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Mad Men - Season 6 - Sundays on AMC

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Linius

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G-Unit said:
I did not pay enough attention in the dinner scenes?was it there were they showed her with the doctor?
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Yeah, she was talking about her son being a freshman. And she asked how Don ended up at that wedding, Don ignored her. Just to have sex with her a while after. Ice cold.
 
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Klocker

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Linius said:
Yeah, she was talking about her son being a freshman. And she asked how Don ended up at that wedding, Don ignored her. Just to have sex with her a while after. Ice cold.
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I took it as less of a snub and more an example of Don being Don. Don doesn't do small talk. Don doesn't do incidental story telling. He just was there at the wedding. That should be enough for everybody. Besides he would have to start by saying he couldn't sleep and was at the bar at 4am while his wife slept. ;)
 
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BertramCooper

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The firm will never change the name, much to Pete's (likely) chagrin.

They'll probably just increasingly refer to themselves as SCDP, à la BBDO.
 
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jtb

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Klocker said:
I took it as less of a snub and more an example of Don being Don. Don doesn't do small talk. Don doesn't do incidental story telling. He just was there at the wedding. That should be enough for everybody. Besides he would have to start by saying he couldn't sleep and was at the bar at 4am while his wife slept. ;)
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agreed. Don didn't bother answering the "Is your mother dead?" question either.
 
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Trent Strong

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Just watched the episode. Pretty bizarre, and not in a good way. I was looking forward to the Hawaii scenes, but they didn't really do anything with them.

At this point, I feel like the writers have no clue what to do with Don's character. Everything we saw in this episode was just a rehash of him falling back into his old ways. Yes, Don struggles internally with practically every aspect of his life; we don't need this continually thrown at us.

Betty is more fucked up than ever, but I actually prefer her new storyline (searching for the girl) to any of the plots she was involved in during S5.

Roger Sterling remains the #1 reason to watch the show IMO. Not only because of his stinging one-liners, but because of his surprisingly diverse storylines and evolving character (especially compared to Don, and even Peggy).
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I think this episode is showing that Betty is starting to become a nicer person. She's really worried about that violin girl (I never understood who that girl was, or why she was staying at Betty's house), and was willing to risk getting robbed or even raped by those filthy street rats to find out what happened to her.
 
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Linius

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Trent Strong said:
I think this episode is showing that Betty is starting to become a nicer person. She's really worried about that violin girl (I never understood who that girl was, or why she was staying at Betty's house), and was willing to risk getting robbed or even raped by those filthy street rats to find out what happened to her.
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I assume she's a good friend of Sally so it's not that weird for Betty to care. But it's odd the writers just dropped this on us since we've never seen this girl before.
 
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maharg

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Given the current timeframe I wonder how the show will deal with the moon landing and woodstock. If they follow a more average season gap it'll probably jump right over them in summer '69. If it's more like the last season gap it'll open on them.
 
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Bobby Roberts

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Cornballer said:
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- The Washington Post: Are we ready to stop pretending we all enjoy ‘Mad Men’ yet?
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This one is interesting because it seems to have, as its central thesis, the argument that television is best "enjoyed" when there's no greater storytelling desire contained within it. That expelling energy thinking about the television you just watched is wasted energy because the medium itself will never be legitimate on that level.

edit: Maybe it's satire and I just missed it.
 
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bearythebear

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So, should we start up the official Death List of Season 6? We know who won last season.

1. Roger Sterling
2. Don Draper

I haven't seen anything symbolically linking Death and Pete so far this season, but maybe he'll be on the list by the next episode.
 
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Steelyuhas

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Cornballer said:
- AMC: Talked About Scene from the Season 6 Premiere of Mad Men (youtube, the last 4+ minutes of this week's episode)
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I love the first part of that scene, where the get the skiis and go outside. Something about when this show is set in the snow and cold, it just feels so fitting to the tone of the show and the characters (similarly loved the penultimate episode featuring a lot of snow last season).

A couple random comments that I don't think I previously shared about the episode:
-Henry's mother is the biggest piece of shit person ever. I seethe with anger every time she is in a scene.
-I've slowly realized that Stan is possibly my favorite character on the show.
 
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Fuu

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I didn't realize how much I missed this show. It takes me to such a particular place while I'm watching it.
 
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BertramCooper

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I was really hoping for a Teri Gross interview with Matthew Weiner this week. I suppose it could still happen, but it probably would have been today or yesterday if it were happening.

I know she'd ask him about that creepy Betty rape fantasy.
 
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-Pyromaniac-

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I don't need an argument made for me. I like him. He's charming as fuck and he's a smart guy. Yes he is an adulterer but he's also pretty messed up inside as a human being, so it's not like he is getting away with it :p
 
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BertramCooper

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I'm pretty sure the Mad Men wardrobe department raided my grandma's closets for Betty's outfits.

It's kinda freaking me out. She dresses exactly like my grandma did. Especially with the head scarves.
 
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G-Unit

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Klocker said:
I took it as less of a snub and more an example of Don being Don. Don doesn't do small talk. Don doesn't do incidental story telling. He just was there at the wedding. That should be enough for everybody. Besides he would have to start by saying he couldn't sleep and was at the bar at 4am while his wife slept. ;)
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I would do the same if my dong was dat 'good'
 
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tokkun

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FatboyRoberts said:
This one is interesting because it seems to have, as its central thesis, the argument that television is best "enjoyed" when there's no greater storytelling desire contained within it. That expelling energy thinking about the television you just watched is wasted energy because the medium itself will never be legitimate on that level.

edit: Maybe it's satire and I just missed it.
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The author's tagline says that she 'puts the "pun" in punditry', so unless her whole persona is satire, I think it's just idiocy.
 
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MooseKnuckles

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FatboyRoberts said:
This one is interesting because it seems to have, as its central thesis, the argument that television is best "enjoyed" when there's no greater storytelling desire contained within it. That expelling energy thinking about the television you just watched is wasted energy because the medium itself will never be legitimate on that level.

edit: Maybe it's satire and I just missed it.
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Nope that's pretty much the exact impression I got as well. It also seemed to be suggesting that TV's "worth" as a storytelling medium is fixed and cannot be changed. It seems that the mere fact that Mad men is on TV is reason enough for the author to dismiss it.

Also this line

With this, all you have to do is lean nearer to the screen and notice what’s been put there.
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is grossly infuriating.
 
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Nameless

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Did anyone else get an uneasy feeling during this shot? Has Mad Men opened every episode with Don Draper's eventual death? Maybe he'll be thrown, maybe he'll jump, but I could see Don flying out that very window next season.
 
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Fuu

Formerly Alaluef (not Aladuf)
Nameless said:
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Did anyone else get an uneasy feeling during this shot? Has Mad Men opened every episode with Don Draper's eventual death? Maybe he'll be thrown, maybe he'll jump, but I could see Don flying out that very window next season.
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Also, the ocean waves sound in that scene tie to when he's drunk and asking the doorman what he saw when he died, "did you hear the ocean?".
 
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