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Mad Men C to Z S3E13 Shut the Door Have a Seat Transcript
 
Jenna: Hi, I'm Jenna.
 
Steve: And I'm Steve. Welcome to All Things Mad Men, from Chip and Dip to Zou Bisou.
 
Jenna: There's so much to love about this amazing show, and we're happy to connect to fans like us who discover new things with each rewatch.
 
Steve: Be advised, while we aren't gratuitous with spoilers, they can pop up as we discuss character arcs through the final season.
Let's get started with Mad Men C to Z.
 
Jenna: This is Mad Men Season 3, Episode 13: Shut the door. Have a Seat.
This episode was written by Matthew Weiner, Erin Levy, and Kater Gordon. It was directed by Matthew Weiner.
 
This is an outstanding episode in an outstanding series.
It's consistently named as a favorite Mad Men episode of all time by fans, along with The Suitcase.
 
It won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series.
It has a 9.6 out of 10 rating on IMDb, and you know how hard it is to get the Internet to agree on anything.
It's an unbelievably well-crafted episode in an already fantastic show.

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Mad Men C to Z Podcast Transcript for S3E12: The Grown-Ups

Jenna: Hi, I'm Jenna.
 
Steve: And I'm Steve. Welcome to All Things Mad Men, from Chip and Dip to Zou Bisou.
 
Jenna: There's so much to love about this amazing show, and we're happy to connect to fans like us, who discover new things with each rewatch.
 
Steve: Be advised, while we aren't gratuitous with spoilers, they can pop up as we discuss character arcs through the final season.
Let's get started with Mad Men C to Z.
 
Jenna: Hey everybody, we're talking about Mad Men Season 3 Episode 12: The Grown-Ups.
This episode was written by Brett Johnson and Matthew Weiner, and directed by Barbet Schroeder.

We've got our full human-edited transcript for our S3E11 podcast discussion of Mad Men's The Gypsy and The Hobo.
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Mad Men C to Z S3E11 The Gypsy and the Hobo Transcript
 
Jenna: Hi, I'm Jenna.

Steve: And I'm Steve. Welcome to All Things Mad Men, from Chip and Dip to Zou Bisou.
 
Jenna: There's so much to love about this amazing show, and we're happy to connect to fans like us, who discover new things with each re-watch.
 
Steve: Be advised, while we aren't gratuitous with spoilers, they can pop up as we discuss character arcs through the final season.
Let's get started with Mad Men C to Z.
 
Jenna: Hey everybody, this is Mad Men Season 3, Episode 11, The Gypsy and the Hobo.
This episode was written by Marti Noxon, Cathryn Humphris, and Matthew Weiner, and directed by Jennifer Getzinger.
 
The last episode ended with Betty applauding Don at the Sterling Cooper 40th anniversary dinner, having opened his box of secrets, but not yet confronting him.
 
Steve: This episode opens with Betty packing her suitcase, but what's notable is she's packing the suitcase with valuables, not just the routine clothing.
 
Jenna: Downstairs, the kids are talking about Halloween and Sally wants store-bought costumes. Bobby wants to be an astronaut, and Sally says she'll always love Minnie Mouse.
 
Disneyland opened in California in 1955 and and the astronaut costume idea is a nod to the moving forward premise that's so key to Don Draper.
Poor Don. Everybody wants the moon, right?
 
Did you have a time when you preferred a store-bought costume for Halloween? Or did you have any memorable or similar costumes when you were a kid?

This is the full, human-edited transcript of our podcast discussion about Mad Men Season 3, Episode 10: The Color Blue.
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Mad Men C to Z S3E10 The Color Blue Transcript
 
Jenna: Hi, I'm Jenna.
 
Steve: And I'm Steve. Welcome to All Things Mad Men, from Chip and Dip to Zou Bisou.
 
Jenna: There's so much to love about this amazing show, and we're happy to connect to fans like us, who discover new things with each rewatch.
 
Steve: Be advised, while we aren't gratuitous with spoilers, they can pop up as we discuss character arcs through the final season. Let's get started with Mad Men, C to Z.
 
