It’s interesting, in the offices of Sterling-Cooper we see men being racist and misogynistic all the time, but I was never more offended as in the scenes at the Draper home.

Particularly the scenes where Carlton acts like it’s no big deal that the other guy hit his kid, and the scene where it’s obvious Don has skipped out and he seems to be come a folkhero among the men.

I think it’s because we have a different standard for co-workers and friends and I’ve internalized that. When I watch scenes in the workplace there is a higher tolerance, because in my real life I have to tolerate them politely. I see scenes in the Draper home and it becomes a surrogate for my home, and Betty represents me having people over.

Parties are telling though. You see which couples are showing a little tension. A joke that’s really an insult, a rebuke that is supposed to sound playful, but comes out a little too sharp, a general lack of warmth between two people, an accidental stumbling upon a sore point in someone’s marriage — all while people are trying to act happy and united.