Jon Hamm Revisits His Daunting First Scene as Don Draper

After a 17 month hia­tus, Mad Men is back. Episode 3 of Sea­son 5 airs tonight. And, to warm you up, we’re revis­it­ing the moment when the award-win­ning AMC series first start­ed. Appear­ing at an event host­ed by The New York Times, Jon Hamm walks us through his very first day on the job, and the chal­lenges of shoot­ing his first scene as “Don Drap­er” — some­thing he han­dled with Fred Astaire-like grace, says the show’s cre­ator Matthew Wein­er (who appeared on NPR’s Fresh Air last week). The talk comes from a 90 minute con­ver­sa­tion with the Mad Men cast. It’s avail­able (unfor­tu­nate­ly for a fee) on FORA.TV here.

You can stream new episodes of Sea­son 5 on the AMC web­site for free, and watch all pri­or sea­sons on Net­flix. If you don’t have a Net­flix sub­scrip­tion, you can always sign up for a Free Month tri­al.

via @opedr