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
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, 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
...or Betty's!
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
Don drunk and w/Freddy - ew.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 5 May 2014 02:52 (ten years ago) link
Freddy saved the day!
Has Bert ever been that hateful before? Jesus.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 5 May 2014 03:11 (ten years ago) link
Bert is a Randian. Makes sense, I think.
― DonkeyTeeth, Monday, 5 May 2014 04:05 (ten years ago) link
http://previously.tv/m/2014-05-04-mad-men-stare-anim.gif
― balls, Monday, 5 May 2014 06:03 (ten years ago) link
Watched with the idea that Don is taking everyone down with him but dropped the idea after Freddy handed him the line.
― *tera, Monday, 5 May 2014 06:11 (ten years ago) link
i really just wanted all the marigold stuff to be over with so we could get back to don and his crazy orbit. the show doesn't handle the counterculture well.
― nurse with attitude (get bent), Monday, 5 May 2014 06:24 (ten years ago) link
the show doesn't handle the counterculture well.
It really doesn't; this was even worse than when Betty went to the lower east side. I assume the only reason we didn't hear someone on the commune say, "Hey, who brought John Q. Establishment from Squaresville?" when Roger arrived is because it didn't make the final edit.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 5 May 2014 14:14 (ten years ago) link
I don't at all like the idea of Don in AA.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 5 May 2014 14:16 (ten years ago) link
i do!
― balls, Monday, 5 May 2014 14:34 (ten years ago) link
He emerges in 1970 as a proto-Romney.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 5 May 2014 14:38 (ten years ago) link
wrong draper
― balls, Monday, 5 May 2014 14:40 (ten years ago) link
I understand there was "Meet the Mets"
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Monday, 5 May 2014 14:42 (ten years ago) link
mittens = these guys
http://pixel.nymag.com/content/dam/daily/vulture/2012/03/26/26_bobbydraper.jpg
― balls, Monday, 5 May 2014 14:42 (ten years ago) link
The first time Don went to the office was once again so greatly filmed. The first symmetrical shots, the silent horror in the empty office. Also, lol at Don throwing the mets stuff in the trash, then the next time we see it it is hanging on the wall. The editing of this show is so great.
― Frederik B, Monday, 5 May 2014 15:17 (ten years ago) link
Amazing episode
― PLATYPUS OF DOOM (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 5 May 2014 15:24 (ten years ago) link
Ginsburg's couch full of farts line cracked me up
― Dan I., Monday, 5 May 2014 15:31 (ten years ago) link