Mad Men/Recap/S3/E13 Shut the Door Have A Seat

"Lane: Well, gentlemen, I suppose you're fired! Roger: It's official. December 13, 1963. Four guys shot their own legs off."

It Got Worse.

Betty goes to Reno to file for divorce so she can marry Henry, about whom Don has just found out. He has no choice but to move out.

Winter is coming, and Don is informed through Conrad Hilton that Mc Cann-Ericson is buying Sterling Cooper along with Putnam Powell & Lowe. Don wants no part of Mc Cann, and the agency's impending doom recalls the circumstances of his father's death during The Great Depression.

He gets together with the other partners and they immediately plot to create a new agency and take their business. Lane, now redundant, is promised a partnership if he fires Don, Roger, and Coop. Lane, knowing he'll be fired early for losing them, gives everyone the weekend to steal accounts from the office and get a crew together. They bring on Peggy (who declines at first), Pete (whose talents are finally being recognized), and Harry, and bring Joan out of hiding to find everything they need. Then they rob the place.

Their company of eight starts working out of a suite in the Hotel Pierre. Goodbye Sterling Cooper. Hello Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce...

This episode contains examples of:
"Cooper: Lane, please shut the door and have a seat. Roger: Close the door, have a seat. Don: Shut the door and sit down."
 * A Simple Plan: The second half of the episode.
 * Beam Me Up, Scotty: The episode's title is never said verbatim. See Title Drop below.
 * Conspiracy Theorist: Jane, of all people, has taken a serious interest in the Texas Book Depository.
 * Continuity Porn: The moving out sequence is full of items from past episodes.
 * Deadpan Snarker: Roger, even more than usual.
 * Put on a Bus: Ken Cosgrove, Paul Kinsey, The Smiths, and all the secretaries and artists.
 * Quote Mine
 * Start My Own
 * Title Drop: Which is repeated twice.