'For Those Who Think Young' Mad Men Episode Recap

"For Those Who Think Young" is the first episode ofSince its Valentine's Day in 1962, Don takes Betty to
Mad Men's second season, and opens in February ofher favorite restaurant where they run into one of
1962, over a year later than where the season oneBetty's old modeling friends, Juanita. It turns out that
finale left off. Peggy is now a slimmer figure than sheJuanita is now a call girl, and perhaps the notion of
was in the last episodes of Season One (presumablyBetty avoiding a similar fate aids in their impassioned
thanks to her giving birth in the season finale as sheafter-dinner intimacy in the five-star hotel they've
was left in labor as a cliffhanger); Herman 'Duck' Phillipsbooked for the night. The episode then moves on to
has been clashing heads with Don Draper at work,Betty as she experiences car trouble and needs a
who effectively holds more sway than him despite notmechanic to replace her broken fan belt. The
having a written contract with Sterling-Cooper andmechanic wants nine dollars for the part, but Betty
wants to convince Don to hire newer, youngertries to flirt with him and bring it down to three dollars
creative talent; Betty Draper has taken up the hobby(so she can avoid Don having to find out about it since
of horse riding and flirting with a young newlywed manshe worries what he'll think of yet another car issue)
at the equestrian club; finally, Joan Holloway and Rogerand successfully gets the mechanic to agree. After
Sterling have permanently ended their office affair, andarriving home, the Drapers spend a rare happy family
Joan is expecting her physician boyfriend to proposemoment together as they rally around Sally Draper's
with sincere good wishes from Roger.first ballet recital.