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S2E11 · The Jet Set

Don takes a business trip to Los Angeles, where he hooks up with some interesting new acquaintances; Peggy's in the mood for an office romance; Duck contemplates the future at Sterling Cooper.

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Don and Pete arrive in Los Angeles for the aerospace convention; Don declines the advances of a woman named Joy, but soon abandons the convention to spend a weekend with her and a group of wealthy nomads. Kurt invites Peggy to a Bob Dylan concert; when the rest of the office teases them, he candidly announces that he is gay, bemusing everyone. Sal silently listens as his colleagues make homophobic remarks about Kurt. Duck approaches Roger about being made partner, only to learn that this will not happen; in response, Duck holds a meeting with his former London firm Putnam, Powell & Lowe (PPL), where he reveals Sterling Cooper's vulnerable position and proposes a merger between the two agencies, with him being president. PPL offers to buy out Sterling Cooper, and Roger and Bert agree to give the firm five days to make an offer. Pete returns to New York without Don, whose whereabouts are unknown; at the end of the episode, Don is in Palm Springs making a call to an unknown recipient, referring to himself as Dick Whitman.

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