Mad Men - Page 3

In an interview, January Jones said they did "incorporate" her pregnancy. So this cancer scare is, as you're suggesting, probably just a way around it. Though, I assume the writer's have found a way to make it relevant -- it looks like she really might be thinking about what actually makes her happy; ie. Don.

Man, that whole Andrea thing was really driving me nuts. "This has to be a dream" kept running through my mind. I was throwing my hands in the air like "WTF DON?!" lmao

GREAT episode. I might actually watch it again, because it was a great episode for all the characters involved.

So that was one of my favourite Mad Men episodes ever.

One of my favourites ever as well. The dinner at Campbell's was classic stuff, love the awkwardness and don fixing the tap. Then Lane and the fight, Pete going down the same route as Don without getting any satisfaction is taking his character to a new level. And the final scene, the narration and the dripping tap at the end, just incredible.

I always thought I'd hate Pete Campbell, but he's actually grown on me so much throughout the run of the show. He knows he's punching above his weight sometimes, and he's constantly expecting the bottom to fall out, so he's just trying to grab everything.


But then suddenly, the bottom does fall out... but not out of his business dealings like he dreaded, but of everything else he was always so confident about before. His manliness, his morals, his youth, his trust with Don.

Great episode.

Oh my god.

The biggest change this season: this is not a slow burn show anymore. The writers must have gotten antsy during the hiatus and put together a season that was must-see TV every freaking week. I was ready to call last week's ep a powerful favorite, this one trumped it in so many ways though.

Peggy's POV, Roger's and then Don's. All sorts of freakouts and drugs. Great use of all three actors and pivotal points for each character really. In a way, they all confront big issues in their lives and then keep moving, largely unchanged. And holy crap about the Sterling segment. Forgot how fantastically hot/troubled Jane is.

Another thing that's got to me this season: the cinematography, specifically in vehicles. Looks spectacularly 60s NY. This was from last week:

I too forgot how frickin' gorgeous Peyton List is as Jane. In the lift and then lying on the bed, damn. When Roger was leaving in the morning and she'd forgotten all about their drug-fueled heart to heart i was actually speaking aloud 'just stop talking, why are you walking away from that? LOOK AT HER'

I loved the way that episode was structured. Mad Men rarely fails when it pushes the boat out on episodes and does things a little differently. I have literally nothing to moan about, which is pretty rare for me. Roger the highlight, the way his LSD segment was shot was very impressive.

Brilliant, again.

Still can't get over how good last week was. I think I might rewatch it before tonight's.