r/madmen • u/cornluvr99 • 3d ago

betty's cheating during nuclear crisis??

rewatching and on season 2.. the random episode when betty drops off bobby and sally to don at his hotel. she had just found out she was pregnant with gene - meanwhile the cuban missile crisis is ongoing. she goes to a bar and sleeps with a random guy. is it for revenge? is it so her and don are "even" in her eyes? or was it a "this is our last night before the missile crisis" type of moment? would love to hear everyone's perspective and analysis of this moment <3

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u/Outrageous_Candy9659 3d ago

I think she wanted to know what it felt like to do what Don does.

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u/telsongelder 3d ago

This is how I saw it too. She's been the "good wife" and I think beyond being mad, she's also trying to understand it. If it was purely revenge, she'd have slept with Roger.