Mad men episode 3

            The episode starts with Don on the train, when an old army buddy recognizes him and tries to start a conversation. Don decides to make small talk while seeming very contemplative about the whole thing. At the office, Pete Campbell is back from his honeymoon and the whole office seems to want to congratulate him minus Peggy. When he walks into his office, a group of Chinese people are sitting in the office having breakfast as a joke on Pete. He then has to deal with trying to get them out of his office. A little after this, Ms. Menken a client walks into a meeting with the men at which point she realizes that none of them have ever been to her store and so cannot accurately help her with advertising or changing her store, at which point Don fesses up and tells her he will visit. During the visit they kiss and she confesses to desiring him and he backs off citing marriage as the reason for not wanting to continue the relationship.

            When Don heads home he has to prepare for his daughter’s birthday party in which he must build a doll house for his daughter. During the party Don catches a married man making approaches on the new neighbor who is divorced, while his wife is kissing another man. The women during the party however break off and begin to talk about trivial matters while feeling out the new neighbor and her stance on things. After the party, Don goes out and gets a dog for his daughter as a gift.

            A theme that appeared was the façade that people have. Where the characters outwardly expressed joy and contentment but on the inside or when no one was looking they showed signs of displeasure either with themselves or the situations that they are in. We saw this after the incident between Don and Ms. Menken, or with Peggy as she told Pete that all was well and wouldn’t mention a thing about their tryst.

            The New Testament makes a point to talk about such a thing. In not just mentioning that we should be honest with one another, speaking truth or honoring each other with actions, but the reality that when we sin, there becomes a level of guilt and pain that we begin to suffer from. Not talking out our issues with God or with another person can tend to do the same thing. We begin to bottle things up and don’t take care of the issues that we harbor. At points this causes us to fall back on the things that tend to cause us to sin.