The Benefactor
- Episode aired Aug 10, 2008
- TV-14
- 48m
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7.8/10
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Trouble rises on the set of a commercial while Don plays hooky from the office.Trouble rises on the set of a commercial while Don plays hooky from the office.Trouble rises on the set of a commercial while Don plays hooky from the office.
Vincent Kartheiser
- Pete Campbell
- (credit only)
Michael Gladis
- Paul Kinsey
- (credit only)
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- TriviaThe French "arthouse" film that Don watches in this episode has not been definitively identified. According to series creator Matthew Weiner, "It's a very rare French film. A film by a famous director. I won't tell you the name. I won't say the title. I'll never tell. Because I don't have the rights to it." The best clue to the film's identity is the poem we hear recited during the excerpt shown: "Ballade des Dames du Temps Jadis" ("Ballad of the Ladies of Times Past"), written by medieval French poet Francois Villon.
- GoofsWhile the series is set in New York state, a palm tree is briefly visible behind Betty Draper during the initial scene at the riding stables. The series is filmed in California.
- Quotes
Don Draper: You don't cover for me, you manage expectations.
- ConnectionsFeatures Disorder in the Court (1936)
- SoundtracksA Beautiful Mine
(uncredited)
Written by RJD2
Performed by RJD2
[Opening credits]
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An Affair To Dismember
Eyebrows Lenny Bruce (The Comic) is really an obnoxious character... which is intentional, but he doesn't seem like he would have the charm to charm his way into any kind of genuine success, which he has in the fictional world of this series...
And his wife, and her affair with Don, is the first of several really boring affairs of Don Draper... the ones that go on and on are the boring ones (except for Midge, who was free-spirited, smoked pot and listened to Miles Davis): But Don's one night (or two night) stands are far more intriguing... once he gets settled into not being the settled-down-type, melodrama ensues, and sorry but, the comic's wife is a big bore...
Also, would no-name actor Robert Reed by called "Bob" by an inside man? In reality, the only thing people remember about The Defenders is that its star EG Marshall played a school principal on Bob Reed's more famous show, The Brady Bunch...
Worst yet is the beginning of Betty's flirtation with the mannequin horse stable rich boy, more boring than Don's actual tryst, and, basically, Season 2 has a very muddled beginning, and anyone in denial of that, oh well... let the down-votes sustain.
And his wife, and her affair with Don, is the first of several really boring affairs of Don Draper... the ones that go on and on are the boring ones (except for Midge, who was free-spirited, smoked pot and listened to Miles Davis): But Don's one night (or two night) stands are far more intriguing... once he gets settled into not being the settled-down-type, melodrama ensues, and sorry but, the comic's wife is a big bore...
Also, would no-name actor Robert Reed by called "Bob" by an inside man? In reality, the only thing people remember about The Defenders is that its star EG Marshall played a school principal on Bob Reed's more famous show, The Brady Bunch...
Worst yet is the beginning of Betty's flirtation with the mannequin horse stable rich boy, more boring than Don's actual tryst, and, basically, Season 2 has a very muddled beginning, and anyone in denial of that, oh well... let the down-votes sustain.
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