Cannes Film Festival 2013

First Look: Jon Hamm and the cast of 'Mad Men' season 4 return for a drink and a smoke

Plus: Can you tell what year this season is set in?

"Mad Men" is back for season four

"Mad Men" is back for season four

Everyone's favorite agency professionals are back for more dramatic ups and downs in the world of 1960's advertising.  It's always a mystery to figure out exactly when each season of "Mad Men" takes place. Can you decipher the clues from the following new photos and figure out what year of Don Drapper's life we're following now?

 

[Left, Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris, John Slattery as Roger Sterling, January Jones as Betty Draper, Jared Harris as Lane Pryce, Vincent Kartheiser as Pete Campbell, Jon Hamm as Don Draper and Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson.]

Photo Credit: AMC

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    B

    Who is the guy standing next to Betty?

    July 7, 2010 at 2:10PM EST Reply to Comment
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      Mulderism Reply to comment...

      July 7, 2010 at 6:47PM EST
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      Mulderism The dude she flew to Reno with?

      July 7, 2010 at 6:48PM EST
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      Dirk Funk There's no way that's Henry Francis; his hair is far too dark. I'm kind of surprised that we haven't seen Francis in any of the promo pics thus far. I'm guessing he's going to be yet another distant husband for Betty, albeit for political reasons this time around.

      July 7, 2010 at 9:43PM EST
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      berkowit28 It's Don. You know, her ex, the star of the show, Jon Hamm?

      July 8, 2010 at 2:28AM EST
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      berkowit28 Oh, different photo, sorry. No, it's not Henry.

      July 8, 2010 at 2:30AM EST
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    Anonymous

    No wedding ring for Don...or Roger.

    July 7, 2010 at 2:32PM EST Reply to Comment
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      MadWoman Neither is Pete. Many men never wore wedding rings in the 50s 60s even 70s. The almost universal practice for men wearing them now is a recent thing. My dad never wore one.

      July 8, 2010 at 2:45AM EST
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      JerseyRudy I don't believe Don ever wore one. I was watching some episodes recently from Season 1 and he was not wearing a ring

      July 9, 2010 at 12:05PM EST
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      LesIsMore Actually, Pete is wearing a ring in photo #5. He's also sporting darker suits compared to the brighter blues he favored in the first few seasons. I wonder if that's a sign of the times or maturity?

      July 16, 2010 at 2:26PM EST
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    katie, a princess

    peggy's new hairdo looks FAB

    July 7, 2010 at 3:12PM EST Reply to Comment
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    Aardvark7734

    Where's Trudy Campbell?

    July 8, 2010 at 3:50AM EST Reply to Comment
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      July 9, 2010 at 1:07AM EST
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    Gitano

    Well, whatever year it is, smoking certainly hasn't gone out of style yet.

    July 9, 2010 at 2:26PM EST Reply to Comment
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    Tapachoo

    Only date clue I can see is the Cosmo that Peggy is drinking, which Wikipedia lists as originating in the midwest in 1975 ... I'm kinda hoping it's not the midwest in 75, though ... :)

    July 10, 2010 at 11:51PM EST Reply to Comment
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    J-Train

    Wow! Joan looks even more smoking than usual here!

    July 14, 2010 at 7:43AM EST Reply to Comment