A couple slow dissolves between scenes, which is something I don't recall them having done recently.
Harry actually being a stand-up guy. In more than one sense, even!
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 21 May 2012 03:14 (eleven years ago) link
the whole paul kinsey plotline broke my brain
― producer / dj / humanitarian (reddening), Monday, 21 May 2012 05:24 (eleven years ago) link
I never expected to see Kinsey again, so him coming back this was even more of a delight.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 21 May 2012 05:27 (eleven years ago) link
*this way
I think it's only happened a couple other times, but when Don and Joan are together just being Don and Joan it's one of the best parts of the series.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 21 May 2012 05:28 (eleven years ago) link
some really fucked up (not in a good way) cuts in this one, like bad coverage etc.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 21 May 2012 07:42 (eleven years ago) link
they keep cutting between different medium shots of pete in a way that's really distracting.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 21 May 2012 07:43 (eleven years ago) link
is that samantha mathis?
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 21 May 2012 07:45 (eleven years ago) link
it occurs to me that christina hendricks is a good actress.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 21 May 2012 08:08 (eleven years ago) link
I thought the agency had a car already w/Oldsmobile.
― Leslie Mann: Boner Machine (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 21 May 2012 08:37 (eleven years ago) link
Also: was it wrong to lose my shit everytime they came back to Hare Kinsey?
― Leslie Mann: Boner Machine (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 21 May 2012 08:40 (eleven years ago) link
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4cy95yTMn1qba9mio1_500.jpg
How could you not laugh?
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Monday, 21 May 2012 10:40 (eleven years ago) link
great line by harry - but you already gave it away
― johnny crunch, Monday, 21 May 2012 11:32 (eleven years ago) link
that subplot was really weird, almost too weird, and too busy--it should have been spread out across a few episodes. does mad men really do little one-episode mini-plots like that often? usually not.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 21 May 2012 13:20 (eleven years ago) link
have you been watching this year?
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Monday, 21 May 2012 14:09 (eleven years ago) link
um
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 21 May 2012 14:34 (eleven years ago) link
what the fuck is happening w lane
He apparently owes quite a bit in income tax to the British government. Not sure what the role of the guy on the other end of the phone was (accountant? tax mediator?).
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 21 May 2012 14:34 (eleven years ago) link
also boarding school fees are bleeding him dry
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Monday, 21 May 2012 14:40 (eleven years ago) link
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4czwzPwPv1qi532yo2_500.gif
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 21 May 2012 14:49 (eleven years ago) link
How does that girl still have a job, though?
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Monday, 21 May 2012 14:50 (eleven years ago) link
She's not cut off anyone's foot yet, right?
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 21 May 2012 14:51 (eleven years ago) link
Why did Don quote Bobbie Barrett? She's the one who said to him, "I like being bad, and going home and being good."
― *tera, Monday, 21 May 2012 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
Thought the scene between Harry and Lakshmi seemed a bit out of place.
― *tera, Monday, 21 May 2012 14:59 (eleven years ago) link
It totally did, but I think part of that is because Harry generally has no work scenes. The other part is the lame "I used to be a sex worker, so I'm going to manipulate you the best way I know how" aspect of her whole approach. Whether it was the Krishna thing or what happened with Lakshmi, Harry did the right thing by getting Kinsey out of that situation.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 21 May 2012 15:03 (eleven years ago) link
fun episode, joan was the best thing about it. liking all the references to space and sci-fi this season, though i doubt they'll add up to anything.
― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Monday, 21 May 2012 15:28 (eleven years ago) link
Loved it, good ep. Joan is the best!
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 21 May 2012 15:29 (eleven years ago) link
i cant even watch that joan .gif. i get the purpose of that scene & her character's reason for that behavior but it's srsly, deeply horrible
― johnny crunch, Monday, 21 May 2012 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
dying at the Kinsey stuff, just great. Redeemed Harry a bit, imho
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
yeah that poor secretary should sue for emotional abuse. jeez.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 21 May 2012 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
xpost
also loved the layers of irony in Lane forging Don's signature
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
?
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 21 May 2012 16:02 (eleven years ago) link
seriously though if your job is to manage who comes in or out of the office and you just let anyone in, then that sort of means you're totally failing at your job.
― s.clover, Monday, 21 May 2012 16:03 (eleven years ago) link
forging the signature of a man who's signature itself is a fake/forgery
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 16:04 (eleven years ago) link
yeah she could have asked "and this is concerning..."
but the guy just would have lied anyway.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 21 May 2012 16:05 (eleven years ago) link
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, May 21, 2012 11:04 AM (31 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
that's a layer of irony, not layers of irony
unless lane pryce has also faked his identity. season-finale revelation!
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 21 May 2012 16:06 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W415wRfDUXY
― s.clover, Monday, 21 May 2012 16:06 (eleven years ago) link
ams: are you unaware that there are receptionists that actually manage to screen visitors? i mean, this actually happens.
― s.clover, Monday, 21 May 2012 16:07 (eleven years ago) link
― s.clover, Monday, May 21, 2012 11:07 AM (53 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
why are you being so condescending? oh wait, it's you. care to provide your flaky thoughts on the french cultural theorist du jour?
anyway, yes, i'm aware. it sounds like she just did a poor job of it, but those guys are experts at getting past secretaries. if she asked him his business, he'd probably say something that sounded perfectly legit.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 21 May 2012 16:09 (eleven years ago) link
ok, but did he have an appointment? i mean people can't just show up and say "hi" and not have appointments and then you don't buzz and ask somebody if they want to see this person or not and if they say "no" then you get that person escorted off the floor.
i mean yes, people will eventually get served, but not necessarily in the middle of the business day.
― s.clover, Monday, 21 May 2012 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
and in any case "but a more competent person might have failed also" is not an excuse for utter incompetence.
― s.clover, Monday, 21 May 2012 16:14 (eleven years ago) link
if i crash my car and i'm drunk and have no driver's license and also i was driving with my feet, i can't just plead "other people crash cars too!"
― s.clover, Monday, 21 May 2012 16:15 (eleven years ago) link
i don't really care very much about this.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 21 May 2012 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
you can fail @ your job w/o being assaulted iirc
― johnny crunch, Monday, 21 May 2012 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
So ARE they setting us up for Don and Joan having a thing? Or was this episode as far as they'll take it?
Also, I feel like given the arc of the show, SCDP winning Jaguar is a remote contingency.
― America's Mobile, Monday, 21 May 2012 16:37 (eleven years ago) link
I can't see it. would be stupid to have a Roger-Joan-Don love triangle imho.
otoh things obviously not going so well with Megan so Don's bound to fuck that up and screw someone else at some point
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 16:41 (eleven years ago) link
slamming airplanes on desks is the new shouting at people from cars.
― s.clover, Monday, 21 May 2012 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
If Don cheats again, it won't be with Joan. They're sort of each other's "totem" (in Inception terms).
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 21 May 2012 16:56 (eleven years ago) link
If Don cheats, Megan will totally lose her shit.
― *tera, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:19 (eleven years ago) link