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[Shagwell]

I'm just happy they finally said fuck don at work. No one is unreplacable.

Interesting.

I'm pretty unhappy with that myself. No matter what, some of the most interesting storylines that pop up throughout this show unfold in the workplace. Without it in the final season (assuming, of course, that this is indeed a termination and not a leave of absence), I can't help but feel things will feel empty to me.

Weiner's yet to steer me wrong, though. So I'll be impatiently waiting for next season.

 

[Norua]

A 2013 Don is going to be telling Sally and glenns child about how things were like in the 70's

The story of How I met my seven wives.

 

[Leona Lewis]

Ranking the seasons:

S4 > S3 > S1 = S5 > S6 > S2

 

[Amir0x]

He's accepting his past, and embracing the person he truly is, while attempting to quit alcohol. I wouldn't exactly say he's a wreck.

yah i'll believe it when I see it.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

A 2013 Don is going to be telling Sally and glenns child about how things were like in the 70's

fun adventures with Don and his kids in Cali, duh

lol.

Sepinwall says he has an interview with weiner about what the season finale means for the final season so maybe he'll talk about it....doubt it lol. Excited to read all his interviews though and post-season analysis. Always the best parts of shows ending for the year is reading the breakdowns from the makers themselves.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

He's accepting his past, and embracing the person he truly is, while attempting to quit alcohol. I wouldn't exactly say he's a wreck.

Yeah, Mrs Mouse and I were saying that for being fired that was an incredibly upbeat ending.

Also, he still is rich, has his stake in the firm. Maybe he'll go to California with Megan and start something new.

Although I think she'll leave him regardless.

 

[B For Bendetta]

Peggy in the big boy's chair. Best little touch in that scene is the drink on the desk. Better watch out Pegs

 

[Trigger]

He's accepting his past, and embracing the person he truly is, while attempting to quit alcohol. I wouldn't exactly say he's a wreck.

Yeah, I think Don is embracing who he really is now.

 

[BertramCooper]

Hopefully the end is a clear sign that Don will use the time off to reconnect (or connect in the first place, really) with his children.

 

[Cornballer]

Content Roundup - Episode 13 - In Care Of

AMC videos:
- Inside Episode 613 Mad Men: In Care Of (youtube)
- Janie Bryant on Costumes in Episode 613: Inside Mad Men (youtube)

Reviews:
- Sepinwall's review
- Matt Zoller Seitz for NY Mag
- Maureen Ryan's review
- Zap2It review

Other content:
There's a slew of Weiner interviews coming just after the West Coast broadcast at around 2am ET from Sepinwall, Televisionary, etc… I'll post them tomorrow morning if no one gets to them first.

 

[Grisby]

Good season. Episode really delivered.

 

[Chris R]

Anyone else think Don is done at SC&P? I'm thinking he stays in NYC though.

 

[BertramCooper]

Putting Don aside, holy shit, Peggy needs to pull herself together.

She's on the verge of a meltdown.

 

[lazybones18]

http://instagram.com/p/a7RsO_I6N0/

Just a coincidence

 

[B For Bendetta]

Curious why Ted and Pete were absent from the partners

 

[slightconfuse]

Curious why Ted and Pete were absent from the partners

..

 

[daffy]

The lighting in the partners scene was beautiful

 

[B For Bendetta]

http://instagram.com/p/a7RsO_I6N0/

Just a coincidence

So amazing

..

Yeah, I still would have liked to see Pete's opinion

 

[NYR]

Don't know why everyone is saying next year will be the last - Mad Men execs have already said they are open to splitting the season ala Breaking Bad.

2015 - series finale. You heard it here first.

 

[bodyofanamerican]

A lovely tie in to the poster in tonight's episode too. Both sides of Don manifesting for all to see.

 

[Trigger]

http://instagram.com/p/a7RsO_I6N0/

Just a coincidence

I don't think so. lol, that came straight to my mind when I saw the scene.

 

[BertramCooper]

Don't know why everyone is saying next year will be the last - Mad Men execs have already said they are open to splitting the season ala Breaking Bad.

2015 - series finale. You heard it here first.

Personally, I hope they don't. I like that every single season has been uniform in length.

 

[Skiesofwonder]

Don't know why everyone is saying next year will be the last - Mad Men execs have already said they are open to splitting the season ala Breaking Bad.

2015 - series finale. You heard it here first.

Oh god, please say it isn't true!

 

[Deadly Joker]

Don't know why everyone is saying next year will be the last - Mad Men execs have already said they are open to splitting the season ala Breaking Bad.

2015 - series finale. You heard it here first.

I could see that. 16 episode final season?

 

[Uno Venova]

Man why is everything popgaf once the show starts airing, lol.

http://instagram.com/p/a7RsO_I6N0/

Just a coincidence

I love this.

 

[ido]

Watched with my wife tonight...

Fuck. You can't even try to predict this show. Best shit on TV.

Bob Benson is a fucking mob boss.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Don't know why everyone is saying next year will be the last - Mad Men execs have already said they are open to splitting the season ala Breaking Bad.

2015 - series finale. You heard it here first.

Oh please, no. Breaking Bad doing this totally killed the momentum of the season. I'd rather they take an extra 6 months off than split things up.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

If Don is out at SC&P, what happens to the cast? Does this show follow Don separately?

Firing a guy on Thanksgiving, ice cold.

 

[bodyofanamerican]

I can't see Weiner ever agreeing to split the season.

And speaking as someone who works in advertising who got laid off 7 days before Christmas, I feel Don's pain.

 

[zero_suit]

Don't know why everyone is saying next year will be the last - Mad Men execs have already said they are open to splitting the season ala Breaking Bad.

