 Creator Matthew Weiner said " Far Away Places " was inspired by " anthologized French films " with " lots of short stories in them " , with all three short stories linked by a thematic " desire to go away " . He further explained that " Peggy has this moment where she tries to be Don and fails and then goes on Peggy 's version of Don – sexually irresponsible , and drunk , and working " . Elisabeth Moss said the handjob Peggy gives a stranger in the theatre is a " moment of forgetting " after the frustrating Heinz pitch . 
 Creator Matthew Weiner said " Far Away Places " was inspired by " anthologized French films " with " lots of short stories in them " , with all three short stories linked by a thematic " desire to go away " . He further explained that " Peggy <a href='got' title='1'><mark>has</mark></a> this moment where she <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>tries</mark></a> to be Don and <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>fails</mark></a> and then <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>goes</mark></a> on Peggy <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>version of Don – sexually irresponsible , and drunk , and working " . Elisabeth Moss said the handjob Peggy <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>gives</mark></a> a stranger in the theatre is a " moment of forgetting " after the frustrating Heinz pitch . 
Creator Matthew Weiner said " Far Away Places " was inspired by " anthologized French films " wid " lots of short stories in em " , wwall three short stories linked by a thematic " desire to go away " . He further explained dat " Peggy got dis moment where she try to be Don and fail and then go on Peggy  version of Don – sexually irresponsible , and drunk , and working " . Elisabeth Moss said da handjob Peggy give a stranger in the theatre is a " moment of forgetting " after the frustrating Heinz pitch .