I've just been rewatching S6, and in the finale when Don's essentially fired and Duck and Lou show up in the elevator, Don says he and Lou had met before.
I don't recall Lou from earlier episodes, or that he and Don had met before. It must have been a brief encounter I just don't remember. Does anyone else? What were the circumstances, and which season. Episode would be nice too, but even the circumstances and season would help.
I don't remember either- maybe it was just world/character building
shareThanks for your response, Mike. It was getting a little lonely in here.
I'm sure Lou was somewhere in the show earlier, briefly. Mad Men often did that, and the writers wouldn't have had Don saying they'd met before if they hadn't.
I had to have been some kind of negative interaction, or Lou wouldn't have had that smug smile and jabbed Don by saying nastily "Going down?" when pushing the elevator button, after Don had just been put on ice by SC.
Lou Avery worked at Dancer Fitzgerald and was introduced when they were competing against SCDP for the Chevrolet account. I think that the first time we meet Lou it’s at the airport when Roger Sterling finds out that they lost Vick’s— I think he’s the one that says “Does anyone here have a cough drop? They don’t.” And then when Roger gets back to the office they find out Vick Chemical has left them because of the Peter boondoggle at the whorehouse and Don fired Jaguar.
shareYes, thank you!!!
Now that you mention it, I do remember the airport scene, although not that it was Lou who was one of the Dancer/Fitzgerald people who were there, or that he asked who had a cough drop. I think you're right, he was the one with that line; it would be so Lou to say that!
Omg that was him?!
He is such an asshole with his stupid monkey cartoon
I wished Don would have hammered Lou Avery when he was told he was under Lou's control and yet Don was a partner???
shareLou was lame, but played an essential part that made missing Don all the more excruciating for the partners who tried to squeeze out don...
I forgot the word Cutler used to describe Lou (satisfactory, sufficient, ?), but i think everyone besides just creative knew Lou was average, probably even mediocre...to me, Lou was the one character with considerable screen time that maybe never had a moment where he was likeable for more than 5 seconds...the actor playing Lou did an excellent job...