Mad Men finale! (Spoilers, of course)

[Anonymous]

Excellent analysis. Read this:
http://www.vox.com/2015/5/18/8619419/mad-men-finale-recap-review

[Anonymous]

That is an amazing synopsis! Thanks so much for sharing, PP.

[Anonymous]

It was interesting that Joan and Peggy reversed at the end. Peggy started out only wanting a career. At the end she has a career and love. Joan started out wanting love and at the end has a career.

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Anonymous wrote:Very minor question - what was with Don's secretary saying that she translated Roger's speech into pig latin?

It was highlighting that Roger still doesn't take the business seriously. Not that he was actually planning to do it in pig latin, but that he would ask them jokingly to do it because he doesn't respect the speech as part of the business. And perfectly fitting for Don's secretary that she took him seriously.

Do we know what happened to Dawn, Don's old secretary?

She got another job and handed in her notice a few episodes back.

this makes the goodbye Shirley, goodbye Dawn gag so true.

we all look alike.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm pretty sure Pete and his reunited family will die in a plane crash.

I thought the same thing!

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Anonymous wrote:Very minor question - what was with Don's secretary saying that she translated Roger's speech into pig latin?

It was highlighting that Roger still doesn't take the business seriously. Not that he was actually planning to do it in pig latin, but that he would ask them jokingly to do it because he doesn't respect the speech as part of the business. And perfectly fitting for Don's secretary that she took him seriously.

Do we know what happened to Dawn, Don's old secretary?

She got another job and handed in her notice a few episodes back.

No. That was Shirley, who was Roger's second secretary and the only other black staff at SCP apparently. She went to work for an insurance firm. It is a shame we didn't find out about Dawn - her character arc was much more significant than Shirley's.

Hilarious that PP got Shirley and Dawn confused. I guess some things haven't changed since 1970!

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Anonymous wrote:Very minor question - what was with Don's secretary saying that she translated Roger's speech into pig latin?

It was highlighting that Roger still doesn't take the business seriously. Not that he was actually planning to do it in pig latin, but that he would ask them jokingly to do it because he doesn't respect the speech as part of the business. And perfectly fitting for Don's secretary that she took him seriously.

Do we know what happened to Dawn, Don's old secretary?

She got another job and handed in her notice a few episodes back.

No. That was Shirley, who was Roger's second secretary and the only other black staff at SCP apparently. She went to work for an insurance firm. It is a shame we didn't find out about Dawn - her character arc was much more significant than Shirley's.

Hilarious that PP got Shirley and Dawn confused. I guess some things haven't changed since 1970!

Right!

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Anonymous wrote:We just watched it tonight. First impressions were I really liked it, but have to marinate on it some more. Initial thoughts:

1. I'm a bit disappointed with the imitation that Don went back to NY, to advertising, and to Mcann. But, I hope he is moving forward (back?) with some peace he found and living life differently. Another thing I can get behind is the impression that Don and Peggy will contine to do great work together.


2. This is definitely just the beginning for Sally. Kieran Shipka also has a great career ahead of her, I suspect. Loved her phone scene with Don when she was telling him this is how it will be.


3. I've been waiting and wanting for the Stan-Peggy thing. Sure it seems cliche but I think it's how long lasting relationships start - on a solid friendship. They will last. Remember their first big episode together, when they were working over a weekend in the hotel in their underwear? They've had chemistry ever since.


4. One of my absolute favorite parts was between Peggy and Pete, when she said "A thing like that."

A thing like that- was that a line from an earlier episode?

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Did anyone note the Coke reference in the second to last episode? The broken Coke-machine the inn-keeper wanted Don to fix for him because he didn't want to replace it with a newer machine. A broken Coke machine for a broken town.

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Anonymous wrote:We just watched it tonight. First impressions were I really liked it, but have to marinate on it some more. Initial thoughts:

1. I'm a bit disappointed with the imitation that Don went back to NY, to advertising, and to Mcann. But, I hope he is moving forward (back?) with some peace he found and living life differently. Another thing I can get behind is the impression that Don and Peggy will contine to do great work together.


