Why did Peggy gain weight?

Throughout Season One, her character unknowingly becomes pregnant. Moss did not gain any weight for the role, however, but wore increasingly bigger padding, along with a fat suit, and makeup artists used prosthetics to make her face and neck appear fat and swollen.
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Did Peggy know she was pregnant?

One of Peggy's story arcs involved her pregnancy after sleeping with Pete. It was quite extreme, her not knowing she was pregnant while her colleagues noticed her growing bump.
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Does Peggy wear a fat suit season 1?

The Mad Men prosthetics makeup artists did for Jones what they did for Elizabeth Moss when her character Peggy Olsen was pregnant during Season One: They covered her in a fat suit and prosthetic facial and neck appliances.
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Did Betty Draper gain weight?

No. While the actress, who was pregnant with her new son at the time, had put on weight, she wore a fatsuit and prosthetic facial and neck appliances to make her appear fatter than she was.
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What did Peggy do with her baby?

She also reveals that she gave her baby up for adoption to Stan, a man with whom she has spent four seasons building intimacy. Peggy wasn't able to erase that from her identity like Don suggested, but she comes to peace with it so many years later.
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Did Peggy and Don sleep together?

Her colleagues often assumed that she built her career by sleeping with Don, but they've never had that kind of relationship — thank goodness. And thank goodness that Matthew Weiner has stated they don't have intentions of turning Don and Peggy's relationship into a sexual one.
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Why do Betty's hands go numb?

Betty started seeing a therapist in season 1 after she reported that her hands tend to start shaking uncontrollably and that they feel numb. It turned out that the symptom was psychosomatic, which indicates that Betty was in a lot of distress.
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What disease does Don Draper's wife have?

Over the years we've seen Don Draper's first wife endure philandering, divorce, massive weight gain, a thyroid cancer scare, and advances from creepy neighbor-kid Glenn, but this episode creator Matthew Weiner really let the chilly chain-smoking suburban mom have it: She has metastatic lung cancer, with at the very ...
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Does Betty get thin again?

No more "fat Betty!" Don's ex had been following her weight-loss plan, and after she had dramatically put on the pounds, Betty thins out after she realizes that Henry's career may put her in the spotlight. Here's Your First Look at the Mad Men Season 7 Premiere!
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What is Betty Draper's problem?

When she sees her doctor, Betty is shocked to discover that her recent lightheadedness is a sign of aggressive, advanced lung cancer that has begun to spread throughout her body.
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Did they put Peggy in a fat suit?

In fact, the actor wears a fat suit and prosthetics while in character.
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How much did Elizabeth Moss make for Mad Men?

She played secretary Peggy Olson in the 1960s drama which was set in an advertising company. Moss starred in the show for eight years, appearing in almost every episode of the award-winning series. She reportedly earned around $75,000 per episode of Mad Men.
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Is Gene Don's baby?

Eugene Scott “Gene” Draper is the youngest child of Don Draper and Betty Hofstadt.
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What happened to Peggy's son?

Bobbie stays at Peggy's apartment for a few days and constantly asks Peggy why she is helping Don so much. It is revealed that at the end of Season 1, Peggy gave birth to a son, which she gave up for adoption.
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What is Crypto pregnancy?

Cryptic pregnancy happens when a woman becomes pregnant but doesn't know she is. She might not become aware she is pregnant until very late into her pregnancy or even at the time of birth.
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Why did Bettys hands shake?

Betty's hands were shaking because she was repressing her feelings. Notice that Betty was unhappy being a housewife. Also notice that she never talked about her problems with Don. When he asked her if she was unhappy, she lied and said no straight to his face.
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Is Mad Men based on a true story?

Full of day-drinking, chain-smoking, and extra-marital affairs, AMC's Mad Men is often accused of overplaying the more hedonistic aspects of 1960s advertising culture - but it was actually inspired by events from a real ad agency during the immortalized era.
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How many wives did Don Draper have?

Over the course of Madmen's run, Don Draper has two wives.
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Why did Don Draper get divorced?

The marriage was a rocky one, with Draper having numerous affairs. They filed for divorce in 1964 after Betty discovered his true identity, and she later married Republican political operative Henry Francis (Christopher Stanley).
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How old is Sally Draper?

Seasons 1 and 2

According to the timeline of the series in season one, Sally would have started off the series at age 5, turning 6 year old; 8 years old in Season 2; 9 years old in Season 3; 10 turning 11 years old in Season 4; 12 years old in Season 5; and 13 turning 14 years old in Season 6.
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Does Betty cheat on Don?

9 She Never Cheated On Don, But Cheated On Henry With Don Instead. It wasn't like Betty wasn't short of options even when she was married to Don. However, she always chose the higher ground and never really went out of her way to cheat on Don.
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Is Dottie Underwood Black Widow?

Dorothy "Dottie" Underwood is a Soviet assassin and former Black Widow trained in the Red Room Academy.
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Did Sousa marry Carter?

But now Sousa has got a girlfriend and it's very serious, so that's a new thing for Peggy to deal with." Though Sousa and Carter do eventually get together in the second-season finale, the executive producers warned that this did not necessarily mean Sousa is Carter's future husband, who was first mentioned in Captain ...
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Who is the father of Peggy Carter's baby?

The father of Peggy Carter's children has been confirmed, and all we can say is, we need a movie featuring them right now. Avengers: Endgame screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely have gone on record confirming that Steve Rogers is, indeed, the daddy of Peggy's two kids.
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