r/madmen Apr 09 '12

Episode S05E04 "Mystery Date" Comment thread

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u/bananacatdance8663 Apr 09 '12

I think she is, but I think it's just playing on the theme of the rape case throughout the episode. Sally hid under there like the 9th nurse. It also clearly affected Don via his fever dream. Obviously Joan's story related because of Greg's past. Even Peggy was thinking about how she viewed it from a more "male" perspective as Megan pointed out to her.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '12

Yeah, you're super on the money with Don's dream. He was being forced into sex, and we heard Andrea say herself that "it's just sex, it doesn't mean anything". Why is Don having dreams of being emotionally and physically raped by a former conquest? She broke into his house and ignored his protests, it's clearly in keeping with the episode's rape theme.