S3E12 – The Grown-Ups

Mad Men Men

Turn off the TV and listen up! We're back for another episode of Mad Men, this time unpacking "The Grown-Ups," the penultimate episode of Season 3.

SHOW NOTES

• 00:00 – Introduction
• 03:27 – The JFK Assassination
• 08:59 – The Grown-Ups as a title
• 11:00 – Characters Regressing and Pete's anxiety
• 17:46 – The Loss of Innocence
• 22:23 – Peggy's Roommate
• 24:41 – TV and the JFK Assassination
• 30:02 – Editing and Dreamlike Quality
• 32:14 – Darkly Funny Moments
• 35:31 – The Arc of Don and Betty and the State of Television
• 38:56 – Personal Experiences of 9/11
• 42:36 – Don and Betty's Coping Mechanisms
• 44:06 – Mixed Feelings about Henry Francis
• 49:39 – The Wedding and Roger's Speech
• 53:36 – Betty's Performance in the Episode
• 57:28 – Nihilism After JFK
• 01:01:44 – The Song Choice and Debate over Storylines

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EXTRA CREDITS

Matthew Weiner created Mad Men, which aired on AMC from 2007 to 2015. Barbet Schroeder directed this episode, “The Grown-Ups,” and Brett Johnson and Matthew Weiner wrote the script. The show stars Jon Hamm, January Jones, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, Christina Hendricks, John Slattery, Robert Morse, and many more. The opening instrumental theme heard at the beginning of this podcast is “A Beautiful Mine” by RJD2. Podcast illustration is by Jon Negroni.

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