S6E10 · A Tale of Two Cities

Complete story — includes the ending

Set against the backdrop of the 1968 Democratic National Convention and ensuing confrontation between police and protesters in Chicago, Don, Roger, and Harry travel to Los Angeles to meet with clients, including Carnation. The three attend a Hollywood party, where Don smokes hashish and hallucinates a pregnant, hippie Megan. Former employee Danny Siegel, who was fired by Roger for being a poor copywriter, is at the party, now working as a successful director and producer. Don winds up face down in the pool and Roger saves him. In New York, Joan meets a client for cosmetics giant Avon. Seeing this as her opportunity to bring some legitimacy to her status as a partner, Joan deliberately cuts Pete out of a meeting. After a scolding from Ted and Pete, Peggy saves Joan with a fake phone call from Avon. Cutler struggles connecting with the SCDP staff, particularly Ginsberg. Ted informs the other partners that he has broken through the management layers at Chevy, and Cutler later adds Bob to the account, without input from Roger or Don, who are still in California. Sterling Cooper & Partners is ultimately decided as the name of the recently merged firm.