MAD MEN on AMC - Seasons 7(a) & & 7(b)

btw, for those unfamiliar with the hokusai octopus print:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dream_of_the_Fisherman%27s_Wife

In fact, the print on Cooper's wall could not possibly be an original or real as the original by Hokusai was printed in a Manga (book) which would have been octavo in size as was common for Shunga and a good way to keep it out of sight. As is evident from the show, Cooper's is a very large reproduction for dramatic effect. The original, depending on the condition of the book, might sell anywhere from $800-5000. Other Shunga prints at auction, like other Ukiyo-e prints, can be obtained for under $100 or in the low hundreds with few exceptional pieces in the thousands of dollar range.

tbh, Roger was probably just making the shit up.

oh right. yeah that makes her rolodex kind of useless. Not necessarily, for a business not too closely related.
Don's clearly headed for the west coast. Joan's new beau chiefly lives there. Being across the country might mitigate the non-compete Yeah, maybe so.

Since McCann doesn't seem to give a shit about the West Coast?

taking the rolodex could just as much be an "if i can't have them then neither can you" final fuck you

non-compete clauses are void in california fyi

? my current bosses had one when they sold their original company to a national corporation and this was within the last couple decades

every bit of speculation regarding this show makes me like it less, keep up the work, dudes.

Some jurisdictions, such as the state of California in the US, invalidate non-compete-clauses for all but equity stakeholders in businesses

non-compete clauses are void in california fyi

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which is why the tech industry collusion stuff is such a big deal!

ok now I see this exception:
"Any partner may, upon or in anticipation of a dissolution of the partnership or
dissociation of a partner from a partnership, agree that he or she will not carry on a similar business within a specified geographic area where the partnership business has been transacted, so long as any other member of the partnership, carries on a like business therein."

so I don't know how that affects it

http://www.whitecase.com/files/Publication/dcf3d85c-1c1b-4bf5-9806-7a04e2b0e214/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/d734c538-402d-4648-b778-80e6a224b192/article_enforceability.pdf

last episode will be a legal drama about the enforcement of the noncompete in california, with a young cast of hotshot lawyers hired by don working to break the contract.

if things go well they'll spinoff the lawyers into a new show "legal men"

maybe it could bring back jim cutler
http://legendsrevealed.com/entertainment/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/8celeb-lalaw01.jpg

Time is a flat circle.

Come to think of it, how has Jimmy Smits never been on Mad Men? Jimmy Smits is on every tv show.

theres still time!

c'mon, there's not going to be any new enterprise for either joan or don, advertising or not. are we watching the same show here?

We are. Speculating wildly is just a tactic to kill time between episodes.

would love it if the next episode is a stand alone about Pete's troubled child. like just sixty minutes about pete being a dad.
and then the final episode is all about new minority hire Jimmy Smits at McCann. How will he fit in? Fade to black.

now YOURE making me like the show less

that octupus print is fantastic, thanks forks

Picasso painted his own version in 1903 that has been shown next to Hokusai's original in exhibits on the influence of 19th-century Japanese art on Picasso's work.

http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/files//2011/08/27/img-picasso-1_144636399056.jpg

ugh sorry for the size

i had never see that picasso take, awesome.

I liked Shirley's exit scene w Roger but... what happened to Dawn?

is that 'it' for Megan do we think?

Probably. A $1M check and a goodbye on amicable terms.

I hope so

xp

so did sally get a ride to school or

i will sorta miss megan, i think i might be one of the only staunch megan supporters tho

I like Megan, which is why I don't want to see her anymore -- I want her to be off in Cali, living large and sleeping with David Crosby or whatever they did in Laurel Canyon in those days.

getting stabbed by the manson brothers

yeah i liked Megan big time.

I found her really grating but she served her narrative purpose (they had to have *somebody* embody the late-60s swinging sexiness and childlike naivete)

megan was hot, big teeth and everything

I liked to think that Megan ended up in the Mad Dogs and Englishman menagerie and had a torrid affair with Bobby Keys, but the timeline for this season doesn't allow for that.

i really liked megan, esp her teeth and the way she talked
she was always fun to watch

i would fantasy cast her in a bunch of hammer movies

can we talk s1ocki into making these movies, maybe he could pull some strings

I'm not sure when this season wrapped filming, but it looks like Jessica Paré recently had a baby. Might be related to her character's quick exit?

It looks like her child's father is a dreddy white man but that is another thread o_O

Please tell me it's not Nasri.

i liked megan, too. and to think, she could have had a decent career as a tv actress in new york if don hadn't pulled her out of her soap opera to move west.

pretty much! it seemed really fortuitous that they were going to move, then the whole thing fell apart

Really surprised by that Carnival Of Souls stuff. The car scenes reminded me of it before Peggy's organ scene. If only Bert's face appeared at the car window instead of him in the car.

When Don rubbed Betty's shoulders and talked about possible love interests I assumed that was a sign that he still occasionally has sex with her. Anyone else?

no.

nah

no i think that one tryst they had post marriage was 'it' and nothing since.

Yeah, she laughed and said (maybe after he's mentioned another woman, think it was fiancee Megan)something like, "Having sex is *not* the way to get close to you." So if they do, it's just something that happens occasionally, no biggie. The kitchen scene is another reminder of how superfluous he's getting to be. (A woman who knew Roger in Paris before the War recalled, "You seemed like a minor character in your own life.")
Another good Fresh Air interview with Weiner, and Gross plays some very early excerpts that connect with recent scenes in ways I didn't expect (stream, dl, transcript)
http://www.npr.org/2015/05/07/404904172/mad-men-creator-on-don-drapers-losses-and-the-end-of-the-road
Kinda wished they'd waited a few more weeks, but he'll be back at some point.

I was just listening to After The Goldrush and half the tunes could close this show.