I've rewatched the show perhaps 4 times. Every time I watch Betty shake off the trash from the picnic blanket into the grass at the park, my jaw drops. Do you have any scenes that still surprise you?
Did anyone else love Peggy’s growth throughout the show? She grew from a nervous new secretary to a senior copywriter who could stand her ground to make sure she was heard.
Also, I found Peggy’s arc (her being the deuteragonist) to be a source of comfort throughout the show when Don would be in the gutter.
After Sally finds the TWA pin of the flight attendant Don sleeps with on the business trip, Sally asks to hear the story from the day she was born. Don begins to explain that it was the middle of the night and he had just come home from work. He starts to trail off and disassociate a bit, so Betty jumps in to finish the story and says that Don didn't feel like getting back into the car. I believe this infers that Don was out having an affair the night Sally was born, which is why he came home so late that night and why he is rendered speechless with guilt in the middle of the story.
Don worked so hard to win Betty back after she discovered his infidelity with Bobbie Barrett in season 2, but just one episode into season 3 and the audience sees confirmation that Don is the same piece of garbage he's always been. He becomes completely closed lying there on the bed, weighing the guilt of the recent flight attendant fling against whoever held his attention the night Sally was born. Spanning years of affairs and countless betrayals of the woman who bore his children and ultimately took him back. Such a fantastic subtle clue and window into his psyche.
I remember watching Mad Men as it was released, and one of my favorite parts of the original run was the absolutely incomprehensible previews they would give you of the next episode.
You get Joan shaking her head in disgust, Peggy gasping what, Don shouting, Roger seeming to be serious and Pete yelling on the phone. None of which has anything to do with each other.
I wish they included these in the credits so new fans could enjoy them.
Such a flawless scene. Absolutely love everything about it. The guy has a woman who adores and loves him who’s completely surrounded by light and he still chooses to move into the darkness and unknown straight to that old fashioned🥃.
End of season 1. Was cheating this common for these high up wealthy guys? Or is the show just specifically focusing on these people who are cheater
EDIT: I’m not referring to hidden affairs that go on, I mean the open cheating that everyone knows about and encourages it for the most part.
These two comments are from A little kiss, season 5 ep 2, the Zou bisou bisou one. It kinda hit me that it's also de kiss goobye when someone dies. His suit is black and, also, the name Delores reminded me of Dolores, which in spanish means Pain. When he is talking to hear and kinda flirts and talks about her underwear, he turns around and looks to the window, but then he "comes back" to the reality of his office and the blinds makes him look like locked in a cage, like a blackbird.
Maybe this was debated before here but the not-too-subtle foreshadowing never ceases to amaze me. Also Jared Harris is a very gifted actor, his whole presence the entire episode breaks my heart.
Top 10 casual burns in the series.
There aren't many objectively bad things about Mad Men (apart from Duck.) However, this continuity is absolute stinker during the scene where Roger sacks Burt (again). His collar goes from folded down to stuck up (just for the close up where he says "What the hell? You can't do that!") Then back to folded down for the rest of the scene. It's, so, so jarring and I can never not see or think about it. Apologies to anyone who (somehow) had managed to watch the show in blissful ignorance but it's too much of a burden for me to carry on my own.
EDIT: why is everyone being mean in the comments :(
Haven't watched since it originally aired, now bingeing it.
On season 4 and now I'm afraid that I have lung cancer, a failing liver and several sexually transmitted diseases just from watching. /s
How did I miss this line the first time around? It's one of the funniest of the entire series. I fuckin love Creative, lying around, smoking pot, making fun of everything.
Stan: "....You?"
He works for the NY Mayor? Governor? Whatever it is
I know it’s not the same thing but I used to live in DC and had friends who worked for members of Congress or even the White House and they all for the most part lived in apartments lol
My point is, a gov job usually doesn’t give you such a luxurious lifestyle to afford a huge 2 story house in the suburbs of NYC
Has anyone here dealt with alcoholism? It really feels like alcohol is ubiquitous, the same way cigarettes were in the 60s but it's just as unhealthy
I like the way the show at first glamorises it, then shows the repercussions
I like to think this wasn't quick thinking on Don's part. This is a comeback he thought of at least a day after Jimmy Barrett said, "I laugh at you. I go home at night and I laugh at you." I like to imagine he was fuming that he didn't get to say something like that, and kept it in his pocket for years until Ginsberg gave him an excuse to use it.
I know The Suitcase is widely considered the best episode in the series. However, I always thought The Crash was so much more interesting.
I know that The Suitcase is more emotional in that Don loses Anna and forms a deeper bond with Peggy. But I thought The Crash revealed something very interesting about Don: he looks at women like they're customers, and the product he's selling is love. He can convince Sylvia to stay if only he could come up with the right copy. To him, the relationships don't seem real real. We know how empty and lonely he feels. But he's clever enough to know what to say to seduce them.
Now I know what he thinks about love (nylon etc) and that the core of the show is his double life, but I thought it was interesting to see the extent to which it affects him. He's an ad man through and through.
My alternative interpretation was that the heartbreak was so profound that instead of dealing with it straight up, Don turned it into a game (recall Megan's "this isn't that" fight). Just like how Stan and Abigail turn to drugs to escape their pain instead of dealing with it.
Anyway, overall, both episodes are phenomenal. But The Crash was a tiiiiny bit better (for me).
Thanks!
EDIT: I know that The Crash --> I know that The Suitcase
it was good for you or at least not bad for you. All the smoking in this show makes me wish I could have one. Especially at night when I get the urge to snack...I could just light up like Betty to save calories. But alas, I don't want diseases...