Mad Men: Belated Open Thread
Due to some scheduling difficulties, Videogum's Senior Mad Men Correspondent, Alex Blagg, will not be able to provide a recap of this week's episode. But obviously, we should still be able to talk about it, first and foremost because IT WAS BANANAS. Mysterious visits from England! Dangerous office party antics! Secret billionaires! What a great episode, don't you think? Well then why didn't you/don't you say so. In the comments.
Posted by Gabe at 12:30 PM in Love-Watching
Tags: Elisabeth Moss | John Slattery | Jon Hamm | Mad Men
Best moment of the night
I love how Kinsey's arm flails.
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How many takes do you think they had to do? I hope a million.
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I'm just glad to see the triumphant return of Dale (far left).
THIS explains it all.
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That picture/explanation of Dale is The World's Greatest
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I bet Monday morning at the John Deere product-placement department there were high fives all around.
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THANK YOU! As soon as that happened, I thought, "SOMEONE on videogum is gonna make a .dif of this..."
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*.gif
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LOLOLOL. I LOLed so hard Sunday night when it happened and I am LOLing again. I don't remember spotting Paul's arm flail, though. Did I also miss an accompanying high-pitched girl-squeal?
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I also love the clean spot where his arm was.
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I don't think anyone wants to think about a foot in a lawnmower. [/Don Draper]
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Did we know Joan was leaving?
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Yes I think she mentioned it in the first episode about being greatful to leave or something...
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"Senior Mad Men Correspondents can't write."
"Senior Mad Men Correspondents get monsters to do things for them. You know that."
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"Senior Mad Men Correspondents can't write."
"Senior Mad Men Correspondents get *women* to do things for them. You know that."
all better now
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"The doctor says he'll never golf again"
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"Right when he got it in the door."
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I wonder how Conrad Hilton would feel if he knew how his granddaughter, Paris, would behave 40 years into the future.
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I never realized until this episode how exciting a close shave must have been back then. We take our million-blade electric gel razors for granted.
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And Don was still rocking that five o'clock shadow immediately after Angelo's. When he got home and kissed Betty, he basically had a full beard. "Smooth"? No, Betty. that looks to be quite the opposite of smooth.
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Conrad Hilton = John Waters. Also: 'Looks like Iwo Jima out there.' More Roger, please.
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I could have sworn Don and Joan were THIS close to tongue fucking each other in the hospital waiting room.
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Yea, those two haven't had many scenes together, but they certainly have chemistry. And when you have chemistry with Don Draper, you're just a step in any direction away from getting FUCKED.
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I loved this seen, especially b/c I felt it kind of turned the tables. It was DON that got all embarrassed and blushed and showed us his "aw shucks" smile. It was adorable. It made me squeal like a stuck pig.
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*scene*!!! Jeez...
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I think even more tense was this exchange: Peggy - "This is really good champagne." Don - "No it's not."
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Agreed:
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I'm with you on that:
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"Baby Gene can't write." Sally Draper... giving it to 'em straight since 1954-ish. I CANNOT WAIT for her to become a hippie and freak everyone out.
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"Babies get fairies to do things, you know that."
It is no wonder that Sally flipped her shit the way she did when she saw that doll back in her room.
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Did anyone else find it weird that no one thought to ask Sally WHY she was screaming?
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Via Jebezel(sp?):
Sally threw the doll out of the window and into the bushes, then all of a sudden it was on her dresser... that plus creepy Baby Gene, who is CLEARLY Grandpa Gene reincarnated sent her over the edge.
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Becca, I know the viewers knew why Sally was screaming, but the parents Draper seemed to fail out of Caring About Why Your Daughter Is Yelling Her Head Off In The Middle Of The Night School.
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This episode drives home the point that, in reality, there is no The Man. Every The Man, like Lane Pryce or Guy McKendrick or Don or Roger, has other The Men for whom he works and who will always be willing to screw the lesser The Man over.
So I'm going to stop trying to be The Man, now.
