MadMen Episode 3 Review

This episode of MadMen begins with Draper on the train going to the office. There he someone addresses him to another name and acts as if he were an old friend. At the office Pete has returned from his honeymoon and is greeted by the office with a gag that runs the length of the office scenes of this episode. Peggy has a run in with him again and says their encounter never happened because he's married now. Draper and his team meet with the Jewish lady who owns a store again and the agrees to see her at the store that evening. While meeting with her he has a run in with her where they kiss and he admits that he's married, after which she asks to be moved to another adman. Draper spends the following day at home with his family because it's his daughters birthday. The part involves a lot of liquor for the adults and fun for the kids, but Draper is already drunk. When he goes out to get the cake for his wife he doesn't come back until really late and she is very upset with him.\

This episode brings up the issue of racism with the office gag played on Pete. Pete is escorted by the whole office en route to his own office and finds a Chinese family in it. From that moment forward the office is filled with derogatory jokes about Chinese people. All of the characters that we have met in this cast bring up some sort of negative statement about them, even Draper, who usually stays neutral. The lack of control on his part shows just how deeply rooted this issue is in the culture they are a part of.

This episode also displays wonderfully shows the foolishness of man. This entire episode there are derogatory things said about other people and places just as it is in the past couple episodes. However, this episode definitely shows how both men and women are living some sort of fantasy in their heads with each other. Draper is recording the party with his camera, watching the kids as they play and horse around. The kids say silly things, make fun and even break things accidentally throughout the party. Draper also tapes some of the adults interactions and watches as they drink, gossip, mock, flirt, and make fools of each other. He is outside watching the kids, very drunk, when he remarks to the new resident on the street, a single woman, that they kids and the adults are acting the same.