2. This is definitely just the beginning for Sally. Kieran Shipka also has a great career ahead of her, I suspect. Loved her phone scene with Don when she was telling him this is how it will be.


3. I've been waiting and wanting for the Stan-Peggy thing. Sure it seems cliche but I think it's how long lasting relationships start - on a solid friendship. They will last. Remember their first big episode together, when they were working over a weekend in the hotel in their underwear? They've had chemistry ever since.


4. One of my absolute favorite parts was between Peggy and Pete, when she said "A thing like that."

A thing like that- was that a line from an earlier episode?

It's something Pete occasionally said. I didn't like Pete over most of the series, but i always found his tagline charming.

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Anonymous wrote:We just watched it tonight. First impressions were I really liked it, but have to marinate on it some more. Initial thoughts:

1. I'm a bit disappointed with the imitation that Don went back to NY, to advertising, and to Mcann. But, I hope he is moving forward (back?) with some peace he found and living life differently. Another thing I can get behind is the impression that Don and Peggy will contine to do great work together.


2. This is definitely just the beginning for Sally. Kieran Shipka also has a great career ahead of her, I suspect. Loved her phone scene with Don when she was telling him this is how it will be.


3. I've been waiting and wanting for the Stan-Peggy thing. Sure it seems cliche but I think it's how long lasting relationships start - on a solid friendship. They will last. Remember their first big episode together, when they were working over a weekend in the hotel in their underwear? They've had chemistry ever since.


4. One of my absolute favorite parts was between Peggy and Pete, when she said "A thing like that."

A thing like that- was that a line from an earlier episode?

It's something Pete occasionally said. I didn't like Pete over most of the series, but i always found his tagline charming.

same here! i think he may have said once when Kenny got his story published. also a simple google will prob tell you the exact episode title.

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Anonymous wrote:We just watched it tonight. First impressions were I really liked it, but have to marinate on it some more. Initial thoughts:

1. I'm a bit disappointed with the imitation that Don went back to NY, to advertising, and to Mcann. But, I hope he is moving forward (back?) with some peace he found and living life differently. Another thing I can get behind is the impression that Don and Peggy will contine to do great work together.


2. This is definitely just the beginning for Sally. Kieran Shipka also has a great career ahead of her, I suspect. Loved her phone scene with Don when she was telling him this is how it will be.


3. I've been waiting and wanting for the Stan-Peggy thing. Sure it seems cliche but I think it's how long lasting relationships start - on a solid friendship. They will last. Remember their first big episode together, when they were working over a weekend in the hotel in their underwear? They've had chemistry ever since.


4. One of my absolute favorite parts was between Peggy and Pete, when she said "A thing like that."

A thing like that- was that a line from an earlier episode?

It's something Pete occasionally said. I didn't like Pete over most of the series, but i always found his tagline charming.

Original "A thing like that" PP here. It was definitely a Pete-ism. He said it a handful of times over the series -- when he and Don were in California and he (Pete) saw Tony Curtis, then there was also when Peggy tells him that Belle Joile liked her ideas or something like that, and then I think another time that I'm blanking on.

Like PP I have never liked Pete's character as a person, but he was a unique character indeed - brought that sort of..prep school WASP-y dialect/inflection to scenes. Hells Bells Trudy! And so on.

I thought it was the perfect way for her to say goodbye to Pete, given how far their relationship has come and what it has been.

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Anonymous wrote:Did anyone note the Coke reference in the second to last episode? The broken Coke-machine the inn-keeper wanted Don to fix for him because he didn't want to replace it with a newer machine. A broken Coke machine for a broken town.

Yes! Completely purposeful. I also thought Joan's doing coke was a small little foreshadowing as well.

[Anonymous]

I loved the ending. I always loved Stan so that little surprise was wonderful!

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Anonymous wrote:Did anyone note the Coke reference in the second to last episode? The broken Coke-machine the inn-keeper wanted Don to fix for him because he didn't want to replace it with a newer machine. A broken Coke machine for a broken town.

Or Don = broken down coke machine