from the op: "The creator compromised slightly on issue of the show’s running time, agreeing to the show running two minutes shorter in all epiosdes (45 minutes) when on AMC except the fifth season’s premiere and finale (47) — with an option for Weiner to turn in 47-minute episodes for other platforms like VOD and DVD. The main cast is signed on for two more season and no more cuts are expected there."
Did this actually happen? Every episode (ads included) seemed to run longer than an hour this season.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 17 June 2012 04:58 (eleven years ago) link
The eps on itunes were 47 minutes (credits included).
― Electro-Shock Rory (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 17 June 2012 05:27 (eleven years ago) link
All episodes this season ran past the hour
― dan selzer, Sunday, 17 June 2012 08:26 (eleven years ago) link
I just watched season 5, all 13 episodes, in four days, for the first time. Saw the last four episodes last night. A lot of things still not letting me go, haunting and enticing me, and I think this was by far the best MM season.
Went to read all the comments here after every episode which has been a treat :-)
Bit melancholy there's no more now. Do we know when season 6 will be aired? Next year?
― HO WBEAUTIFUL IS THE GENTLYFALLINGBLOOD? (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 17 June 2012 16:50 (eleven years ago) link
i like that there will be a yearlong break (or more). this kind of takes up a lot of time, watching and thinking about etc. moving on to other things.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Sunday, 17 June 2012 23:58 (eleven years ago) link
Lady Lazarus closing montage w/ other songs from Revolver:
http://vimeo.com/44437420
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Tuesday, 3 July 2012 15:22 (eleven years ago) link
i give that another half hour of existence
― goole, Tuesday, 3 July 2012 16:07 (eleven years ago) link
Eleanor Rigby works a little too well.
― old people are made of poop (Eric H.), Tuesday, 3 July 2012 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
A college professor of mine had a 1968 XKE, and told me about how he once defiantly stormed out of a faculty meeting only for his Jag to hilariously not start. As soon as Lane connected the hose I thought, yep, not gonna start.Plus, didn't Roger have some line about how they never start in the previous episode?
Plus, didn't Roger have some line about how they never start in the previous episode?
My mom still has her '67 XKE she bought new and the electrical problems are indeed legendary. By the early 70s, the faults with the Lucas-built electrics were so bad that Lucas became better known as "The Prince Of Darkness" - striking down innocent cars without warning. Lucas Electrics jokes are everywhere among gearheads from the basic "Q. Why do the English drink warm beer? A. Because they have Lucas refrigerators." to complicated eBay auctions for Lucas magic smoke. There's a page of this stuff: http://www.mez.co.uk/lucas.html
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 20 July 2012 00:34 (eleven years ago) link
lmao those are great
― call all destroyer, Friday, 20 July 2012 02:04 (eleven years ago) link
nice to see jared harris get an emmy nom on his way out! also lol for days @ jon hamm being nominated for both don draper and his racist caricature "abner" from the 30 rock live episode
― deist mountain dew (reddening), Friday, 20 July 2012 13:04 (eleven years ago) link
Jon Hamm: able to offend EVERYONE, remain sexy whilst doing so
his first 30 Rock Live show was better imo but either way, the man deserves some credit for his comedy chops! He's consistent gold on 30 Rock.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 20 July 2012 13:39 (eleven years ago) link
jon hamm stole both of those 30 rock episodes, either way.
― phantompenguin, Saturday, 21 July 2012 06:05 (eleven years ago) link
BANJO
― where can i get a mcdonalds quesadilla tho (silby), Saturday, 21 July 2012 12:14 (eleven years ago) link
Peggy to remain as central character
― Dunn O)))))))) (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 27 July 2012 17:12 (eleven years ago) link
phew!
― computers are the new "cool tool" (James Morrison), Saturday, 28 July 2012 03:57 (eleven years ago) link
feel like the "what is happiness? it's just the moment before you want more happiness" line is kind of a major signpost for where Don is going next season
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 September 2012 17:41 (eleven years ago) link
to lots more happiness!!!
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Thursday, 20 September 2012 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 September 2012 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
Season 6 is happening next spring/summer right?
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 20 September 2012 19:01 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think they've said yet, but hopefully they'll keep going with the spring season so I don't have to wait over a year for new eps.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 20 September 2012 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
I think AMC is sticking w/spring rollouts for this show from here on out. I just hope they don't split the last season into halves like Breaking Bad.
― Instagrams of Lily on My Facebook Wall (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 20 September 2012 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
It's not as plot intensive/obsessed with tying up loose ends as BB, so you'd think a thirteen ep final season should be fine.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 20 September 2012 20:36 (eleven years ago) link
I thought there were two more seasons planned
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 September 2012 20:37 (eleven years ago) link
yeah there are 7 total seasons planned iirc
― Clay, Thursday, 20 September 2012 20:42 (eleven years ago) link
yum spring rolls
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Thursday, 20 September 2012 20:47 (eleven years ago) link
http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QQnKI_FNQ5RHiedJbdHEkg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD0zMDU7cT04NTt3PTIxMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/TVGuideTV/130311mad-men1_210x305.jpg
― Donkamole Marvin (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 11 March 2013 23:05 (eleven years ago) link
o man
― balls, Monday, 11 March 2013 23:09 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2013/mar/11/mad-men-new-series-new-hire
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 00:00 (eleven years ago) link
MAD MEN on AMC - Season 6
― my god i only have 2 useless beyblade (silby), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 01:03 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks! I’m a lazy ILXor who relies on Bookmarks.
