment and believes he will rectify the person to move commence California.

In Season 3, smartness is the only Sterling Player executive who is promoted wishy-washy the firm's British owner on account of part of a short-lived concert party reorganization. Harry later accepts guidebook offer to join Sterling Actor Draper Pryce as "Head understanding Media". By Season 4, unmixed more confident and slimmer, conj admitting smarmier, Harry shows great cross at work, as he comment often seen making deals go-slow television networks on the original agency's behalf.

We see him flirting with Peggy's friends introduction well, and it is disguised that he cheats on ruler wife but has learned join forces with keep it from her. Difficulty typical awkward Harry fashion, explicit sees prostitutes while in Calif. for work, but pays them in traveler's cheques. When elegance calls Joey Baird into realm office and tells him ditch he has a particular look over suited to television, Baird interprets it as a homosexual approach and becomes wary of him.

During the season 5 first showing, Megan mentions to Peggy guarantee Don really doesn't like Ruin, and thus wouldn't want him to attend his birthday tyrannical. Nonetheless, Harry is invited tell off attends. Given his mild popular awkwardness, he is seemingly unconscious of Don's opinion of him. The next day at dignity office, Megan catches Harry conception lewd comments about her act of "Zou Bisou Bisou" obtain he is briefly concerned become absent-minded he could lose his occupation.

Also in Season 5, proceed is approached by former shut friend Paul Kinsey, who assignment now a Hare Krishna with is floundering. He has lovemaking with Paul's Hare Krishna girl without Paul's knowledge. Immediately afterward, she tells Harry that purify disgusts her and she sui generis incomparabl had sex with him and above that he would no mortal try to rescue Paul get round the Krishnas.

Indeed, later, Saul, wanting to escape the Krishnas, approaches Harry for help—he has written a spec script be pleased about Star Trek and wants exchange know if it will fleece successful. Harry lies to Undesirable and assures him it's regular great script (when in legitimacy he and Peggy agree consent to is not only terrible however borderline racist), and urges him to leave immediately for Calif., giving him $500 (nearly $4000 in 2016 dollars) and copperplate first class plane ticket haul American Airlines for the noise.

Paul expresses gratitude and feels Harry is a true get hold of, when in fact Harry's ballyhoo and desire to get Missioner away from him are confirmation of him simply not shy defective to deal with Paul.

In Season 6, Harry's personality has changed considerably from his date at Sterling Cooper; he has become arrogant and full weekend away prideful boasting about the Travel ormation technol Department.

His jealousy manifests upturn when Joan fires his dramaturge, Scarlett, for falsifying her age card. He orders Scarlett impair to work and then bursts into a partners' meeting, displaying considerable anger over the accomplishment that Joan was promoted weather partner when he had bent passed over several times, singularly as his accomplishments happened "in broad daylight." Bert and Roger later give him a bountiful commission on "Broadway Joe graft Broadway", a last-minute musical for all he created to improve Universe Chemical's image, but flatly spurn his demand to become great partner, Bert observing that Harry's outspoken criticism of their resolving is the only genuinely luential thing he's ever done.

Be dressed in and Roger both despise Chevvy. When Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated, Pete is fuming by Harry's fretting over leadership ad time lost to information coverage, which leads to a-one brief but intense shouting fellow in which Pete accuses Pursue of being a racist. Chevvy takes it as a obtain that he will soon write down made partner.

Bert, at authority meeting of Harry's outburst, assures Joan that will never erupt.

During Season 7, Jim Cutler takes a dualistic view rule Harry: on the one assistance he says that Harry's Television work is hugely successful be first will be a major imprison of SC&P in the forwardlooking, but he also bluntly tells Harry "you may be character most dishonest man I scheme ever worked with." Jim decides that Harry should finally carve offered a partnership and representation senior partners agree, though Joan and Roger are outspoken notes their opposition.

Harry is half-baked to run into Don while in the manner tha they both end up mass a Los Angeles party be a symbol of one of Megan's actress attendance. The two men are gauche at the event and leave go of to a bar, where Follow says he wishes Don was back (which Don barely notices) before stating that Jim stomach Lou Avery are planning uncut major cigarette-company account bid thanks to that will allow them set a limit get rid of Don (which Don very much notices, spell uses when he crashes character meeting and ultimately ruins say publicly account bid).

In "Waterloo", Chevvy has not yet signed crown approved partnership deal because do something is getting divorced and does not want Jennifer to espousal up with any of image. Roger tells him that filth "missed the boat" and go wool-gathering the idea of his obsequious partner is now off birth table. Harry has once send back failed to read a position properly, and his boastful fa thus results in him drain an enormous amount of misery when McCann Erickson buys Superior Cooper, where even the 5% stake Joan had is characteristic at least $1,500,000.

Later, Megan contacts Harry to see take as read he can help her disconnect her acting career. Harry efficacious assumes this means she prerogative have sex with him explain exchange. When she refuses instruction leaves in disgust, he update goes to see Don, who is unaware of the recommendation breath, to assure him that rule soon-to-be-ex-wife Megan is "crazy" perch Don shouldn't believe anything she says.

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Sommer reprised the role in honesty 2018 film A Futile lecturer Stupid Gesture, where Harry glare at be seen in the grounding of one scene.^[5]

Rachel Menken

Rachel Katz (née Menken; Maggie Siff) go over the Jewish head of dialect trig department store who becomes romantically involved with Draper after she comes to Sterling Cooper pledge search of an advertising means to revamp her business' statue.

Don's first encounter with Wife, in the pilot, is hatred a meeting where he pitches the idea of using coupons to attract more customers union the store. Rachel disagrees fumble the tactic, asserting that she would like to attract wealthier customers. Draper is unhappy introduce hearing a woman talk forget about him assertively at the selection table.

He storms out dig up the meeting, but Roger Authentic later asks him to harmonize with Rachel, as she in your right mind worth $3 million. At king dinner with Rachel, Don questions her desire to work cover business, confused that she would choose the "stress" of stick over the comforts of ringed life. Rachel confidently replies renounce business is a thrill reprove adds that she's never antediluvian in love.

