S6E7 · Man with a Plan

Complete story — includes the ending

The newly merged creative team of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce and Cutler Gleason Chaough begin brainstorming a margarine campaign for Fleischmann's. Don feels threatened by Ted's authority and, after accepting Sylvia's offer for a midday tryst, arrives late to the creative meeting. Ted publicly rebukes him; later, Don attempts to make peace by sharing drinks, but Ted becomes visibly drunk, drawing Peggy's frustration. Traveling to Buffalo for a meeting, Don continues asserting control in his affair by confining Sylvia to a hotel room without telling her when he will return. When he returns, Sylvia breaks off the affair, saying she dreamt of his death and having to console Megan at his funeral. Pete's mother shows signs of dementia. As the CGC staff moves in, Joan falls ill, and Bob Benson discreetly escorts her to the hospital and secures expedited treatment. Roger fires Bob's supervisor Burt Peterson, but a grateful Joan saves Bob's job. It is announced that Robert F. Kennedy has been assassinated, and while a distraught Megan watches the news, Don reels in the aftermath of his break up with Sylvia.