When did he get to set it all up, though?

The Studio Job (because I finally got to watch it yesterday): Lots of artists have hit songs that are written by other people. Probably, had it come up (which he probably didn't think it would cause "Kenneth" would be dead), he would have said that Kenneth wrote the song and he purchased the rights to it (which, other than it being part of the con, is true).

Also, because he was getting pushed as part of the con, I think he got sloppy.

with the initial shot of her office leading into the scene where we see it's kind of a converted hallway.

Yes, and that no one respects it as an office. with the exception of Peggy and the "he's expecting us", people don't just walk into offices.

Yes, and that no one respects it as an office.

Not only that, but she's still having people ask her for coffee and stuff.

Not only that, but she's still having people ask her for coffee and stuff.

Well, I think that was significant, that it was Harry-- his appearance was no mistake either. He's blown up with self-confidence over the LA trip and selling an unusual sport to ABC, but at the same time, he looks like a buffoon, with his sunburnt face, as he's insisting that it was all work, work, work. Which is precisely the look Joan gives him when he asks for coffee. She's neither impressed nor cowed by him.

Also, I'm sure that Harry has his own secretary, so I think tha the was just posturing with Joan.

He didn't exactly ask Joan to get him coffee - he asked her to get someone to get him coffee. So there was at least a token acknowledgment that she wouldn't be bringing it herself.

Of course, it's his rug that gets pulled out from under him first, with Ho Ho yanking the Jai Alai account for Don failing to mention it-- and Joan was right there, witnessing it as it happened in the conference, making her "I won't even mention it until after it's aired," sort of slyly prescient.

Now I'm wondering if Don mentioned Jai Alai to the WSJ or if he's tossing out Ho Ho with the two-piece making family company.

Sterling Cooper Draper Price (SCDR) is struggling, and are going to have to aggressively move into the changing decade. Don's making that choice. They're finishing '64 and moving into '65. This is the period when the Beatles happen, the California sound (Beach Boys) happens, Motown explodes. It's the beginning of the post-Kennedy sixties. The mod part. I think they have to go to London during this season or next.

David, I was thinking on this after I read it-- The Beatles first appeared on Ed Sullivan in February of '64-- of course, their triumphant tour appearance at Shea Stadium isn't going to happen for nearly another year, right? So we've had the initial attack, which Weiner, as usual, is opting to have skipped and will probably address at some interesting point, framing something else within the story. It's an interesting conundrum to try to figure out which way they're going to go-- are SCDP going to address the edgy mod Carnaby Street/London scene in terms of their ads or are they going to go wholesome, California youth culture? Or is going to be a two-pronged approach?