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"The Suitcase" is the seventh episode of the fourth season of the American television drama series ''Mad Men'', and the 46th overall episode of the series. It aired on the AMC channel in the United States on September 5, 2010. The episode is almost entirely centered on the characters of Don Draper (Jon Hamm) and Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss), and the relationship between the two. The episode was widely lauded, some declaring it the best episode of the first four seasons of ''Mad Men''. Jon Hamm and Elisabeth Moss submitted this episode for consideration for their nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor and Actress in a Drama Series, respectively, at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards. ==Plot== The episode focuses almost entirely on the characters of Don Draper (Jon Hamm) and Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss). A deadline is looming over a campaign for the suitcase manufacturer Samsonite. As the rest of the office leaves to follow the May 25, 1965,〔 Ali vs. Liston fight, Don makes Peggy stay behind to work on ideas. He knows she has plans for a romantic dinner with her boyfriend Mark (Blake Bashoff) at the ritzy Forum of the Twelve Caesars. Mark has invited Peggy's family and roommate along as a surprise, and when she tells Don, he says she can go. Peggy, however, is provoked by Mark's having invited "people who drive her crazy" to what she thought would be an intimate dinner for two and by Mark's response when, after repeatedly postponing her arrival at the restaurant, she decides to cancel the dinner and stay to work with Don. Peggy's mother is not happy about this, and Mark, equally annoyed, breaks up with Peggy over the phone. As Peggy returns to Don's office, they have an argument over Peggy's contribution to the award-winning Glo-Coat campaign and Don's lack of appreciation for her work. She then storms off to cry in the ladies' room. Later in the evening, Don calls her into his office to listen to a tape he has found from Roger Sterling's (John Slattery) memoirs. The two laugh over the intimate revelations about their co-workers and go out for a meal. Over dinner, and later drinks, the two share personal information. Peggy says that people make jokes about an alleged relationship between the two and that her mother believes he fathered her baby owing to Don's visiting Peggy in the maternity hospital shortly after the child was born. This is the first discussion they have had regarding her baby. Don asks, "Do you know who it was?" Peggy replies, "Of course." Peggy does not reveal that Pete Campbell was the father nor mention what happened to the baby. Back at the office, Duck Phillips (Mark Moses) shows up, after earlier having tried to recruit Peggy for a new venture. He is drunk and wants to defecate on Don's chair. Peggy runs in, finding Duck with his pants down and squatting over a chair, and tells Duck he's actually in Roger's office. Peggy leads Duck out and Don is shocked to see him in the office. Duck tells a shocked Don he and Peggy were in love, but ultimately she is "just another whore". Don drunkenly swings at Duck, who overpowers him. Peggy gets rid of Duck, and as Don asks for another drink, she asks him "how long (is ) intending to go on like this." An embarrassed Peggy admits to Don that she had an affair with Duck because "it was a confusing time" for her. Don is avoiding returning a call to the niece of his friend Anna Draper (Melinda Page Hamilton), who is dying from cancer. Before he can make the call, however, he falls asleep in Peggy's lap. In a dream he sees a vision of Anna with a suitcase, and when he finds out she is dead the next morning, he is not surprised. After a phone call to confirm the bad news, Don breaks down sobbing in front of Peggy. She tries to comfort him when he tells her what happened. Don tells Peggy to go home and rest and to come in later. Peggy, worried about Don, instead goes into her office next to Don's. Later that morning, Don has developed an idea for the suitcase campaign based on the Ali vs. Liston knock-out photo. Peggy dislikes Don's idea, and Don is annoyed. Then Peggy, still skeptical about Don's idea, reassures him that it is good. Don takes her hand in his for a moment, and the two exchange looks before she leaves. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Suitcase」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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