Don mocks that addition, asserting that love doesn't exist; it was invented by way of ad men. He goes circus to say that everyone appreciation essentially alone – that be sociable live alone and die get out of. Rachel responds that she knows what it is like obstacle be disconnected and feel distinguish of place, and she sees that in Don. Something get on with the statement seems to attract Don, but Rachel ends dignity meeting, promising to come resume to Sterling Cooper for other meeting on Monday morning.

At the second meeting, in illustriousness third episode, Rachel is disheartened that none of the admen on her team have bent to her store. Don solves the problem by meeting grouping there that afternoon. While nearby she gives him a warning of medieval knight cuff reference and takes him to make public favorite place in the have space for, the roof - where blue blood the gentry store keeps its patrol pour.

Rachel explains that she was always close to the stroke as a young girl as her father liked to swipe a lot. Other than multipart sister, the dogs were convoy only companions, as her curb died while giving birth alongside her. After her revelation, Coconspirator kisses her. He tells concoct he is married, which stuns her. She feels foolish accept asks that he put individual else on her account elbow the firm.

It is subsequent shown that Paul Kinsey replaced Don on the Menken's recall when Rachel exchanges brief pleasantries with Don while on bunch up way to a meeting tackle Sterling Cooper. She appears erect still be stung by their romantic encounter.

While doing exploration for a campaign for distinction Israeli Tourist Board, Don invites Rachel to lunch so subside can pick her brain atmosphere Jewish cultural identity.

Afterward Wife calls her sister and admits to feeling a strong coupling to Don, but acknowledges expert future with him is in all likelihood impossible.

When Roger has a-one heart attack, Don goes peel Rachel's apartment and asks censure come in; he has archaic highly affected by Roger's rider. She keeps her distance, childhood trying to console him.

Luxury tries to kiss her, impressive her she knows everything skulk him. She stops him courier urges him to go pop in his wife. At this full stop Don kisses her again, gnome, "This is it. This level-headed all there is." She consents, and they have sex. Later on, he confides in her defer his mother was a lady of the night who died giving birth without delay him.

Don and Rachel persist in their affair for several weeks.

When Pete Campbell blackmails Rock-solid, he comes to Rachel have a crush on the suggestion that they people away together to Los Angeles. She reminds him of culminate duty to his children dowel questions whether he would crave to abandon his children associate having grown up without boss father.

When Don persists, Wife realizes he hasn't thought suitcase this decision and tells him that he doesn't want simulation run away with her; powder just wants to run diminish. She calls him a baby and ends their affair. Actor later mentions that she went on an extended "ocean cruise," presumably to heal from disgruntlement affair with Don.

Don encounters her again in Season 2, while he is dining fall on with Bobbie Barrett.

Rachel introduces them to her husband, Tilden Katz. Though it appears divagate Don is only momentarily jolted by the news of Rachel's marriage, four episodes later, fend for drinking heavily with Roger deliver Freddy Rumsen, he gives empress name as "Tilden Katz" discover a bouncer outside an secret club Roger is trying equal get them into, showing wander Rachel was clearly still share out his mind.

In Season 7, Don has a vision answer Rachel attending a casting phone call for aspiring models. When explicit tries to contact her, Defend discovers that Rachel had labour the previous week. During a-one shiva conducted in her remembrance, Don learns that Rachel agreeable from leukemia and that she had two children.

Her minister to, with whom Rachel was terminate and in whom she confided about her relationship with Luxury, is not happy to block out him. She pointedly says put off Rachel "had it all,” adjusts it clear her life was better for not having Wear in it, and is close until Don takes the tip and leaves.

Sally Draper

Sally Beth Draper (Kiernan Shipka) is Amnesty and Betty Draper's oldest descendant.

The series' third episode, "Marriage of Figaro," depicts a understanding for her 6th birthday draw May 1960. She becomes copperplate more central character in magnanimity Seasons 3 and 4 (according to the time line portend the series, she would service nine years old in course 3 and 11 in time 4); from Season 4, she is promoted to a premiere danseuse role.

The death of sum up grandfather, Gene Hofstadt, affected Surge significantly and deepened the break between her and her indigenous. When her youngest brother legal action named after their dead elder statesman and given his room, Military foray becomes convinced that the youngster is her grandfather's reincarnation come to rest becomes terrified of him, on the other hand is eventually calmed down via her father.

Sally is bold, and she has been sort throughout the series making cocktails for her father, smoking of a nature of her mother's cigarettes, request Don's co-workers about sex, lingering sips of their alcoholic beverages, being taught how to impel by her grandfather, and masturbating while at a friend's deal with.

Her behavioral problems lead Betty to have her see adroit child psychiatrist in Season 4. Sally appears to be fireman to her father than shrewd mother, and in the Edible 4 episode "The Beautiful Girls", she unexpectedly shows up bonus Don's office, because she wants to live with him by way of alternative of Betty and Henry Francis. Don sometimes affectionately calls Venture "Salamander." She develops a alliance with slightly older neighbor youth Glen, who is about 12 or 13, in Season 4.

This infuriates Betty because, cut prior years, Betty and Dingle reached out and comforted compete other when they were both feeling sad, lonely, and unheeded. Betty forbids Sally to portrait Glen, and proves to happen to very volatile whenever Sally sees him. Sally continues to secretly communicate with Glen, calling him frequently at his boarding secondary.

As Sally progresses into verdant adulthood, she witnesses several unsettling events, such as in integrity Season 5 episode "At loftiness Codfish Ball" when she sees Marie Calvet, her stepmother Megan's mother, fellating Roger Sterling all along a business dinner, and, ceiling disturbingly, her own father taking accedence sex with his neighbor Sylvia in the Season 6 incident "Favors".

Don's outright denial describe the reality of the put alienates him from Sally, boss, resentful of her parents, Rush decides to attend boarding institute. While at school, Sally becomes a troublemaker, smoking constantly, secret alcohol onto campus, and dueling with golf clubs with respite friends. By the end allowance the sixth season, Don decides to be more honest shrink his children, starting with viewing them the now dilapidated brothel where he grew up.

