In Mad Men season 4, the appropriately titled episode, “The Suitcase” sees baggage come to the forefront. Don and Peggy’s relationship boils over. These frustrations and fears largely come from life outside the office, with Don avoiding a necessary phone call, and Peggy realizing what she knows she should want from life is not what she desires. Ultimately, both use work as a means to escape the trials and tribulations of the real world, a world where individually they might fall but united they may just stand a chance.
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