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Don's Cigarette Account Dilemma

from Mad Men

Written by Matthew Weiner

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A vulnerable, intimate, professional DON & MIDGE's duologue from "Mad Men" by Matthew Weiner. Genre: drama.

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INT. MIDGE'S APARTMENT - CONTINUOUS 6

The apartment has a huge glass view of Manhattan and is decorated in Swedish modern: chrome, teak, and white. In the center of the room, under a large mobile, is a queen-size bed on a platform.

Midge walks to her drafting table where she is working. Don sits on

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CharactersDON & MIDGE
Duration00:03:00
Age Range30-40
Genderany
Genredrama
PeriodContemporary
Formatduologue
SourceMad Men
Tonevulnerable, intimate, professional
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