Home Creators Posts Import Register Favorites Logout
haven't archived this post yet. have a subscription? use the importer!

Content

Souvenir

Files

Previews only

Mad Men, Season 3, Episode 8

Souvenir

Comments

Weird Magic

Duck Dickie??? Originally airing on October 4, 2009, 'Souvenir' is Episode 8 of Season 3 of Mad Men. It is the 34th episode overall and has an IMDB rating of 8.0, placing it as the #10 ranked episode of this season and #21 out of all the episodes shown so far.

Actuarial Lurker

Pete's wife is at her parents summer house in Maryland for a few days

Actuarial Lurker

There was a BIG online debate when the show aired about whether he thought there was consent, but he certainly bullied her and in today's time it would be an assault. In my view, he was guilty about "cheating" not that he victimized the au pair...

Ben Clifford

The acting when Pete bursts into tears when Trudy returns is so great. I don't think the scene would make any sense were it not for their performances, because they never say anything about it

John Vaclev

I don't think the reason the shot lingers on Joan in the department store has anything to do with her realization that Pete is cheating. She could give a shit, just as we saw back when when Peggy told her about Don. Her dread is her realizing that everybody in the office will eventually figure out that she didn't get the fairy tale ending and had to go back to work. My view anyway. I had never made the connection that Joan's presence in this episode was foreshadowing Pete's "questionable" behavior. Good observation.

Youtalkingtome

What he did was not okay in any way, shape or form. I wonder if it was purposely left ambiguous what he was actually guilty about.

Youtalkingtome

That's probably the right read. Didn't think that she really cared, but from an artistic stand point there is a connection I feel.

Scott Pearson Eberly

My take on Pete… it’s different when you get caught cheating and called out for it. Having the neighbor come over made him feel ashamed and then to be called out for literally being stupid by sleeping with an Au Pair in the same building, on the same floor?!!!! Good God, think man! For Pete the hardest part is the realization he’ll feel this guilt whenever he runs into the neighbor or Au Pair.