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Mad Men Season 5 Episode 6

Far Away Places

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AIRED: Apr 22, 2012

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Peggy deals with relationship trouble and a pitch for Heinz beans. Don and Megan visit potential hotel chain client Howard Johnson's upstate. Jane convinces Roger to experiment with LSD.

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Mad Men: The One Where Roger Drops Acid

Despite the implications of the episode title, “Far Away Places” wasn’t a destination. It was an exotic pit stop—a little bit weird and a departure from the norm.

By MaryAnn Sleasman, Apr 23, 2012

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One word: WOW!

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By maxval54, Sep 30, 2012

Is it just me, or this was a shocking episode? What a great story and visual, It's been the best episode in the hole season. I think I'm just going to watch it again.
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Simutainously crazy?

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By BigB11, May 04, 2012

When I watched that episode it focuses on three characters on a single day. First,Peggy argues with Abe then messes up a Heinz pitch while Don and Megan broke out.Then to take her mind off she goes to the matinee and shares a joint with a stranger with long hair and stylish pants.Then moments later she gives him a handjob.OMG! I was expecting her to go down on him. Meanwhile, Roger and his girlfriend take LSD at this guy's house.Then,Roger starts getting a buzz by seeing a reflection of him with his hair half-black and half-white, then Don speaks to him behind his back. lol. Back home he visions he's in the 1919 World Series.The following morning he breaks up with his girl. And,Don and Megan take a trip upstate to Howard Johnson where they fight before Don leaves her behind.Then feeling bad about it he tries to come back to her,but worries when she'd dissappeared.He finds her back at their apartment where he chases her around the house before falling to the floor. I think it was silly. Peggy had me shocked. Roger trying LSD got me hooked. We're getting close to the time when a lotta people will take all kinds of drugs with the hippies and the psychedellic era is arriving at our front door. Enter the madness.moreless
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Far Away Places

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By thefanof, Apr 24, 2012

I was a little confused about what exactly happened and what did not, but I was intrigued. Roger opening the bottle and hearing the music and Don "chasing" Megan around the home were comedic highlights, but for a show that tries too often to be "art", this episode was art. It was intriguing, even if I did not completely get its purpose.
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Jon Hamm	Don Draper
Elisabeth Moss	Peggy Olson
Vincent Kartheiser	Pete Campbell
January Jones	Betty Francis
Christina Hendricks	Joan Holloway-Harris
Jared Harris	Lane Pryce

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Stephen Mendel	Morris Ginsberg	Guest Star
Tony Pasqualini	Sandy Orcutt	Guest Star
Bess Armstrong	Catherine Orcutt	Guest Star
Peyton List	Jane Sterling	Recurring Role
Ben Feldman	Michael Ginsberg	Recurring Role
Charlie Hofheimer	Abe Drexler	Recurring Role

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- Don Draper: I know cooler heads should prevail, but am I the only one who wants to see this?
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- Although credited, January Jones (Betty Francis), Christina Hendricks (Joan Holloway Harris, Jared Harris (Lane Pryce), Rich Sommer (Harry Crane) & Christopher Stanley (Henry Francis) do not appear in this episode.
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