MAD MEN on AMC - Season 6

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.

I KNEW one of Peggy's underlings looked really familiar, but I never would've connected him to being Frederick on Frasier.

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

Clive James--said Arnie looked like a condom stuffed with walnuts

Unexpected Utterance of the Week: "Fleischmann's is Chivas Regal."

omg megan's show. the clothes!

then for a second i didn't quite realize that was betty and we weren't back watching megan's show

i love megan and her clothes too.

Betty's clothes are dowdy and hideous for 1968; it looks weaved out of Fleischmann's.

betty creeps me out, as does henry

yeah betty and henry are mad creepy

how sweet! Don and Betty's last kid is queer.

ILX deals on madmen are serious too much time on etc

Sexy times everywhere!

well well well

meanwhile Abe looks like he and deodorant haven't been acquainted since the Beatles' first LP.

betty smokes menthols?? ugh

bob benson! with coffee! this guy

I like how Alfred's always Mr. Blackwell on this thread

bob benson kinda dressed like the elevator guy in gangnam style

I had to look that one up xpost

My references are always way out of date

dam maybe peggy will commit suicide instead of don

I love how Betty knows everything and Don knows nothing now.

only two parts i liked of this ep:
bob's pregnant pause where it's not clear if he's gonna let slip that joan and the silverhaired fox have a thing
emt shrugging when peggy says "he'll be fine, right?"

it's always disappointing when they follow up a good episode with a silly one. EVERYBODY BE FUCKIN

ah now i get the 'too much time' comment, just got the ad for that acura ILX

i'm waiting for the acura ILNFL

signature schefter edition

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Truth be told, if I was still in shape enough to wear those shorts, I would.

My Grandpa wore shorts like that a lot, heh. Love them.

Christ, what a deeply unpleasant episode!

yeah. so i guess henry thinks it's hot for betty to sleep with other dudes? was that clearly inferred?

or he thought it was hot that she was desirable by other dudes but refused them

ted cheough (sp?) just kind of turned the page like a ... boss. no pun intended. they still haven't really given this guy any bad traits.

xp hm, it's one of those two things. i thought his presence at breakfast the next day... the fact that he came that morning, and so betty's indiscretion was reckless... hinted that it might be like a game she is playing with henry. we'll see.

did she figure that after abe left that he'd be waiting for her? he made it kind of clear that this wouldn't happen.

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yeah i think peggy did expect that. she ignored what he was saying and assumed that abe was the only thing standing in their way. a kind of parallel to don's disappointment with his mistress in the last episode.

I'm still not entirely sure why Peggy got so knocked off base with the merger. Maybe I'm misunderstanding the organizational flowchart at the new firm, but why is she letting Don get under her skin? It's contaminating all the other parts of her life too, though I think Abe's days were clearly numbered regardless.

because the merger interfered with her sense of autonomy. the decision to change firms was a big deal for her, and the merger undermined this, and she is struggling to stay independent, which was a skill she had to learn because she was an unambitious follower when she first came to Sterling Cooper

but yeah -- sorry if what i said was too obvious -- peggy needs to deal with this stuff in a less reactive, more clear-headed manner if she is going to succeed in the new environment.

Oh yeah, I get the contributing factors to her unease. I just expect more from her after six years, I guess.

It was my suspicion a long time ago that the show's focus would slowly shift from Don to Peggy over its run, but with only one season left I'm not sure that's going to happen. Weiner should've consulted me.

i would like that, actually. don has gotten tiresome, although on the other hand i do think it is brave of the show to allow him to become so profoundly unlikable.

*to have allowed him