Mad Men Episodes
By: Thomas Nelson | Posted: 08th November 2010
"Different Amsterdam" is the fourth episode of Mad Men Season One, and features the misdirected attempts at ambition that almost causes Pete Campbell to lose his career. The Bethlehem Steel company is often a huge take into account any ad company to own, and Pete knows that landing such an account would make his career in the company also to a larger extent the entire industry.
Pete decides to look at a risk by pitching his ad suggestions to the lead Bethlehem Steel person in control of marketing, and eventually ends up ruffling Don Draper's feathers because of a perceived overstepping of corporate hierarchy. Don pushes to fire Pete outright, and it's an extended-standing clash between two virtually identical characters in Don and Pete where it may be argued that Don sees too much of himself and his awesome own past mistakes in life vicariously through Pete Campbell.
The firing doesn't take, as Pete's inlaws represent a substantial possible future account (Clearasil facial wash) and ultimately Don's all-consuming power at Sterling-Cooper is overruled by the partners (Roger Sterling and Bertram Cooper themselves) and only keeping Pete around rather than sending him to the arms of a rival ad company. Pete's personal life is in almost as much disarray, because he attempts to humble himself by asking the father he never truly respected for the money in order to afford a brand new apartment for himself and his wife.
Pete's father is harsh, and doesn't agree with Pete's selection of a job, and ultimately rejects Pete's request, giving him no choice but must his inlaws (his wife Trudy Campbell's parents) who happily agree to front them the money-but the action of counting on his wife's resources severely insults Pete's pride as a man along the way since he feels he must not have already been forced to request her assistance to provide everything they require.
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