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Fortunately, it turned out to be the second kind of episode.
The gore-inducing accident happened earlier, at what was supposed to be her going-away party.
Then she crashed into a floor-to-ceiling glass partition.
Joan wasnt among the advertising-agency employees misted by Guys flesh.
His foot was fine, Weiner confirmed to me, but it destroyed the shoe.
But Joan felt she had to go through the motions of retiring anyway.
That this all went down on July 3, the day before Independence Day, added insult to injury.
Fourth of July, Don said.
Dealing with emotions is not a Draper strong suit.
Theres a lot going on in this episode from a narrative standpoint, for sure, adds Hamm.
Plus, Hamm says, theres the very real American history roiling in the background.
Vietnam hasnt really kicked off.
The agency is being bought out by the British, and it all looks very upbeat and promising.
But she explains that it was luck that landed her in the directors chair for Guy Walks.
Still, he had extremely high standards for season three.
(The John Deere riding mower was introduced in 1963.)
The sit-down mower fit into the idea of Don as a suburban dad, Weiner says.
Originally we had Don riding it.
The filmmakers wanted the moment to be shocking but also ridiculous.
And of course, we had to spatter four characters standing in a line with fake blood.
We had an air cannon with all this blood and debris in it.
We rehearsed that shot with the actors.
And that was pretty great, with the white cake and the red blood!
The audience spends the season wondering when the assassination will be dealt with.
But Weiner & Co. dont hand wave it away, either.
I havent heard the JFK theory, but it does make a lot of sense, Hamm says.
When I asked Glatter, she flashed back to herTwin Peaksdays.
Theres a scene where Kyle MacLachlan and Michael Ontkeans characters team up.
I think they go into a bank vault where you look at your safety-deposit box.
And theres a moose head on the table in the room.
No one ever refers to the moose head.
Its just sitting there.
Its an incredible scene partially because the moose head is on the table.
I asked David, How did you get the idea to put that moose head on the table?
Like, where in the world did that come from?
When he said that, something cracked open for me.
Know what you want.
Know what your story is about.
But be sure youre open to the moose head on the table.
