if harry knows, and he is angry with her (and so likely not to keep her secret) it won't be long before everyone knows. i suspect something is going to go wrong and she is going to be made uncomfortable and have to leave. which sucks, because she was always among the most competent people at the office, it seemed
― Pat Finn, Monday, 22 April 2013 02:31 (eleven years ago) link
i feel like the phrase "i need a drink" was more common in the 60s than it is now
― Pat Finn, Monday, 22 April 2013 02:32 (eleven years ago) link
not at my place
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 April 2013 02:35 (eleven years ago) link
the look on don's face
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Monday, 22 April 2013 02:35 (eleven years ago) link
BONNIE AND CLYDE
― Pat Finn, Monday, 22 April 2013 02:37 (eleven years ago) link
gainsbourg! <3<3<3
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Monday, 22 April 2013 02:38 (eleven years ago) link
I wish Dean Wareham + Sadler had sung this version
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 April 2013 02:38 (eleven years ago) link
that would be cool i guess. dean warehem is like the anti-gainsbourg
― Pat Finn, Monday, 22 April 2013 02:39 (eleven years ago) link
cooper's socks are pretty kewl
― Pat Finn, Monday, 22 April 2013 02:40 (eleven years ago) link
god I've missed these Sterling-Cooper exchanges.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 April 2013 02:41 (eleven years ago) link
i've always been jealous of cooper. i wish i had a rothko in my office/ had an office.
― Pat Finn, Monday, 22 April 2013 02:43 (eleven years ago) link
Jefferson Darcy, swinger.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 22 April 2013 02:44 (eleven years ago) link
harry is the only person so far who seems to be diving headfirst into the worst tendencies of late 60s fashion. stan looks kind of amazing with the beard/turtleneck/contented grin
― Pat Finn, Monday, 22 April 2013 02:45 (eleven years ago) link
whereas Pete and Kenny look like Nixon aides.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 April 2013 02:46 (eleven years ago) link
lol. sideburns aren't for everyone
― Pat Finn, Monday, 22 April 2013 02:47 (eleven years ago) link
i love the word "catsup". did the copyright on "ketchup" run out in the 90s at some point? i seem to remember catsup being a part of my childhood.
― Pat Finn, Monday, 22 April 2013 02:50 (eleven years ago) link
don sucks. meghan should have never gotten mixed up with a dark, brooding guy like that. i feel like of all the main characters on the show, she had the best shot of finding actual happiness in life.
― Pat Finn, Monday, 22 April 2013 03:04 (eleven years ago) link
god harry is such a perfectly portrayed measly cowardly worm of man
i love it, and hate it
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 April 2013 03:11 (eleven years ago) link
bob benson just kills me
this guy
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Monday, 22 April 2013 03:13 (eleven years ago) link
are there any industries in 2013 where you are allowed to smoke weed in the office?
― Pat Finn, Monday, 22 April 2013 03:14 (eleven years ago) link
the awkwardness w/ don and megan at dinner was fantastic.
― Chuck E was a hero to most (s.clover), Monday, 22 April 2013 03:25 (eleven years ago) link
Stan giving Peggy the finger was so perfect.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 22 April 2013 03:26 (eleven years ago) link
"should we fire him before he cashes that check"
― Chuck E was a hero to most (s.clover), Monday, 22 April 2013 03:29 (eleven years ago) link
i liked Don listening to Peggy's pitch
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 April 2013 03:32 (eleven years ago) link
the look on don's face during that dinner was very funny
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Monday, 22 April 2013 03:37 (eleven years ago) link
don gasface is the best
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 April 2013 03:38 (eleven years ago) link
so is joan going to be extra nasty to the secretaries now
hoping dawn becomes a copy writer and makes $$$$
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Monday, 22 April 2013 03:56 (eleven years ago) link
i mean copy writer and then runs a department and gets a partnership, etc. i assume the writers are setting up something what with actually giving her more screen time
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Monday, 22 April 2013 03:58 (eleven years ago) link
that would be cool. i wish joan would be nice to the secretaries... or more understanding of their predicament as women in a super-sexist office environment, but i guess she needs to do what she needs to do to stay on top, in a position of authority.
― Pat Finn, Monday, 22 April 2013 04:00 (eleven years ago) link
I dunno, what was she supposed to do? Harry's assistant defrauded the company for five hours worth of pay (which, granted, was probably only $20-30 in 1968) and Dawn aided in the fraud. I would've fired Scarlett too, on the spot, and I think the turnabout with Dawn's new responsibility/punishment is fairly clever.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 22 April 2013 04:06 (eleven years ago) link
hm, idk. i've never been on the management side of things, but what i probably would have done is give dawn a stern warning and a second chance.
