Mad Men: Freddy Rumsen Is Dons Peggy and Peggys Don
The first time we meet Freddy Rumsen, he’s drunk and talking about baseball. It’s season one’s sixth episode, “Babylon,” and Freddy’s pretty tanked even though it’s not even lunchtime. It’s 1960. Later that day, Peggy hands him a garbage can full of lipstick-blotted tissues. “Here’s your basket of kisses,” she says, and Freddy’s eyes light up. He gives her her first copywriting assignment. Maybe we shouldn’t be too surprised that Freddy’s playing a big role so far in season seven — he was playing a big role all along.
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