2015 - series finale. You heard it here first.

I hope not.

 

[Guess Who]

If Don is out at SC&P, what happens to the cast? Does this show follow Don separately?

Peggy leaving SCDP didn't mean they stopped following her while she was at CGC. They'll find a way to cover everyone.

 

[B For Bendetta]

Refusing to give him a return date. The writing is on the wall

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

Peggy leaving SCDP didn't mean they stopped following her while she was at CGC. They'll find a way to cover everyone.

Yeah, I am just wondering how. Peggy was tied in via competition.

 

[VeryGooster]

Bob Benson is a fucking mob boss.

Nothing stops this train ship.

...

Too soon?

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Nothing stops this train ship.

...

Too soon?

"Okay, Manolo. Time for Phase Two."

 

[Cornballer]

Don't know why everyone is saying next year will be the last - Mad Men execs have already said they are open to splitting the season ala Breaking Bad.

We'll have to wait and see, but I'm assuming they'll do one 13 episode stretch to finish it off. Last thing I heard earlier this month from Weiner:

Weiner was asked where things stand for the show’s announced seventh and final season in terms of the writing. And the answer is: nowhere. “Not a word of it is written right now,” he said. “I’ll be back at work in mid-July. The writers come in the beginning of August. And then we start shooting in October.” By this time in 2014, Mad Men will be preparing for the end of the run. The speculation over how it will all end has been wild and unceasing, though of course Weiner would never divulge a thing. He said that he’s known how the series will end since season three, and that conclusion hasn’t changed. “The truth is that I honestly feel that I kind of wanted to hold stuff off for the end (this season),” Weiner admitted, “and they were like, no, you cannot do this. You can’t change the way you’ve done the show in the past. So when you see the finale of this season, like the finale of every season, it could easily be the end of the show.” He added that there is “no plan right now” to extend the series run into an eighth season, Weiner concluded.

I understand how you could play the technicality card like BB and claim that it's split into S7 part 1 & part 2, but given how tense the negotiations were between AMC and Weiner last time around, I doubt they want to mess around with how things are currently set up to complete the series.

 

[B For Bendetta]

Can you imagine Don on the market though? He could demand quite a bit just based on reputation and past accomplishments

 

[Cornballer]

http://instagram.com/p/a7RsO_I6N0/

Just a coincidence

Cleaner version over on Warming Glow:

 

[BertramCooper]

We'll have to wait and see, but I'm assuming they'll do one 13 episode stretch to finish it off. Last thing I heard earlier this month from Weiner:I understand how you could play the technicality card like BB and claim that it's split into S7 part 1 & part 2, but given how tense the negotiations were between AMC and Weiner last time around, I doubt they want to mess around with how things are currently set up to complete the series.

Furthermore, I don't think they need any extra episodes to wrap it up.

Breaking Bad had a tricky endgame to set up, and it would undoubtedly benefit from three extra episodes. Mad Men, though undoubtedly a more cerebral show than BB, doesn't need to put any puzzle pieces together. It's a far more relaxed, organic narrative.

 

[CreepingFear]

I have a confession to make. I went to a gas station and picked up some Hersey bars, then came home and ate them in my room alone.

 

[Trigger]

Can you imagine Don on the market though? He could demand quite a bit just based on reputation and past accomplishments

I pity the man who has to try filling his shoes.

 

[Steelyuhas]

Alright, you'll hear my fair share of criticisms of this season, but hot damn at that final episode. It was so perfect, more thoughts after a rewatch at some point this week. Damn though, just damn.

 

[Cornballer]

- Variety review


Vine: "NOT GREAT BOB"

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

- Variety review


Vine: "NOT GREAT BOB"

the delivery of that line was amazing, really comedic.

 

[My Name Is Luke]

My roommates decided to have a bonfire tonight and I joined them as soon as the episode was over and grabbed a Hershey bar.

 

[Cornballer]

- Vanity Fair: Elisabeth Moss on Mad Men’s Sixth Season, Why Ted Is the Right Man for Peggy, and the Name of Peggy’s Cat
- Denver Post review
- Salon.com review

 

[hamchan]

Beautiful episode.

I think it was interesting how dreary the office looked in the closing scenes, while Don's old crappy whorehouse had the happy music and sunshine. Makes me feel like Don's life is going to start going up from here. Anyways, I felt happy he's now starting to tell his past to his kids, embrace the Dick Whitman part of him more, be more honest with himself. After how downtrodden he's been this whole season, season 7 might actually end with him being happy.

Next season will be very interesting. Wonder if Don even wants to go into that office anymore. We already know he has a whole lot of money and if the other partners buy his shares out because they don't want him anymore, then he's pretty much set to start another small agency again or just retire. They made it seem like Peggy will be taking Don's spot, complete with all the misery too.

Show was so fantastic this year.

 

[lazybones18]

A replay of the scene is about to happen

 

[hamchan]

Didn't Anna Draper used to live in California? or was it Florida?

Anyways, this show portrays New York as miserable and California as happy lol.

 

[Angry Fork]

Really disappointing finale, was hoping for something bigger to happen as this entire season felt like foreboding to something tragic. Megan still not finding out about Don is weak. Real shame what has happened to Peggy as well, as she will be absolutely consumed by capitalism, with all of it's evils. That's not a criticism of the writing or anything I just loved the character and wish she didn't go down that path.

It's nice for Don's character that it seems he'll be able to find some peace with himself, but I don't know if that's going to be as interesting/compelling as him in a constant state of flux. I expected something worse to happen to him, he basically hated his job and wanted to quit anyway so being relieved of duty doesn't make my jaw drop.