Mad Men - Season 6 - Sundays on AMC
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Trent Strong
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The show's gotten too Forrest Gumpy.
What?
That line did indicate that he was talking about the Camaro, I wondered about the timeline error as well.
Neverender
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He means the show is constantly referencing historical events
Ah, that makes sense. But I like that, if they do it in a subtle way as last weeks episode it's just fine. Just a little sidenote on history and it allows to easily figure out where they are in time.
gutterboy44
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That may have been the worst Mad Men episode to date. The only remotely interesting and engaging story line was Joanne. Don's story line was so banal and redundant. And mother of got, the last scene and the music queue, probably one of the top 10 worst uses of music in TV of all time. I love Mad Men, but the show is fucking clueless on how to effectively use music.
Who is this character named Joanne
gutterboy44
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Sorry, the Joanne's I knew spelled it that way. Here "Joan." Did that help? Or do you need me to paste a picture of Hendricks next to my post? I am sorry, I should have accounted for readers with deductive reasoning disabilities. Thank you for providing the thread such an invaluable service of solving the Great Mystery of Mad Men of "who is Joanne?"
Still stands as my least favorite episode to date and so far the weakest season to date. Doesn't have my confidence up that this show will be wrapped up well.
Didn't you see the scene where Don's action lead directly to Kennedy's assassination?
AnotherNils
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Don't have a link. Best I can remember, he gets called into Cooper's office after the the first acquisition by PP&L, and the three (Don, Roger, Bert) let him go. He comments he thought he had survived the purges and they note they let him hang around out of deference to his dying wife (cancer). The latter was referenced this season when Peggy and CGC had to deal with the mini crisis about a Super Bowl ad, I believe.
Byakuya769
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Haha. Exactly. I don't want to e one of those gaffers that attacks anyone who criticizes their favorite show/game/hobby, but come on. Gump was all about his role in history. Mad Men is a period piece that is showing how the characters are affected by actual events from that time.
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
The post episode interview about this episode made it clear that Don was exerting extra alpha on Sylvia because he was losing power in the workplace. Watch how quickly stone-cold Don crumbled into a pleading Dick once she made it clear she was done with him.
I sympathize with people who feel like it's old news but this time feels different because he really is trapped now and has nothing to escape with. Despite (and now because of) the merger and all the radical moves and changes he has made he is now going to have to learn to live with decreasing power or he is going to crash and burn fantastically.
His deviant and conflicted behavior, without an outlet, will fuck him over in some way soon enough.
I sympathize with people who feel like it's old news but this time feels different because he really is trapped now and has nothing to escape with. Despite (and now because of) the merger and all the radical moves and changes he has made he is now going to have to learn to live with decreasing power or he is going to crash and burn fantastically.
His deviant and conflicted behavior, without an outlet, will fuck him over in some way soon enough.
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
Yep. Dude's gonna blow, in a big way.
He could turn it around at work if he just stopped being a fucking cockbag...and it was his idea to merge, so if he feels like he's losing power then it's something of his own machination.
You were completely uninterested with Ted's dying partner, and his battle with Don? Pete's mother's onset of alzheimers and him losing his place in the office? Arne moving to Minnesota and Don being dumped by his mistress?
But you were engaged by Joan and Bob? Not much really even happened there yet. I had a completely different experience watching this episode, and thought the music at the end was right in line with the show's sense of humor.
Jason's Ultimatum
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I'm still a newb to this show, but I get the feeling that these wonderful ads Don pitches to people is the life he never had due to his troubled upbringing.
Cornballer
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- Warming Glow: 25 Fun Facts, Theories, Callbacks, And Easter Eggs In AMCs Mad Men
We've discussed a few of these here already.
We've discussed a few of these here already.
Yup. As Don tells Peggy, people are broken, and they look for things to make them whole again.
VeryGooster
Banned
Just read the Kevin Rahm Q&A. Can't think of a single cast member I wouldn't want to have a beer with.