Say publicly choice to be truthful bring abouts an impact on Sally jaunt she begins to forgive brush aside father for his transgressions by way of the beginning of Season 7. In the Season 7 incident, "A Day's Work" Sally goes to a dorm mate's mother's funeral, but ditches with junk friends to go shopping. Subdue, while at a café, she leaves her purse behind.

Peak this on the train gulp down, she has no choice on the contrary to go to Don's duct and ask him for dinky ride. She goes to monarch work to discover Lou Avery in what used to the makings his office. Now suspicious, Go forth goes back to his lodging. Eventually, Don arrives and she he uses the excuse 'I wasn't feeling well.' He writes her a note and drives her back to the grammar.

Mid-way, they confront each do violence to about their lies. They halt for food and he drives her back to the grammar. Sally gets out of illustriousness car and while she shuts the door, she says, "Happy Valentines Day. I love you." Which hasn't been said own each other since Season 4. However, she still objects serve Don's decisions in life, effectual her father that she does not want to be anything like her parents.

"You're unadulterated very beautiful girl," Don responds. "It's up to you confront be more than that."

When the series begins to move to a close, Sally muggins further complications of growing stress. Glen decides to join birth army and fight in War, causing a frustrated Sally collect yell at Glen and suggest disdain over the possibility explain his killing of innocent breed and bystanders.

Sally later expresses regret over her outburst celebrated, through tears, tells Glen's native that she is sorry person in charge wants to say goodbye suggest Glen before he leaves fulfill basic training. Later, Sally learns from Henry that her argot Betty is dying from cold cancer, something Betty had sob wanted Sally to know elbow that stage of her malady.

On a surprise visit run into the Francis household, Betty gives Sally a letter that she tells Sally to read care for her death. Shortly afterward, go bad her dorm room, Sally goes against orders and reads integrity letter anyway. In the missive, Betty gives Sally a report of Betty to show class embalmers how to dress discipline style her for the impression, and tells Sally that she loves her, and that dimension in the past she was worried because Sally always lacked to go her own road, now she admires her have good intentions nature, resulting in Sally heartrending down in tears.

Later, gaze at learning Betty wants to relinquish Bobby and Gene to linger with her uncle after relation death, Sally decides to void her planned trip to Madrid and serve as a insulating figure to her brothers. Repress is also implied that she will press for Henry persuade raise the boys after Betty's death, since she tells Be clothed in they should not be uprooted.

The final image of Go forth is of her washing dishes while Betty smokes at authority kitchen table.

Bert Cooper

Bertram "Bert" Cooper (Robert Morse) is integrity senior partner^[6] of Sterling Player Advertising Agency at beginning announcement the series. Although portrayed chimp elderly and eccentric, he peep at be a ruthless businessman enthralled is a keen operator lack of inhibition the scenes with many interaction in New York high companionship.

Cooper came up through leadership advertising industry as a routes buyer and founded Sterling Craftsman with Roger Sterling's late curate, Roger Sterling Sr., in 1923. At times, he acts because a surrogate father to Genuine, providing advice and remembering him as a child. Considering Standard Cooper his life's work, do something was hesitant to sell loftiness majority interest in the intercession in 1962 to the Country advertising agency Putnam Powell, & Lowe (PPL).

After the customers, he begins to feel to an increasing extent insignificant as they start assess exert control, but accepts that as part of the qualifications of the buyout, from which he, his sister Alice, Roger, and Don profited handsomely. During the time that informed of the potential move to an earlier date PPL and Sterling Cooper chew out McCann Erickson and that sharptasting will be forced to resign as a result, Cooper goes on to start a in mint condition agency, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce in December 1963.

Cooper run through the second character at Genuine Cooper to learn that Put on Draper is actually Dick Missionary, after Pete Campbell informs him of the truth, but let go reacts with nonchalance, remarking, "Mr. Campbell, who cares?" and spur him to forget about middleoftheroad. In a ruthless move subside keeps silent about Don's have an effect on but uses this knowledge couple years later in the Period 3 episode "Seven Twenty Three" to pressure Don into language a three-year contract with representation agency.

In Season 4 steadily the new office at righteousness Time Life Building, Cooper does not have an office tube can be seen lounging clutch the office's sitting areas portrayal the newspaper and working mode crossword puzzles with his long-time secretary, Ida Blankenship. Later detailed the Season 4 episode "Blowing Smoke", when the agency appreciation forced to radically downsize fraudulence staff following the loss retard the Lucky Strike account, sting angered Cooper tells the extra partners he is quitting, not totally in response to Don Draper's ad in The New Royalty Times, which he feels task a needlessly reckless career turn on, and he does not wish for to be associated with Draper's "stunt".

However, as of honourableness premiere of Season 5, proceed is back with the commitee.

By Season 6, Cooper has been given his own labour on SCDP's new second deck and starts going about ruler duties with more vigor give orders to enjoyment than he has vindicate the past two seasons, pole more effectively than Roger pole Don, the other senior partners.

Cooper works in secret take up again Pete and Joan to arrange SCDP for becoming a freely traded company,^[7][8] but his structure are derailed when Don loses the Jaguar account. Cooper's rudimentary opinion on the subsequent unification with CGC is unclear, allowing he goes about his duties at the new agency explore his usual aplomb.

Cooper afterwards volunteers to have his honour removed from the company's vanguard with those of the lately deceased partners, but gleefully accepts Cutler's proposal to name goodness firm "Sterling Cooper & Partners." On Thanksgiving Day, 1968, Histrion leads Roger, Jim and Joan in confronting Don over fulfil recent behavior and placing prestige errant creative director on brush up indefinite leave of absence.

In Season 7, after Roger's incentive, Cooper is willing to summary Don return to the commitee under strict stipulations. He dies while watching the 1969 Phoebus 11 Moon landing on fleet street with his maid. At rank end of the first portion of Season 7, Bert appears to Don as an brownie in the SC&P lobby, add-on goes into a song ground dance of "The Best Details in Life Are Free", encircled by smiling, dancing secretaries otherwise of showgirls, before disappearing.

Closest, during Season 7's "Lost Horizon", Cooper's ghost appears to Easy-goingness in his car, chatting charge giving him a bit close the eyes to insight during a late-night make contacts.

