I was just beginning the season premier of Mad Men season 7 and the opening clip of the protagonist Don Draper, is a reference to the Graduate! They camera follows Draper on a moving walkway at an airport as people walk quickly by him, with a blank colored wall in the background. This character, similar to The Graduate‘s Benjamin, is somewhat lost, searching for what comes next in his life.

This is a reference to the opening scene of The Graduate as Ben stands on an automated walkway with people quickly walking past him in a hurry to get somewhere.