commissions fees commissions fees twelfth penultimate episode fifth season american television drama series mad men episode series overall written directed aired channel united_states june february don discovers lane stole money company fires childhood comes end rendezvous neighbor don expresses roger gets meeting client shape future company returns home lane falls depression loses hope future episode received critical acclaim audience commissions fees rose previous episode watched million viewers watched million viewers age demographic gain resolution main character story received heavy media attention plot lane breakfast member praises fiscal track record asks serve head association fiscal control committee accepts examining company financial records finds lane forged check accuses don giving unauthorized christmas bonus don calls lane office shows check serves drink lane pretends ignorant apologizes arguing taking money previously invested compensated don demands resignation gives weekend think elegant exit assuring worst starting lane joan office drink hand sends away makes comment partners meeting pete says jaguar like pay fee structure instead straight commission adds jaguar tire supplier interested meeting later declaring tired accounts don tells roger arrange meeting roger calls dick accounts reminds hesitant business father law don care drinks roger tells going assures work account agrees proceedings secret wife roger agrees force account exclude pete meetings roger tells don arranged meeting monday january jones packs family ski vacation complains spend weekend don angry betty calls don dropping apartment surprise shows apartment informs staying weekend later complains don telling visit don fire lane lane arrives home drunk find surprised new jaguar tells reasoning spends morning likes car lane attempts commit suicide middle night new car exhaust ironic confirmation cooper earlier don start car fails start walks office types letter desk invites visit don work day agrees morning waits leave apartment rushing change arrives apartment visit admits told friends going thinks little sister feeling ill runs bathroom finds blood underwear arriving home looks sees bag takes cab francis house bathroom later betty tightly explains cycle started shows apartment tells left museum betty phones tells woman today needed mother insists stay drive train betty gives hot water bottle assures starting cycle means working roger rallies don wait outside office inside don puts aside concerns advertised anti smoking letter insists needs new agency despite having market share don staff allowing satisfied market share agency help lane secretary drops company records joan saying lane arrived office door locked joan tries open lane door find blocked disturbed foul odor sight end table goes neighbouring office pete harry informs pete couch look lane office partition window hand mouth shock holds joan bursts tears meeting don roger arrive nearly office soon discover cooper pete joan seated break room informed lane hanged cooper tells employees know sent home contrived pretext don pete roger force way lane office find corpse door cut place couch preserve dignity advice police crime scene roger picks note floor opens tells group lane resignation home don offers drive dormitory hotchkiss connecticut states think going happy turns don asks later don car drives don helps steer production told tenth episode read series creator time end lane forced retirement harris stated beginning doesn know reason called office comes thinks bluff way goes emotions anger denial depression acceptance written script specific different turns harris continued character subsequent suicide matt told jaguar idea laughed ass said car doesn start laughed minutes goes right lane sadness feel amazing experience pete don roger shocked chaotic reactions lane corpse actors genuine reactions according harris series creator called decision write lane terrible thing deal added want sure worth going bang sacrificing great actor great musician orchestra feel like stakes year filled violence death connection early summer riots resulted death police killing innocent people murders guy texas tower born story lane story thought way thought reception critical reception episode received critical acclaim alan_sepinwall hitfix wrote painful sense episode stating lane tax trouble come weeks ago behavior don felt true form like characters acting way designed create specific end point lane doomed actions plot engineering neck guardian felt series recovering way season finale stating melodrama pete harry moved darker sophisticated narratives cause unexpected consequence week lane taken life don got mojo directly related newsday compared characters stating secret lives protected carefully constructed façade lane simply fall away like line confronted consequences lie lie service son ratings commissions fees watched million viewers received adult rating accolades episode received nomination drama series primetime emmy awards nomination submitted episode consideration primetime emmy award outstanding supporting actor drama series primetime emmy awards
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