Mad Men on AMC • Fifth Season Thread

adirondack chairs on the porch, reading the sunday papers...is how I picture the young Cosgroves

ken needs to be brought to the fore, i think. great character. good actor too.

I agree I would love to see Ken Cosgrove get more of a storyline this season.

On the surface of it easily the nicest guy at SDCP.

his wife was the younger sister in 10 Things I Hate About You.

my favorite character in this episode was Don and Megan's apartment, fyi.

prob best known to ppl my age as alex mack xp

that apartment was amazing! we wanted to know if the apartment had all those stairs so ppl could sit on them and look cool

alex mack OMG

sunken living room, fireplace, balcony, a white carpet to bone down on...

a dirty white carpet even

soooooooo dirty

The apt was very Playboy After Dark, especially with the band playing at the party. I wish I still had the DVD with all the old Playboy After Dark shows. Had good interviews and music numbers.

There's quite a few of them on YouTube. Always liked this one...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOrUR54HKwA

alex mack OMG

― Mordy, Thursday, March 29, 2012 12:33 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark

SO OTM

In so many of them Barbie seemed to space out and would stand there catching flies. I remember there being some awkward moments between guests as well, just like at a real party. Sometimes a guest just took all the air out of the room.

Lenny Bruce was one of my favorite guests. I seem to remember Bill Cosby looking sharp and being cool in a few of them. It's been awhile since I have watched these.

Kenny basically exists as Mr Squeaky Clean to irritate the other characters. I wouldn't be surprised if he had a perfect marriage.

i doubt it, his moonlighting as an LA cop is likely tearing them apart

Pete's scheming is entertaining. It reminds me of Robert Morse's character in "How to Succeed."

Won't be watching for a while but its sad (from wha I've read) that Betty won't be given much time on the show. The character is v underrated, I love the depth given to the housewifery manias!

The show writes for her really well and she's excellent at what she's asked to do...assuming they write her to be a shallow bitch who repulses me in new ways every other episode.

None of these ppl are that likeable -- Betty is on par for the course.

agree everybody's fairly loathsome - with the exception of Peggy

I honestly like Joan and Peggy, and perhaps Don's old secretary who died at her desk and Don's newest secretary that he shares with Roger. But yeah, I see what you mean.

Trudy is very likable to me, even tho she's a nazi.

I can't tell if my feelings about Trudy are shaded by my feelings about Annie on Community (and/or Alison Brie in general). Those are positive feelings, btw.

@trudy'sboobs

they're trying hard to dull her looks down this ep

Even in the psychedelic kaftan she was wearing?

Pete was looking chubby too

Harry gave him an office and a spare tire.

Pete's going bald this season.

man if hamm was willing to start paring his hair back and that became a major plot point how many fucking essays would that shit spawn

I love Trudy's steez

finally caught up w/this

OMG at "say hello to Lurch and Morticia"

I wouldn't assume that Betty is being given a smaller role, only because Christopher Stanley (Henry Francis) is now credited as a regular cast member.

(Unless the idea there is that Betty is on-screen no more than Henry is, and they don't want to officially demote January Jones, so they'll promote Christopher Stanley instead.)

You guys, I think about the politics of TV credits a lot.

alex mack otm

did they even show betty's face in the preview for next week's ep? i remember her voice but no actual image of her

I am cool with less Betty and twice as much Sally

btw Sally is a better actress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Io1CGSJvfU

btw Sally is a better actress

the cruelty of truthbomb

Weiner said they shot a bunch of Betty stuff early bcz of pregnancy and it'll basically be salted into the episodes where they have room

salty betty

I do hate her but I would lick her

as lol as that is, kinda otm

baby daddy on show was definitely Don, in real life ~it is a mystery~

just saw this. liked gutkbe's post, and s1ocki's