Mad Men: Betty orchestrates an affair between Sarah Beth and Arthur

[@Amaranthyne]

She pushed him on her to keep herself from wanting him. Then she vicariously enjoyed the affair while being able to righteously condemn them. It was also a way to control people to replace the lack of control she believes she has over her own life.

[@paulinegallagher7821]

She didn't do it for that reason at all, IMO. She did it because she resented Sarah Beth talking about wanting an affair with a young man while acknowledging her decent, kind husband who she always knew how to please, because 'hes so easy to please'. Betty hated that Sarah Beth could be so flippant about potentially wrecking her perfectly fine marriage, all because she craved excitement and validation from a young, good looking man. Sarah Beth reminded her of Don and she wanted to teach her a lesson, to see would she be able to take the fall out from such a weak mistake.

[@Amaranthyne]

@@paulinegallagher7821 I don’t necessarily agree with you, but I acknowledge that would make sense and that is great food for thought. Thank you.

[@marty2090]

​@@paulinegallagher7821 Ok.

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

Betty never evolved past a high school mentality.

[@JoeCenatiempo]

She never had the makings of a varsity athlete

[@TotalTech_]

@James Horton Yeah. That's the real tragedy of her character. Only in the end did she understand

[@MarkT1700]

It's tragic and painful to watch honestly.

[@oooh19]

@@JoeCenatiempo meaning what? it's usually the varsity athletes who are seen as the popular but it's boys. girls who are popular are generally girly or cheerleaders

[@oooh19]

or the wealthy students are popular

[@LSSYLondon]

Her outfits were so good.

[@championdesigns]

I miss slamming the phone

[@RUSTA5]

😅

[@grxengine]

that stupid ring at the end when you slam it down was so satisfying.😂

[@patriciaoconnell3654]

You guys are bringing back great phone memories!

[@Yourmuthasaidso]

😂😂😂

[@broncobilly4029]

Two things can be true. Betty was mad at Don, but she was unable to take it out on him. Instead, she took it out on Sarah Beth. However, Sarah Beth has no one to blame but herself. They're both wrong, and they shouldn't be friends.

[@Fanthomas1742]

Wow I forgot about this! Her intent was definitely spiteful but it was them who couldnt resist the temptation

[@swifty1147]

I actually like Betty a lot, that smirk when Sarah Beth says she's heartbroken over the wedding is so terrible, lol. She even took a seat.

[@paulinegallagher7821]

Me too! People all hurt over that silly woman, when Betty is really the one who knew this would happen and yes, she was smug about it, I would be too.

[@Blashmack]

3:40 "So horrible to put girls that fat in a leotard" "Stop. She'll outgrow it." "She did." Damn I only now notice all the horrible and time-accurate dialogue the writers made them say

[@bettybunbun9664]

Not much body positivity and fat pride back then.

[@sarah.rarwasunavailable]

Betty had only just found out about Don cheating on her with Bobbie Barret and basically lashed out and wanted to mess up her friends marriage too. I think Betty was especially angry about the concept of cheating at this time and she wanted to see if her friend would actually go for it, but its true, Betty did not MAKE her do anything. This was just honestly one of the more interesting, somewhat unexplained things that happened in this series

[@paulinegallagher7821]

You basically just explained it rather nicely. Bettys husband was a cheat, and it destroyed her. Sarah Beth pining for and fantasizing about a young man while at the same time acknowledging her good, easy to please husband just infuriated Betty, and rightly so.

[@jesskowalcky7675]

Because she never gets what she wants, she's never confident. Because she's never confident, she always sabotages others' relationships, out of jealousy

[@zurzakne-etra7069]

a youtube channel called the take actually said the same thing! They say she's child like in a way and reacts the way a child would- and that explains why she sabotages other people's relationships.

[@paulinegallagher7821]

Nope, she wanted to teach Sarah Beth a lesson about how recklessness hurts a marriage and that she was taking a good stable marriage for granted all because of a stupid crush.

[@MyBloodsTemperaturesDifferent]

NO ONE MADE HER SLEEP WITH HIM.

[@stevenbriseno1997]

That is so funny. This storyline popped into my head today, so I decide to look it up an hour after it is uploaded. What are the odds?

[@jrs89]

Betty never had the makings of a varsity cheater.

[@willroges6370]

Y’all like sushi

[@ryanyoung9202]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@annalu6974]

Jesus, she barely did anything why is everyone acting like she made them sleep together

[@glong86]

She told him that Sarah had a crush on him and arranged a lunch for the 3 of them that she didn't show up to. Her intentions were obvious.

[@Amaranthyne]

They are at fault for their own actions. It’s true that they didn’t have to sleep with each other regardless. On the other hand she saw they were vulnerable and arranged a situation that would not have occurred without her interference. It was manipulative and served no great purpose other than her own satisfaction.

