Mad Men/Recap/S3 E6 Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency



The British executives come to New York (on Independence Day, no less) with a keen interest in Don. Betty is also intrigued, albeit her understanding of England seems to come from Mary Poppins. Unfortunately, this visit cuts into Joan's going-away party. More unfortunately, Joan will have to get her job back because her husband can no longer be a surgeon in New York. And Lane's getting reassigned to Bombay.

But it isn't bad for everyone; Ken Cosgrove has just brought in an account with John Deere, complete with his own riding lawnmower which everybody takes turns riding and HOLY SHIT WHAT JUST HAPPENED??!!

Ultimately, Lane's replacement gets his foot run over by the lawnmower and then amputated. With no pesky disabilities act, he's fired, Lane stays on, Mr. Hooker is still the office manager, and Joan is out.

So everything's back to normal, except a little bit worse. Bully.

The title of this episode is a reference to TheSopranos (Episode 14, A Guy Walks Into a Psychiatrist's Office) a previous creator Matthew Weiner TV work.

This episode contains examples of:

 * Bloody Hilarious
 * Brick Joke: That guy Connie at the club three episodes ago? The one from San Antonio, New Mexico, before it was a state? That was Conrad Hilton. And he wants to work with Don.
 * Chekhov's Gun: Actually, his lawnmower.
 * Crowning Moment of Funny: Paul Kinsey randomly playing the guitar.
 * Harry applauding an end to layoffs.
 * White Shirt of Death: Not death, but it's in that direction.