Mad Men Roundtable: Season 3, “Love Among the Ruins”

And finally, the key question of the hour was from Don to his new boss, Mr. Pryce, after he told Don the agency was turning down the Madison Square Garden account he’d been pushing so hard to win with lines like “If you don’t like what’s being said, change the conversation”.  After being told that Pryce had heard from the home office that Sterling Cooper was to walk on the business, Don snapped, “Why did you buy us, then?” to which Mr. Pryce said, “I don’t know.”  Don sees the massive potential in a sports arena in Midtown Manhattan: a way into the World’s Fair and decades of sporting events, concerts and other attractions that will generate immense revenue down the line.  But “London” doesn’t agree, and all of his former power–much like Bert Cooper’s and Roger’s–is rendered useless in that instant.  Have we ever seen such a frustrated Don Draper?  It’s only going to get worse, isn’t it?