[@antoineautran7728]

The biggest problem is not there for me. The main problem is that she did that only to judge her friend after. In order to feel falsely in control.

[@yunleung2631]

Cause they want to hate her and they self inset into Draper.

[@jenlindley7780]

Right?

[@MrAhuapai]

Took me a while to get into this show but I persevered as many friends were vey complimentary. It took until season 3 and then the show just took off for me. when the drama is character based it can take a while for you to get to know the characters. Its a wonderful script and a wonderful cast. Top drawer.

[@Adam-vp4oe]

Everyone in the comments: Betty is bored and mean and spiteful and jealous Me: haha Betty is a fucking savage

[@paulinegallagher7821]

Im totally team Betty. That vain, pathetic woman wasnt satisfied with her 'easy to please' (her words) husband, she wanted to be ravaged by some young man who was engaged to someone else, just to validate her womanhood and need to feel desirable. Betty set her up, and she took the bait.

[@redfullmoon]

He looks like (and talks like) a young Judge Reinhold

[@Yourmuthasaidso]

YES. HE DOES!

[@michellewal8219]

Yanking the bit would hurt the horse! A little grass eating break is OK BTW.

[@LaviniaDeMortalium]

i half wonder too if Betty orchestrated this affair to punish her friend for wanting to wander away from her marriage(even if she was hot on him too (and wanting to punish herself in turn for wanting him)). Betty's all about maintaining the façade of a 1950's housewife, and a lot of that carries this misogynistic standard for loyalty and domesticity. Kind of an interesting cornerstone to reflect in a character if thats the case.

[@Wafflelover344]

She's jealous and angry of her friend's happy marriage and wanted to ruin it

[@antoineautran7728]

No. It's more complex.

[@sgshumblecrumb6046]

Her friend still did it, not that Betty isn't an overgrown child for egging it on

[@paulinegallagher7821]

Betty wanted to show Sarah Beth that she was basically another Don, and it worked. Sarah Beth had, in her own words, a great husband who was easy to please, but her selfish, childish and indulgent fantasies were all she could think about, and she ultimately put that before her marriage.

[@caffeineabuser95]

​@@antoineautran7728 Care to explain further, then?

[@roobeebakes]

My friend could never convince me to cheat lol that would be my own decision.

[@jenlindley7780]

Lol

[@rowmagnvs]

Everyone blaming Betty when those two people are adults and can make their own decisions lol nobody forced them to have an affair

[@CC3193]

@ 9:11 A gin and tonic *is* perfect Arthur, well done.

[@kckazcoll1]

you missed the scene where Arthur makes a pass at Betty in the stables and tells her she is "so profoundly sad". Key to the scene where they meet again at the Country Club and he seeks to make amends

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

Hey that’s the woman from the start of Manchester by the Sea. “I’m just trying to fix the fuckin’ leak.”

[@Ayyyyybruh]

Never noticed before at 9:26 while they’re having lunch she puts the phone on the counter so they won’t be able to reach her and ask if she’s coming

[@timheidel5849]

Betty loved her cigarettes...

[@juicyfruit382]

Right, and she even smoked after she found out she had lung cancer.

[@MalloryNewcomb]

Interesting to have these clips put together but I disagree with the title of this video

[@yunleung2631]

Why does everyone blame Betty? Those two were not forced to do anything. They just fucked. She basically set them up on a date. They should be happy but they irrationally blamed her.

[@nowdid]

What episode is this. Which season which episode

[@OhHeBustin]

Early, before 2

[@gmzakg]

@@OhHeBustin its actually season 2 episode 11 or 12

[@tobiwayne7725]

Sorry but Betty isn’t in the wrong she is a grown women and knows what cheating is and still did it y’all are the type to walk into a wall and blame the wall for being there and not yourself for walking into a wall

[@lalouloune6156]

Exactly. She just lacks diplomacy sometimes but I think it's good to call out people on their bullshit.

[@Yourmuthasaidso]

😂😂😂😂

[@davydiver]

"Do you want to get off right here?" Yes, arrange the affair!

[@LSSYLondon]

Betty is a sadist.

[@thewrongshoes]

I never understood why she did that

[@princessavienz]

I never understood why she did this

[@TotalTech_]

2 reasons 1) Misery loves company 2) TO prove her superiority. She was his first choice and he could have had him but she chose not to.

[@nevergiveup9937]

To entertain herself. Unhappy and bored people are mean.

[@LIVEGAMERCOOL]

Sarah comes to her house to borrow a dress and brags about having the perfect man.. Betty just wanted to take revenge and maker miserable because she was childish

[@paulinegallagher7821]

@@LIVEGAMERCOOL NO, NO NO, Betty was angry at how ffing UNGRATFUL she was to be married to a decent man, while her husband cheated with everyone and upended everything she thought her life was.

