Mad Men

[A.J.]

And fat mr belding.

Too much Cool Whip.

And a nice touch using "Tomorrow Never Knows" at the end.

[Kevin]

Less Goddamn Meg more Roger.


And those 60s fashions were just awful the drop every woman at least 2 notches

[KnoxHarrington]

Peggy needs to realize that she's not nearly hot enough to be such a shrewish bitch.

[KnoxHarrington]

Too much Cool Whip.

And a nice touch using "Tomorrow Never Knows" at the end.

It worked best thematically with the episode. The lyrics of "For No One" or "She Said She Said" might have actually been a little more on point for the situation -- I mean, "For No One" would have really worked as a message Megan was sending Don -- but "Tomorrow Never Knows" was the perfect choice, because it really shows how much the world is moving on, maybe beyond what Don can handle. I mean, the episode begins with a client saying they want to do a commercial that looks like "A Hard Day's Night", and that song shows that even the Beatles were well past that by this point.

And so, of course, it made perfect sense that Don only made it about halfway through the song before he shut it off and went to bed.

[A.J.]

Another episode with great stuff from Roger. The scene with him and Ginsberg killed me: "The Manischewitz people sell their wine to Jews, now they want to market it to normal people. And they want it cheap....surprise."

[A.J.]

Oh and Betty is a fat bitch.

[Snacks]

Another episode with great stuff from Roger. The scene with him and Ginsberg killed me: "The Manischewitz people sell their wine to Jews, now they want to market it to normal people. And they want it cheap....surprise."

Yeah that scene had me cracking up. Roger has really been the stand out of this season.

[smiler grogan]

Ginsberg is a terrific addition.

[Kevin]

I gotta start carrying less money.

Roger is the best.

And Betty is a cunt.

What a depressing life she has.

[Kevin]

It also annoyed me to no end how small a bites Betty's husband was taking of that steak.


EAT LIKE A GODDAMN MAN.

That steak will be cold by the time you finish it and talk to your fat depressing wife.

[Enabler]

Poor Campbell. I figured they were setting us up for his eventual suicide but now Im thinking it'll be a murder/suicide.

And leave Betty alone! Shes weighing her food, shes doing the steps. Her selfishness and psychological child abuse is just classic Betty.

[Kevin]

Poor Campbell. I figured they were setting us up for his eventual suicide but now Im thinking it'll be a murder/suicide.

And leave Betty alone! Shes weighing her food, shes doing the steps. Her selfishness and psychological child abuse is just classic Betty.

She stinks and I don't like her.

I hate when people use their kids to be a cunt.

[Chimee]

Last night really got across that every person on the show is a terrible, depressing person.

[Enabler]

She stinks and I don't like her.

I hate when people use their kids to be a cunt.

All that my sweet sweet Betty ever wanted was to do some modeling and get thoroughly pounded on the reg by Don. But he had to have his heroin slut. He drove her to this.

Now enjoy your spoonful of stuffing, Betty...there ya go.

[boonanas]

8 episodes in and no mention of the girl that Lane Price yearned over in the first episode? It seemed pretty mysterious to just drop that storyline.

[Kevin]

8 episodes in and no mention of the girl that Lane Price yearned over in the first episode? It seemed pretty mysterious to just drop that storyline.

I totally forgot about Lane.

wtf happened to him?

[KnoxHarrington]

The best part of seeing fatass Betty last night was when it became clear that her little plan to try to fuck up Don and Megan's marriage by having Sally ask them about Anna had failed, that they'd come clean and Sally was cool with it. That little deflated pout she gave...Betty's always been a horrible person, but this episode she crossed that line into being just evil.

Pete gets more and more pathetic. Dreaming about how a NY Times Magazine article is going to get him laid, freezing everyone else out of it, and then they don't even make the magazine. And it was hilarious how he basically admitted to that guy he wanted to bang his wife, and the other guy just thought it was a joke. What a pathetic piece of shit.