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
That's really fun. Many of those I never knew, but the one that really blew my mind was the S1 plan for Harry.
I like the ridiculousness of the #25 theory, too.
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
The related articles are really cool as well. Apparently Cooper's actor was pretty charming and talented in his youth. Roger is married in real life to George Clooney's ex wife who also happens to play Mona. Pete is engaged in real life to the girl who got electro shock therapy to forget him.
Also this was cute:
omg.
loved bob and ginsberg in that episode.
the scene with don and ted in the plane was nice but don and sylvia isn't interesting me much.
ebullientprism
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So Pete on the show is married Allison Brie. And in Real life engaged to Alexis Bledel.
That bastard!
That bastard!
I've found Don and Sylvia to be the least engaging storyline of the season. Hopefully it's mostly finished now, although I did like the doctor husband character.
i quite liked the dynamic they had between don admiring the doctor and the doctor admiring don. would like to have seen more of them together.
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
Don/Sylvia was mostly interesting to me in terms of how little real fire it had. That last episode was sexy in a way, but mostly it's been lurid, ugly, and tepid.
It's exactly what's wrogn with Don this season, and foreshadowing a big fall, IMHO.
It's exactly what's wrogn with Don this season, and foreshadowing a big fall, IMHO.
WHAT!? Is there any interview about it? I can only find TV Tropes link when I try to find it through Google, what the hell?
encephalon
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Bob Benson is such a sweetheart and darling. Also what was it that Peggy said to Don, 'Move Forward'? How oddly specific to the B story that Don has.
Well, he's managed to fool you.
I dunno about any interviews, but it makes sensewasn't that right after he cheated on his new wife, and then told her?
Souless_PJ
Banned
That last theory on that 25 fun facts list looks pretty legit to me. Throw in the fact that Matt Weiner is friends with Vince Gilligan who did the same titles of episodes spelling out a plane crash in Breaking Bad.
http://www.uproxx.com/tv/2013/05/facts-theories-callbacks-easter-eggs-and-references-in-mad-men/3/
http://www.uproxx.com/tv/2013/05/facts-theories-callbacks-easter-eggs-and-references-in-mad-men/3/
sixteen-bit
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wow at the coat and hat Lane thing.
sixteen-bit
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yeah that's some dark imagery
My Name Is Luke
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The theory that he proposes at the very end of the article is super interesting.
Supermanisdead
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Aw shit, I want Harry to kill himself now.
He hasn't had much screen time, but I forgot to mention how much I enjoy all of the scenes with Jim Cutler. He doesn't take shit.
the andy warhol of advertising
also dude, Linda Cardellini is too fucking hot
Is it me or was that scene in the hospital between Ted and Frank Gleason a really, really great scene? My favorite of the episode. The closeness of their relationship further contrasts Ted with Don and his utter loneliness, and I loved the sage advice from Frank, seemingly made wiser because of his condition.
SaltyDoughnut
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as much as i love Jim Cutler how he is, I couldn't help but imagine a version of him that more resembles Bert Cooper than Roger Sterling.
would've been fun to see two old men, buddies, wandering around the office space and understanding each other.
maybe throw in a side-plot where they get super competitive about keeping their respective bonsai trees in the best shape and then some tom-foolery/tampering/heisting/hijinks ensues
would've been fun to see two old men, buddies, wandering around the office space and understanding each other.
maybe throw in a side-plot where they get super competitive about keeping their respective bonsai trees in the best shape and then some tom-foolery/tampering/heisting/hijinks ensues
brianjones
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yeah i loved his advice to give don the early rounds
Bobby Roberts
Banned
That was a fun little read. But.....
Harry is a smoker on the show and always has been.
I think the only characters shown to not smoke are Pete & Trudy. Everyone else (of note - more than 3 or 4 episodes) does or has.
Well, I guess Ted Chaough, too.
Dance Inferno
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Peggy started out as a non-smoker on the show didn't she? Then as she got more power she started smoking.
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