Anonymous
Post 05/17/2015 23:30     Subject: Mad Men finale! (Spoilers, of course)

Betty gave him permission to walk away from his boys, he will always have a relationship with Sally.

I don't know about the coke ad. I don't think Weiner would say Don did it, because it is a real ad and Don is a fake character, but it sure was implied.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2015 23:29     Subject: Mad Men finale! (Spoilers, of course)

Ugh - no cable! Can someone summarize?
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2015 23:28     Subject: Mad Men finale! (Spoilers, of course)

Anonymous wrote:But, but...how can he hear that guy go on about the refridgerator and how people loved him all along but just didn't show it exactly the way he wanted - and then NOT go home to his daughter?

He needs to help his daughter. It's crap that he doesn't.


I think he did go home, and then he made that Coke ad. But Don had to wait until people were leaving, at the end of the week, to get back home, and during that time, he found peace. At least that's what I'd like to believe.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2015 23:26     Subject: Mad Men finale! (Spoilers, of course)

I'd say it was 80% of what I expected. Not an A+ effort. Passable.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2015 23:26     Subject: Re:Mad Men finale! (Spoilers, of course)

What the fuck was that? Wiener is brilliant, and let us down. Can't even. . .

So pissed.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2015 23:24     Subject: Mad Men finale! (Spoilers, of course)

But, but...how can he hear that guy go on about the refridgerator and how people loved him all along but just didn't show it exactly the way he wanted - and then NOT go home to his daughter?

He needs to help his daughter. It's crap that he doesn't.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2015 23:24     Subject: Mad Men finale! (Spoilers, of course)

I think his smile was him thinking of the Coke ad and he returned to do what he does. Because he's Don.

Peggy and Joan got what they want and deserve. Nothing dramatic. Good for them.

Sally's life won't be an adventure. She'll be raising her siblings. We saw Betty being old Betty one last time...having a little selfish smoke while her daughter worked.

Roger mellows with age. Most do.

It was uneventful but sweet. Realistic. I'm happy.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2015 23:24     Subject: Re:Mad Men finale! (Spoilers, of course)

Btw, why were there halloween decorations all over - on peggy's octopus painting, on joan's refrigerator, etc.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2015 23:23     Subject: Re:Mad Men finale! (Spoilers, of course)

The parting shot of Sally and Betty was so sad.

Interesting that Peggy wound up finding love, and Joan parted ways with her beau and was single. I loved both of their endings. Roger's was silly. Don's was ... pretty perfect (and not at all neat).
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2015 23:23     Subject: Mad Men finale! (Spoilers, of course)

Anonymous wrote:So he's supposed to have written the coke ad based on his experience at the retreat? [/quote
This is what I think.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2015 23:22     Subject: Mad Men finale! (Spoilers, of course)

I wish Joan could have kept her guy. So short-sighted of him. he just wanted a playmate.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2015 23:21     Subject: Mad Men finale! (Spoilers, of course)

I don't like how Don ended up where he ended up. The rest of it was great.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2015 23:21     Subject: Mad Men finale! (Spoilers, of course)

So he's supposed to have written the coke ad based on his experience at the retreat?
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2015 23:19     Subject: Mad Men finale! (Spoilers, of course)

We started threads at the same time. That finale was awful.
Anonymous
Post 05/17/2015 23:19     Subject: Mad Men finale! (Spoilers, of course)

Ok, this is what I saw happening! I mean not exactly, but Don is up and down. That's what he will always be. Loved that most everyone got a "happy" ending.