My favorite Roger line of the night, asking how Jewish the Manischewitz guys were going to be: "Fiddler On The Roof, the cast or the audience?"

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

[A.J.]

8 episodes in and no mention of the girl that Lane Price yearned over in the first episode? It seemed pretty mysterious to just drop that storyline.

This is the kind of shit that Weiner did on the Sopranos: start a storyline then leave you hanging. Best example: the Russian in the Pine Barrens.

[IamFogHat]

"Harikrishna, Harry." :laugh:

[IamFogHat]

I could never pull that off, my hands are too shaky.

[IamFogHat]

Ok, the last few minutes of tonight's episode I just watched, with Don Draper and Joan in the bar, kind of made me want to fuck a man for the first time.

[Fallon]

Ok, the last few minutes of tonight's episode I just watched, with Don Draper and Joan in the bar, kind of made me want to fuck a man for the first time.

Really? I wanted to fuck Joan.

[IamFogHat]

Really? I wanted to fuck Joan.

Well let's be honest, in my mind it was a three way.

[A.J.]

This was a pretty lame episode except for the bar scene with Don and Joan, and Don's speech at the end about the Jaguar account which looks to foreshadow big things in the upcoming episodes.

Oh, and of course, Roger celebrating Pearl Harbor Day by starting to drink at 7:55 AM.

[KnoxHarrington]

This was a pretty lame episode except for the bar scene with Don and Joan, and Don's speech at the end about the Jaguar account which looks to foreshadow big things in the upcoming episodes.

Oh, and of course, Roger celebrating Pearl Harbor Day by starting to drink at 7:55 AM.

I thought the significance of Don's speech was that it showed him deciding to start giving a shit about his job again. I mean, there was a scene earlier in that episode where he was basically sleeping in his office.

Lane continues to get more and more pathetic. There's no way he gets away with forging that check.

[Chimee]

I thought the significance of Don's speech was that it showed him deciding to start giving a shit about his job again. I mean, there was a scene earlier in that episode where he was basically sleeping in his office.

Lane continues to get more and more pathetic. There's no way he gets away with forging that check.

Every episode this season has had Don sleeping in his office.

[KC2OSO]

Every episode this season has had Don sleeping in his office.
Obviously and eventually a giant woman's foot will kick him out a window.

...well maybe not

[A.J.]

Lane continues to get more and more pathetic. There's no way he gets away with forging that check.

Or Matthew Weiner gives us a "Russian in the Pine Barrens"-type dangle that never goes anywhere.

[IamFogHat]

Poor Peggy, that lobster looked delicious.

[IamFogHat]

Pete is so despicable in this episode, I don't even know how to process it.

[IamFogHat]

Oh Don, that was cold.

[IamFogHat]

Wow, I went from one episode wanting to fuck Don Draper to the next wanting to punch him in the face. This show's so amazing.

[IamFogHat]

Oh no! Joan:glurps:

[IamFogHat]

Yay! Go Peggy!

[Kevin]

Oh Don, that was cold.

Wow, I went from one episode wanting to fuck Don Draper to the next wanting to punch him in the face. This show's so amazing.

I just watched..

Is the throwing money at Peggy the thing you guys are talking about?

That was bad but Don was the least hate able by far in this episode

[IamFogHat]

I just watched..

Is the throwing money at Peggy the thing you guys are talking about?

That was bad but Don was the least hate able by far in this episode

It was when he did it, and then the episode unfolded and he turned out to be the most honorable man in the show again, which was brilliant.

[Jayw]

This show is so fucking great.

Still processing this episode...

The way they played out that joan/whore scene where you thought Don stopped it and then realized he was too late was fantastic.

I was getting a little sick of peggy always bitching tbh, do you think she will be phased out of the show or what.

Now onto a show that usually has me reading twitter on my phone instead of hanging on to every second, sigh. (thrones)

[Recyclerz]

Poor Peggy, that lobster looked delicious.

Eh, I've eaten at The Palm and their steaks and even their chicken parm are better than their lobster.

