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You show remarkable insight into the nuances of this show. I am impressed.
As an aside - speaking of Hamm as Bond, I'm sure you are aware that Hamm made a brief appearance in some chick flick ("Bridesmaids") where he played an absolute male bimbo; just a total idiot. It was so completely out of character for him, it not only fell flat for me, I actually found it repulsive. (Not that I watch chick flicks, of course . . . ahem . . . )
All right, gang - new season getting started, two episodes in. Time to start analyzing, praising, criticizing and generally kibitizing. I'll lead off:
So - Don's banging the doc's wife, I see. Got to admit, that one snuck up on me. Here everything's going along fine and then, all of a sudden, Don is walking down this strange, dark hallway, a female grabs him by the hand and leads him somewhere and - viola! - there he is in bed with the doc's wife.
How in the hell did that get started? Shouldn't there have been some kind of lead-in? You know - glances exchanged over cocktails while both spouses are also present, a sly remark made in passing, SOME kind of hint to let us know what was coming?
Or did I miss it? Talk to me, Madmen people!
All right, gang - new season getting started, two episodes in. Time to start analyzing, praising, criticizing and generally kibitizing. I'll lead off:
So - Don's banging the doc's wife, I see. Got to admit, that one snuck up on me. Here everything's going along fine and then, all of a sudden, Don is walking down this strange, dark hallway, a female grabs him by the hand and leads him somewhere and - viola! - there he is in bed with the doc's wife.
How in the hell did that get started? Shouldn't there have been some kind of lead-in? You know - glances exchanged over cocktails while both spouses are also present, a sly remark made in passing, SOME kind of hint to let us know what was coming?
Or did I miss it? Talk to me, Madmen people!
Did you think the first episode in this season was weird? The entire episode I was kind of waiting for it to start and felt that most of the scenes were all individual and disjointed, rather than part of a whole (if that makes sense). And who the heck was sleeping on the couch at SCDP? Who is the violin playing kid and why does Betty care enough about her to go chasing after her? And since when does Betty let Sally call her Betty, rather than mom? Is this the same Betty who locked Sally in the closet for smoking??
I hate that the show is leaving the 60's and entering the70's, fashion/style wise. Blech. It was ugly then and it's still ugly.
All right, gang - new season getting started, two episodes in. Time to start analyzing, praising, criticizing and generally kibitizing. I'll lead off:
So - Don's banging the doc's wife, I see. Got to admit, that one snuck up on me. Here everything's going along fine and then, all of a sudden, Don is walking down this strange, dark hallway, a female grabs him by the hand and leads him somewhere and - viola! - there he is in bed with the doc's wife.
How in the hell did that get started? Shouldn't there have been some kind of lead-in? You know - glances exchanged over cocktails while both spouses are also present, a sly remark made in passing, SOME kind of hint to let us know what was coming?
Or did I miss it? Talk to me, Madmen people!
All right, gang - new season getting started, two episodes in. Time to start analyzing, praising, criticizing and generally kibitizing. I'll lead off:
So - Don's banging the doc's wife, I see. Got to admit, that one snuck up on me. Here everything's going along fine and then, all of a sudden, Don is walking down this strange, dark hallway, a female grabs him by the hand and leads him somewhere and - viola! - there he is in bed with the doc's wife.
How in the hell did that get started? Shouldn't there have been some kind of lead-in? You know - glances exchanged over cocktails while both spouses are also present, a sly remark made in passing, SOME kind of hint to let us know what was coming?
Or did I miss it? Talk to me, Madmen people!
Okay, George, I'll talk you.
I'm done with Don Draper and Mad Men. The first double ep. and the second one, left me with negative feelings for many reasons. I watched the first five seasons TWICE and really looked forward to the same consistency but alas, it hasn't happened for me. None of the veteran characters even looked as they did months ago and the new characters looked boring. They should have wrapped this show after the 5th season, in my opinion.
I have picked up on two others to replace Mad Men.
ARROW is something I am enjoying very much and so is The Americans. Happy trails Don. I will not miss you but will miss Roger....
And of course if one can find when Revenge is on, I will still watch that.
What's up with Betty accusing her husband of wanting to screw around with his niece(?). I found it SHOCKING that Betty would talk about this: totally out of character.
Violin girl is Henry's niece? Are you sure? I thought she was a neighbor/friend of Sally's. Ewww, Betty was telling him to go rape her. wtf?
What's up with Betty accusing her husband of wanting to screw around with his niece(?). I found it SHOCKING that Betty would talk about this: totally out of character.
That's the one that stuck out for me. TOTALLY out of character for Betty. To boot, we had seen no indication whatsoever that Betty's hubby was lusting after the niece. And, in passing, the niece isn't that good looking anyway, not that this would be relevant to a child molestor, which I don't think Betty's husband is.
I agree with all who have commented negatively on the season opener. Disjointed describes it quite well. But I, for one, am most certainly not giving up on Madmen. I suspect, as you, that much will be tied up in future episodes.
I thought Don's line about "wanting to stop doing this" was a good one, although I'm not sure that I even want Don to have a conscience. So far, he's done just fine for me without one.
What's up with Betty accusing her husband of wanting to screw around with his niece(?). I found it SHOCKING that Betty would talk about this: totally out of character.
That's the one that stuck out for me. TOTALLY out of character for Betty. To boot, we had seen no indication whatsoever that Betty's hubby was lusting after the niece. And, in passing, the niece isn't that good looking anyway, not that this would be relevant to a child molestor, which I don't think Betty's husband is.
I agree with all who have commented negatively on the season opener. Disjointed describes it quite well. But I, for one, am most certainly not giving up on Madmen. I suspect, as you, that much will be tied up in future episodes.
I thought Don's line about "wanting to stop doing this" was a good one, although I'm not sure that I even want Don to have a conscience. So far, he's done just fine for me without one.
In the next episode we see why Don is a little over-sexed.
After his father commits suicide, he and his adoptive mother move into a bordello where he watches as his pregnant adoptive mother is forced to have sex with the pimp. As we recall that Don's biological mother was a prostitute his father knocked up, the scene is darkly ironic.
Thus, Don learns a lot about women during his formative adolescence.....
Several days ago, Christina Hendricks (Joan) was the guest on "The Daily Show." One of the points she made was to emphasize how "Mad Men" is a lot about consequences - the consequences of smoking, drinking, lusting, etc. We get to see how these various activities affect the various people involved in the plot, i.e., consquences.
She also commented on how the way women are treated today isn't really all that much better than back in the 1960's. Not sure I agree with that one - I know a doctor who got sued because he addressed a group of women in his office as "gals." Seems to me women are doing just fine in the War of the Sexes these days. But that's another issue . . .
I've noticed that Mad Men is popular mainly with older people while younger viewers dismiss it as an irrelevant soap opera, which supports your observation. I enjoy it because of those familiar evocations; the smoking, booze, the clothes, social attitudes, etc.
This is one of the things I like the most about MM - the way they constantly show how different the social mores were back in the 50's and early 60's. Everyone smokes up a storm. This plastic bag scene is CLASSIC. Did you catch the scene where the Draper family goes on a picnic in a lovely park and, when it's over, they just leave their trash lying there on the grass? They drink more booze than water. Women are treated as second class citizens except when it comes to sex.
Boy, how times have changed . . . .