History Recap / MadMenS2E3TheBenefactor

--> "There's the guy under the lights, and there's me. He's made me rich, but he hasn't made me very nice."

-->'''Jimmy''': (''points to someone to the side of him'') Just for your information, this guy's laughing over here.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ken, given that last season he called Peggy a "lobster" when she put on weight, is horrified about Barrett's calling Mrs. Schilling "the Hindenburg"
---> My Mother is heavy-set

* {{Jerkass}}: Jimmy Barnett made some uncalled for jokes about Mrs. Schilling's weight.

* AbsenteeActor: Creator/VincentKartheiser (Pete Campbell) is not present in this episode.

* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: InUniverse, part of the pitch the Sterling Cooper team makes for ''Series/{{The Defenders|1961}}''.

* ShoutOut: Betty and Sarah remark that the male jock resembles Monty Clift in ''APlaceInTheSun''.

** Jimmy brings up ''Pinocchio'' when making fun of the Schillings and tells Don "I loved you in ''Gentleman's Agreement''", which starred Creator/GregoryPeck.

** Jimmy brings up ''Pinocchio'' when making fun of the Schillings.

* CensorDecoy: In-universe: Harry's contact at CBS explains that the writers for ''The Defenders'' submitted a screenplay for an episode involving a [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalism]] trial. The CBS producers object that is far too edgy for television, but it's getting close to the shooting deadline, so they're forced to film the only other screenplay the writers have completed: a topical screenplay about abortion, which was the screenplay the writers wanted to film all along.

* AbsenteeActor: Vincent Kartheiser (Pete Campbell) is not present in this episode.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: It's implied that Freddy got Jimmy Barnett drunk, resulting in the latter's ''Hindenberg'' joke toward Mrs. Schilling.

-->'''Ken''': And he said something abou the whale in ''Pinocchio''.

** Jimmy apparently brought up ''Pinocchio'' when making fun of the Schillings.

Harry accidentally gets Ken Cosgrove's paycheck and opens it, seeing that Ken makes $300 per week, much more than Harry does. He calls his wife and she encourages him to demand a raise, but he loses the will to do this after a conversation with Sal. While feeling out a friend at CBS for a job, he learns of a controversial episode of ''Series/TheDefenders'' dealing with abortion. (The episode is real and was also titled "The Benefactor".) Sponsors are reluctant to be associated with an episode with such controversial subject matter. He brings the matter to Sterling Cooper, making the pitch with Don and Peggy's help that the controversy can help sell product. The cosmetics company they try to sell on it refuses, but Bert and Roger find a new admiration for Harry's initiative and they allow him to be the new head of the television department, which was initially his idea, as well as give him a small raise, although he still makes less than Ken.

* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: InUniverse, part of the pitch the Sterling Cooper team makes for ''The Defenders''.

* ImSurroundedByIdiots: Don is bombarded with the news of what happened with Jimmy Barrett, and after then being told about the fallout by Duck, wonders how it hasn't been tempered yet.
-->'''Don''': Has anyone tried to save this yet, besides Leopold and Loeb over here?

* DudeNotFunny: Jimmy's jokes are met more with confusion and horror than anything else.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: It's implied that Freddy got Jimmy Barnett, resulting in the latter's ''Hindenberg'' joke toward Mrs. Schilling.

Harry accidentally gets Duck Phillips' paycheck and opens it, seeing that Duck makes $300 per week, much more than Harry does. He calls his wife and she encourages him to demand a raise, but he loses the will to do this after a conversation with Sal. While feeling out a friend at CBS for a job, he learns of a controversial episode of ''Series/TheDefenders'' dealing with abortion. (The episode is real and was also titled "The Benefactor".) Sponsors are reluctant to be associated with an episode with such controversial subject matter. He brings the matter to Sterling Cooper, making the pitch with Don and Peggy's help that the controversy can help sell product. The cosmetics company they try to sell on it refuses, but Bert and Roger find a new admiration for Harry's initiative and give him a raise, although he still makes less than Duck.