Which season 7 episode of Mad Men was directed by Jared Harris?

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Jared Harris directed the season 7 episode “Time & Life.”

“Time & Life” is the 11th episode of Mad Men’s seventh season and aired on April 26, 2015. It marked Harris’s directorial debut on the series, after he had spent several seasons playing Lane Pryce, the British financial executive who joined Sterling Cooper.

The episode centers on the impending absorption of Sterling Cooper & Partners into McCann Erickson. Don Draper and his colleagues try to preserve the agency’s independence, while Peggy, Joan, Pete, and the rest of the staff confront what the takeover means for their careers.

Harris’s casting history can make the question especially memorable: he was best known within Mad Men as an actor, not as a director. The other options are also season 7 titles, but they were directed by different filmmakers. “Severance” opens season 7, “Waterloo” is the midseason finale, and “Lost Horizon” follows “Time & Life.”

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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