

Don becomes angry and yells at Peggy who yells back that she is not the one who Don is mad at. While at the taste testing Don and Peggy perform the intended commercial for the product, and Peggy mixes up a few words. All he sees is a bare elevator shaft, and he looks down at an empty abyss.ĭon, Ken, and Peggy attend a taste testing for cool whip. After the elevator doors open, Don finds no elevator. Moments after Megan leaves, Don calls up another elevator. Don sees her off to the elevator as she leaves the office. Megan decides to quit her job at the agency the next morning. Late one night, Megan wakes Don to tell him of her desire to start acting again. After she confesses her feelings about work to Peggy, Peggy scolds her for taking a spot at a high-value job in the agency when there are other people looking for jobs. Megan wants to get back into acting and begins to resent her job at SCDP. Peggy and Joan gossip about Megan in Lady Lazarus. Episode: Lady Lazarus.ĭon's reaction to the empty elevator shaft, in Lady Lazarus. Megan confessing to Don, that she wants to start acting again. When Beth doesn't arrive, Pete smashes a glass of champagne against the wall. Before Pete creates an excuse to leave, he tells Beth to meet him at the Hotel Pennsylvania.

Pete continues to yearn for Beth afterwards, calling her and even orchestrating a situation in which Howard invites him to dinner with Beth at their home. After the incident, Beth tells Pete to forget it happened and that it will never happen again, which doesn't sit well with him. He comforts her, which results in them having sex on the floor of her living room.

Pete drives her home, during which time Beth discusses her dire relationship with Howard. In the train-station parking lot one evening, Howard's wife, Beth, asks Pete if he knows her husband and tells Pete she has locked her keys in her car. Later in the conversation Howard reveals that he has a new, attractive mistress in the city, claiming his wife is happy despite the affair because he provides for her. Rallying back and forth Pete assures he doesn't need life insurance because his Junior Partnership at SCDP cover's it, Howard assures him while Pete stays alive that is, reminding him he has a family that will still need financial help even after he's gone. This episode opens with Pete discussing life insurance with Howard, a fellow train rider who has been having a "blue month" in terms of sales. Pete covers for a friend and Don gets unexpected news. Peggy is irritated by a secret she has to keep.
