Mad Men - the final count down

[Anonymous]

Finally caught up. That was a fantastic episode! Everybody was great; there was nothing off about it. I'm going to miss this show ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn't understand last night's episode - why is everyone at the agency so shocked that McCann wants to absorb them? McCann acquired them and bith are ad agencies - wasn't this inevitable?

McCann promised to keep them independent partly so they could continue to service and make money off of conflicts.

[Anonymous]

I liked it when Peggy and her bearded co-worker were talking and he figured out that she had had a baby and she opened up about it. (I would like for those two to get together!) Other then that scene, the show was just ok. I'm ready for the series to end.

[Anonymous]

Peggy's relationship with Stan has really evolved over the years. Remember the time Don made them work together in a hotel room? Stan wouldn't stop looking at the porn magazines so Peggy stripped naked so he would get to work. That was Mad Men at its finest.

[Anonymous]

Yeah that was a great scene!^^

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I liked it when Peggy and her bearded co-worker were talking and he figured out that she had had a baby and she opened up about it. (I would like for those two to get together!) Other then that scene, the show was just ok. I'm ready for the series to end.

Indeed. Another boring episode.
Drop some acid, people!

[Anonymous]

This show is boring if you are uninterested in character development, the modernization of the American workplace, and how women's roles at work and in society evolved over the 1960s.

And if you aren't interested in those things, why on earth do you even watch this show?

[Anonymous]

This week's bar scene would have made for an epic finale scene to wrap the series. One of the few we wouldn't question or bitch about.

[Anonymous]

I really liked when the partners revealed that SCDP was being absorbed by McCann, and all the staff were talking to each other, and then Don said 'this is the beginning of something, not the end'. That was a great scene. It reminds me of that one scene when they formed SCDP and the five partners were staring at the new office space with their backs to the camera. Perfection.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really liked when the partners revealed that SCDP was being absorbed by McCann, and all the staff were talking to each other, and then Don said 'this is the beginning of something, not the end'. That was a great scene. It reminds me of that one scene when they formed SCDP and the five partners were staring at the new office space with their backs to the camera. Perfection.

i love how the staff just shuffled off w/out being dismissed. like sorry buddy, this is bullshit and we know it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really liked when the partners revealed that SCDP was being absorbed by McCann, and all the staff were talking to each other, and then Don said 'this is the beginning of something, not the end'. That was a great scene. It reminds me of that one scene when they formed SCDP and the five partners were staring at the new office space with their backs to the camera. Perfection.

Remember Faye's line when Don told her he was marrying Megan: "I hope she knows you only like the beginnings of things!"

[Anonymous]

I thought the most recent episode was the best one of the season so far.
I feel so bad for Peggy. Her line of "It isn't that you don't want to know, it is that you choose not to know or you can't go on" was so touching.

My husband took that scene to seem like Weiner was saying kids get in the way - hold you back. The only way to move ahead in life is to be child free, especially if you are a woman.

I took that scene as if Peggy was really regretting her choice - maybe this is what she thought she wanted, and she is happy she has it - but the sacrifice she made to have it is more than she thought it would be.

It was so sad.

And I love that Peter told her about the acquisition. I love that he reminded you a little about their history there.

(and I love the reason why they didn't accept Peter's daughter into that school. Hysterical)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought the most recent episode was the best one of the season so far.
I feel so bad for Peggy. Her line of "It isn't that you don't want to know, it is that you choose not to know or you can't go on" was so touching.

My husband took that scene to seem like Weiner was saying kids get in the way - hold you back. The only way to move ahead in life is to be child free, especially if you are a woman.

I took that scene as if Peggy was really regretting her choice - maybe this is what she thought she wanted, and she is happy she has it - but the sacrifice she made to have it is more than she thought it would be.

It was so sad.

And I love that Peter told her about the acquisition. I love that he reminded you a little about their history there.

(and I love the reason why they didn't accept Peter's daughter into that school. Hysterical)

The king ordered it!

Pete Campbell has give us some really awesome lines!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I really liked when the partners revealed that SCDP was being absorbed by McCann, and all the staff were talking to each other, and then Don said 'this is the beginning of something, not the end'. That was a great scene. It reminds me of that one scene when they formed SCDP and the five partners were staring at the new office space with their backs to the camera. Perfection.

i love how the staff just shuffled off w/out being dismissed. like sorry buddy, this is bullshit and we know it!

I thought that was telling. Time was, Don and Roger could give those type of speeches and people would listen, follow, and believe. Shows that they're last their prime. I also thought that their failed presentation to McCann had a similar vibe.

[Anonymous]

OK so the best thing about last night's episode was definitely Roger playing the music while Peggy skated around the empty offices. Surreal, joyful, apt.