Cooper is presumed to have reservations about a widowed between the precede and second season as fiasco is seen as wearing natty wedding ring in only prestige first and refers to putting the late Mrs.

Cooper alien Roger Sterling and his cheeriness wife Mona in Season 2. Cooper is also childless swell likely due to an shrink orchiectomy by Dr. Lyle Archeologist during the "height of potentate sexual prime". However, he does have sister Alice Cooper who was an early investor hoard Sterling Cooper and served brand partner and Secretary-Treasurer.

Also, Cooper's mother had a major way in his life as describes that his mother made him who is today, despite authority mother not living to look out over him to the success noteworthy was able to achieve.

Cooper's most notable characteristics are culminate eccentricities and being an fan 2 of Japanese art and civility.

His office is decorated delight a Japanese motif with shōji dividers, the erotic illustration The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife, among other items such in that a late period red work of art by Mark Rothko. Also, poetic by Japanese customs, he have needs visitors to remove their apple-polish before entering his office flourishing also walks around the kith and kin of the Sterling Cooper service in his socks.

In confront with many of his colleagues Cooper abstains from smoking boss even lectures Roger about be the source of dependent on smoking. Cooper besides isn't much of drinker, however will occasionally celebrate with neat as a pin drink of brandy or elderflower liqueur.

He is a colleague of the Republican Party president a devotee of Ayn Stamp.

He gets Sterling Cooper tangled with the 1960 Nixon crusade, providing advertising services to probity campaign gratis. His conservative tenets can be seen to conflict with some of the last characters as the series progresses through the 1960s as of course states, “Civil rights is first-class slippery slope to socialism.” spreadsheet his support of the War War to contain communism train in South East Asia.

Cooper besides seems to harbor some xenophobic feelings, as evidenced in high-mindedness Season 7 episode "A Day's Work" when, after, Joan has reassigned Dawn Chambers to honesty reception desk, Cooper complains ramble visitors to the agency performance greeted by someone who evaluation black. At the same offend, he is more progressive during the time that it comes to acceptance declining Asian cultures due to cap interest in Japan, admonishing Roger when he attempts to damage a client meeting with Honda due to his unresolved choler at Japan over World Combat II.

He is also having of his sister being wonderful a same-sex relationship.

Lane Pryce

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Lane Pryce (Jared Harris), previously employed at Puttnam, Powell and Lowe, becomes splendid junior partner at the Fine Cooper Draper Pryce at say publicly end of Season 3. Discredit being a junior partner, consummate name is on the company's masthead.

In the fifth edible, after embezzling funds from distinction company, he forges a consult and gets caught by Rockhard, who tells him to leave. After typing a resignation epistle, Lane commits suicide by cable himself in his office.

Megan Draper

Megan Draper (née Calvet) (Jessica Paré) (born 1940/41) begins type a member of SCDP's typewriting pool, makes her first rise at the beginning of Seasoned 4, rises from receptionist justify Don Draper's secretary, and at the end of the day marries Draper by the reiterate of Season 5.

Following Wintry Blankenship's sudden death, Megan recapitulate promoted from the main rise desk to take over by the same token Draper's personal secretary.

In position Season 4 episode "Chinese Wall", she indicates to Don necessitate interest in advertising, and particular night, while discussing work, Megan initiates a sexual encounter gather Don on his office lie 2.

She comments that she would not run out crying authority next day if they slept together, presumably a reference be in opposition to Don's previous secretary, Allison, who left SCDP in tears closest Don's cold treatment of multiple after their one-night stand.

In the Season 4 finale, Coconspirator hires Megan to babysit queen children on a trip appoint California, when his planned service falls through at the only remaining moment.

Although Don has bent dating Faye Miller, SCDP's unveiling research consultant, for months, be active proposes marriage to Megan flood in returning from the California submission, and she accepts. Don promotes her to copywriter soon funds their engagement announcement at SCDP. Before their marriage, Don appears to have fully disclosed government personal secrets to Megan, similarly she is aware of culminate former identity and Dick Whitman's birth date, and knows be almost Anna.

Megan, originally from Metropolis, is bilingual in English additional French. She is intelligent focus on capable, but moody and hostile as well; as her cheap mother tells her, she has the "artistic temperament". She number one wanted to be an player, and in Season 5, she quits her copywriting job convenient SCDP to pursue acting anew, which causes tension with Exoneration, who had enjoyed working parley his wife and sees that as a sign of accumulate distaste for his profession.

Megan struggles to find work be selected for months, and eventually becomes self-conscious and depressed. She finally asks Don's help to get fine job in a commercial answer Butler Shoes in the Bout 5 finale. She is 26 at the time of added marriage to Don, who ramble 40 seven months after justness wedding.

By Season 6, Megan has landed a regular representation capacity in a daytime soap theatre on ABC titled To Enjoy and to Hold and practical famous enough to be not often recognized.

She admits to Sylvia Rosen that she had progress pregnant while in Hawaii meet Don and was relieved conj at the time that she miscarried, as she challenging contemplated her options, as skilful pregnancy would have disrupted bodyguard emerging acting career. Megan afterwards reveals this to Don, pointer he later has a drug-induced fantasy of her pregnant.

Don and Megan become distant in every nook season 6. Don disapproves nominate Megan kissing another actor remodel a scene, which causes struggle, and Megan is unaware avoid Don is having an dealings with their married neighbor, Sylvia Rosen. After Sylvia ends personal property with Don, he becomes beset with her and barely communicates with Megan.

Marie suggests Megan dress less like a bride for a business dinner Hard has invited Megan to, which attracts Don's amorous attention give it some thought night, but he soon becomes detached again and Megan tells him things must change.

In the Season 6 finale, Deny access to is arrested for drunkenly penetrate a minister and finally acknowledges to Megan that he's melancholy in New York.

He suggests they start anew in Calif., and Megan is excited overtake the prospect and happy prowl Don is willing to wrangle for their marriage. She uniformity her soap opera job, by choice anticipating pursuing acting opportunities introduce the West Coast. However, after that same day, an surprise work crisis forces Don transmit tell her they are grizzle demand moving.

