Mad Men.

I don't think this is superficial at all :) In fact, I'm certain that was the exact intention of the director/programme makers. All men - no matter how hardnosed and successful have that 'dishevelled little boy in PJs' deep within ;)

Off to check out that red carpet link now - looks really promising :cool:

Wow - have now seen the link! How GORGEOUS is Vincent K (Pete) and, of course, John Hamm. Even found the Sterling AND Cooper actors quite fascinating. Can't cope with the awful west coast accent of the Peggy and Joan actresses tho'!
 
I never thought of that because he was so much bigger (my impression, and Pete is so slight - has he even lost weight this series?), but now you mention it, yes!

parthena
 
Loved that line ~ well done, Cooper!

Loving Sal too ~ such a shame we don't get to see more of him. His kiss with Joan, and the look of realisation on her face afterwarRAB, was superbly done.

Only one more to go :(
 
:) I think I said earlier that I'd never have believed I could feel sorry for Pete halfway through series one. I'd be a bit kinder to Peggy than you are. She neeRAB to be led away from religion ASAP because I think it's messing her head up. She told Pete about the baby, I thought, not because she was being cruel but because that vicar had led her to believe that truth came before everything else. She seemed genuinely sorry to me. She also is getting somewhere, and neeRAB that hard edge to do it. For all her front (:D sorry) Joan is a bit of a pussycat at heart and doesn't have that much ambition.
 
What's the betting Alison reappears in a few episodes time with a large bump?
(We heard Peggy refer to Malcolm X being killed recently - which was the end of February 1965, so after Don & Alison's New Year's fling, she might just have had some worrying news)
 
Forgive me for editing your excellent post but I wanted to single out this section.

I completely agree that Betty's dream must be this kind of bizarre Mills and Boon fantasy in which she tries to make everything black and white, and where she is the victim, Don the evil husband and Henry her knight in shining armour. :rolleyes:

The truth, of course, is rather more complex ... ;)

Betty was quite right about having had a tough year but not all of that has been Don's doing. The ghost of her mother has always haunted her, and her father's death brought that all back plus a whole lot more. But Don has been pretty good throughout - he was the one who insisted Gene came to live with them.

I sympathise with Betty after Gene's death and Don's preoccupation with work (and, unbeknown to her, Sally's teacher) - but the answer to that isn't to fling herself at Henry so obviously. He could see it coming a mile off and knows exactly what buttons to press to get the results he wants.

However, what Henry really wants is, as you quite rightly point out, questionable. We have only seen him through Betty's rose-coloured glasses, so we know next to nothing about him. He has a daughter - but by whom? Where is her mother? Why did he and his wife split? Given what he does for a living and the slick manner in which he operates, I can't believe he is going to be all he seems. (Plus this is Mad Men, after all! ;))

I do hope this isn't the last we see of Betty: her naivety neeRAB paying off. I can't see her asking Don for a reunion, but nor can I see her deluded editing of the truth leading to a happy ending.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who liked the Don/Peggy scenes. Like you, I can't see (and wouldn't want :eek:) anything romantic to develop between the two of them, but they are so obviously kindred spirits, both trying to escape from pasts they don't want to define them. Don vocalising that obviously struck a chord with Peggy - and made for a really touching scene.

And yes, bring back Sal!
 
The episode was spoilt for me by the recurring thoughts "Oh no, Roger's going to have a heart attack" and "Oh no, it's going to end soon, I wish it was twice as long" [sulk].

I remember my aunt bursting into the room where my grandmother, mother and I were watching TV (not the news, obviously) and crying out "President Kennedy's been shot!" - it was a very big deal, we were upset and aghast, but not nearly as aghast as when Oswald was allowed to be shot.

As he walked away into the darkness from Betty's "I don't love you any more", Don's sinking feeling was palpable.

Brilliant.

parthena
 
Just found this thread, thank goodness, more addicts! Loving the new series, the amazing change in Peggy etc. I can't help thinking that Betty and Charles won't last long!

I was the same age as Betty in the 60's, this is such a stroll down memory lane. Usually I am very picky with things that are "wrong" for the period, as sometimes happened in Life on Mars and other great series, but so far I haven't picked up anything in MM, a tribute to the writers. I only wish my husband were alive still, I just know he would have loved this show.
 
I think that's pretty much spot-on. While there's obviously a connection between them, neither one appears to want what the other has to offer (at least on a personal level). In "show years" they've have 5 or 6 years together so if anything was going to happen, it would have by now.
I think Peggy's awe of Don is on the wane - you can't idolise someone who you've seen puking their guts up[1].. She definitely resents the plaudits he got for what she considers her work. She may even have a point, so it will be interesting to see how that plays out, too.

[1] that scene reinforces my Don is becoming Roger theory.
 
That was interesting wasn't it.

I wouldn't expect it to be significant in the future though. I think that it either showed how "lost" Don's weekend really was as he revealed his real name. Or that it happened and thats that. One of the things that I love about Mad Men is that stuff happens and goes away, just like it does in real life. Not every action has a consequence.

Or, I could be completely wrong and it will come back and bite him in the bum next week - in which case I will eat my post :D
 
Yes Elizabth Moss looks completely dfferent out of character. I'm wondering if they actually make her look artificially fatter on the show, because she doesn't look like that at all in the clip. Shame she's a Scientologist! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Moss (Page Contains Spoilers)

A great episode this week. Loved the war flashback, the reveal about Don's past and the whole Campbell blackmail thing. I just love this show.
 
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