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I'm gonna assume Alex missed the Videogum golf outing yesterday because he got his foot cut off my a riding lawnmower and these "schedule conflicts" are permanently conflicted.
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Also, writing "Sterling" with a marker on the overhead projector was just heartbreaking.
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Poor Roger. He's the appendix of his own company. Hanging around long after he's been deemed useless. Completely vestigial.
I guess they keep him for the one-liners.
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well that and the good ol' timey racism!
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I hope they had worker's comp back then. I'm guessing no from how quickly the Brits wanted to can his ass while he was in the hospital.
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Did anyone notice that Pete caught Peggy when she fainted??? I wish they'd just address the thing already!
And why wasn't Lois fired a long time ago? She's a dunce (though the actress playing her is hilarious). She was spying on Sal (barking up the WRONG tree) when she worked the switch board, got promoted to Don's secretary, screwed up, got fired by Don and demoted back to the switch board, spied on the PPL calls and leaked info to Sterling/Cooper employees, got her dress stuck in the copy machine, prank called Peggy, and now this.
If she's still working there, I just feel bad for Duck and Freddy Rumsen for being fired... all they did was throw a bitchfit in a meeting and piss their pants, respectively.
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Lois showing up in an episode is never a good thing for Sterling-Cooper. Maybe she's a secret mastermind who organizes hits for the Rodge.
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I definitely noticed this! They haven't addressed their relationship at all in a long time. I'd like to see where they are ultimately bringing this.
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You KNOW you're watching quality television when five men are having a conversation as a man in the background is squeegeeing blood off the window behind them.
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I bet he felt really good when he woke up this morning.
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It's all fun and games until somebody loses a foot.
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blood spatter, vietnam, and a grassy motif.
bring on the kennedy assassination!
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This episode followed the age-old trope of "Chekov's John Deere Tractor"
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so how long before don and sally's teacher f? that broad had some nerve drunk dialing don. RUh ROH.
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I'm with you on that:
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Roger Sterling should get a spin-off show with a really corny title like, "Roger That!" or something [not serious]. In all seriousness, Roger Sterling is the best character on the show.
Also if Don and Joan got it on, I think Mad Men would be liable for a lawsuit because it would be so hot televisions across the world will melt.
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I know you're joking, but I am definitely not when I say I would watch "Roger That!"
Who remembers the knight amour from earlier this season: "do you ever throw three sheets to the wind and try that thing on?"
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I liked how after the accident it was Joan to the rescue, showing that even she would probably have more of a future in the medical field than her shitty doctor, rapist of a husband.
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The slo-mo in that .gif really makes me long for one of the confetti/blood cannons they used for that scene. Talk about "life o' the party!"
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I cannot buhLEEV I am the only one excited about The Nanny/Mad Men crossover!
OH MR. SHEFFIELD!
Plus, the recap at BWE is actually funny. Get that guy to do them here.
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THAT'S who that guy was!!! Thank you!
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I wonder if Guy got severance pay.
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Upon second viewing, I'm suprised nobody's mentioned Don's letting out a Rick Flair/Ashley Schaffer-esque "Whoo!!" after getting his clean shave! Solid gold laughs.
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Best line....
Roger: Believe me, somewhere in this business, this has happened before.
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Great foreshadowing I haven't heard mentioned:
1) Somewhat longer than necessary shot of Don and Roger slowly, carefully taking off their shoes before entering Bert's office
2) Roger, while getting his manicure: "I'm thinking about my toes right now"
3) Afterwards, the doll's red-painted foot sticking up out of the bushes
Bonus extra foreshadowing:
a) Dr. McRapey tries to sneak in without waking up Joan, but loudly trips over something... with his FOOT
b) The opening sequence has a gigantic female FOOT kicking the falling Mad Man
c) Most everyone in the show is seen walking around on FEET
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I picked up on a different pattern: LIGHTS. Sally's nightlight, Joan says she needs to turn off the light, Don staring at the light on the ceiling. The whole episode had these light references...
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I bet a billion (fake) dollars that they already fucked- wasn't Joan his original secretary?
Im sure it will come up at some point
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