Mad Men on AMC • Fifth Season Thread

harry was a bit of a treat this ep, i'll give them that

not enough bad things happen to Harry imho

Harry's gonna get AIDS.

Joan and Lane have the most respectful professional relationship on the show, they are an inspiration to us all in terms of their basic decency. OTOH Lane is a sad panda who really wants to be Don apparently but can't pull it off.

Lane's little subplot this ep was the most curious insofar as I really didn't know where it was going or what the overall implication was going to be... was a bit worried that he was going to hit on Joan during their little exchange.

Stan was also enjoyable in this episode, especially when he let Harry dig his own grave in the office kitchen as Megan stood behind him.

yeah genuine lolz at that

was a bit worried that he was going to hit on Joan during their little exchange.

Okay, so I wasn't the only one. Of course he didn't, though, because he's Lane Pryce and he wouldn't do such a thing.

the soap opera-ishness of this ep kinda killed it for me

I generally think of Mad Men as a very high-end soap opera.

that's pretty obviously what it is. It doesn't get any more soap-opera-y than having one of the main story arcs be "married woman with absent husband has somebody else's baby"

I thought in soap operas the baby would somehow be the evil twin of a different character entirely. Or a vampire or something.

Also, the lead character is not who everyone believes he is.

Mr Pryce's conversation with the girl in the photo made me want to crawl out of my skin, just for awkwardness.

Him and Joan are wonderful, and yeah I had a few alarm bells early on but he just SO loves her professionally I was like, oh of course he would never. Sigh of relief.

Pretty sure that was a deliberate mislead.

Pretty careless of him keeping the photo in his own wallet, though. It could've fallen out when he was giving Mrs. Pryce money for the day.

I thought he was going to take the money or something, at first I couldn't really figure where it was going. but he's Lane Pryce, so I was very confused for a while.

^^^yeah I was wondering if he was so broke he needed to steal $100. although initial takeaway was simply "Lane does not trust black people"

THIS

It was all very strange

Pretty careless of him keeping the photo in his own wallet, though.

Didn't he slide the photo under his desk calendar?

he's supposed to be going broke right

xxxxp

I only just remembered his somewhat nauseating relationship with his 'chocolate bunny'.

xpost jaymc: then he put it in his wallet later

it was sorta weird how my interpretation went from "Lane doesn't trust black people" >> "Lane needs money" >>> "Lane is fishing for a date from a whore" >>> "is Lane gonna blackmail this dude or something?" lol

I'm glad Peggy's yid boyfriend is back; he's dreamy.

I thought his "Oh I write for underground newspapers -- you probably haven't heard of them" was such a douchebag moment.

Oh, I must've missed that, VegGrrl.

everyone in this show is a douchebag, it's all a matter of degree

douchegree

When he was fishing for money to give his wife the next day, the photo was stashed between the bills in his wallet.

I was expecting the woman to show up for the wallet and be older/overweight/or in some other way different than the photo he was perving over.

ya, it was pretty funny that it was the dude who turned out to be a shlub

The photo looked to be a bit older, so I liked the idea he had built up the idea of this woman that doesn't exist.

it would sort of be the obvious thing to do if she showed up looking different/dumpy, for some reason having it be the guy was just great

very madmaniacal plot turn.

very madmaniacal plot turn.

The other thing about it that made me laugh was that she sounded a little bit like the mom on Bob's Burgers, so I kept imagining Lane having a flirty phone conversation with this:

http://images1.cliqueclack.com/tv/files/2011/05/wallpapers_linda_1024-1-150x150.jpg

HA!

OH BOBBY

looooool

were we meant to get a mob vibe off wallet dude?

pretty schlubby for a mobster

Totally freaked at Pete's suburban kitchen looking exactly like Don's erstwhile suburban kitchen btw.

Mr Pryce's conversation with the girl in the photo made me want to crawl out of my skin, just for awkwardness.

Him and Joan are wonderful, and yeah I had a few alarm bells early on but he just SO loves her professionally I was like, oh of course he would never. Sigh of relief.

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, March 26, 2012 9:56 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah, i went through the exact same "gross!", "please don't!", "thank god" arc there

Loved Pete's shocked reaction at seeing Peggy holding baby Kevin.

Very curious about Lane's behaviour - why so broke? Definitely thought he was going to steal the money in the wallet. Actually I Went 'ugh racist' 'ugh thief' 'ugh perv!' but the wife's money questions kept coming up - I guess he put most of his money into SCDP, whereas the others had larger fortunes to begin with.. I guess no one's really getting paid yet?

An entertaining episode, but I would've preferred maybe an hour of 'the gangs' all here!' catchup and then something to actually happen.

Also Roger's open disdain for his wife is kinda lolzy/kinda O_o

Like when she asked him what time it was and he's all "Shaddup"

love that you don't see him at the staten island terminal

re: wild 60s fashion, I think you guys are wildly underestimating American public's willingness to embrace crazy fashion shit. after all, we did it once before, and if any show could re-kickstart hideous late 60s clothing trends it would be Mad Men.

Lane thing with the girl/schlubby mobster seems an obvious long con, yet to play out.

Loved Pete's shocked reaction at seeing Peggy holding baby Kevin.

Nice! Missed this. Also, love the baby names. Kevin. Tammy.

Yes, it almost makes me forgive the idea of a woman born in 1940 named Megan.

Loved Pete's shocked reaction at seeing Peggy holding baby Kevin.

same thing in reverse: roger's "my baby!" as he walked up to greet joan & their secret bastard in the hall