[tps_header] “Everything that he had in his life was not right either, and that was why it had happened at all, and that his life with his family was a temporary bandage on a permanent wound.” [/tps_header]
Season 5, episode 13: “The Phantom.” Originally aired June 10th, 2012.
This line may seem like it’s given by someone discussing Don Draper and the marriage and family life he once shared with Betty that slowly fell to bits, but it’s in fact describing Pete Campbell. Vincent Kartheiser delivers an arresting monologue to Alexis Bledel’s character Beth Dawes, Pete’s once-lover. In this scene, we see Pete so flawlessly illustrate his greatest fault, laying bare his Achilles heel, showing that he understands (but not why, exactly) that he is oftentimes unable feel alright living in his own life.
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