Frustrated_me
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Am I the only one with a smile at the end of each episode!?
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Mad Men - Season 7, Part 2 - The End of an Era - AMC Sundays
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VeryGooster
Banned
Roger gave Don the kiss of death
-Pyromaniac-
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Smile because we are watching something so amazing but sadness knowing there's so few left.
The only thing that comes close this century is Lost
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
Don in the middle of an empyy(ing) room. At least he wasn't alone this time.
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
I always knew it was you, Fredo.
I almost thought he would say it, but a few years too early.
slightconfuse
Banned
Last episode has Don wasted looking through the carousel. Before jumping
-Pyromaniac-
Member
What will he lose next week. Or will he finally put something in the win column.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
"What's in a name."
Everything comes completely full circle in the end. Amazing.
Everything comes completely full circle in the end. Amazing.
Yep, Don even lost his 'voice', so to speak.
Give it to us straight man.
Are you the window?
VeryGooster
Banned
"The city is a toilet."
You're gonna love 1970s NYC, Pete.
That ending left me legit shook though.
You're gonna love 1970s NYC, Pete.
That ending left me legit shook though.
It was okay. The last was much superior.
-Pyromaniac-
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Also Trudy should take Pete back. He's a different man!
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
What an episode.
What will The Secret Man Who Drinks do when he's lost everything?
Seriously, though, I have been loving these last episodes. Goddamn.
NYR
Member
Pretty obvious they were setting that up. This season has been a season of redemption for Pete. Remember the whining snot in episode 1? You've come a long way, baby....
megamerican
Member
Fantastic episode.
Only thing that got me was the sound mix after the announcement made it seem like there was an arena of people there when there was like maybe 20 or so.
Only thing that got me was the sound mix after the announcement made it seem like there was an arena of people there when there was like maybe 20 or so.
Leona Lewis
Banned
I thought the ending was way too...on the nose?
Like, how realistic is it that all the employees would clear the room that quickly and not even stick around to hear specifics? I understand why it was thematically important for Don to continue to lose everything that made him who he is (the firm, his persuasive charms), but there were better ways to portray that, methinks.
Kudos to Peggy for her "Fuck her" moment. That was spectacular, and then sad, and then spectacular again when she verbalized for the first time what she really feels about her decision.
And Pete and Trudy need to get back together, and stay the hell out of suburban hell. They're simply better together, as Fifth Harmony would say, and in the "toilet" city that Pete so charmingly described
Like, how realistic is it that all the employees would clear the room that quickly and not even stick around to hear specifics? I understand why it was thematically important for Don to continue to lose everything that made him who he is (the firm, his persuasive charms), but there were better ways to portray that, methinks.
Kudos to Peggy for her "Fuck her" moment. That was spectacular, and then sad, and then spectacular again when she verbalized for the first time what she really feels about her decision.
And Pete and Trudy need to get back together, and stay the hell out of suburban hell. They're simply better together, as Fifth Harmony would say, and in the "toilet" city that Pete so charmingly described
shadyspace
Banned
I also thought the ending was both kind of dumb and way too fucking loud.
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
I'll grant the ending note seemed a little sudden-- but if everyone already heard the rumor and was just waiting to hear if it was true, it makes more sense. They got confirmation, went to go call headhunters.
I can forgive the awkwardness just for all the Peggy and Joan stuff.
I can forgive the awkwardness just for all the Peggy and Joan stuff.
It was definitely too loud. They could have gotten what they wanted with just a quiet crowd. Still, the episode was pretty great all around.
bearythebear
Member
Alright, Meredith just moved up on the power rankings by the end of the episode <3
He's always looking forward, it's his best quality.
Stellar episode. The Peggy and Stan scene was the highlight for me. I love how they subverted expectations ("We've done it before") with the whole restructuring thing as well. The shot of them at the table was really great, reminded me of the end of season...5(?) where they were all standing and looking out of the windows on the second floor. Laughed at Lou's exit too. Oh and Pete actually getting the better of somebody in a fight lol.
