MAD MEN on AMC - Season 6

I went back and pulled up the closed captions since the line comes so fast, but Stan says it's his aunt that sent the 16 letters.

Stan's cousin was in the premiere last year, he was at Don's party.

^I watched that scene too.

"I thought were gonna be girls here?"--his one line after Bert, Abe, and Stan talk 'Nam.

that Warhol/ Esquire piece looks great, anyone read it?

oh man, this

I think Emily Nussbaum otm about Don's past/psychology being overdetermined at this point but on the other hand, lots of things happen to a person

in another show it might not stick out, i suppose, but here it just seems like the least interesting thread among numerous others that are more unpredictable/compelling

and if it leads up to some decisive "revelation" it'll probably be even more disappointing

Is that Vulture piece claiming the end credit song was “Dream a Little Dream of Me” or referring to something else?

'dream a little dream of me' played on the radio in the whore house, the end credit song was 'words of love'.

Ah, I missed that bit.

'dream a little dream of me' played on the radio in the whore house

I thought the radio was in Sylvia Rosen's kitchen, when Don had a hallucination (I think) that he had gone home and was lurking in their hallway. but then it turned out he had been in the office all along? dunno, some parts of this were confusing. good episode though. very unsettling and kept you on edge. this show does drug stuff pretty well I think.

I was definitely confused with the timeframe. They show Don listening to the radio at Syvia's door, then show the break-in happening upstairs, and I remember saying "Don's just downstairs, he'll be in in any second". Then they cut to Don at the office looking through the archives for the oatmeal ad w/ the mole. It's possible that he did come home as intended (and as he told Megan), stopped by Sylvia's, was reinspired by the mole, then went back to the office to find the ad?

and I was touched by his talk w/ Sally at the end. I thought he was going to off his rails, use that as a reason to lash out at Megan, yell at everyone. But by the end of the episode it seemed he found somewhat of a rational plateau. He took the blame and comforted Sally, he showed he was able to move on from Sylvia (or act like it at least), he expressed being above office shenanigans. I don't know, I think there was some learning experiences and priority checks for sure.

Really liked Betty's "working late, is that what he tells you?" line, tossed off in the confusion. There hasn't been much concern on Megan's part that Don may be cheating, I wonder if that will start to creep in.

And when Don was listening to the radio at Sylvia's door...closing his eyes, man I was TERRIFIED/EXCITED that the husband was gonna pop up.

yeah I thought he had fallen asleep standing up and was gonna get caught there

expressed being above office shenanigans

I guess that's one way to look at it. from Ted's point of view (who wasn't involved in the shenanigans) Don was at the helm during this wasted weekend of no good work getting done (and didn't do any work himself, which Peggy noticed). and then he comes into Ted's office on Monday and announces that he will continue not to do any work on their most important campaign.

I almost feel like he's lost everything and his only direction now is to actually be a good father. The rest of the season and series will involve Don acting as a bored creative director while taking his kids to the zoo and movies.

^Next season, he and Sally will see Easy Rider. Don buys a Harley and fringe jacket the next day.

I was TERRIFIED/EXCITED that the husband was gonna pop up

yeah, the way this was framed was great, with him in the foreground on the right, the shot was set-up for someone (presumably the husband) to pop up from behind on the left.

betty is really a horrible person. nowadays there's a name for what she's trying to do: parental alienation.

sergio mendes was on the radio in sylvia's place

betty is really a horrible person. nowadays there's a name for what she's trying to do: parental alienation.

Betty is awful, but it's hard for me to judge her for how she behaved in this episode -- Don basically abandoned the kids and left them to be held hostage by a burglar.

Henry is the only adult in the whole sorry situation.

betty was being her usual terrible self here, but yeah this time she was actually like 80% otm with everything she said (probably megan isn't sleeping around for parts). I assume grandma ida was just making inferences based on stuff she saw in the apartment, but I was inclined to believe her too when she both knew don's name and knew betty was "a piece of work."

nah she could have deduced Don's name from any number of clues (mail lying around, bldg directory etc) everything else she said was generic/flattering

yeah, feel like suggesting to a 14YO girl that her mom is "a piece of work" is an aight con

classique ep, among the best of the series

wonder if don is gonna drunkenly beat up his doorman

also i guess i dont need but i do want a ~4min scene of don tearing apt the archives & realizing hes never had an orig idea in his life, every one is just a repressed memory

he's just gonna pitch death/suicide every time now

the throwaway bits in the first episode with the German researcher about the thanatic impulse seeming more intentional lately

this ep was horrible you're all seriously idiots

sorry

I'm an idiot for still watching this show

5. i really hope don dies, and the final season is some kind of dark bizarre magical realism shit

― 69, Monday, May 20, 2013 12:47 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

shouldnt back off this, 69 otm

show is shot thru with magical realism from early on imo, wouldn't be a huge leap for Burt Cooper's chest to burst open and a million butterflies fly out

Has it been confirmed there will be a season after this one?

Yes, and it will be the final one.

weiner has a final 26 eps in mind hes said i think xp

There's one more season.

IIRC.

Thnx... the 18 month wait for this season was so long I completely forgot if something would come after this.

In that case, there is no way Don will be offed this season already, but he is definitely free falling in a downward spiral way - just like the title sequence. I think it's the first time too that he is properly losing his grip, finesse, cool w/ everything around him. It will need a shock to bring him back into coherence for the last season.

Wake up Don suicide truthers. Don is going to ascend to the presidency against the man who made a cuckold of him, revealing the ultimate Back to the Future alternate history ever attempted.

"you should get some rest. your face looks like a bag of pretzels."

didn't some comedian say arnie or sly looked like a bag of walnuts, or a bag of walnuts inside a pair of tights?

some combo of my suggestions here is the truth.

Stan was such a lame character when he first appeared but he gets better and better as this thing progresses. Maybe the beard is the source of all his power.

I enjoyed this, it's great to have a wacky episode every now and then, just as long as there are plenty of boring ones in-between.

this is the best thing i've ever seen

http://www.happyplace.com/24068/mad-men-facebook-recap-season-6-episode-8

i kind of dreaded clicking that but yeah, it's hilarious

Did a whore teach you that?

perfect timing imo

Michael Ginsberg I am the only sober person here, so I'm going to lead the x-acto-knife-throwing personally.

thought this was very in character!

http://tv.yahoo.com/photos/do-you-recognize-these-mad-men-guest-stars-1369263640-slideshow/harry-hamlin-l-a-law-photo--830956991.html

They missed Kristen Schaal, who was in the pilot as a switchboard operator, and Rosemarie DeWitt as Midge.