The Jet Set is an awesome episode. Many people hated it because it seemed so different, and it was, and that was the whole point, to put Don, the ultimate chameleon, in a totally different environment from what we had seen him in before, and watch what he would do. After a somewhat awkard start, he went into classic Don Draper mode, and was a resounding success, fitting in beautifully with Joy and her crowd.

I'm still not sure what the significance of the glass was - the one he was holding in the pool. All I can figure out is that he looked at it intently after he met the guy with the two little kids. Did the crack in the glass remind Don of "splitting up?" Or did the glass remind him of glasses at home? at Anna's? or maybe like some he had at home as a boy? (I doubt the last one since he was so poor growing up and the Palm Springs house was first class all the way.)

I didn't think it was a crack in the glass, but a seam indicating a cheap glass rather than crystal. I think it signified the phoniness of the crowd he was hanging with and it made him contrast these pretentious people with the totally true to life and always authentic Anna. He seemed much more at ease with Anna, even though she had very little material things, and most of those were provided by Don's support.

.....Actually.....I took the apparent division in the glass to symbolize Don Draper's utter duality at the precise time he hit Southern California, and the dichotomies he faced just then.

To be Don or Dick. To be Betty's husband and father to his natural children, or live a life of relative emotional abandon.

To go home and try to work it out, or bail on the whole thing altogether.

It was a pivotal time, and even though he did go home and "apologize," we still don't know on which side of that division he lays at this point.

I loved :The Jet Set" and saw lots of content that was new and interesting. First, locating Don in Southern California was brilliant. The whole atmosphere changed and Don eagerly adapted to sultry temptations. The big meeting about weaponry was scary and you could see Don and Pete shoving it all down deep so as not to think about how the world could end. Then you pair this ep with "Meditations on an Emergency" where the Missle Crisis rears up to remind the Mad Men about their mortality...whoa! And Wow! What a show.

Frankly, I doubt that many viewers "hated" this episode - it was daring, but ultimately one of the best and most important.

Don just looked stupid looking out at the hotel pool wearing the fedora and full suit. He was so out of his element.

My family has truly enjoyed the Mad Men television series. However, we want to know if there is going to be a Season 3. We can't believe there won't be in view of all the awards the network series received.

If anyone knows, we would really appreciate it.

Thank you in advance.

Hana

Hana,
So far Season 3 is definite and there is talk of a Season 4 also.

Sirdarby - Don looked like a "stranger in a strange land" in that scene by the pool. But I think it was suppose to underscore how different the West coast lifestyle, especially for the rich, was from the East coast.

For me, Jet Set was one of the better episodes of the second season. Don looked faboo in his "Cali casual" clothes. And he did what I enjoy seeing him do most, which is cat around! LOL! Plus, Preggy finally got rid of that damn limp ponytail! Granted, that the out of the closet Mr. Smith was the one to give her that much-needed makeover came across as cliche.