Very little, really nothing, has been revealed about Joan’s family. Her name, Holloway, is a respectable English one (with Irish branches), but nothing is known of the rest of her ancestry. She appears very white bread, is all, and acts that way, too. But this being Mad Men, she could have a surprise or two in her past.

Nothing is known of Greg Harris’s background, either. Roger called him Joan’s Jewish doctor. Joan replied that he’s not Jewish, to which Roger retorted, “Trust me, he was.” Greg’s desperation and pleading with his eyes for Joan to impress his boss somehow, may not be social climbing, but the fact that he has washed out as a thoracic surgeon and is in danger of getting the sack, for having “no brains in his fingers.” The implication is he killed a patient on the table, who should have been salvageable. Some of this is from a later episode, though it was hinted at in the one under discussion.

Looking forward to 3 more seasons and maybe some answers.

Also love your link to the post about Alejandro – she definitely put her finger on the things I really loved about the music video, while admitting to the issues I had with some of the content/the song itself.