Jenna: This is Mad Men Season 3, Episode 10, The Color Blue.
This episode was written by Kater Gordon and Matthew Weiner, and directed by Michael Uppendahl.
 
In this episode, Don and Suzanne have a conversation about whether the color blue that one person sees is the same color another person sees.
And the whole episode and show really deals with how different people perceive the same situation or event.
So we're going to see that in a lot of scenes coming up.

This is the full, human-edited transcript of our Mad Men re-watch podcast episode for Season 3, Episode 9: Wee Small Hours.
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Mad Men C to Z S3E9: Wee Small Hours Transcript
 
Jenna: Hi, I'm Jenna.
 
Steve: And I'm Steve. Welcome to All Things Mad Men, from Chip and Dip to Zou Bisou.
 
Jenna: There's so much to love about this amazing show, and we're happy to connect to fans like us, who discover new things with each re-watch.
 
Steve: Be advised, while we aren't gratuitous with spoilers, they can pop up as we discuss character arcs through the final season.
Let's get started with Mad Men C to Z.
 
Jenna: Today, we're talking about Mad Men Season 3, Episode 9, Wee Small Hours.
This episode was written by Dahvi Waller, Matthew Weiner, and Kater Gordon. It was directed by Scott Hornbacher.
 
A lot of this episode is about who has the power to act like a selfish baby idiot, and who has to live with the consequences.
As it ever was, I suppose.
 
Surprisingly, though, we're not going to see too much of Pete or Roger in this episode, although they both speak selfish baby idiot pretty fluently,
 
Steve: I would say, going off the commentary of Matt and Scott,
it seems that, you know, impulsiveness is what's at the core of this. And I’m maybe just saying what you just said in a different way:
acting at a moment in time without a lot of thought about what the consequences will be both for yourself and for those around you.

This is our human-edited podcast transcript for Mad Men Season 3 Episode 8: Souvenir. 
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Mad Men C to Z S3E8: Souvenir Podcast Transcript
 
Jenna: Hi, I'm Jenna.
 
Steve: And I'm Steve. Welcome to All Things Mad Men, from Chip and Dip to Zou Bisou.
 
Jenna: There's so much to love about this amazing show, and we're happy to connect to fans like us, who discover new things with each rewatch.
 
Steve: Be advised, while we aren't gratuitous with spoilers, they can pop up as we discuss character arcs through the final season.
Let's get started with Mad Men, C to Z.
 
 
Jenna: Welcome to Mad Men C to Z, Season 3, Episode 8.
This is Souvenir, written by Lisa Albert and Matthew Weiner.
This episode was directed by Phil Abraham.
 
In Matt Zoller Seizt's book, Mad Men Carousel, which includes essays about most episodes of Mad Men, he talks about this episode as being really similar to the next one, arguing that basically the same things happen to different characters.
 
He suggests that this is a weaker episode for that reason, but I have to disagree. I think there's a lot of interesting stuff going on in Souvenir.
 
Steve: Yeah, I enjoy it as an episode.
I think, you know, Matt Weiner in his commentary talks about it being a couple of short stories, this sort of summer romance theme. I find it interesting and entertaining.
 
Jenna: Yes. So the setting is August of 1963, the same time period as in the movie Dirty Dancing.
And sometimes people have described this time as the last innocence for the United States, since the Kennedy assassination is coming in November of this year.

Below, find the full transcript for our Mad Men C to Z podcast episode discussing Mad Men Season 3, Episode 7: Seven Twenty-Three.
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Jenna: Hi, I'm Jenna.
 
Steve: And I'm Steve. Welcome to All Things Mad Men, from Chip and Dip to Zou Bisou.
 
Jenna: There's so much to love about this amazing show, and we're happy to connect to fans like us who discover new things with each rewatch.
 
Steve: Be advised, while we aren't gratuitous with spoilers, they can pop up as we discuss character arcs through the final season.
Let's get started with Mad Men C to Z.
 
Jenna: Welcome to Mad Men Season 3, Episode 7: Seven Twenty-Three. This episode was written by Andre and Maria Jacquemetton and Matthew Weiner.
 