Back on point - I think Weiner has done a great job with the narrative arcs of Joan & Peggy. Although they are similar in age (although I assume Joan is a few years older) and in intelligence (although with different skill sets) they are in very different paradigms. Joan is stuck in the old school "women succeed in life by being sexually attractive and by playing that one card wisely" mode whereas Peggy, although she has actually doing more fucking by my count, has trail blazed the view that a woman can succeed by forcing the power structure (ie. men) to judge her on her work alone with the poonani being a side issue at best. Nicely played.

PS Last week's bar scene with Joan & Don seems like foreshadowing now, especially when Don is leaving and basically telling Joan to "Go on, fuck him" re: the guy giving her the eye at the other end of the bar.

PPS Pete Campbell has to be the biggest (and best/worst) creep on any TV show I've watched.

[KnoxHarrington]

The most infuriating thing about that episode (not because it was badly done, or it doesn't work with the plot) is that you know that Pete being such a total piece of shit has probably saved his career, or at least given him a lot more influence and power within SCDP. I mean, that character's arc this season seems to have been him unraveling, both personally and professionally. Now he does something just totally shitty, and that probably means he's back on top again. Of course, that's how corporate life works anyway, and the show nailed that. Scummy, damn near psychopathic behavior often gets you ahead.

[IamFogHat]

I like how Megan never seems to wear socks in the house.

(I might be a foot guy)

[Kevin]

All I can say is wow.

I figured he would do it but it was still sad.

Don did what he had to do, once someone steals you just can't trust them anymore.

This is by far the best season and the best show on TV.

[Snacks]

I agree this is a great season and another great eps tonight.

As for Megan and not wearing socks, I wish she would she got some ugly, huge feet.

I have always thought Campbell would be the 1 to commit suicide and thought it would be this season. I was very shocked by tonights eps and didnt expect it to go where it went and with so much going on.

Next week is the season finale, not happy!

[A.J.]

I had a feeling Lane would do it but they way it played out in this episode really showed how far he had fallen: getting caught with the forged check, trying to justify why he did it, begging to keep his job so he could keep his visa and stay in the U.S., the awkward comment to Joan about picturing her in a bikini, his loving wife whom he cheated on buying him that Jaguar because he "never did anything for himself" and his failed first attempt at suicide. Jared Harris really went out with a great performance.

And one of the best scenes was Sally getting her first period and running home to her surprised mother who responded with a rare display of maternal love for her daughter. Betty redeemed herself for being such a stuck-up, selfish bitch earlier in the episode.

[Enabler]

All I can say is wow.

I figured he would do it but it was still sad.

Don did what he had to do, once someone steals you just can't trust them anymore.

This is by far the best season and the best show on TV.


I dont know. When Cooper found out that Don was really Dick Whitman he completely let it go. I think Don couldve looked the other way in this case. He clearly felt guilty and he probably should. Don has been forging shit for what, 15 years?

I cant believe my sweet little Sally Beth is a woman now. Glen is still an uncomfortable weirdo. I really dont want this show to ever end.

[Kevin]

I dont know. When Cooper found out that Don was really Dick Whitman he completely let it go. I think Don couldve looked the other way in this case. He clearly felt guilty and he probably should. Don has been forging shit for what, 15 years?

I cant believe my sweet little Sally Beth is a woman now. Glen is still an uncomfortable weirdo. I really dont want this show to ever end.

Don never stole any of his money and forged his signature.

Had he been anyone but the financial guy, Don might have but you can't look past what he did. Especially with a start up business like theirs. 8k is a fucking shitload in the 60s.

[KnoxHarrington]

Don never stole any of his money and forged his signature.

Had he been anyone but the financial guy, Don might have but you can't look past what he did. Especially with a start up business like theirs. 8k is a fucking shitload in the 60s.

I doubt many businesses would be happy with you embezzling $8K now.

