Mad Men recap: 'The Strategy'

An emotionally gripping episode sees Don Draper and Peggy Olsen forming a new kind of family

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In its early seasons, Mad Men sometimes felt like two different shows. One was about a handsome, mysterious ad man who dominated Madison Avenue with a series of perfect pitches. The other was about a pathological adulterer whose marriage was falling apart.

Don's repeated personal failures are now very much affecting his professional life. Sunday night's "The Strategy" found him in the office, reeling from a morning in which his wife was literally collecting more pieces of her life to move thousands of miles away from him. For Don, the lines between work and family have become impossibly muddled — and when he chose the chance to rebuild his career at Sterling Cooper over the chance to move to Los Angeles with Megan, he probably lost her forever.

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Scott Meslow

Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, and Vulture.