Shut the Door. Have a Seat.

"**Shut the Door. Have a Seat.**"
"Shut the Door. Have a Seat."
Mad Men episode
	The newly formed Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce advertising agency at The Pierre
Episode no.	Season 3; Episode 13
Directed by	Matthew Weiner
Written by	Matthew Weiner; Erin Levy
Original air date	November 8, 2009
Running time	48 minutes
Guest appearances
	Jared Harris as Lane Pryce; Christopher Stanley as Henry Francis; Chelcie Ross as Conrad "Connie" Hilton; Ryan Cartwright as John Hooker; Charles Shaughnessy as Saint John Powell; Joseph Culp as Archibald "Archie" Whitman; Patrick Cavanaugh as Smitty Smith; John Patrick McCormack as Kenneth Dillon;
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"Shut the Door. Have a Seat." is the thirteenth episode and season finale of the third season of the American television drama series Mad Men, and the 39th overall episode of the series. The episode was written by series creator and executive producer Matthew Weiner and Erin Levy, and directed by Weiner. It originally aired on the AMC channel in the United States on November 8, 2009. The title refers to a line that is spoken once in the episode verbatim, but more generally to similar phrases that are spoken to various characters throughout, "and they sit and hear some life-changing bit of news".^[1]

"Shut the Door. Have a Seat." aired to widespread acclaim from television critics and has appeared on many publications' lists of the show's greatest episodes.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

^ Sepinwall, Alan (9 November 2009). "What's Alan Watching?: Mad Men, "Shut the Door. Have a Seat.": We're putting the band back together". What's Alan Watching?. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
^ Lyttelton, Oliver (April 16, 2014). "The 10 Best Episodes of 'Mad Men'". IndieWire. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
^ Russell, Kyle (June 5, 2013). "The Definitive List Of The 11 Best Mad Men Episodes Of All Time". Business Insider. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
^ Garofalo, Alex (March 30, 2015). "'Mad Men' Final Season: The 10 Essential Episodes Fans Need To Watch Again Before The Series Finale". International Business Times. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
^ Labrecque, Jeff (May 4, 2015). "5. "Shut the Door. Have a Seat." Season 3, Ep. 13". Time, Inc. Retrieved December 22, 2016.

[Sepinwall-1] Sepinwall, Alan (9 November 2009). "What's Alan Watching?: Mad Men, "Shut the Door. Have a Seat.": We're putting the band back together". What's Alan Watching?. Retrieved 25 June 2012.

[2] Lyttelton, Oliver (April 16, 2014). "The 10 Best Episodes of 'Mad Men'". IndieWire. Retrieved December 22, 2016.

[3] Russell, Kyle (June 5, 2013). "The Definitive List Of The 11 Best Mad Men Episodes Of All Time". Business Insider. Retrieved December 31, 2016.

[4] Garofalo, Alex (March 30, 2015). "'Mad Men' Final Season: The 10 Essential Episodes Fans Need To Watch Again Before The Series Finale". International Business Times. Retrieved December 25, 2016.

[5] Labrecque, Jeff (May 4, 2015). "5. "Shut the Door. Have a Seat." Season 3, Ep. 13". Time, Inc. Retrieved December 22, 2016.

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