And by the time that weaselly scumbag Campbell told Cooper about Don's true identity, he'd already established his career, and become a key player of the company. Lane is far easier to replace.

[A.J.]

I doubt many businesses would be happy with you embezzling $8K now.

And by the time that weaselly scumbag Campbell told Cooper about Don's true identity, he'd already established his career, and become a key player of the company. Lane is far easier to replace.

And Pete violated federal law by opening mail that clearly was not addressed to him.

[Enabler]

Lane deserved to be fired but theres some intentional irony in the master of identity theft firing Lane basically for identity theft. Just another thing that makes the show awesome.

[Kevin]

The thing is if Lane would have went to Don for help he would have.



What a coward. He could have went to another firm especially with his position and chair of that organization.

Don was not outing him or ruining his rep.

How is killing himself going to help his wife and son?

[cougarjake13]

The thing is if Lane would have went to Don for help he would have.



What a coward. He could have went to another firm especially with his position and chair of that organization.

Don was not outing him or ruining his rep.

How is killing himself going to help his wife and son?



Insurance money ?

[Kevin]

Insurance money ?

Didn't they have suicide clauses then too?

[cougarjake13]

Didn't they have suicide clauses then too?

Maybe

But maybe not the knowledge or forensics


Now I haven't seen the episode so I don't know if the way they filmed it shows a clear suicide shot like in hand right to temple or if he tried to angle it a bit to look like he was murdered

[Recyclerz]

The thing is if Lane would have went to Don for help he would have.



What a coward. He could have went to another firm especially with his position and chair of that organization.

Don was not outing him or ruining his rep.

How is killing himself going to help his wife and son?

His lifestyle was built on a financial house of cards. He kept his wife in the dark so she kept spending on "essentials" that he had to go into debt for and this was way before debt became the standard way people lived like it is now. He would have lost his visa and have to return to Britain where, let's not forget, the only firm that would have known his work would have been the one he screwed over to let Draper & Crew start their own shop.

The poor bastard had painted himself into a corner and his reputation, which he clearly valued by the opening scene where he was pretty pleased with himself at getting chosen for that acctg. group's board, would have been ruined.

All that said, I saw the joke with the Jaguar coming from a mile away and still LOLed when the car wouldn't start.

[KnoxHarrington]

Another interesting source of potential future conflict was brought in on this last episode: if SCDP gets Dow Chemical, they have by far their biggest client, one that will bring in at least as much as Lucky Strike did -- and Pete will not be allowed near it. I can't imagine he'd take that well...

[A.J.]

Another interesting source of potential future conflict was brought in on this last episode: if SCDP gets Dow Chemical, they have by far their biggest client, one that will bring in at least as much as Lucky Strike did -- and Pete will not be allowed near it. I can't imagine he'd take that well...

That was a nice move by Ken Cosgrove. And Roger, who also hates Pete, didn't seem to mind that.

[Recyclerz]

Matthew Weiner and whoever directed this season finale brought their A game IMO. A lot of strong scenes and character development/reveals - I even felt a twinge of sympathy for Pete Campbell at one point - followed up with some laugh out loud, low brow pins to the balloon to keep things from getting overwrought.

I don't want to get into spoilers until everyone has had a chance to catch up but I will say the image of the partners in the new space was good but that Don's final scene was so great that Scorsese would be proud if he had done it (and the follow-up scene highlighting the "high/low" theme they've been developing all season was unexpected and perfect).

Kudos to all. :thumbup:

[Kevin]

I can't overstate how much I hate Megan and hope Don has finally come to his sense and dumps the ungrateful brat.

She isn't ever satisfied.

Lets hope we are getting the old Don back next season.

[Snacks]

I can't overstate how much I hate Megan and hope Don has finally come to his sense and dumps the ungrateful brat.

She isn't ever satisfied.

Lets hope we are getting the old Don back next season.

I agree. I think old Don will be back based off that last scene. I think while watching his wife's "reel" he saw something in her that he didn't like or that he noticed their entire relationship she has been acting and is truly only out for herself.