It was directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer, who also directed episodes of The Walking Dead and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. And she's married to David Carbonara, who composed much of the music we hear in Mad Men.
 
This episode opens with three flash forward scenes. Peggy is in bed with a man, but we can't see who it is.
Betty is in a floral dress on a fainting couch we've never seen before,
and Don is passed out on a motel room floor.
 
Steve: Per Matt Weiner's comments, it's a little bit of a film noir start.
Now we're going to go back with flashbacks to find out how we got these three characters into these three predicaments.

Below, find the full, human-edited transcript for our Mad Men C to Z podcast episode, S3E6: Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency.
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Mad Men C to Z S3E6 Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency Transcript
 
Jenna: Hi, I'm Jenna.
 
Steve: And I'm Steve. Welcome to All Things Mad Men, from Chip and Dip to Zou Bisou.
 
Jenna: There's so much to love about this amazing show, and we're happy to connect to fans like us who discover new things with each rewatch.
 
Steve: Be advised, while we aren't gratuitous with spoilers, they can pop up as we discuss character arcs through the final season.
Let's get started with Mad Men C to Z.
 
Jenna: Welcome to season three, episode six, Guy Walks into an Advertising Agency. This episode was written by Robin Veith and Matthew Weiner, and directed by Lesli Linka Glatter.
 
This is a fantastic episode of Mad Men.
I was chatting online with Charlene from San Francisco about season three being outstanding, and I want to give a shout out here at the top of the episode to Charlene F.: we really appreciate you sharing our podcast on social media every week. Thank you so much for listening!
 
And yes, season three has some powerhouse episodes.
This episode is such a standout, even though it's light on Peggy and Pete and I typically enjoy those character episodes the most.
 
In the director's commentary, Matthew Weiner says this episode is about the difference between expectation and reality,
and he also talks about the difference between country and city people,
contempt, and comeuppance.
 
And we also get a theme with several unwanted or problematic gifts in this episode, so those are all things to track.
 

Below, find the full, human-edited transcript for the Mad Men C to Z Season 3, Episode 5 podcast, The Fog.
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Mad Men C to Z Podcast Transcript for S3E5 The Fog
 
Jenna: Hi, I'm Jenna.
 
Steve: And I'm Steve. Welcome to All Things Mad Men, from Chip and Dip to Zou Bisou.
 
Jenna: There's so much to love about this amazing show, and we're happy to connect to fans like us, who discover new things with each re-watch.
 
Steve: Be advised, while we aren't gratuitous with spoilers, they can pop up as we discuss character arcs through the final season.
Let's get started with Mad Men C to Z.
 
Jenna: Welcome to season three, episode five, The Fog. This episode of Mad Men was written by Kater Gordon and directed by Phil Abraham.
 
An interesting thing about this episode is that every scene has some reference to time, whether it's the mention of summer, an afternoon, a watch, an hour, or time itself.
 
Don Draper often talks about moving forward, and most of his problems are about running from his past, so this time theme fits pretty well.
We don't get ticking clocks like in High Noon, but there is definitely tension and pressure under the surface everywhere in this episode.

This is the full, human-edited transcript of the Mad Men C to Z podcast for Season 3, Episode 4: The Arrangements.
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Mad Men C to Z S3E4 Full Podcast Transcript for The Arrangements
 
Jenna : Hi, I'm Jenna.
 
Steve: And I'm Steve. Welcome to All Things Mad Men, from Chip and Dip to Zou Bisou.
 
Jenna : There's so much to love about this amazing show, and we're happy to connect to fans like us who discover new things with each rewatch.
 
Steve: Be advised, while we aren't gratuitous with spoilers, they can pop up as we discuss character arcs through the final season.
Let's get started with Mad Men, C to Z.
 
Jenna : Welcome to Mad Men Season 3, Episode 4, The Arrangements. This episode was written by Andrew Colville, Matthew Weiner, and Kater Gordon, directed by Michael Uppendahl.
The episode takes place in June 1963.
 
Steve: The episode opens with Gene out driving with Sally and Bobby in the Lincoln. Gene isn't driving, he's in the passenger seat. Sally's driving.