Yeah it was sloppily put together. Great episode though.
brianmcdoogle
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I guess I'm fine with an episode ending like this because, well, it's a TV show that has allowed itself to be portrayed in a hyper-realistic way. Sure, in "real life" every employee would not flee as they did, but in the show I'm perfectly fine with that happening.
What bothered me more was Peggy's arch in this episode. We got the "she can't relate to kids" scene, and then (in my opinion the best scene in the episode) moment where Pete sees her hugging the kid (which anyone watching the show from episode 1 understood!), and then it keeps upping the ante on her emotions to the confrontation with the mother and finally to Stan and her confessional. I felt like the arch just kept getting more obvious to the point where it is spelled out to anyone who missed the first season or two. If you had been watching the series from the start, you got all that she was going through from those first two seasons, maybe giving you the pathos of the mother encounter, but the Stan explanation just seemed forced to those who skipped previous seasons.
Eh. It was a great episode anyway. Can we all just agree that the first person to post the Cooper "BRAVO" gif at the end of the series is an idiot?
What bothered me more was Peggy's arch in this episode. We got the "she can't relate to kids" scene, and then (in my opinion the best scene in the episode) moment where Pete sees her hugging the kid (which anyone watching the show from episode 1 understood!), and then it keeps upping the ante on her emotions to the confrontation with the mother and finally to Stan and her confessional. I felt like the arch just kept getting more obvious to the point where it is spelled out to anyone who missed the first season or two. If you had been watching the series from the start, you got all that she was going through from those first two seasons, maybe giving you the pathos of the mother encounter, but the Stan explanation just seemed forced to those who skipped previous seasons.
Eh. It was a great episode anyway. Can we all just agree that the first person to post the Cooper "BRAVO" gif at the end of the series is an idiot?
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
I thought that was a wonderful episode. It was nice to finally see Dawn again.
Discotheque
Banned
that was kinda the most boring episode of the season for me. i guess i have little interest in the corporate structure in this series now, another company switch-up had me not caring much.
character moments within were great as usual though.
character moments within were great as usual though.
Best episode of season 7B (which is not saying much) - at some point, Matt Weiner got off on how much he enjoys people telling him how they loved his heavy-handed metaphors and decided to go off the rail with it. Yes, we get it - Don has mommy issues.
So many characters deserved more screen time given the finite number of episodes left. I'm glad we got this episode to atleast make *some* headway.
So many characters deserved more screen time given the finite number of episodes left. I'm glad we got this episode to atleast make *some* headway.
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Deleted member 30609
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someone set my sass metre to "maximum sass" tonight
MidnightCowboy
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Very good episode. Peggy and Stan moments were definitely the highlights, but Pete is a treat to watch.
Dominican Power
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Why did they sell the company again?
BertramCooper
Banned
That's one thing I kind of regret: That we're not going to see these characters experience the decay of NYC in the 70s.
We've seen glimpses of New York's downturn in the show already, but we're not going to see the worst of it.
ClivePwned
Member
A 70's-set spin off following a female character through 70's new york would be amazing. Particularly if it were Peggy (I know it's been mentioned) and Stan. It would be like watching old SNL episodes.
Women's liberation movement, Watergate, energy crisis, end of vietnam, stagflation, the general decay of New York City that seemed to grip the city in that decade, the power outage, all would provide a fascinating backdrop. And of course the biggest disaster, the clothes. Before people fixated on calling the 80's "the decade that taste forgot," we already had the 1970's.
Women's liberation movement, Watergate, energy crisis, end of vietnam, stagflation, the general decay of New York City that seemed to grip the city in that decade, the power outage, all would provide a fascinating backdrop. And of course the biggest disaster, the clothes. Before people fixated on calling the 80's "the decade that taste forgot," we already had the 1970's.
GoutPatrol
Forgotten in his cell
LOVED this episode. Don's gonna write for Coca-Cola.