Mad Men (TV Series)

Far Away Places (2012)

Ben Feldman: Michael Ginsberg

Quotes 

• Peggy Olson : Why didn't you tell me you had a family? Your father is nice.

  Michael Ginsberg : He's not my real father. People don't understand.

  Peggy Olson : Are you adopted?

  Michael Ginsberg : Actually, I'm from Mars. It's fine if you don't believe me, but that's where I'm from. I'm a full-blooded Martian. Don't worry, there's no plot to take over Earth. I'm just displaced.

  Peggy Olson : [laughing]  Okay.

  Michael Ginsberg : I can tell you don't believe me. That's okay. We're a big secret. They even tried to hide it from me. That man, my "father," told me a story: I was born in a concentration camp, but you know that's impossible. And I never met my mother because she supposedly died there. That's convenient. Next thing I know, Morris there finds me in a Swedish orphanage. I was five; I remember it.

  Peggy Olson : That's incredible.

  Michael Ginsberg : And then I got this one communication. A simple order. "Stay where you are."

  Peggy Olson : Are there others like you?

  Michael Ginsberg : I don't know. I haven't been able to find any.