# Mad-Men: 5.13 "Phantom" (open spoilers)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-5-13-phantom-open-spoilers/624774>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 11, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-5-13-phantom-open-spoilers/624774 "2012-06-11T01:15:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-5-13-phantom-open-spoilers/624774/181 "2012-06-23T06:03:58Z")

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> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#):
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> So it looks like every other photograph of him taken in the last three years?

Could be. I don’t follow the celebrity rags so I only ever see him in the context of the show.

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**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-5-13-phantom-open-spoilers/624774/182 "2012-06-23T12:35:47Z")

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> [@Absolute](#):
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> If they were drawing money from the partnership, then her share entitles her to do the same. That’s the whole reason it is likely worth more than $50k.
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> If the company is generating profits, its value is certainly not reduced because it distributes those profits to its owners. That’s sort of the whole point of owning an interest in a company in the first place.

The firm was not in good shape when he died…his/her interest could have terminated at that point.

There is a dif between owning an interest in a) a going concern with significant assets (including a customer list) that will continue despite the demise of even the most important people, and b) a service business like an ad agency that could fold completely and very rapidly.

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**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-5-13-phantom-open-spoilers/624774/183 "2012-06-24T16:17:45Z")

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> [@Jophiel](#):
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> I don’t follow the celebrity rags so I only ever see him in the context of the show.

Likewise. He’s looked scuzzy since about the third season.

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