[A.J.]

Nice touch at the end with using the theme from "You Only Live Twice" from the James Bond film that came out around that time the episode took place. And of course, Roger has a couple of LOL moments with him calling the Drapers to hook up with Megan's mom and then standing naked in front of his window, presumably on acid.

[Enabler]

Stellar as usual. I noticed that almost every scene started with a door opening. I guess playing off what Campbell's mistress was talking about. Very well done. Plus it's always nice to see Pete get punched in the face. "I'm the president of the Howdy Doody circus parade" might be the line of the series for me.

[Fallon]

"I'm the president of the Howdy Doody circus parade" might be the line of the series for me.

I fucking hate/love Pete.

[danner1515]

I fucking hate/love Pete.

I don't know if the show will ever be able to top Lane knocking Pete on his ass.

[thepaulo]

I feel that no one is reacting appropriately to Lane's suicide. It is casting a huge shadow over the show for me.

[A.J.]

I feel that no one is reacting appropriately to Lane's suicide.

Joan did.

[Earlshog]

I feel that no one is reacting appropriately to Lane's suicide. It is casting a huge shadow over the show for me.

Don was having visions of his dead brother if that counts for anything.

[thepaulo]

Don was having visions of his dead brother if that counts for anything.

I agree. I feel Don especially will start to be haunted by ghosts, Lane, his California wife, his miserable parents, etc.

[A.J.]

Weird premiere last night. Little Carmine from The Sopranos as Don's doorman, Don back to cheating. The best part was a nice side boob of Megan getting out of bed. And Roger is hysterical as ever. How John Slattery hasn't won an Emmy is beyond me.

[Enabler]

Mad Men is officially getting "groovy."

By the end of the season I wanna see Cosgrove's hair down to his knees and Campbell's sideburns grown into far-out mutton chops.

Betty's bit about "raping" Sally's friend was intense, yet playful.

Whimsical, disturbing rape-banter that only Mad Men can supply.

"Less-fat-Betty" is bringin it hard this year!

[KC2OSO]

Two of the cast members wearing fat suits. Nice. Joan's torpedo tits were ridiculous.
People smoking weed in an office? Betty's rape chat was odd.

[A.J.]

Betty is officially bat-shit insane.

[jimmyolsenblues]

I have zero idea why the Betty character is even shown for any reason on Mad Men.

[Jayw]

Two of the cast members wearing fat suits. Nice. Joan's torpedo tits were ridiculous.
People smoking weed in an office? Betty's rape chat was odd.

Who else?

[KnoxHarrington]

I have zero idea why the Betty character is even shown for any reason on Mad Men.

That character has been pretty useless since Don finally dumped her.

[keithy_19]

Are they still angry?

[KnoxHarrington]

I'm wondering where they're going to go with the death obsession introduced in this episode. From Don's weird-ass "Hawaii, a great place to commit suicide" ad, to Roger's mother and, apparently more importantly, his shoeshine guy dying, and that annoying ass doorman collapsing in the lobby, the whole thing just kept returning to death.

Also, I can't remember if that chick Don was banging at the end was someone we've seen before. I don't think so, but I can't recall.

[KnoxHarrington]

I'm wondering where they're going to go with the death obsession introduced in this episode. From Don's weird-ass "Hawaii, a great place to commit suicide" ad, to Roger's mother and, apparently more importantly, his shoeshine guy dying, and that annoying ass doorman collapsing in the lobby, the whole thing just kept returning to death.

Also, I can't remember if that chick Don was banging at the end was someone we've seen before. I don't think so, but I can't recall.

Never mind, I realized that's the doctor's wife. Derp.

[KnoxHarrington]

Matthew Weiner, of course, got his first big break in television writing for The Sopranos, and I think that there's a very Sopranos-like element in this show: a character that was once necessary to the plot, but now is just sort of still hanging around and brings the show to a halt when she's around.