― Pat Finn, Monday, 22 April 2013 04:08 (eleven years ago) link
there's no way it doesn't cost them far far more than 5 hours work to find and hire a reasonably competent secretary, doesn't seem worth firing one for one screwup.
although i kind of get why joan is that way - for the secretaries it's like.. the job is a limited amount of skills plus punching the timecard plus looking good - what's she going to do as a partner who manages the secretaries other than enforce this stuff extra.
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Monday, 22 April 2013 04:08 (eleven years ago) link
That's true, but y'know...television.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 22 April 2013 04:10 (eleven years ago) link
i've been fired from jobs for waaayyyyyyyyyy less than that
― Pat Finn, Monday, 22 April 2013 04:11 (eleven years ago) link
― Pat Finn, Sunday, April 21, 2013 8:14 PM (52 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
by at least one account, advertising
― fucking Telstra (silby), Monday, 22 April 2013 04:25 (eleven years ago) link
want to wear Stan's fringe jacket
― fucking Telstra (silby), Monday, 22 April 2013 04:26 (eleven years ago) link
elmo to thread for thrifting advice
Don's such an emotionally fragile fuckwit
yeah i kind of hate don. when he implied that meghan's job was comparable to a "prostitue" because she had a love scene, i wanted to punch him in his stupid, squinty-eyed, misogynistic face
― Pat Finn, Monday, 22 April 2013 04:47 (eleven years ago) link
This season is pretty dull so far.
― "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 22 April 2013 05:23 (eleven years ago) link
quality tv
― velko, Monday, 22 April 2013 05:26 (eleven years ago) link
this ep was kind of boring
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, July 26, 2010 11:53 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
kind of a boring episode. was afraid there was going to be a Mother's Little Helper montage for a second. also lol fat betty
― You big bully, why are you hitting that little bully? (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, April 2, 2012 11:25 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
just fuck the dicks in advertising and dull 'period' TV shows about them
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, October 29, 2008 6:26 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― fucking Telstra (silby), Monday, 22 April 2013 05:47 (eleven years ago) link
yeah super enjoyed tonight's episode. don really is such a monster now but i did like seeing everyone in the bar after the ketchup pitches (btw i totally get why peggy's pitch won but i think i liked don's better, which definitely wasn't the case w/ draper v ginsburg last year), peggy enjoying teddy busting pete's balls and enjoying draper getting the last word over teddy even more. relieved stan isn't getting any fallout from the leak apparently, love that dude. joan's been that queen bee since episode one and firing someone, esp someone as replaceable as a secretary, over an offense like that would hardly be ott imo. kinda annoyed that they undermined her tbh. i'm assuming that she's assumed lane's responsibilities. good to see joan have a girl's night out. between that club scene and stan's jacket i was getting midnight cowboy vibes. christina hendricks on screen and serge gainsbourg on screen, my goodness.
― balls, Monday, 22 April 2013 05:54 (eleven years ago) link
I kind of thought, with the Joan as office manager thing, was that it's not her job anymore, she has all her partner duties to do, etc. And so she shouldn't be going around firing secretaries (why Harry's "this is my department" thing). She's got her new job, but she still wants to rule over the secretaries, when someone else should be doing that job.
― DonkeyTeeth, Monday, 22 April 2013 06:00 (eleven years ago) link
I might just still be kind of a sucker but Don still doesn't scan as monstrous to me. He's compulsive and toxic and an adulterer but I would reserve "monstrous" for Pete the serial rapist.
― fucking Telstra (silby), Monday, 22 April 2013 06:03 (eleven years ago) link
xp
I think Don is less monstrous than he is just kind of sad and gross at this point.
― DonkeyTeeth, Monday, 22 April 2013 06:07 (eleven years ago) link
Maybe it's too obvious, but Joan is practically powerless at the partner's meetings, and is essentially working as their secretary, so she wants to use some power to fire secretaries.
― DonkeyTeeth, Monday, 22 April 2013 06:13 (eleven years ago) link
haha well there are degrees. just when he was being such an asshole to meghan in the dressing room (and then the cut to him bedding lindsey weir ugh what a sleaze) i thought he was much less likeable to me now than he was even when he was getting slapped around by whores. i know ppl are going to always hate betty but she is in such a better marriage now and the little bit we've seen of her this season at least she seemed actually happy.
― balls, Monday, 22 April 2013 06:18 (eleven years ago) link
Was I the only one to see Dawn & friend meeting in that all-black club & immediately assume "aha, MLK assassination episode"?
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 22 April 2013 06:23 (eleven years ago) link