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Mad Men Season 5 Episode 13

The Phantom

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AIRED: Jun 10, 2012

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Opportunity is in the air for everyone and Pete meets a stranger on the train.

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Mad Men's Season 5 Finale: Avenue of Broken Dreams

In "The Phantom" Don Draper’s persistent toothache became the physical manifestation of the season's underlying pain over lost dreams and the question of identity.

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Didn't understand the dream sequence

5.0

By fan6785, Jan 30, 2013

Obviously Don Draper is dreaming at some points of this episode. He sees his dead brother in an office and when he is gassed for his tooth. Before that, he strangles a woman who disappears. The last scence is fantasy like with You Only Live Twice (once in your dreams and once in reality) playing in the background and Emily and Don don't acknowledge that they know each other so I was confused.moreless
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Changes for next season.

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By BigB11, Aug 06, 2012

The season finale of 'Mad Men' was good. I've seen Megan getting her break in a commercial,Peggy trying to take it easy on her new job,and Roger buck naked after gettting high again.What's good about it is when they played "You Only Live Twice" at the end. What we need next season is more lines,quotes,and humor to affect the late 60's. We need men and women with longer hair and less of that clean-cut stiffness. We need more black characters. And references to Black millitancy,hippies,and vietnam to be more realistic. The show is coming to that time where the boiling point will be 1968. The time where Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy where killed. Oh,we need more music from the late '60 as closing themes.moreless
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One of my favorite episodes!

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By fernkelsey, Jul 01, 2012

I can't exactly place why, but I for some reason really loved this episode. SO glad that stupid Pete finally got what was coming for him. Can't stand him! Also glad that Megan finally got her chance to shine. I really hope that Peggy won't be off the show though! She (and Joan of course) are two of my favorite characters! I also thought that the end was interesting, how it rotated through most of the main characters (Roger standing at the window hehe) and how Don seems to be reverting back to his old ways. I'll miss my weekly trips to the '60s, and I can't wait for season 6!moreless
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The Phantom

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By thefanof, Jun 20, 2012

After some great episodes along the way this year, the season finale disappoints. The over the top directing at the end was really annoying, with the five partners staring out the window, and Don walking off the darkened set, it just came off as really phony.

It had its moments, but they have destroyed the Pete character beyond repair, and no more Ed also is disappointing. Maybe the next season will build on this somehow, but I disagreed with a lot of what was done here.moreless
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Finale? I need another episode.

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By mindmalfunction, Jun 18, 2012

I love Mad Men, but the season finale was a let down. I love Drunk Don and Happy Don, but this limbo Don is no fun. I hope the next season starts with a big bang.
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Jon Hamm	Don Draper
Elisabeth Moss	Peggy Olson
Vincent Kartheiser	Pete Campbell
Christina Hendricks	Joan Holloway Harris
Jessica Pare	Megan Draper
John Slattery	Roger Sterling

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Alexis Bledel	Beth Dawes	Guest Star
Julia Ormond	Marie Calvet	Guest Star
Jay Paulson	Adam Whitman	Guest Star
Alison Brie	Trudy Campbell	Recurring Role
Embeth Davidtz	Rebecca Pryce	Recurring Role
Teyonah Parris	Dawn Chambers	Recurring Role

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- The movie Peggy and Don were seeing was ''Casino Royale''
  
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- Marie Calvet: Not every little girl gets to do what they want. The world cannot support that many ballerinas.
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- Although credited, January Jones (Betty Francis), Jared Harris (Lane Pryce), Kiernan Shipka (Sally Draper) & Christopher Stanley (Henry Francis) do not appear in this episode.
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- The song playing at the end of the episode is "You Only Live Twice" sung by Nancy Sinatra.
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