Yes, Betty is this series' Dr. Melfi. I'm tempted to just start dragging that scrubbing bar to the right when she shows up on screen.

[A.J.]

http://i.imgur.com/oQnzqR3.gif

[KnoxHarrington]

It'll be interesting to see who sticks around at the new Sterling, Cooper, Draper, Price, Cutler, Gleason, Chaough firm. (I hope Peggy can come up with a better name for them.)

Pete seems to be most likely to be the odd man out, but it's kind of felt that way for a while now.

[A.J.]

As Roger put it, "I close Pete. I close."

[KnoxHarrington]

By the way, if you're wondering what the Chevy XP-887 will become, here you go;

http://jalopnik.com/the-joke-behind-mad-mens-new-secret-chevy-account-493087484

[Jayw]

By the way, if you're wondering what the Chevy XP-887 will become, here you go;

http://jalopnik.com/the-joke-behind-mad-mens-new-secret-chevy-account-493087484

Thanks I assumed it was the camaro. But the dates didn't match up when i checked.

Man I love this show, always pausing the DVR to dread how little minutes remain.

[Kevin]

Don needs to dump Megan already.

She is awful and not that hot. Her character is boring and her teeth could saw logs

[KnoxHarrington]

Thanks I assumed it was the camaro. But the dates didn't match up when i checked.

Man I love this show, always pausing the DVR to dread how little minutes remain.

A lot of people are reading symbolic meaning in that, about how that car started out with such promise, as the car that was going to redefine the automobile and change everything, but it turned out to be a total hunk of shit. A portent for how the merger's gonna work out?

[Earlshog]

Don needs to dump Megan already.

She is awful and not that hot. Her character is boring and her teeth could saw logs

Megan stinks... Love her Mom, she can stay...

[Kevin]

Lebron James hair line is an idiot for fucking up with a piece of ass like Trudy.

Alison Brie looked awesome in that bedroom scene.

[A.J.]

Not as hot as Pete's father-in-law's big, Negro prostitute.

[KnoxHarrington]

Not as hot as Pete's father-in-law's big, Negro prostitute.

Pete's "He was with the biggest, blackest prostitute you've ever seen!" line was hilarious, especially after how pious and horrified he was by how Harry wasn't sufficiently upset by MLK's assassination for his tastes.

[A.J.]

Pete's "He was with the biggest, blackest prostitute you've ever seen!" line was hilarious, especially after how pious and horrified he was by how Harry wasn't sufficiently upset by MLK's assassination for his tastes.

Ken Cosgrove's reaction to that line was equally great.

[KnoxHarrington]

Ken Cosgrove's reaction to that line was equally great.

It kind of showed that Ken didn't really understand that the only reason they have Vicks is that because Pete's father-in-law threw the business his way, and so this goes beyond just seeing a client shitfaced somewhere. Makes you wonder if, in the larger sense, this is kind of the beginning of Pete being exposed for the fraud he is.

Besides, I went back and watched that episode. That "big black prostitute" was probably 150 lbs tops, not 200 like Pete said. She was definitely bootylicious, but not the fat monster Pete said she was.

[Kevin]

It kind of showed that Ken didn't really understand that the only reason they have Vicks is that because Pete's father-in-law threw the business his way, and so this goes beyond just seeing a client shitfaced somewhere. Makes you wonder if, in the larger sense, this is kind of the beginning of Pete being exposed for the fraud he is.

Besides, I went back and watched that episode. That "big black prostitute" was probably 150 lbs tops, not 200 like Pete said. She was definitely bootylicious, but not the fat monster Pete said she was.


I was surprised because big women were seen as sexy back then,not like now where guys basically want to fuck skinny boys.

I wonder what the actress thought about it. The way she was portrayed as a big black monster.

[Jayw]

I am about 20 minutes into tonights episode. It is fucking hilarious... What do you think the stimulant was???

[Kevin]

I am about 20 minutes into tonights episode. It is fucking hilarious... What do you think the stimulant was???

