Joyce Ramsay, Mad Men

Joyce Ramsay (Zosia Mamet)

Joyce is introduced in season 4 episode 4 as an assistant of photo editor in “Life” magazine where she meets Peggy Olson.

After an elevator meeting, Joyce invited Peggy to a party where she offered Peggy a joint and began to hit on her. “I have a boyfriend,” Peggy said. “He doesn’t own your vagina,” Joyce replied. “No, but he’s renting it,” laughed Peggy. A police raid ended the party, and the two escaped out a fire escape.

In episode 4 episode 9 Joyce stopped by Peggy’s office to say hello. Upon entering the office, regular character Stan Rizzo, playfully mocked her for being a lesbian.

Appearances:

• 5 episodes.

Female love interests:

• Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss, straight, regular 92 episodes)

Relationship story arc with a woman: No

No male love interests

Relationship story arc with a man: No

Male love interest after being identified as a lesbian? No

Filter Relationship Arc:

• None

Storyline during sweeps? No

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.