Mad Men

[Nizzles]

Kevin, that is some superhot muckraking. PM me to discuss a role for you in my political campaign to be the first non-comic to rank number one in the 2009 AST poll.

Do you know anything about Paul F. Tompkins' relationship with members of MOVE?

[Umlaut]

That was probably the best hour of television I've ever seen.

[Darryl]

We never learned any more about Joy and her weird group of friends and family in this episode. I like that everything is not tied up in a neat package. But I wouldn't be surprised to see them again next season. Mad Men has a way of paying things off after many episodes.

[jeffwatt]

If Pete and Trudy ever adopt, they better, by wacky circumstance, adopt Pete and Peggy's love child.

[nadsat droog]

I want to take this show behind a middle school and get it pregnant. I can't wait for the finale next week.

[TimBuktu]

I have one more episode, Sundays, and then I'm caught up. Get ready for pointless comments this thread.... wait a second... I just checked the episode guide... Was the most recent one the commune/red head lady gets raped episode? Or maybe Don sitting with his fake wife... I watched two and they're blending in my head.... If so, I'm caught up!

I will say that this show handles era specific references better than maybe anything I've ever seen. The xerox machine was handled so well it reminded me of how dumb and corny the fax machine was handled in Almost Famous.

The Draper's leaving all of their garbage behind after their picnic, the little girl in the dry cleaning bag, the ad man trying to convince people on a bus headed to Mississippi that he was a Marxist, the handling of the Kennedy/Nixon stuff, the handling of the space race....

It's almost like the show was made in the era it's portraying. There's no winking to the audience... like "remember this"... it's all presented as part of their lives without hovering on it.

[MrDys]

That rape scene was the creepiest thing I've seen on TV in a long time. It reminded me a lot of the rape scene in Frenzy.

[TimBuktu]

That rape scene was the creepiest thing I've seen on TV in a long time. It reminded me a lot of the rape scene in Frenzy.

The sexism in this show is painful to watch, but that was especially painful. The dead look in her eyes and the sound design... woof.

[Umlaut]

One thing I love about this show is there are countless characters, millions, billions even, and I have a vested interest in every one of them. I don't like every character (Pete in particular I would very much like to strangle), but I am fascinated by literally every storyline on this show. Even with the Sopranos I would find myself checking my watch in certain scenes (because who really gives a shit about Meadow, anyway?), but I would follow this show even if they did an entire hour of Kenneth Cosgrove taking a bubble bath.

Earlier in the thread someone talked about leaving Don in California and making the show, or at least Sterling-Cooper-England, more Peggy-centric. I am not opposed to this, Peggy might be my favorite character. But, of course, I'm basically in for wherever this show goes.

[Adult Ed]

It's almost like the show was made in the era it's portraying. There's no winking to the audience... like "remember this"... it's all presented as part of their lives without hovering on it.

I thought the Kennedy/Nixon stuff was pretty winky - the dry cleaner bag and lack of seatbelts, too. The sexual politics, though, have the ring of truth without hammering you over the head. The contrast of Peggy's climb and Joanie's descent is the best thing about the show to me.

[ericluxury]

I thought that last episode was so good. I love seeing Don at rest and seeing how much of a contrast between who he is when he's Dick and when he's Don. So it was strange to see the AV Club write-up hate on the episode and then not many comments on it here.

[nadsat droog]

Alan Sepinwall interviews Matthew Weiner about the season finale. No spoilers.

[scamboogah]

How great will this be?

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[alexmechanik]

on my way home tonight i walked past the opening of david mamet's play 'speed the plow' and literally ran into bryan batt, then turned around to see the entire cast of mad men standing outside, getting pictures taken. it was so surreal. elisabeth moss is in the play so i guess they were all there to support her.

i really can't express how much i love this show right now. the casting is so pitch-perfect for every character- even the really small ones are always memorable and somehow feel so real. i can't believe there's only one more episode.

[Gene George]

That rape scene was the creepiest thing I've seen on TV in a long time. It reminded me a lot of the rape scene in Frenzy.

Yucky yucky yucky. The Thousand Yard Stare. And the worst part was Joan so over the top selling him to Peggy in order to salve herself after that. He stitches up coloreds!

[alexmechanik]

Don Draper's Guide to Picking Up Women (from this week's Jon Hamm-hosted SNL)

1. Whenever possible, remain silent.
2. When asked about your past, give vague open-ended answers.
3. Have a great name.
4. Look fantastic in a suit, look fantastic in casual wear, look fantastic in anything, sound good, smell good, kiss good, strut around with supreme confidence, be uncannily successful at your job, blow people away anytime you say anything, take six hour lunches, disappear for weeks at a time, lie to everyone about everything, and drink and smoke constantly.

[isoS]

I think someone posted an image or two from this artist a while back, but now there are desktop wallpapers for every s2 ep of Mad Men to download:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nobodys...7606178887453/

[yumitree]

one suggested by AST's own dantelfer

[dan telfer]

Yes, Dyna is awesome. Here's a picture she drew of me a few years ago.



Mad Men glasses! I forget why the dog is there.

Man that smackdown Peggy laid on Pete felt good. Looks like he's no longer faced with the android's conundrum. I saw tears! Eat it, pretty boy.

This was a very satisfying season. They tied up a ton of shit from Season 1 and early Season 2 that I was convinced would be left hanging. That is all I ask from my serialized television, proof you can bring something full circle eventually. Thank ye, Mad Men.

[angryrobot]

That baby aint Donnie's is it?