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- The Wheel (Original Airdate Oct 16, 2007)
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- Meditations in an Emergency (Original Airdate Oct 26, 2008)
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- The Arrangements (Original Airdate Sep 6, 2009)
- My Old Kentucky Home (Original Airdate Aug 30, 2009)
- Love Among the Ruins (Original Airdate Aug 23, 2009)
- Out of Town (Original Airdate Aug 16, 2009)

Mad Men Episode: "The Wheel"

Season 1, Episode 13

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Episode Synopsis: Peggy's colleagues are irked when she's given a new job opportunity; Don's work responsibilities get in the way of his home life; Betty uncovers a surprising secret. Original Air Date: Oct 16, 2007

“The Wheel”

Oct 19, 2007 05:05 AM ET
by Kara Howland

Well, I guess I should start at the end. A few reviewers I read regularly warned me that something would happen in tonight’s storyline with Peggy that might derail my enjoyment of the entire episode. I was surprised (as I’m sure most of you were) to discover she’s pregnant and apparently in labor when she goes to the hospital with a stomachache. I had assumed her weight gain was just the manifestation of her sublimated desires, but I was obviously wrong. I guess we all were. But I do have a few questions: Didn’t she notice she was no longer having periods? Weren’t there other signs to clue her in? I know it’s possible, even today, to be pregnant and not know it, but I’m just not buying it. I liked the rest of her storyline, though, so maybe I’ll focus on that for a bit.Peggy is really coming in to her own at the office. I liked her interplay with Ken during the casting and recording sessions for the Relaxacizor. Even more impressive is the pro... read more