Angered that she has derailed her career for knick-knack, Megan wonders aloud why they are fighting for their wedding anymore and storms out.

In between seasons, Megan moves convey California without Don and has no idea he's been movement forced leave from SCDP. Considering that she discovers this, she suggests he'd rather stay at bring in and brood than be reach her.

It is also inherent that Megan's own career practical not going well; she equitable having difficulty securing roles, be proof against at one point, she bombs an audition and then depart down the director to tearfully demand a second chance.

When Don's pregnant niece Stephanie calls him from California asking plump for help, he sends her impediment Megan's house and makes instrumentation to fly out the adjacent day.

While Megan is amicable and hospitable to Stephanie sharpen up first, she quickly becomes unbelieving and uncomfortable and gives Stephanie $1000 so that she'll lack of inhibition before Don arrives. She tells Don that Stephanie chose keep leave, and at a challenging that night initiates a 3 with him and one have available her actress friends.

In interpretation season 7 episode "Waterloo," Rock-hard, who is facing being pink-slipped from the firm, calls Megan and suggests he might lastly move to Los Angeles, on the contrary Megan tells him not connect and they acknowledge that their marriage is over. Months succeeding, in the Season 7 event "New Business", they have diversity unpleasant final meeting, where they sign divorce papers, and Rockhard offers Megan a check rationalize $1 million.

Bitter and indignant, Megan berates Don for "ruining her life" and calls him "an aging, sloppy, selfish liar," but accepts the money negligent. She returns to the lodging she once shared with Exculpation and discovers her mother pick up Roger Sterling. Though Megan practical shocked and angry at cardinal, she later tells her harbour that their mother was gash for a very long generation and observes "at least she did something about it." Marie eventually marries Roger, making him Megan's stepfather.

Henry Francis

Henry Francis (Christopher Stanley) is a River political advisor who serves thanks to the Director of Public Associations and Research in the Governor's Office under New York Instructor Nelson Rockefeller and, later, enquiry an advisor to New Dynasty City Mayor John Lindsay. Agreed first sees Betty when she is six months pregnant contest the Sterlings' Kentucky Derby organization, and is instantly drawn just now her.

Later, Betty uses grand political pretext to call him to ask if he gawk at use his influence to set apart a local reservoir, and they quickly develop a deeper finish. Betty reciprocates Henry's attention owing to she increasingly feels no joining with Don due to coronate non-stop infidelities, lies over circlet true identity, and his occasionally verbally abusive attitude towards added.

After Betty's beloved father dies, the much older Henry likewise serves as a father personage for her. Henry and Betty have only a few fleeting and furtive meetings before Speechifier proposes marriage in the arouse of the Kennedy assassination. Edible 3 ends with the connect of them on a covering with baby Gene, flying be relevant to Reno so Betty can capture a quick divorce from Be clothed in.

At the start of Ready 4, we see that Speechmaker and Betty have married subject Henry has rather uncomfortably occupied up residence in the Drapers' house, living with Betty promote her three children and primarily paying no rent to Shut in. He tries to soothe Betty as she continues to get even angrily to Don and government irresponsibility towards the children, on the contrary he becomes more frustrated ring true her.

Betty does not tell somebody to accepted by Henry's family, particularly when she is unable propose control Sally during a cover visit to the home be fitting of Henry's mother Pauline, and oppress the face of Pauline's not-so-veiled scorn. During this time, Speechifier is concerned by Betty's enlarged anger towards Don, and agreed wonders aloud if they flying into their marriage too promptly.

At the end of Opportunity ripe 4, Henry and Betty conclude to move to Rye, Hold sway over. By Season 5, Betty has gained a large amount prepare weight, but Henry tells give someone the boot she's beautiful. Her relationship be level with Henry seems affectionate and Rhetorician seems to love her totally. In the Season 6 first showing, when Betty dyes her inveterate black, to her children's alarm, Henry says she looks come out Elizabeth Taylor.

Betty supports, title seems rejuvenated by, Henry's ballot to run for office limit Season 6, and after recognized admiringly tells the overweight, dark Betty that during his jihad people will "really see" grouping, she rapidly regains her erstwhile svelte figure and blonde coif. Henry is a solid, grown up, and responsible presence in complex life, but he also has very traditional views of cohort, and they have an dispute when Betty, at a public fundraiser, does not parrot Henry's political position.

During the in response season, Henry takes Betty's examination of terminal lung cancer as well hard, and in typical style is full of energy kind fight it. Betty refuses hear do so, just as she refuses to quit smoking reach to quit her plans wait studying psychology at a medical centre as long as she appreciation physically able.

Against her order, Henry drives up to perceive Sally at school to emotion her about the diagnosis stream to ask her to assist him to convince her curb to do chemotherapy. As earth talks to Sally, he breaks down crying. As her rumpus progresses, Betty makes it indepth that her wish is long for Sally, Bobby and Gene fall prey to be raised by her friar (William) and his wife (Judy) after her death, rather caress by Henry or Don, though Sally feels that Henry survey the best person to humour after her little brothers.

Stan Rizzo

Stan Rizzo (Jay R. Ferguson) becomes the art director fighting Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce provision Salvatore is fired. Before retreat to the company, he attacked at DDB, making unaired profession for Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 presidential campaign. In the recap of his tenure, he prosperous Peggy are often at detest with each other due look after his abrasive and sometimes arrogant attitude, but the two dilate a strong working relationship equate Stan tries to intimidate Peggy by suggesting they work set a date for the nude; Peggy calls surmount bluff and strips down, cue Stan to concede victory run into her.

Stan is one go rotten the few members of rectitude SCDP creative department who survives the staff cuts.

By Time 5 the two are employed well together, until the dense hires Michael Ginsberg, whose pompous and somewhat sexist attitude in your right mind more in line with Stan's than Peggy's.

In Season 6, after Peggy leaves to differentiation CGC, she and Stan uphold their friendship through late-night bell calls.

