Mad Men Season 5 - It's finally here

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Favorite line:

Roger: “Why don’t you sing like that?”
Jane: “Why don’t you look like him?”

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Anonymous wrote:I thought it was slow. Sad!

They show has been on hiatus for almost a year and a half. I somewhat enjoyed the measured reintroduction to everyone.

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I'll tell you who's going to be scary this season: SALLY. My DD is @ the same age, 10?11? and that Sally just sends chills down my spine when she is with that creepy neighbor boy.

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I found it very strange-the direction was totally different. the pace felt clipped, staccato,the characters felt surface.... the sound was interesting--there was so much more clattering, typing, phone calls, constant noise. There were very few moments of introspection, close ups as in the previous seasons. it was as if they were entering a new age of life being on the surface, and Don's disorientation in that world evident in his reaction to the party (also a new age of inventing and discarding identity easily--easy and pleasurable for the younger generation but for him, he's terrified of losing the identity he's worked so hard to create and maintain)....

there were a lot of moments that rang false for me though. Joan breaking down...that just is not Joan, you know?

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Thought the episode was really good. Hamm/Draper looked hot in every scene (per usual). I thought it was interesting that Roger and Jane are what Megan and Don will be in a few years. But my god, the carpet sex scene was great. Don's married to someone that he has the same sexual energy with, and he seemed happier (he does love brunettes). Pete trying to take down Roger cracks me up, but Pete does have a point. Roger is kind of the old gorilla in the tribe. Joan breaking down made sense to me - she was going thru major hormone changes and opening up to Lane the way she did seemed natural. Loved the line by Megan's friend about what a great actress Megan is. Can't wait to see where they go this season with that gem. I mean, it's quite clear that Don doesn't really know her.

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Anonymous wrote:I found it very strange-the direction was totally different. the pace felt clipped, staccato,the characters felt surface.... the sound was interesting--there was so much more clattering, typing, phone calls, constant noise. There were very few moments of introspection, close ups as in the previous seasons. it was as if they were entering a new age of life being on the surface, and Don's disorientation in that world evident in his reaction to the party (also a new age of inventing and discarding identity easily--easy and pleasurable for the younger generation but for him, he's terrified of losing the identity he's worked so hard to create and maintain)....

there were a lot of moments that rang false for me though. Joan breaking down...that just is not Joan, you know?

I noticed that too. I found it distracting but in a meaningful way, you know? I just finished watching seasons 1 and 2 on netflix over the past few weekends since I only started watching on AMC during season 3 and wanted to fill in the gaps but yeah, last night's episode felt very different from anything that came before it. I like how it was kind of discordant, sort of like we were experiencing what Don and Roger and the other old folks are experiencing with the culture shift. My absolute favorite scenes were the ones with Harry Crane, both in the kitchen when Megan is behind him, and then in Roger's office. Comedy gold. I have to say, I don't like Megan. I don't know what it is, she just feels so "off" to me. In real life I think she would go to another agency after marrying Don. She just seems so out of place there, trying to keep up with Peggy. I did love the zou bisou bisou number, though, so awesome on so many levels. And that last scene? Holy moley. It has a little 50 shades of grey aura to it...

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Anonymous wrote:Joan breaking down made sense to me - she was going thru major hormone changes and opening up to Lane the way she did seemed natural.

Agree with that, for sure. I definitely related to Joan's post partum emotional reaction, and I absolutely loved her scenes with Lane. There's so much about Joan that women can relate to, I think, particularly women like me who shape an identity in the work world well prior to having their children. Lane's description of Don's reaction to Megan's performance at the birthday party ("I saw his soul leave his body!") was fabulous writing and well delivered.

Did anyone else flinch when Joan's baby was passed to Peggy to hold? I hope they develop more with Peggy this season. Other than Don, I think Peggy's had the most complex and fascinating development of the characters. And I know many don't agree, but I like her underground newspaper guy sweetie -- I rooted for them to get together.

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Anonymous wrote:70's is kind of boring.

I think they're up to 1965 or 1966; definitely not the 70's, because I remember the 70's!

It is 1966 in season 5-Munster's reference--Munster's premiered in the fall 65--Don's Birthday June1st. It's June 1st, 1966 on the season opener. Johnson is president --Goldwater in 68' sign on the window when they were throwing down water bombs--but everyone's hair is still very short because the 1967 "summer of Love" hasn't happened yet. I rest my case.

I love ye-ye music, I haven't even told my wife that. So Megan's little solo number was awesome.

But I thought Don said something about Morticia and Lurch, or is my memory fleeing at 36?

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good blog post on the episode here- http://www.vulture.com/2012/03/mad-men-recap-a-little-kiss.html
"By the close of the episode, Megan has broken down in tears and left work early; when Don finds out and follows her home, she removes her robe and begins cleaning the post-party mess in black underwear, giving her husband a tantalizing rear view of the body he can't have because she's decided he doesn't deserve it. They have sex anyway after Don pulls her up off the carpet and then lowers her back onto it. The dialogue and choreography of this tryst certify the sadomasochistic undercurrents that have coursed through all Don's relationships with women. He is attracted to, and apparently is attractive to, women who feel unloved and/or misunderstood, and who have father issues and consequently get off on Don (sometimes) when he's playacting the part of the big bad daddy. Don loves the thrill of the sexual chase, of finding a way to obtain pleasures that are being pointedly denied to him. He's also a self-loathing man who, for biographical reasons he probably barely understands himself, gets off on being hurt (figuratively and in one case literally). All those things are happening in the look-but-don't-touch scene with Don and Megan, only Megan's slaps are visual. She's assaulting his eyes with a body that she refuses to give him, until he takes it."

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:70's is kind of boring.

I think they're up to 1965 or 1966; definitely not the 70's, because I remember the 70's!

It is 1966 in season 5-Munster's reference--Munster's premiered in the fall 65--Don's Birthday June1st. It's June 1st, 1966 on the season opener. Johnson is president --Goldwater in 68' sign on the window when they were throwing down water bombs--but everyone's hair is still very short because the 1967 "summer of Love" hasn't happened yet. I rest my case.

I love ye-ye music, I haven't even told my wife that. So Megan's little solo number was awesome.

But I thought Don said something about Morticia and Lurch, or is my memory fleeing at 36?

Yes, he did say Morticia and Lurch - Addams Family NOT the Munsters

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i was cracking up at how they all passed that baby around like a hot potato! and that comment lane made about Don's soul leaving his body was gold.

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Another great episode last night. Did not see Betty's weight gain coming! I think it's great that she used to chastize Don for not having any family and now she's stuck with with the MIL from hell. I think the weight gain made her more personable as a character and I felt bad to see her eating away her depression. Goes to show no matter how many men she lures into her web, she will always be stuck with herself - sad really. Proud of how Don really is different in this marriage with Megan. He *gasp* tells her things and wants her to understand him. Huge change from his relationship with Betty. Interesting new copyright character and his weird home life that explains his over boisterous persona. Henry is jealous of Don and Megan's jealous of Betty. Betty's jealous of Megan. Don out of place at the Rollingstones concert. All such good stuff!

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Betty's comment after receiving the news that she doesn't have cancer was also priceless. "So, I'm just fat." I guess she'd rather have cancer.

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Best comment of the episode : "Bring us a good looking version of Don. " from Roger, of course. He gets great lines.

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Harry is such an assclown and I love it! I loved when Megan corrected the bean man client about the title of the Stone song - Time is on my side. Yes, it is dear!