Season 3, Episode 13 -- Shut the Door and Have a Seat
A. Don finds out from Conrad Hilton that Putnam (who owns Sterling Cooper) is going to be bought by McCann Erikson (a huge firm on Madison Avenue that Don has no interest in working for). Sterling Cooper will lose the Hilton account in the merger due to a conflict.
B. Sterling Coper and Don’s marriage both die. However, the focus of this episode is about what comes next.
Essay question due May 31
What parallels of American exceptionalism does this episode have with American history? (like the decision to split from Britain)
