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Mad Men - Season 7, Part 2 - The End of an Era - AMC Sundays
- Thread starter Cornballer
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So don't watch it, mind blowing huh?
The worst thing about no more mad men s no more crappy 'next week' on mad men previews.
Takes the bum with him. I like your style.
Cornballer
Member
Please make sure to spoiler tag preview discussion. Thank you.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
Wherever it takes us. Just like Don. Brilliant writing.
sooperkool
Member
No, because we've seen it before. Don checking out. Don chasing someone he can't have. Peggy feeling shit on. Roger feeling left behind.....
slightconfuse
Banned
Don is going to start a music agency with this due as his lead act
Leona Lewis
Banned
If by "good" he means "good," then he's dead wrong. If by "good" he means "even a shadow of any earlier season," then he's totally correct.
This episode was dynamite, though.
*they're
And it isn't. If you're going to complain, bring some substance instead of dropping drive-by posts.
brianmcdoogle
Member
It's one of the things that suck in OT threads, especially ones that get moved to the Community side (this one is not). People tend to pounce and gang up on anything other than near unconditional love.
Sorry you aren't liking the season like many of us are. Out of curiosity, where did you see it going or wanting to end?
Truth. That ending just really gives me the willies.
Captain.Falafel
Neo Member
If it counts for anything, I feel similarly. Mad Men has been my favourite show on television since it piloted but this second half the season just isn't doing anything for me.
Doesn't stop it from being my favourite show of all time, though. There's room for both.
Only took you three posts to get there.
sooperkool
Member
You know what the best thing was..... that I didn't know where it was going and it feels like its not really going anywhere. I mean it doesn't have to "say" something but an arc should have some kind of end point.
Leona Lewis
Banned
I feel you. The show's been spinning its wheels since Don and Sylvia had their extramarital moment, but the atmosphere and historical authenticity make the whole thing worth it.
For those alone, I'd give my left pinky to keep the show on the air forever
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I don't know, I'm pretty comfortable calling it that.
sooperkool
Member
Feeling good about yourself? You "burned" me, sickly?
Eh, I think any of you expecting some sort of grand finale will be disappointed. Weiner's been pretty clear during the press blitz stating that we're just watching one phase of people's lives.
I believe it was the NYTimes article where he literally said, "These peoples' lives were happening before the show started and will continue after the show started."
The show, like most good television (and literature), is about the journey, not the end.
I believe it was the NYTimes article where he literally said, "These peoples' lives were happening before the show started and will continue after the show started."
The show, like most good television (and literature), is about the journey, not the end.
Cornballer
Member
That's about enough sniping. Let's stick to discussing the show. Criticism and praise are both welcome here. Thanks.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
I don't see how anyone can know where this show is going. I've said it before but Don not knowing what he's after or where he is going is an amazing ending because we are feeling the exact same way. I'll take this over a straightforward A to B finale plot.
Mad men always had this mysteriousness to it and I feel like these final episodes are nailing it. Every other scene feels weirdly dream like.
sooperkool
Member
I'm cool with this and it would be refreshing but I guess i don't know what the point of these 5(?) episodes... It seems like 2 episodes stretched out and even then they all feel repetitive. Yes, its a theme but too much of one for me.
Roger just wasn't willing to jump. or let go of the past. that's why he became the phantom of the ad agency.
God, this was the best part of the episode
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
It's a conversation piece.
To me, the tone of these six episodes mirror the narrative. It feels like we're stuck in a morass without any clear direction out - much like it does for the characters. There's anticipation and angst for where this is headed.
sooperkool
Member
Well, I do know one thing Don nor pretty much anyone at SC&P isn't killing themselves in the finale. No one so far has shown themselves to be that affected by events to do so.
brianmcdoogle
Member
New theory. Sally, still mad at Don, promises to forgive him if he goes to Vietnam to bring Glenn back. Don agrees, finds Glenn, but tragically dies. Glenn, not cut out for Army life, assumes Don's identity and becomes the new Don Draper. Betty, still with feelings for Don and now Glenn, agrees to marry Glenn upon his return. Also, it would make a hell of a case study for her college courses.
Technosteve
Banned
Dylan or U2
Would've been better if it didn't feel so cheaply filmed. Still cool.
Dave Matthews
brianmcdoogle
Member
As Don falls out the window, Weiner has the ironic tune "Higher" by Creed play, making us all really think in deep thought.
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
fair enough but I feel like that is part of the theme that while things are repeating in familar way they are going to end badly (or at least permanently) for the SCDP regulars.
mightynine
Member
NYR
Member
She won't. Emmys are like a jilted lover - they've moved on from Mad Men, won't be coming back.Damn I've never had a bigger boner for Peggy
She owned it this episode, the final scene was incredible. Moss better win her Emmy after this.
j_k_redtail
Member
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