The Doorway (1)mad Men : Season 6 Episode 1 Review

The episode is bookended by the concept of passing through to "the other side," specifically through the story of the veteran Don meets at the bar.

Here are a few ways to look at this episode through a fresh lens: 1. The "Heaven and Hell" Contrast The Doorway (1)Mad Men : Season 6 Episode 1

By the end of the episode, we see Don "stepping through a door" back into his old habits, beginning an affair with his neighbor, Sylvia Rosen. 3. Iconic Moments & Trivia The episode is bookended by the concept of

Don’s pitch for the Royal Hawaiian Hotel—a suit left on a beach leading into the ocean—is essentially a "doorway" to suicide. It’s one of his most brilliant but disturbing pitches because it reveals he no longer wants to sell a dream; he wants to sell an escape. he wants to sell an escape.