Mad Men - the final count down

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe I am too dumb for the show now. I don't get the waitress storyline. Maybe the writers are hoping if we end up hating everyone on the show we won't bug them to bring it back. But, I would love a spin off with Megan's mom. Loved her yelling at the movers and can imagine her living in New York.

I feel the same way, the relationship hasn't been convincing to me at all.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What exactly did Don do to Megan to make her hate him so much? He did make her quit the soap opera and then change his mind about moving to CA but she went to CA anyway. She probably doesn't know about the affair with the neighbor. Why all the hate about "what he did to her"? What did he do?

I was puzzled by this too. Also Megan's mother said Don ruined their family. WTF. All Don did was marry Megan and move her into a swanky NY apartment and support her dream of being an actress. She didnt have to struggle like other starving actresses. She'd still be a secretary if it wasnt for Don. It's not Don's fault that Megan wasnt a very good actress. This waitress storyline is making me glad the show is ending. Why chew up so much screen time on her. She can go away now.

These were my thoughts. I felt like the divorce was mostly propelled by Megan choosing to pursue her dream of being an actress over her marriage to Don. Don wasn't terrible to her and she got plenty out of the relationship ("You were a millionaire when I met you."). It was weird to see Don acting and feeling so guilty when Megan was a petulant child.

[Anonymous]

Can someone explain the $1,000,000 check? I think it means that Don is going to commit suicide. Does he really have any more than that? And why give it all to Megan?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain the $1,000,000 check? I think it means that Don is going to commit suicide. Does he really have any more than that? And why give it all to Megan?

Didn't they all get several million when they sold part of the firm to the former competitors?

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain the $1,000,000 check? I think it means that Don is going to commit suicide. Does he really have any more than that? And why give it all to Megan?

Didn't they all get several million when they sold part of the firm to the former competitors?

Yes, during the early seasons, Don received about 4 million, and he'd surely made a heck of a lot more since then.

[Anonymous]

It's his way of being done with the situation didn't he also give Betty exactly what she asked for?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's his way of being done with the situation didn't he also give Betty exactly what she asked for?

Henry wouldn't let Betty take any money. Don simply allowed a quick and uncontested divorce so she could immediately remarry.

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Anonymous wrote:It's his way of being done with the situation didn't he also give Betty exactly what she asked for?

Henry wouldn't let Betty take any money. Don simply allowed a quick and uncontested divorce so she could immediately remarry.

So indeed, he did give Betty "exactly what she asked for" -

[Anonymous]

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/04/mad-men-season-seven-episode-nine/390342/

Another recap for the latest episode.

I totally agree with the third writer about "final seasons" and I don't like where Mad Men is heading.

Plus, I want happy, grab-life-by-the-balls-take-no-prisioners Don back. I'm tired of sad, lonely Don.

[Anonymous]

Can we just now how awesome Rodger Sterling is? I mean, best character on the show.

[Anonymous]

I think part of the problem with this final section of Mad Men is the direction. We've had scenes in the past where people have said totally unrelated things to each other, but in this last effort everything is disjointed and clashing and i think because whoever is directing is rushing through it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can we just now how awesome Rodger Sterling is? I mean, best character on the show.

I love him so much. He needs his own show, and they need to let him ad lib like they do on Mad Men.

[Anonymous]

Is it compassion Don is showing Diana, or is it that she's some kind of mother figure he's desperately clinging to -- sort of like he wouldn't let his last lover leave the hotel room. I don't get it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it compassion Don is showing Diana, or is it that she's some kind of mother figure he's desperately clinging to -- sort of like he wouldn't let his last lover leave the hotel room. I don't get it.

Read the recap. They explain it pretty well.

[Anonymous]

I think it is pretty telling that this thread's last post was 4/15 and no one posted anything after the last episode. Guess I'm not the only one that doesn't care what happens.