What a nutty fucking ep this was,

They needed to show Roger on this shit

[KnoxHarrington]

It struck me that as fucked up as Dick Whitman/Don Draper's past is, I really did think that the "grandma" who broke in could truly be some woman who raised him, not just a burglar. And you gotta wonder if this just drives home to Sally how little she knows about her father.

Good to see Betty was not letting the trauma her children were just through get in the way of her being a total cunt.

[Kevin]

It struck me that as fucked up as Dick Whitman/Don Draper's past is, I really did think that the "grandma" who broke in could truly be some woman who raised him, not just a burglar. And you gotta wonder if this just drives home to Sally how little she knows about her father.

Good to see Betty was not letting the trauma her children were just through get in the way of her being a total cunt.

Doesn't that place have a door man? How was she allowed in?

I see a fired doorman in the future..

[KnoxHarrington]

Doesn't that place have a door man? How was she allowed in?

I see a fired doorman in the future..

Maybe the doorman dropped dead again.

[Earlshog]

Don needs swimming lessons....

[KnoxHarrington]

I want to listen to the record that that sleazeball Bob was listening to, because apparently it works. He's gone from damn near getting fired to being a big man on the Chevy account, and mostly because he just stands around in the right place at the right time, offering the partners a cup of coffee in one of those stupid Greek cups.

[A.J.]

Roger's random admission that “Lee Garner Jr. made me hold his balls” made me crack the fuck up.

And then I remembered poor Sal in that projection room with him...

[KnoxHarrington]

In case you're one of those people who tries to gather some sort of clue about where the show is going from the song that they use on the episode, then you'll be interested to know that the song that ended this last episode, as Don lay curled up in a fetal position after being totally destroyed by Peggy, is "Porpoise Song" by the Monkees, which was the title song from their movie "Head." Pay special attention to what is going on at the beginning of this clip.

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[Kevin]

In case you're one of those people who tries to gather some sort of clue about where the show is going from the song that they use on the episode, then you'll be interested to know that the song that ended this last episode, as Don lay curled up in a fetal position after being totally destroyed by Peggy, is "Porpoise Song" by the Monkees, which was the title song from their movie "Head." Pay special attention to what is going on at the beginning of this clip.

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mdd5xI9l7Ns" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Everybody was Kungfu falling?

[KnoxHarrington]

Everybody was Kungfu falling?

It's kind of hard to tell from that video (and I'm too damn lazy to find a better one), but the whole sequence is basically the Monkees jumping off a bridge.

And, of course, it harkens back to Don's poor attempt at swimming last week.

[PapaBear]

I thought this was the last season. They keep referring to next week as the season finale, and not series finale.

[Kevin]

I thought this was the last season. They keep referring to next week as the season finale, and not series finale.

Na, one more season.

[Jayw]

"You know what they say about Detroit, it's all fun and games till they shoot you in the face"

Fucking roger, awesome.

[Kevin]

"You know what they say about Detroit, it's all fun and games till they shoot you in the face"

Fucking roger, awesome.


Now its just getting shot in the face.

[KnoxHarrington]

I found myself spending more time watching Roger, Jim, and Ted's faces as Don told his heartwarming story about how a whore used to buy him Hershey's bars out of the money he'd helped her steal out of a john's pockets.

That season finale really set up the final season of this series well.

[Kevin]

Didn't get the shock effect they intended on Dons forced hiatus but all in all good finale. Roger is the best

[deliciousV]

The final season will be done just like Breaking Bad, divided into 2 seven episode parts, separated by a year. Yay!

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/18/business/media/mad-men-to-split-final-season-into-two-parts.html

[PapaBear]

Yay? This annoys me. I hate seeing several episodes, then having to wait a year for several more.

[deliciousV]

Yay? This annoys me. I hate seeing several episodes, then having to wait a year for several more.

that was sarcasm you goose.

[PapaBear]

that was sarcasm you goose.
Yay!

And I'm not a goose. I'm a loon.

