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How could you not laugh?
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Monday, 21 May 2012 10:40 (twelve years ago) link
great line by harry - but you already gave it away
― johnny crunch, Monday, 21 May 2012 11:32 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
have you been watching this year?
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Monday, 21 May 2012 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
um
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 21 May 2012 14:34 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
also boarding school fees are bleeding him dry
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Monday, 21 May 2012 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4czwzPwPv1qi532yo2_500.gif
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 21 May 2012 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
How does that girl still have a job, though?
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Monday, 21 May 2012 14:50 (twelve years ago) link
She's not cut off anyone's foot yet, right?
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 21 May 2012 14:51 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
Thought the scene between Harry and Lakshmi seemed a bit out of place.
― *tera, Monday, 21 May 2012 14:59 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
Loved it, good ep. Joan is the best!
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 21 May 2012 15:29 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
?
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 21 May 2012 16:02 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W415wRfDUXY
― s.clover, Monday, 21 May 2012 16:06 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
you can fail @ your job w/o being assaulted iirc
― johnny crunch, Monday, 21 May 2012 16:23 (twelve 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 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
slamming airplanes on desks is the new shouting at people from cars.
― s.clover, Monday, 21 May 2012 16:45 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
If Don cheats, Megan will totally lose her shit.
― *tera, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
in Inception terms
please to not use this phrase again
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 21 May 2012 17:52 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
Harry actually being a stand-up guy. The wonders of this episode never cease.
Call me old fashioned but I don't really think that fucking the woman your friend is obviously completely in love with and then offering him a load of money to go to the other side of the country and pursue a pipedream of a career that he is obviously completely terrible at is much of a stand-up guy thing to do. Regardless as to how fucked up his situation was.
The Kinsey thing was alternately hilarious and deeply sad but I was overjoyed to see that character get a proper ending.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Monday, 21 May 2012 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I don't think Harry did anything remotely commendable, but he was less of an amorphous blob in this episode. Offering Kinsey the money to go to LA was at least showing some initiative/creative problem solving
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
Kinsey's "no one likes me" monologue was really moving, I thought. really nailed the pathos of someone completely adrift
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
The season overall has been the most anthology-like the series has been I think. Seems like this episode set us up for a bit of a Jaguar-focused arc through to the end of the season.
― raw feel vegan (silby), Monday, 21 May 2012 21:07 (twelve years ago) link
culminating in Pete having a car crash, presumably
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
lol at that girlfriend's "he can really close". Giving Kinsey a bit of confidence and the opportunity for a fresh start without his life being sucked out by the girlfriend and the Hare Kirshnas was about the best thing he could have done.
also lol at "you've already traded that." or whatever he said. Great delivery.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Monday, 21 May 2012 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't get why she didn't threaten to blackmail him
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
or I guess just blackmail him, no need for threats lol
perhaps Kinsey will refine his script
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 21 May 2012 21:16 (twelve years ago) link