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 11:28 (eleven years ago) link
ugh, fat betty
― j., Wednesday, 27 March 2013 01:29 (eleven years ago) link
fat betty was amazing. i think the scene where she goes to sneak a little whipped cream from the fridge, aerosols it into her mouth, gets disgusted with herself and spits it out in the sink is maybe the best scene in the entire series
― sleepingbag, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 01:34 (eleven years ago) link
best scene of the series tbh vv
http://oi34.tinypic.com/11w6ck2.jpg
― my god i only have 2 useless beyblade (silby), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 01:47 (eleven years ago) link
otm
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 01:48 (eleven years ago) link
Fat Betty was solid, I thought. Better than hiding the pregnancy by holding bags and pots of flowers or what have you.
^^it also allowed them into an early Weight Watcher's meeting.
― Vol. 3: The Life & Times of E. "Boom" Carter (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 03:43 (eleven years ago) link
Bob Benson - Cuban refugee?
― Jaq, Thursday, 20 June 2013 12:57 (ten years ago) link
Wrong thread. Damn.
― Jaq, Thursday, 20 June 2013 12:58 (ten years ago) link
Accidentally posted some stuff about the first few episodes on the Season 4 thread...Finished last night. The last three episodes were very dark--convincingly so. (Peggy quitting, Joan's partnership, Lane.) Arguments between Don and Megan aren't as interesting as arguments between Don and Betty. Kinsey's return was less than what I'd hoped for. Sally and Greg continue to be compelling. There was a scene that I thought might have been the worst yet: Don's meeting with Dow chemical, where he tries to rah-rah them into wanting 100%. (I would think any client would have laughed him out of the room, yet even Leland Palmer seemed impressed.) Loved Peggy's little smile at the elevator as "You Really Got Me" started up at the end of the one episode--resurrected the song for me. The Lovin' Spoonful were great too; didn't know "Butchie's Tune" at all, had to look it up.
"Tomorrow Never Knows" was, of course, spectacular. I really regret not following the show when that first aired. (Hearing about it was possibly the first thing that made me decide I had to watch the show eventually.) I'd looked briefly at a YouTube clip already, but the sound was low, and I didn't know any of the context. "When did music suddenly become so important?"--that set everything up. I think Don meant the question purely in an advertising context, but the Beatles answered it in a much deeper way.
And Roger. If I could have chosen anybody to drop acid, he would have been my first choice by far. The way he asked Megan's mom "Would you take LSD with me?", he was like a little kid on Christmas morning. And the final shot of him naked at the window was brilliant.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 17:20 (nine years ago) link
Kinsey's return was less than what I'd hoped for.
aw c'mon this episode was incredible. the star trek script! Harry unable to resist the sexual wiles of hippie chick!
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 17:23 (nine years ago) link
I don't know, I just didn't care for him in that guise. I liked the woman, and I thought Harry's gesture of sending him off to California with $500 was one of his better moments.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 17:56 (nine years ago) link
Kinsey being a Hare Krishna is one of the best jokes the series has ever done.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 18:07 (nine years ago) link
Buried in one of the episodes was one of my favorite lines yet (Roger, of course): "Joan wanted to have baby...I figured, why do that to anybody?"
― clemenza, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 18:16 (nine years ago) link
(Jane, I meant, not Joan.)
Harry's gesture of sending him off to California with $500 was one of his better moments
I generally hate Harry, such a schmuck, but agree about this bit
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 18:43 (nine years ago) link
harry's an interested character, like you can see him morph over the seasons from this somewhat put-upon nice guy to this careerist slickster who at his core remains a nice guy, but he's covering it up with this strained douchebaggery, like this effort at being a don or a roger but only copying their worst surface qualities that he's learned from their nights out or something, but never developing as he's aged their genuinely decent qualities. and i like how his success is happening in the background and everyone is missing the boat he seems to have caught. he's basically the type of guy who runs listicle sites in the 21st century.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 18:46 (nine years ago) link
he's not a nice guy
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 18:48 (nine years ago) link
well he started off as one but the thing is that core of a nice guy is shrinking rapidly with every season and now he's becoming more and more this empty douchebag, but in the first season or two he was a "nice guy" but in the way we talk about those creepy indie rock nice guys who end up being assholes. seems to me he wasn't exactly a natural asshole, he has decided to become one.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 18:51 (nine years ago) link
creepy indie rock nice guys who end up being assholes
haha yeah this sounds about right
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 18:52 (nine years ago) link