[deliciousV]

Yay!

And I'm not a goose. I'm a loon.

both are regularly hunted, and rightfully killed.

[SonOfSmeagol]

poor PB, all he wants to do is watch his story, and before you know it he's got a loon stuffed inside a goose stuffed inside a bear roasting slowly over an open fire...

[deliciousV]

poor PB, all he wants to do is watch his story, and before you know it he's got a loon stuffed inside a goose stuffed inside a bear roasting slowly over an open fire...

a beargooloonen

[PapaBear]

poor PB, all he wants to do is watch his story, and before you know it he's got a loon stuffed inside a goose stuffed inside a bear roasting slowly over an open fire...
That would take forever to cook. And try cooking it halfway through, then sticking it in the freezer, and then cooking it some more a year later. You're just asking for food poisoning.

[SonOfSmeagol]

the size, age, sex, of the bear is key - get it right and it'll make a helluva weekend

it's little known that the middle-age he-bear of sturdy stature is the most tender

[Kevin]

the size, age, sex, of the bear is key - get it right and it'll make a helluva weekend

it's little known that the middle-age he-bear of sturdy stature is the most tender

That's err Hot?:unsure:

[SonOfSmeagol]

:laugh:

dammit I'm of pure mind and body and you guys are a bad bad bad influence

all I want is a little fresh bear

http://th36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/PrimitiveScrewhead1973/th_homer_doh.png

[deliciousV]

:laugh:

dammit I'm of pure mind and body and you guys are a bad bad bad influence

all I want is a little fresh bear

http://th36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/PrimitiveScrewhead1973/th_homer_doh.png

a little stuffed bear you mean.

[A.J.]

Yay? This annoys me. I hate seeing several episodes, then having to wait a year for several more.

I know. I did it for The Sopranos and I'll do it for the Mad Men.

[Recyclerz]

the size, age, sex, of the bear is key - get it right and it'll make a helluva weekend

it's little known that the middle-age he-bear of sturdy stature is the most tender

Wow, looks SoS gets Fez Rainbow Moustache Fan Cardholder # 1.

[SonOfSmeagol]

Wow, looks SoS gets Fez Rainbow Moustache Fan Cardholder # 1.
Proudly held! http://www.jeeppatriot.com/forum/images/smilies/smiley_thumbs_up.gif
I nominate PB for Charter Member Emeritus - he's a good sport

[SonOfSmeagol]

a little stuffed bear you mean.

absolutely - the beargooloonen!

[deliciousV]

So I'm rewatching the entire series with my wife, who slept while I watched it on Netflix, after her bedtime. Anyway, has anybody else noticed the MASH influence on the writers? I mean, Roger is written much like Hawkeye, Pete is Frank Burns, and maybe Joan is a little Hotlips. I don't know if this is an original thought, I admit I haven't read all 15 pages here, but it's become so obvious to me that I refuse to be wrong.

[Kevin]

So I'm rewatching the entire series with my wife, who slept while I watched it on Netflix, after her bedtime. Anyway, has anybody else noticed the MASH influence on the writers? I mean, Roger is written much like Hawkeye, Pete is Frank Burns, and maybe Joan is a little Hotlips. I don't know if this is an original thought, I admit I haven't read all 15 pages here, but it's become so obvious to me that I refuse to be wrong.

Never really watched Mash so..

[deliciousV]

Never really watched Mash so..

that's inexcusable.

[A.J.]

Pretty good season premiere. The scene with Roger waking up after that orgy was great and Neve Campbell was an interesting surprise.

[cougarjake13]

Wow

Havent heard name in a long time

[A.J.]

I forgot about one of the great lines of the night: Megan's agent mentions that he was working to get her teeth fixed. I wonder if that was sort of an inside joke because of all of the criticism about Jessica Pare's teeth.

[Earlshog]

Pretty good season premiere. The scene with Roger waking up after that orgy was great and Neve Campbell was an interesting surprise.

Rogers's daughter is definitely up to something