Peggy's boss Ted Chaough overhears one such conversation, famous Peggy relates Stan's news focus Heinz ketchup is considering meetings; Chaough takes advantage of that and pressures Peggy to society a CGC campaign. Although neither firm ultimately wins the cash in, a betrayed Stan gives Peggy the finger at a avoid. After SCDP and CGC come out into SC&P, Stan and Peggy easily rebuild their friendship, gift he is happy to aside working with her again.

Wrench "The Crash", Stan is connotation of several employees injected brains a stimulant by Jim Cutler's "Dr. Feelgood" to boost break with tradition and spends an entire weekend intoxicated. During this time, inaccuracy comes on to Peggy, who gently rejects him, and style whom reveals that his extreme cousin recently died in Warfare.

Peggy counsels him that hiding cannot be dealt with strong getting high and having fornication. While Stan initially takes disintegrate advice, he is later determined in flagrante delicto with Wendy Gleason, the hippie daughter albatross a recently deceased partner.

Several episodes later in "Favors", Peggy telephones Stan in the medial of the night, waking him up, to plead for realm assistance with a rat flowerbed her apartment.

When he refuses, she teasingly offers to "make it worth his while," nevertheless he still refuses, as without fear is currently in bed debate a nude sleeping woman. Glory camera also reveals a attack poster of Moshe Dayan comply with Stan's bed.

In the Time 6 finale "In Care Of", SC&P have landed the California-based Sunkist.

Stan approaches Don, requesting permission to go to Calif. and start a fledgling twig of the firm. Don warns him that it would essentially mean demotion and work clash only one account, but Stan is adamant. Don is expressive by the idea, and rather than of allowing Stan to laugh at, proposes to the partners put off he himself go to raise the branch.

Stan is fuming by what he perceives chimpanzee a betrayal on Don's garbage, although Don offers to license to Stan come to California sketch a few months. Don adjacent decides against going, and as an alternative Pete Campbell and Ted Chaough go, without Stan.

During loftiness final episode, after SCDP has been absorbed back into McCann, Stan and Peggy acknowledge their hitherto unspoken feelings for one-another, and Stan urges Peggy call to pursue Joan's offer elect join her new agency, on the other hand rather remain at McCann cream him.

The final image catch him is sharing an contain with Peggy during a pinpoint evening working.

Ted Chaough

Edward "Ted" Chaough (Kevin Rahm) (pronounced ), is a self-proclaimed rival allround Don Draper's in the promotion world. His agency, Cutler, Gleason, and Chaough (CGC), picks go through Don's resigned accounts Clearasil take up Belle Jolie, and is competing with Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce (SCDP) for an account jiggle Honda in Season 4.

Hard tricks Ted into making strong expensive presentation to Honda directing, which backfires on Ted significance he violates Honda's presentation words of no finished work fit in commercials. Though the two agencies are comparable in size, Chaough seems obsessed with competing break the rules Don, behaving in a liberal and jesting manner whenever Luxury crosses Ted's path.

Ted tries to woo Pete Campbell overawe to his agency, but Pete remains loyal to Don. Puzzle out Don writes a New Dynasty Times ad proclaiming that SCDP will be dropping business crash cigarette companies for moral conditions, Ted makes a prank call together to Don pretending to break down Robert F. Kennedy. In Stretch 5, Ted recruits Peggy nurse leave SCDP and join jurisdiction advertising firm as chief copywriter for $1,000 a year very than she had asked cart.

This time, Ted remains certain but is much less revolting than in his previous appearances; he doesn't tell Peggy fair jealous he is of Ornamentation, and he appreciates her capacity more than Don ever confidential. She accepts his offer, which in the season finale has him assigning her a massive amount of material involving effect account for cigarettes aimed case female consumers.

In Season 6, Peggy shares Stan's SCDP insider information with Ted, noting delay the Heinz Ketchup executive locked away met surreptitiously with SCDP on the contrary there was friction between him and Heinz Beans executive Raymond Geiger, an SCDP client. Feathers sees an opportunity and pressures Peggy to "find out notwithstanding you know about Heinz Ketchup." In "To Have and Lock Hold", Chaough's team encounters Don's in the hallway in enhancement of the room where compresseds are making their Heinz pitches, and Don is shocked swing by see Peggy there.

In rendering end, Heinz chooses a ordinal (larger) firm, and Raymond Physicist drops SCDP because he feels betrayed.

In "For Immediate Release," Ted kisses Peggy after income Frank Gleason, one of CCG's partners, has cancer. Ted focus on Don commiserate at a shaft over their very low likelihood of winning the Chevy receive, primarily due to the run down size of their respective compacts.

Don spontaneously comes up come together, and pitches to Ted, nobleness idea that they should relate their firms so as interest have a shot at competing with the major ad agencies. Ted agrees, and the pair firms merge, much to magnanimity surprise of everyone concerned.

Don decides to assert his power by getting Ted drunk person in charge letting him humiliate himself amalgamation a subsequent creatives meeting.

Feel, however, gets his revenge moisten flying the two of them in his small plane figure up a Mohawk Airlines meeting neglect the rainy, turbulent weather; Treat is a visibly terrified nearside.

In "Man with a Plan", Ted's management style is shown to clash with Don's, gorilla the personable Ted tries used to involve everyone and get their input, while Don primarily epistemology his own opinion.

The men also clash over Peggy, with Don trying to pay for his protégé to take fillet side, while Ted tries restrain woo Peggy to his.

Unhappy in his marriage, Ted meets with Peggy after the coalition and expresses his interest affluent having a romantic relationship parley her, but they agree roam the relationship would be improbable given the circumstances.

He too insists that because of emperor attraction to her, he mould remain reserved in her arresting. Despite this, their closeness celebrated attraction to one another becomes apparent to everyone in decency office, leading Don to bewilder Ted in front of unadorned client to put a bother to it. From then spoil, Ted does what he glare at to ignore Peggy.

In excellence season 6 finale, Peggy cinchs Ted sees her leaving anciently for a date in skilful provocative ensemble, and he camps out at her door \'til she returns. He professes top love for her, they drowse together, and he makes ordering to leave his family farm her. By morning, Ted has lost his resolve and pleads with Don to send him to California to work excellence new Sunkist account for SC&P so that he can pause himself from destroying his brotherhood.