[@mileslong3904]

They're characters, people.

[@bonvct]

Awww Bobby Draper 1.0

[@yushikuang7877]

Betty is like a green plant in the house. She has no life goal. Nobody know what she does the whole day and nobody care. Only the day there is an reception, we put her in the spotlight. Otherwise, she doesn’t know what her whole life mean as well. Peggy and Joan decide to be part of the task force and every minute are dedicated to pursue their goal.

[@samuelmorse784]

Peggy is a joke. In no way is she more important to the world than a wife and mother you fucking buffoon.

[@CandyPinkcake]

Betty was jealous the other woman took away her boy toy aka escape from her boring ass life

[@paulinegallagher7821]

No, she was angry at how a grown ass woman was fantasizing about a young man when she had a perfectly fine husband who she took for granted because he was easy to please and he bored her. Betty schooled her in appreciating what she had, because it could be gone in an instant. Betty was going through an estrangement from her cheating husband and hated Sarah Beths childish and indulgent pining for a man who was out of league. Betty had zero interest in that man, she did however, have interest in seeing Sarah Beth turn into a female Don Draper and risk throwing it all away.

[@N4divers]

Everyone was wrong in this situation. I do think that Betty Draper facilitated the affair and made room for the opportunity for things to happen with Arthur and Mary Beth, who both seemed like they were going to or willing to cheat on their partners anyways. Arthur liked Betty who liked him back but pushed Mary Beth towards Arthur as a sick game to project her own hate for Don cheating on her. Of course Arthur and Mary Beth then they slept together. I think Mary Beth had one foot out the door of her marriage anyways and it's a shame because her marriage is ruined, Arthur cheated on his Fiancee and is probably not going to see Mary Beth again. Betty got to enjoy and then guilt Mary Beth for doing what she thought Betty wanted to do. It's brilliant but sad because this kind of philandering happens all the time in real life. Plus when Women cheat they're much smarter about it and get away with it far more than Men do.

[@hayley8715]

My God this character is awfu l! She even played mind games with her kids!

[@siobhanmulvey]

So he hits on Betty then the other lady?! What the heck.

[@jenlindley7780]

Betty should have rided that stallion!

[@mzy9173]

I dont understand why everyone hates betty? She was young and naive when she got married with a man older than her and he cheated on her non stop. Only thing I really don't like are her racist views n backwards thinking but many ppl mirrored those thoughts in those days

[@CC3193]

Their age gap was 6 or 6 & a half years. Don (Dick) was born in 1926, and Betty in 1932.

[@julieerin115]

I didn't like Sarah Beth for some reason.

[@tomace4898]

Betty was a child.

[@JS-it3dx]

Women can be so WEIRD

[@iamshadowbanned699]

This is how most women operate lol, unfortunately. Some do it out of necessity, some out of pure envy just like Betty.

[@hofhofandaway]

Why did she do this??

[@moonmaiden4197]

Erika Hoffmann because she was in pain. From Don the Devil.

[@caffeineabuser95]

Jealous of her friend's happy marriage

[@husaammaawia3057]

@@moonmaiden4197Don isn’t the devil. He’s worse, he’s human.

[@alexanderchenf1]

Beth is actually super sweet

[@MellyMaeRose]

I haven't seen the majority of this show. Is every housewife on this show horrible like these women are?

[@alexah8385]

They are all cheated on by their husbands. They put up with a lot. It's a great show. The men suck really.

[@johnroush1099]

Not really. It depends on what sort of women you bring into your life. If you're just looking for some tail and chase the superficial bimbos, then you're not going to be hanging around very many women of substance. As for the original poster's comment, Betty's a peculiar character. She's become aware of her husband's lying and cheating so she has a phase where she just doesn't give a crap about anything. She softens a bit more as the series goes on, but she still remains cynical. All around the characters are a mixed bag. Each does some pretty awful stuff, but *most* of them learn from it and grow. For instance there's a character named Pete who you think is an utter slimeball, and in a lot of ways he is. But after his father dies he's able to break away from the mold that his family tried to set for him, and he becomes one of the most redeemed characters in the series.

[@LSSYLondon]

after pete rapes a housemaid of course.

[@ronoccc]

Joan grows a lot throughout the series, starts off as a real bitch, lording her dominance over the other women in the office but matures towards the end of the series

[@MarvelousMusicmmusic]

Alexa Haer the men suck? But you're literally watching a video of Betty orchestrating an affair which she hates Don for having

[@johnnymaximum3828]

so poetic that she got cancer in the end

[@EvgeniiaDolinenko]

Please, delete this spoiler

[@EvgeniiaDolinenko]

Why you put this spoiler? Are you ok?

[@johnnymaximum3828]

@@EvgeniiaDolinenkofuck off, the show has been out for years