really? i didn't know that?
― idontknowanythingabouttechnlolgeez (waterface), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 13:54 (ten years ago) link
hella amount of references to previous episodes this week; Lane's office, Ken's Carousel mention, Megan banging on about Don's behaviour when she was his secretary, Roger reminding Don he found him "at the bottom of a fur box" etc etc
― piscesx, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 15:16 (ten years ago) link
plus the return of the great anne dudek!
― balls, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 16:05 (ten years ago) link
And yet no mention of Peggy's fat period.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 16:07 (ten years ago) link
...or Betty's!
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 16:11 (ten years ago) link
Or Harry's!
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 16:24 (ten years ago) link
or gene's!
― balls, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 16:28 (ten years ago) link
oh yeah anne dudek.
who was the blonde who came to the table by the way? do we know her? i thought for a second it was Anna Draper's niece.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 16:28 (ten years ago) link
I thought she was the stewardess from the plane
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 16:31 (ten years ago) link
i still dont really understand the blonde table thing tbh, it was kind of disorienting
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 16:51 (ten years ago) link
man all the don in the office stuff was so uncomfortable and awful
i dug how roger showed up like a total drunk asshole, almost forgetting that he asked don to come in, then just snaps to it in that first tense meeting, and is totally otm
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 16:52 (ten years ago) link
feel like that was the intention - Don couldn't remember the girl/tell if it was a setup and neither could the audience
― PLATYPUS OF DOOM (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 16:57 (ten years ago) link
Tom and Lorenzo say:
As for the woman in the scene, there seems to be a lot of confusion as to who she is and what she meant. We think there was meant to be. First off, she’s not Anna Draper’s niece, although both actresses resemble each other quite strongly. Second, Roger didn’t send her. When Don went to Roger’s place, it was clear he wasn’t expected. To our way of thinking, either the guys from Wells Rich Greene were lying and she was, in fact, a call girl they hired, or Don’s giving off good mojo now that he’s trying to put things in order and she’s just another lady who found it irresistible.
― PLATYPUS OF DOOM (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 16:59 (ten years ago) link
ah so it wasn't just me with the niece thing. i forget about her straight away anyway as i was too busy enjoying The Don And Roger Show.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 17:05 (ten years ago) link
Count me as not confused here; the chance of an episode of Mad Men featuring a random woman hitting on Don Draper is pretty high.
― ▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 17:06 (ten years ago) link
i loved that scene--typical mad men weirdness. the whole nearly lynchian field trip--where for whatever reason i was convinced something crazy was gonna happen--was great too.
― ryan, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 17:15 (ten years ago) link
i can't believe we have to wait another whole year to find out what becomes of everyone. despite everything i'm hoping for a happy ending for Don and Megan, either that or he walks off into some kind of sunset with Rachel Menken.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 17:30 (ten years ago) link
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, April 30, 2014 12:52 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ha otm
― caek, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:27 (ten years ago) link
does this show have shippers?
it would be weird if it didn't
i would like to be a miss farrell shipper. i don't care who she's with, as long as that's who the show ends up being about, her and whoever. she can still make a comeback.
― j., Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:29 (ten years ago) link
I liked Dr. Faye.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:36 (ten years ago) link
what's a shipper
― PLATYPUS OF DOOM (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:36 (ten years ago) link
no idea
― idontknowanythingabouttechnlolgeez (waterface), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:37 (ten years ago) link
I liked her a lot too, but can't really see them bringing her back.
Similarly, during the whole tense "what do we do with Don" thing I didn't know if he was going to make it back to the firm but it seemed patently obvious he wasn't going to take the other job offer - there's no way they were going to introduce a whole new office of characters with just half a season to go.
― PLATYPUS OF DOOM (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:37 (ten years ago) link
if you introduce a Draper in the first act he must go off in the third
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:38 (ten years ago) link
It's slang for "relationshipper," the loons online who obsesses about couples on tv shows and give them dumb names like "Jam" (Jim + Pam from The Office, etc).
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:39 (ten years ago) link
ugh
― idontknowanythingabouttechnlolgeez (waterface), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:48 (ten years ago) link
Most Mad Men viewers want each and every one of these characters to die alone and miserable.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:51 (ten years ago) link
no they dont
― idontknowanythingabouttechnlolgeez (waterface), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:52 (ten years ago) link
Just Pete.
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:54 (ten years ago) link
obviously pete should be with crazy rory gilmore, but there will inevitably be peggy + pete shippers out there somewhere
― j., Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:56 (ten years ago) link
stop talking about shippers
― idontknowanythingabouttechnlolgeez (waterface), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:56 (ten years ago) link
the point of this show is not who gets together in the end. it's about who can make real changes in their life
― idontknowanythingabouttechnlolgeez (waterface), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:57 (ten years ago) link
really?
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:58 (ten years ago) link
I thought it was "Let's see who can best survive this decade with his or her dignity intact before catching HIV at the Anvil."
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:59 (ten years ago) link
that's a different show
― idontknowanythingabouttechnlolgeez (waterface), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 19:00 (ten years ago) link
shippers are not about what the show is actually about, but it would be interesting if the show proved to be resistant to them, because it is otherwise a show that attracts all the trappings of online commentary-community
― j., Wednesday, 30 April 2014 19:00 (ten years ago) link
the show is resistant to them because no one really cares if peggy and pete get together or if they do they are insane
― idontknowanythingabouttechnlolgeez (waterface), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 19:01 (ten years ago) link
there's no way they were going to introduce a whole new office of characters with just half a season to go.
― PLATYPUS OF DOOM (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, April 30, 2014 2:37 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
they kind of did that once already!
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 19:50 (ten years ago) link
Yeah but over a longer timeframe. Ted appeared pretty early iirc
― PLATYPUS OF DOOM (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 19:57 (ten years ago) link
i didnt think it was gonna happen and clearly neither did he, it was pretty obv leveraging
"they did a good job of not making it look like a demotion!"
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 19:59 (ten years ago) link
Photos from the set: http://imgur.com/a/uyZxh
I have no idea why, but I thought they were filming out in the real world and not on a soundstage. Those backdrops are super convincing.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 20:18 (ten years ago) link
I went through the complete "Crime Story" last year, and was surprised how hard it was already by the 80s to do real locales+'60s period settings.
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 20:41 (ten years ago) link
so cool
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 20:41 (ten years ago) link
fuck all y'all i'm a peggy/stan shipper, steggy 4 lyfe.
― reddening, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 22:32 (ten years ago) link
our logo is a stegosaurus wearing a tan fringed jacket
― reddening, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 22:33 (ten years ago) link
lololol
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 22:51 (ten years ago) link
her eating disorders were brought up a few times, eg Bobby assuming she wouldn't eat the sandwich
― Gritty Shakur (sic), Thursday, 1 May 2014 00:54 (ten years ago) link
Molly Lambert has been killing it re Mad Men this season over at Grantland. Worth checking out. She's developing a VERY interesting voice in these reviews/critiques, and she seems to take the time to develop a take on most things in most episodes, which for me aides my enjoyment of the show.
― Survivalist Compound Row (B.L.A.M.), Thursday, 1 May 2014 23:06 (ten years ago) link
otm - I've loved her Mad Men reviews even when she was doing them back at thisrecording some years back, and they've only gotten better since.
― Roz, Friday, 2 May 2014 04:56 (ten years ago) link