Don agrees, and Ted says goodbye to a devastated Peggy.

Ted spends the first wear away of Season 7 completely planless in California, badly missing Pristine York and mostly ignored chimpanzee an impotent figurehead in gargantuan office where the work that's getting done is entirely end to Pete's efforts.

He hits rock bottom when flying Sunkist executives to a meeting, for the moment turning off the engine similarly he considers crashing the region before changing his mind. Oversight isn't bothered by Sunkist's confound, telling Jim Cutler, his associate from CGC, that he wants to be bought out uphold his SC&P partnership share, talented he plans to vote convey Jim's plan to fire Ornamentation over the nebulous breach exert a pull on Don's contract.

However, the grouping of the huge windfall let alone Roger's McCann buyout offer crucial Don's pledge that Ted jumble come back East and intelligibly do the hands-on work leads him to approve the traffic. Ted reveals to Don break up in Season 7 that let go has divorced his wife skull begun dating his former institute girlfriend.

Ted is last sui generis in the 12th episode admire Season 7, "Lost Horizon". SC&P has been absorbed by McCann Erickson, and Ted and Bear are attending a meeting give reasons for Miller Beer with at lowest a dozen other McCann Nifty Directors. When Don wanders withdraw in the middle of create important meeting, Ted smiles pull out himself.

Michael Ginsberg

Michael Ginsberg (Ben Feldman) first appears in leadership Season 5 episode "Tea Leaves" when he is hired likewise a part-time copywriter by Superior Cooper Draper Pryce. He comment initially hired to service grandeur Mohawk Airlines account, and suitcase himself to be both copious and innovative.

He quickly becomes an essential part of character creative team and surpasses Peggy Olson midway through the spell 1 as the firm's most plenteous writer, when Peggy becomes caught up in the Heinz story bow. Ginsberg is an idiosyncratic, socially awkward character who tends anticipation speak his mind, which both helps and hinders him.

position at the firm enquiry threatened at times, including finish his interview, when Peggy decides not to employ him optimism fear of his being moreover extroverted and idiosyncratic for Don's tastes. However, this decision deterioration reversed by Roger, who has already told Mohawk they own taken Ginsberg on.

The constitution of Ginsberg's work is sovereign main asset, and he tells Peggy immediately following his discussion that although he can joke tough to handle, he obey a natural copywriter.

His bankroll style is theatrical, and flair often captivates his clients shrink his over-the-top performances and childlike vigor. In this respect, pacify stands out from the palisade of the SCDP team, exceptionally Don and Peggy, who funding quieter and more understated both in their copy and their presentation. As the season goes on, Ginsberg's socially awkward, tone-deaf genius and refusal to go orders begin to create jealousy in both Don and Peggy, leading to a conflict betwixt Ginsberg and Don in magnanimity Season 5 episode "Dark Shadows", when Don decides to proffer his own work for be thinking about account instead of Ginsberg's.

Illustriousness episode reveals Ginsberg's competitive margin, which had been rarely distinguishable until then.

Ginsberg is Someone, and he lives with consummate adoptive father Morris in Borough. In "Far Away Places", stylishness reveals to Peggy that explicit was told he was first in a concentration camp around World War II,^[9] and turn his father found him replace a Swedish orphanage at arrange 5.

He also claims familiar with be a Martian who in your right mind waiting for orders from haughty, telling this to Peggy. Margaret Lyons of Vulture wrote defer "Peggy plays along, but it’s not playful at all: They’re both very serious, very cheerless, very alone."^[10] Whether this evenhanded a genuine belief, a principally straight-faced joke, or an term of psychological estrangement from companionship resulting from his personal story, remains ambiguous.

^{[citation needed]}Ginsberg appears to have a difficult satisfaction with his father, who admiration overbearing and physically dominates him.

Roger takes a liking finish off Ginsberg when he discovers they share a common desire contact throw something out of their skyscraper windows, and Roger after that canvasses Ginsberg's support to copy him with the Manischewitz declare, which he is trying denote bring to SCDP.

With Megan's departure from SCDP in "Lady Lazarus", Ginsberg's position as copywriter is further elevated, and sharp-tasting becomes one of the link full-time copywriters at the trustworthy, both of whom report obtain Don. However, in the occasion finale "The Phantom", Ginsberg lecturer Stan struggle to make prestige same impression on clients delay Peggy did, and Don does not back their ideas probity way he did hers, discouraging them.

In Season 6, Poet is shown to have embraced more of the counterculture, elitist grows a thick moustache stretch dressing less formally. With rank merger of SCDP and CGC, Peggy once again becomes climax superior. His politics come foul a head when, during resourcefulness argument with partner Jim Cutler, Ginsberg denounces Dow Chemical make up for the use of its Napalm in Vietnam.

Cutler angrily criticizes Ginsberg as a hypocrite gather abhorring Dow's policies and to the present time accepting paychecks from them.

Ginsberg's father later sets him climax on a blind date, however he immediately botches it invasion being socially awkward and allowance that he is still well-organized virgin. His behavior and good form continue to be erratic stream begin to deteriorate throughout honourableness season, culminating in a psycho breakdown brought on by rendering installation of an IBM estimator in the old creative breakroom in "The Runaways".

After loftiness computer is installed at SC&P, Ginsberg becomes convinced that rectitude computer has a plan slant destroy the human race, gift that it is doing tolerable by turning those within cast down proximity into homosexuals thereby eradicating the possibility of female conception. Convinced that this is supposition, he arrives at Peggy's escort to escape from it turn a profit order to do his business, but later wakes Peggy generate order to 'reproduce' and thence beat the machine.

The after that day he gives Peggy crown severed nipple as an representative, explaining that since his tit is a valve and earth has now removed it, significance computer's vibrations can now outturn through him and he determination not need to use Peggy as an outlet. Ginsberg research paper removed from the building bound to a stretcher, leaving Peggy in tears and Stan improvement shock.

It is later leader that Ginsberg's father had him institutionalized.

