Sterling Cooper in its varied incarnations went via a number of purchases and mergers in seven seasons of Mad Men. Nevertheless, Donald Draper (Jon Hamm) maintained his place as inventive director every time Sterling Cooper went via an upheaval.
Mad Males takes place over 10 years, from 1960 to 1970. As tradition and society modified all through the tumultuous Sixties, so did Sterling Cooper, which was run by Bert Cooper (Robert Morse) and Roger Sterling (John Slattery) when Mad Males begins.
As glamorous and impressive as Sterling Cooper was, with Don Draper as its crown jewel, it was nonetheless a small company on Madison Avenue competing with giants like J. Walter Thompson and McCann Erickson. Sterling Cooper did land some massive accounts, which made it engaging to be swallowed up by larger fish.
After a number of mergers and transformations, the ultimate model of Sterling Cooper on the end of Mad Men was considerably totally different earlier than it was lastly absorbed and dissolved. Right here is each time Sterling Cooper was purchased, resurrected, and merged with in Mad Males.
Putnam, Powell & Lowe Buys Sterling Cooper
The unique model of Sterling Cooper was purchased by the British agency Putnam, Powell & Lowe in Mad Males season 2. In late 1962, Herman ‘Duck’ Phillips (Mark Moses) , the pinnacle of Accounts Companies who changed Roger Sterling, coaxed his former bosses at PPL to purchase Sterling Cooper.
Phillips’ gamble was twofold: Duck was to be put in as the brand new President of Sterling Cooper, and wished Don Draper both hobbled or fired. When Don revealed he by no means had a contract with Sterling Cooper, Duck had a meltdown and ended up leaving Sterling Cooper.
In Mad Males season 3, PPL introduced its new restructuring plan, with Man MacKendrick (Jamie Thomas King) meant to run Sterling Cooper. When secretary Lois Sadler (Crista Flanagan) ran over Man’s foot with a lawnmower, MacKendrick’s profession as an advert man was over, and PPL was compelled again to the drafting board.
Nevertheless, Mad Males season 3 launched Lane Pryce (Jared Harris) as Putnam, Powell & Lowe’s liaison overseeing Sterling Cooper’s funds, and Lane would find yourself as a key participant within the subsequent incarnation of Sterling Cooper.
McCann Erickson Buys PPL & Sterling Cooper
On the finish of Mad Males season 3, Don Draper discovered from Conrad Hilton (Chelcie Ross) that McCann Erickson was planning to purchase Putnam, Powell & Lowe, which successfully meant McCann would additionally personal Sterling Cooper.
Since even earlier than McCann Erickson tried to control Don into becoming a member of by going via his spouse, Betty (January Jones), Draper prevented working for that “sweatshop” at any value.
As soon as Don, Bert Cooper, Roger Sterling, and Lane Pryce confirmed PPL and Sterling Cooper have been purchased by McCann, they hatched a scheme for Lane to fireside all of them so they may begin their very own company.
As Roger put it when the 4 companions broke off from Sterling Cooper, “Properly, it is official. Friday, December thirteenth, 1963. 4 guys shot their very own legs off.”
Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce Fashioned
Don Draper’s new company, which took the title Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, was shaped in late December 1963, establishing store in a resort earlier than finally buying new workplaces on Madison Avenue.
The brand new SCDP launched with a handpicked crew, together with junior companion Pete Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser), Peggy Olson (Elizabeth Moss), Harry Crane (Wealthy Sommer), and Joan Harris (Christina Hendricks). By November 1964, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce was a thriving company.
Nevertheless, SCDP suffered a close to deadly blow when American Tobacco and Fortunate Strike, accountable for over 50% of their billings, jumped ship. This led to Don Draper writing a controversial op-ed within the New York Instances asserting that SCDP would not settle for tobacco corporations as shoppers.
Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce rallied from the lack of Fortunate Strike with shoppers like Vick Chemical, Heinz Baked Beans, Jaguar, and Mohawk Airways, however they remained a small, scrappy company. On the finish of Mad Males season 5, Peggy Olson joined Cutler, Gleason & Chaough as their new Copy Chief.
Joan Harris was made a companion of SCDP, however Lane Pryce tragically committed suicide close to the top of Mad Males season 5, after Bert Cooper and Don Draper caught Lane’s embezzlement and Don fired him.
Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce Merges With Cutler, Gleason & Chaough
Mad Males season 6 noticed the following sudden evolution of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. Whereas in Detroit competing for Common Motors’ Chevrolet account, Don Draper and Ted Chaough (Kevin Rahm), realized their companies have been finally too small regardless of their superior inventive.
Don and Ted’s answer, alongside Roger Sterling and Jim Cutler (Harry Hamlin), was an impromptu merger, which gained them the Chevy account. On October 27, 1968, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce and Cutler, Gleason & Chaough formally introduced they have been turning into one firm.
Finally, SCDP & CGC settled on the less complicated company moniker: Sterling Cooper & Companions. SCP additionally opened up a satellite tv for pc workplace in Los Angeles occupied by Pete Campbell and Ted Chaough.
Sterling Cooper & Companions Purchased By McCann Erickson
Mad Males season 7 lastly noticed the top of Sterling Cooper. On July 20, 1969, Bert Cooper died whereas watching the moon touchdown. Roger Sterling then contacted McCann Erickson and instructed they purchase Sterling Cooper & Companions and make Roger President.
With Jim Cutler pushed out, and Don Draper’s job as Artistic Director saved by Roger’s deal, McCann Erickson bought Sterling Cooper & Companions. Nevertheless, McCann quickly discovered SCP was too costly to keep up as a subsidiary company.
McCann Erickson totally absorbed and dissolved Sterling Cooper. Roger Sterling, Joan Harris, and Pete Campbell discovered they’d no place with McCann, with Roger retiring, Joan beginning her personal company, and Pete going to work for Lear Jets.
As for Donald Draper, his nightmare of working for McCann got here true.
As for Donald Draper, his nightmare of working for McCann got here true, and Don infamously vanished, selecting to drive cross-country to Los Angeles. Whereas there, nonetheless, Don hatched the genius concept that grew to become Coca-Cola’s biggest advert.
Mad Males‘s ending implies that Don Draper did return to work for McCann to make Coca-Cola’s well-known “I might Prefer to Purchase the World a Coke” advert a actuality, which might be Don’s biggest triumph in his post-Sterling Cooper profession.
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2007 – 2015-00-00
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Matthew Weiner
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Michael Uppendahl, Jennifer Getzinger, Scott Hornbacher, Matthew Weiner, Lesli Linka Glatter, Tim Hunter, John Slattery, Alan Taylor, Andrew Bernstein, Jon Hamm, Barbet Schroeder, Daisy von Scherler Mayer, Ed Bianchi, Jared Harris, Matt Shakman, Lynn Shelton
- Writers
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Jonathan Igla, Robin Veith, Carly Wray, Kater Gordon, Bridget Bedard, Cathryn Humphris, Chris Provenzano, Brett Johnson, Rick Cleveland, Tracy McMillan, Andrew Colville, David Iserson
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Elisabeth Moss
Peggy Olson
