The Suitcase (Mad Men)

"**The Suitcase**"
"The Suitcase"
Mad Men episode
Episode no.	Season 4; Episode 7
Directed by	Jennifer Getzinger
Written by	Matthew Weiner
Original air date	September 5, 2010
Running time	48 minutes
Guest appearances
	Blake Bashoff as Mark Kerney; Caity Lotz as Stephanie; Audrey Wasilewski as Anita Olson Respola; Mark Moses as Herman "Duck" Phillips; Myra Turley as Katherine Olson; Alison Brie as Trudy Campbell; Matt Long as Joey Baird; Jay R. Ferguson as Stan Rizzo; Danny Strong as Danny Siegel; Jessica Paré as Megan Calvet; Melinda Page Hamilton as Anna Draper;
Episode chronology
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"The Suitcase" is the seventh episode of the fourth season of the American television drama series Mad Men, and the 46th overall episode of the series. It aired on the AMC channel in the United States on September 5, 2010.

This episode is centered on the characters of Don Draper (Jon Hamm) and Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss), and the relationship between the two. It was widely lauded by television critics; in subsequent years it has often been cited as the best episode of the series. The end of this episode marks the halfway point in the series (46/92).

Jon Hamm and Elisabeth Moss both submitted this episode for consideration for nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor and Actress in a Drama Series, respectively, at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards. At the same ceremony, Weiner received a nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.

Regarded as one of the greatest episodes of television ever, "The Suitcase" has been described as the peak of television's Golden Age.^[1]^[2]

^ Ahsan, Sadaf (December 5, 2019). "The decade's best episode of television, Mad Men's 'The Suitcase,' aired on September 5, 2010". National Post. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
^ "The Ringer's 100 Best TV Episodes of The Century". The Ringer. Retrieved March 23, 2023.

[1] Ahsan, Sadaf (December 5, 2019). "The decade's best episode of television, Mad Men's 'The Suitcase,' aired on September 5, 2010". National Post. Retrieved 2021-05-24.

[2] "The Ringer's 100 Best TV Episodes of The Century". The Ringer. Retrieved March 23, 2023.

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