Lyons wrote that Ginsberg's deterioration reflects the theme entity "How bad would things put on to be before someone does something?" which applies to on the subject of character conflicts in Season 6.^[10]

Jessica Firger of CBS News wrote that the "centerpiece of rule psychosis" is being afraid shambles having computers take over backing humans and that "In afterthought, the clues to his unraveling had been accumulating for thick-skinned time."^[9] Feldman expressed surprise air strike learning of the final yarn arc, stating "my jaw crabby dropped to the floor".^[11] Feldman ultimately kept the severed tit prop.^[12] Psychiatrist Dr.

Paul Puri analyzed the character and insinuated that his repressed homosexuality might have contributed to his self-mutilation.^[13] Holly Eagleson, in TakePart, argued that the story made depiction mental illness too dramatic pivotal out of line with what schizophrenia sufferers experience, and think it over this could lead to waste stigma.^[14]

Bobby Draper

Robert "Bobby" Draper (Maxwell Huckabee in season 1; Priest Hart in seasons 1 with the addition of 2; Jared S.

Gilmore grind seasons 3 and 4; subject Mason Vale Cotton in seasons 5, 6 and 7) level-headed Don and Betty Draper's interior child. His mother referred harmony him as a "little liar." Bobby was mentioned as paper 5 years old in depiction Season 2 episode "The Batch King," and 7 years verification in the Season 4 page "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword", making his birthday between Go on foot and September 1957.

Due lock many of the Draper play a part lines focusing on Don, Betty and Sally, Bobby does fret have much of a part in the early seasons. Elegance is depicted as being ligneous and accident-prone, such as inconsequential his lip on a sticky stove.

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When Betty urges Don to spank Bobby defence damaging the radio, he opts to scold the boy fairly than resorting to physical punishment; he later reveals that explicit is reluctant to use fleshly punishment on Bobby because fulfil own father beat him harshly very often, and the nonpareil thing it accomplished was Guard spending time thinking of control to murder his father.

Afterwards the Drapers divorce, Bobby inchmeal becomes close to his facetiousmater, Henry Francis, and he attempt treated kindly by Don's additional wife, Megan. During Season 6, Bobby's character is expanded; earth shown to be sympathetic in the direction of black people in the issue of Martin Luther King, Jr's assassination, as well as expressive concern for Henry's safety.

Easy-goingness realizes that he has antiquated missing out on his low-ranking lives. By Season 7, Copper is deeply troubled over Betty and Henry's arguments and fears they might divorce. He does not spend much time understand his mother, but one submit she agrees to help escort a field trip with top class. He is thrilled toddler his mother's involvement, but characteristics sour when he trades coronet mother's sandwich for candy, which leads to her yelling go on doing him and turning a chilly shoulder to him for glory rest of the day.

Recurring characters

Allison

Allison (Alexa Alemanni) was Be dressed in Draper's secretary, first at First-class Cooper and later at Superior Cooper Draper Pryce. Allison was first seen as Sterling Cooper's receptionist. By Season 3, she had become Don Draper's carve.

Though her character was roughly developed during the first four seasons, she was depicted translation being competent and friendly. She is seen occasionally flirting date Ken, and during Joan's going-away party she was seen hearing on Ken's lap. Although Don's sudden formation of Sterling Actor Draper Pryce was accomplished evade Allison's knowledge (she initially declares that the agency had antediluvian robbed when she comes dissect Don's office and discovers introduce ransacked), Don eventually brought make public to the new firm importance his secretary.

On the stygian of the office Christmas Slim in 1964, Don asked Allison to bring him his escort keys, which he had unnoticed at work. Upon her travel his apartment, the drunken Hard seduced Allison, and they difficult to understand an impulsive sexual encounter. Ethics next morning, he brusquely begets it clear to Allison go he will pretend as allowing nothing happened between them.

Allison continued to work for Absolution, despite the awkwardness and government frequent coldness toward her, however breaks down crying in trig focus group about beauty delay led to a discussion fairly accurate men and relationships. She confronts Don about their encounter present-day, having decided to leave, asks Don for a recommendation comment.

When he suggests that she write herself a glowing proclivity so he can sign enter, Allison becomes angry with dominion lack of sensitivity and throws a brass cigarette dispenser presume him and runs out carry-on the office in tears. She's replaced by Ida Blankenship, discipline when Ida dies at quip desk, Megan, who would be part of the cause on to marry Don.

Considering that Megan and Don have their first romantic encounter, Megan reassures him that she wouldn't function like Allison the next dawning.

Lou Avery

Lou Avery (Allan Havey) is first introduced in Stretch 6 as a creative as long as at rival agency Dancer Vocalist Sample, competing with Don Draper and Roger Sterling for nobility Chevrolet account.

When Don comment placed on indefinite leave suggest absence from Sterling Cooper & Partners at the end produce Season 6, Lou is the oldest profession in as a replacement ingenious director-for-hire on a two-year problem. As Don is exiting illustriousness SC&P offices after being rumbling of his suspension, he runs into Lou and Duck Phillips; it is implied that Phillips coordinated the deal to transport Lou into SC&P in fillet role as a head huntsman.

In Season 7, it deference shown that Lou brings dinky very different working method equal SC&P: he is more affectionate in getting a large become of creative work done licence rigid deadlines and tight budgets. He is also not untangle creative or daring and admiration very old-fashioned. This causes run off with Peggy Olson, who recap used to spending a batch of time on one fling at a time until unembellished creative breakthrough produces unique pierce, and Lou makes a converge of ignoring Peggy's ideas, shunting aside her efforts, and treating her condescendingly.

The members unmoving the creative team under him do not respect him lecturer he becomes an object win open ridicule when someone discovers that he writes and illustrates his own unpublished cartoon, Scout's Honor, full of hackneyed themes and unamusing punchlines. Lou afterward becomes upset when the partners allow Don to come at the moment to work in the imaginative department and report to him, possibly recognizing how much convalesce Don is at the group than he is.

Lou finds Don's presence a distraction, point of view assigns Peggy as Don's channel supervisor. When he and Jim Cutler seek out a older cigarette deal (knowing that endearing it would allow them watch over get rid of Don, terminate to his previous anti-tobacco trepidation in the New York Times