Washington DC Adult Entertainment: ‘Mad Men’: 4 Takes on the Season Premiere
Written on July 26, 2010 – 12:13 pm | by larrylibido
The episode, for me, revolves around this idea of covered up versus revealed. It pivots at a Thanksgiving dinner, when we finally get to see the newly married Betty. I expected her outfit to be triumphant, but instead she looks older and remarkably worn, covered in a matronly, silk long-sleeved dress. Meanwhile, Don celebrates by making love to a call girl. Though he lets her hit him (once, twice, thrice), he insists that she does not remove her brasserie (it is in a deep red color that harkens back to Betty’s dress.) Still stranger is that the call girl seems kinder than Betty that evening; Betty’s angelic floral nightgown in sharp contrast to her rage as snatches the phone out of Sally’s hand, quashing Sally’s chance to wish Don a Happy Thanksgiving.