S1.E12

Nixon vs. Kennedy

Name: Nixon vs. Kennedy
Genre: Drama
Released: 2007-10-11
Duration: 46 min
Rating: 9
Cast: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser

Episode aired Oct 11, 2007
TV-14
46m

IMDb RATING

9.0/10

4.8K

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Rich Sommer and Julie McNiven in Nixon vs. Kennedy (2007)

Drama

Election night arrives and the staff of Sterling Cooper has a party while watching the returns. The election is close and it's obviously going to be a long night. Now a senior partner in the... Read allElection night arrives and the staff of Sterling Cooper has a party while watching the returns. The election is close and it's obviously going to be a long night. Now a senior partner in the firm, Don Draper must hire a new head of account services, a post that Pete Campbell year... Read allElection night arrives and the staff of Sterling Cooper has a party while watching the returns. The election is close and it's obviously going to be a long night. Now a senior partner in the firm, Don Draper must hire a new head of account services, a post that Pete Campbell yearns for. Aware of Draper's secret past, he tries to strong-arm him into giving him the job.... Read all

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IMDb RATING

9.0/10

4.8K

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Did you know

Trivia
Jon Hamm broke his hand while performing a stunt during a Korean War flashback scene.

Goofs
We have seen a photo of Dick and Adam Whitman dated 1944. Adam appears to be about 8 or 9 years old. In this episode Dick/Don looks out at the train platform in 1950, at his stepmother Abigail, her husband, "Uncle Mack," and Adam, who still appears to be 8 or 9.

Quotes
Pete Campbell: I have to bring this up to you. Only because I believe if I kept it from you in the end it would be damaging to Sterling Cooper. It has come to my attention, completely by accident, that Donald Draper here is not who he says he is. His real name is Dick Whitman, but Dick Whitman died in Korea ten years ago. It stands to reason that he is a deserter at the very least and who knows what else.
Bertram Cooper: Mr. Campbell, who cares?
Pete Campbell: What?
Bertram Cooper: Who cares?
Pete Campbell: Mr. Cooper, he's a fraud and a liar. A criminal, even.
Bertram Cooper: Even if this were true, who cares? This country was built and run by men with worse stories than whatever you've imagined here.
Pete Campbell: I'm not imagining anything.
Bertram Cooper: The Japanese have a saying: A man is whatever room he is in, and right now Donald Draper is in this room. I assure you, there's more profit in forgetting this. I'd put your energy into bringing in accounts. Don, fire him if you want. But I'd keep an eye on him. One never knows how loyalty is born.