So far in Season 4 of Mad Men, we’ve already learned how to fire clients like Don Draper. Now, in episode 405, The Chrysanthemum and the Sword, Don takes this a step further and shows us how scolding and calling out your clients can actually work in your favor.
The brief synopsis is this: the Honda company is taking bids, and they have very strict rules on how the presentations and courting should work. Don makes it appear as though he’ll be breaking the rules by presenting a full-blown commercial to the Honda execs, which only gets his competition to do the same. However, upon presenting, Don simply calls his Honda audience out that they haven’t even followed their own rules, and he returns their check and turns down their business.



