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[Tonycal]

Here we can discuss all things Mad Men. Let the discussion begin!!!

PS- Off to watch last weeks episode so I know what you all are talking about.

[Jake]

Well, Betty sure got fat.

I really like the additions of Michael Ginsberg and Dawn, especially since what a lot of us think of as the '60s is really starting to kick off and intrude into the SCDP world. I think Michael is going to be a fantastic addition to the office: the young unconventional man who is completey different from Don yet idolizes him.

I also like the work relationship that's developed between Peggy and the artist guy whose name I never remember. They've got a real brother-sister thing that the characters have grown into.

The best bits of the first three hours though? Roger really beginning to feel his age and Harry getting stoned and housing 20 White Castles.

[Paul F]

Not a fan of Fat Suit Betty. Hopefully she won't appear much.

The scene at the new employee's home was odd. Have we ever followed one of the non-main characters away from the office before? I can't even recall scenes of Ken or Harry alone without one of the other regulars.

[jleal]

The show does not ever miss a beat..The first 3 hours have been perfectly paced and plotted.

You're all right..Fat Suit Betty is so disturbing to look at..at times I felt like I was looking at that mutated senator from the first Xmen movie as be slowly becomes gelatinous.

It's interesting to see how in the early seasons, Draper was kind of a legend among the middle aged ad men, but now he's almost revered by the counter culture youth of the 60's.

[Jake]

I think we may be stuck with fat suit Betty for a while. January Jones was apparently pregnant during filming.

[Henry Blanco]

Anyone watch last night? Sally was great as usual, but Peggy was on FIRE!

[stephanie familiar]

Anyone watch last night? Sally was great as usual, but Peggy was on FIRE!

the

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break up scene was awesome. i HATED her husband, as was glad to see him go. i loved the scene at the end of joan, her mother, and the baby between them, sans a man.

i found people's reactions to the chicago massacre pretty odd, particularly when betty's mother-in-law was describing it to sally. props to the new guy for telling them off.

edit: the scene where don

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strangles that woman was a dream sequence, but i could totally see him doing something like that. i was more surprised that it was a dream than reality.

[Henry Blanco]

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break up scene was awesome. i HATED her husband, as was glad to see him go. i loved the scene at the end of joan, her mother, and the baby between them, sans a man.

I think they are trying to get us to believe that

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Joan and Roger will get together by season's end, as they've already set up Jane being attracted to Don and I think she and/or Joan will make a play for him, but they will find a way to break them up again.

the scene where don

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strangles that woman was a dream sequence, but i could totally see him doing something like that. i was more surprised that it was a dream than reality.

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Oh, that was a total OH SHIT moment but it would be awesome if it turned out that Megan shoved her into the incinerator.

Interesting how Don has come clean to Megan about

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his relationships and partners after divorcing Betty, but not about his infidelities while married to her.

You know who I miss? Sal! I hope they can find a way to work in a cameo later on.

[stephanie familiar]

I think they are trying to get us to believe that

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Joan and Roger will get together by season's end, as they've already set up Jane being attracted to Don and I think she and/or Joan will make a play for him, but they will find a way to break them up again.

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Oh, that was a total OH SHIT moment but it would be awesome if it turned out that Megan shoved her into the incinerator.

Interesting how Don has come clean to Megan about

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his relationships and partners after divorcing Betty, but not about his infidelities while married to her.

You know who I miss? Sal! I hope they can find a way to work in a cameo later on.

i loved sal, i really did. he was one of my favourite characters, and i always liked scenes where he was with his wife in their apartment. i'm fairly certain that the creator of the show said sal would never be back though.

[Henry Blanco]

i loved sal, i really did. he was one of my favourite characters, and i always liked scenes where he was with his wife in their apartment. i'm fairly certain that the creator of the show said sal would never be back though.

That sucks. I aalways saw him as a tragic figure, not only becauese he couldn't out himself,. but becaue he was fired for showing a bit of integrity. While guys like Harry keep their jobs while being complete asses.

[stephanie familiar]

That sucks. I aalways saw him as a tragic figure, not only becauese he couldn't out himself,. but becaue he was fired for showing a bit of integrity. While guys like Harry keep their jobs while being complete asses.

i agree, i don't see why he had to be fired. and i dislike harry very much. given the era, it's kind of hard being a chick and watching that show.

[Henry Blanco]

i agree, i don't see why he had to be fired. and i dislike harry very much. given the era, it's kind of hard being a chick and watching that show.

Sal was fired because Lee Garner Jr. would have pulled all of Lucky Strike's business from British Sterling Cooper, which would have made them fold the company sooner than they did.

Harry started out as kind of sympathetic -- he felt guilty about sleeping with Pete's then-secretary and told his wife, with hilarious results -- now he's just annoying -- thinking that his Hollywood connnexions will get him some tail.

[Nicholas Taggart]

I always enjoy how completely meaningless the previews for the next episodes of Mad Men are.

[stephanie familiar]

Sal was fired because Lee Garner Jr. would have pulled all of Lucky Strike's business from British Sterling Cooper, which would have made them fold the company sooner than they did.

well when you put it that way. but why couldn't he have been hired back when they lost lucky strike?

I always enjoy how completely meaningless the previews for the next episodes of Mad Men are.

yep.

[Nicholas Taggart]

well when you put it that way. but why couldn't he have been hired back when they lost lucky strike?

Maybe he is doing something else. The way Don fired him made me think he wouldn't want him back though.


Interesting that everyone wants Sal back but no one wants awful Paul Kinsey back.

[stephanie familiar]

Interesting that everyone wants Sal back but no one wants awful Paul Kinsey back.

i actually liked kinsey, he seemed like less of a louse than the others, but i had completely forgotten about him until you mentioned his name.

[Nicholas Taggart]

i actually liked kinsey

[Henry Blanco]

well when you put it that way. but why couldn't he have been hired back when they lost lucky strike?

Maybe he is doing something else. The way Don fired him made me think he wouldn't want him back though.

Would either of YOU go back if you were treated like Sal?

SCDP had massive layoffs after losing Lucky Strike, so they couldn't get Sal back... and Don was pissed at Sal because he knew Sal was gay and expected him to whore himself out, like Don did with that Utz schmuck's wife.

Kinsey was a damn hippie.

[Sanjay]

I liked Sal too, it'd be interesting to see what he's up to, especially as he was directing before he was let go - though seeing what eventually became of Midge was just sad.

It's amusing that SCDP are being forced into the current climate and diversifying - mainly due to that lame joke ad backfiring.

I like the Pete/Roger rivalry building up - like a WASPy version of Christopher/Paulie Walnuts from the Sopranos.

[Henry Blanco]

I like the Pete/Roger rivalry building up - like a WASPy version of Christopher/Paulie Walnuts from the Sopranos.

Love that very apt comparison. I think it's a great twist for Roger to be the one fighting to prove his relevance to the firm while Pete is making his bones by being competent, not a smarmy little pissant trying to worm his way into his superiors' good graces.

Fun fact about Pete: his mom's family is descended from the Dyckmans, some of the oldest Dutch settlers in Manhattan. They owned most of the land in upper Manhattan, where I grew up. Their family farmhouse is still preserved there.