madmenfootnotes:

Millions: Do you see California returning to the show in future seasons?

NVC: I hope so! Every time Don heads to the bungalow in Long Beach I go over the moon. Southern California should play a role in future episodes because more than any other city/region in the country, Southern California embodied all of the ideals that came to define the late 1960’s and beyond: youthful, informal, image-driven, ahistorical; a golden land of consumers. 

Here’s an interview I did with the delightfully bookish site: The Millions. 

I was watching the third episode of the new season of Mad Men a few weeks back when my friend Cameron and I noticed something: Don Draper is always so relaxed and comfortable with himself whenever he goes to California. As we watched more of the episode, it became apparent as to why. California is the only place where Don Draper is Dick Whitman. Beyond metaphysics though, Don just seems to have a damn good time whenever he heads out west.

So as he hits rock bottom and tries to find himself this season, I hope that Don Draper comes to the same realization. Will he go as far as to move out to Los Angeles? Maybe open up a west coast  Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce operation? Who knows. It’s a crazy idea, but it just might work. And who wouldn’t like to see Don Draper get his swag back in Southern California