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Ladies Room (S1x02) Airdate: 26 July 2007 Written by: Matthew Weiner Directed by: Alan Taylor Running Time: 47 minutes If there remained any doubt among first-time viewers following the series premiere, Mad Men in its second episode, Ladies Room, makes it abundantly clear that the pace of its plot is going to be glacial. In some ways, this is to be expected from Matthew Weiner’s work. Based on his prior contributions to The Sopranos, he has always preferred quiet observation and character exposition to high-stakes drama and shocking displays of violence and sex. His new show would focus less on propulsive narrative and more on meticulously painting a world which is perhaps even more fascinating to today’s viewers. Unlike the realm of Italian-American organised crime, the world of 1960 Madison Avenue advertising is something that ceased to exist even before most of the target audience were born. For a contemporary viewer, it can look like an alien planet, and The Ladies Room serves as a