I thought those shots were maybe about setting something up for race relations stuff later on.

Even though it doesn't make a whole lot of sense, I can't shake the idea that Don is passing.

I can't shake the idea that Don is passing.

For a Gentile, maybe.

But he's not, is he? He says it's his name on the building, but that other large guy (forgot his name) seems to be the big big boss. Do we know Roger's connection with the building?

The company's name is Sterling Cooper. Roger is the Sterling.

Do we know Roger's connection with the building?

He was introduced as the Biggest!Boss' partner this episode, wasn't he?

The company's name is Sterling Cooper. Roger is the Sterling.

Ahh, thanks. So the two are partners, not Boss & Underling.

For a Gentile, maybe.

Nah, Dick Whitman isn't a Jew -- he's a redneck, passing for educated and middle-class.

Well, we definitely haven't seen the mom, even in memory, right?

I think at least part of his revenge was for Roger's "swallowing your g's" offhand comment.

Well, we definitely haven't seen the mom, even in memory, right?

Good point -- but I'd say there's passing going on either way; he's desperate to not have people find out that he doesn't (in that world, of course) rate the social position he appears to have. In other words, I agree about your read on the swallowing G's comment.

Well, we definitely haven't seen the mom, even in memory, right?

I think that his mom died and his dad remarried. When he was talking to his brother, he talked about how Adam's mother took great pains to remind him that she was not his mother.

The only problem I have with this, is the flashback Don had when he fell down the stairs on Mother's Day. Unless that flashback wasn't accurate for some reason, the family (to me) looked rather well off and not the kind of childhood I'd be ashamed of. Except for the hair cut.