We at Mad Men Men know a little something about being the rejected podcast. That’s right, we’re talking about Season 4 Episode 4 this week, directed by the one and only John Slattery A.K.A. Roger Sterling! If you have any criticisms, be sure to write half a sentence on your typewriter and then throw the paper out.
In case this is your first time digging into our podcast, we recap Mad Men from the perspective of a first-time watcher, someone who only watched the show once while it was airing, and a superfan who watches excessively instead of having a functional social life.
Discussion Points:
- What do we think of John Slattery’s directing style?
- How about that product placement?
- Why is Peggy so torn when it comes to the bohemian lifestyle?
- Does Don truly care about Allison?
- Is Pete’s reaction to Trudy’s pregnancy surprising?
- Does the extended focus group scene work for everyone?
- Why is this episode called “The Rejected”?
Extra credits for “The Rejected”
Matthew Weiner created Mad Men, which aired on AMC from 2007 to 2015. John Slattery directed “The Rejected” and Matthew Weiner co-wrote the script with Keith Huff. The show stars Jon Hamm, January Jones, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, Christina Hendricks, John Slattery, Robert Morse, and many more. Our intro music is “Mad Men Men” by Tom Davidson, which is an original remix of the show’s opening theme “A Beautiful Mine” by RJD2. Podcast illustration is by Jon Negroni. Our podcast hosts include Jon Negroni (Podcast Editor of InBetweenDrafts), Will Ashton (cohost of the Cinemaholics podcast), and Michael Overhulse (a guy who’s addicted to working at startups).
We’ll be back soon to discuss Season 4 Episode 5, titled “The Chrysanthemum and the Sword.” Subscribe to Mad Men Men on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or wherever else podcasts are, ahem, advertised. You can find our conversations about the first season on our podcast feed, as we are now on a new website.
Jon is one of the co-founders of InBetweenDrafts. He hosts the podcasts Thank God for Movies, Mad Men Men, Rookie Pirate Radio, and Fantasy Writing for Barbarians. He doesn’t sleep, essentially.
