MAD MEN on AMC - Seasons 7(a) & & 7(b)

I'm finding it harder to believe Don actually has a million dollars in cash just sitting in a bank.

If Joan's 5% of the company was worth over a mil, Don's share is substantially more. Even with some of it tied up in the deal, he's probably sitting on some cash.

xp and not just that but that he was a millionaire when they met?! how did that happen? so many questions.

Maybe that is just Don's life, falling ass-backwards into women and money.

Megan looked so fineeeee in that blue barely dress thing

this was the worst thing in the whole episode

I found Don's cheque a bit of a stretch. I know he's a millionaire, but how much of that would be liquid in 1970? One million must represent a substantial part of his liquid assets. Nitpicking, I know--it was the meaning of the gesture that was important.

Don is millionaire many times over.

There was that article a few months back:

http://www.vulture.com/2014/05/mad-men-how-much-did-each-of-the-partners-make.html

"That would mean each owns 15 percent of SC&P, which would make their takes $4,972,500 each."

I don't know--that just doesn't seem rich enough to hand over a million in cash.

A million in 1970 wasn't chicken feed -- that's when a million bucks meant something.

Except Don was rich before they sold out to McCann. He wrote a $250k like it was nothing.

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If he's worth $5 million in 1970, that's, like, $12 million now, I think.

Uh try like $30 million.

forgot to carry the one

back the hell up

sic why was the blue dress the worst thing in the whole episode?!

Who did Don write the $250,000 cheque to? I'm not disagreeing, I just don't remember it.

How much the money would be worth now, to me, argues against the believability. I can't imagine an ad exec today calmly saying "You're right--here's a cheque for $30 million." Mind you, dead Bert did tell Don that the best things in life are free.

Blue dress ruled.

She looked ridiculous and immature, the pairing with eyeshadow took over her entire face; made her look like a foofy tissue-box doll, a naif, a fool. Not a grown woman taking a lunch meeting to attempt to find a new business partner. She shouldn't be this dumb after so many years.

also, I didn't like it

Bert hasn't even been mentioned since he died. Mad Men forgets its dead quickly.

sic u crazy

liked that line from megans sister, "new york, everyone here just does what they feel." kind of sums up the insular world of MM.

blue dress was super garish, unflattering! megan trying too hard to fit into some image she has of what a successful actress should look like, so when slime-masters like harry give her the "your every mans dream" she eats it right up.

Joan was a magnificent unseen presence in this episode. You could really see the silent hatred in Don's eyes when Harry was talking, he knew exactly what had happened, he's likely to still be feeling a degree of guilt for what happened to Joan, but the only way he felt he could prevent it happening to Megan was to pay her off with such a large sum of money it would be unlikely to happen again. And this is a guy who paid a woman for sex like a week ago. The Stan/Peggy stuff mirrored that except it was Stan who got played.

The season seems to be about bringing characters to a point of departure one by one (last week Kenny, this week Megan), so I guess they'll focus more on the people who really matter from now on. But given there are only five episodes left, there's still a lot of screen time being given to tangential characters - I don't care that Don's fucking someone else, I want to see long scenes with him and Joan or him and Peggy.

Also Megan knows about the doctor's wife, right? Stands to reason her entire family would be pissed off.

Not to obsess on this point, but my math is faulty above. He's not handing her the equivalent of $30 million--it's the equivalent of about $6 million. I guess so...still seems pretty generous.

"Who did Don write the $250,000 cheque to? I'm not disagreeing, I just don't remember it."

Wrote to firm. Was actually $500k as it was his + Pete's share.

"I can't imagine an ad exec today calmly saying "You're right--here's a cheque for $30 million.""

I think it's pretty well established that Don is not a typical anything and he doesn't really give a shit about money.

if anyone expects the final season is gonna be tying up loose ends i think they've maybe been watching a different show all this time?

― ryan,

Yeah, this. I'm not holding out for any kind of traditionally satisfying ending, just trying to enjoy the last episodes. And this one had a lot to enjoy imo, plenty of very funny lines. The sad punchline of Don arriving back to the empty apartment was great.

I thought the dress was horrible fwiw.

smdh

maybe don will move now

high five chap

And this is a guy who paid a woman for sex like a week ago.

no he didn't! he didn't even know she thought he had until afterwards

Then this is a guy who just drops $100 bills on complete strangers.

I imagine he is paying Betty alimony and child support, plus he is paying for Megan's rent and extra allowances. Maybe he is a multi-millionaire but he does seem to be hemorrhaging money in any case.

I imagine he is paying Betty alimony and child support, plus he is paying for Megan's rent and extra allowances. Maybe he is a multi-millionaire but he does seem to be hemorrhaging money in any case.
--©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau)

He's not paying Betty any alimony. Betty's remarried and I'm pretty sure Henry was against her getting any money from Don.

so last week he 'meets' Rachel, this week the upstairs neighbour, odds on him bumping into Dr Faye this week?

Then this is a guy who just drops $100 bills on complete strangers.

...uh, who is?

roger left the $100

Yeah I'd forgotten that bit despite Roger explicitly saying so earlier in the episode.

Replace that with "and this is a guy who has paid for sex with a lot of women in the past".

his 'Marie who?' (pause) 'Bonjour' was Sterling-gold.

otm, i loved that

the best tumblr on earth is operational again
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I think she's about to just turn up at Roger's house and I'm sad we probably won't get to see his reaction.

I don't care that Don's fucking someone else, I want to see long scenes with him and Joan or him and Peggy.

I dunno - I find this waitress character interesting in a vortex of doom kind of way. I wonder is that it for her now...

Odd thing that occurred to me today: about 15 years ago, when I has just started teaching full-time, I had a Megan Graper in my class.

(I has gotten more grammatical since.)

enjoyed this episode plenty, tons of funny lines, and I don't mind Don's whole "maybe I should return to my poor depressed alcoholic roots" tryst w the waitress. I assume we haven't seen the last of her. Loved the Rosens showing up in the elevator - if there's one thing this show is uniquely great at, it's scenes that take place in elevators. the Stan/Pima/Peggy thing was not bad but seemed p inconsequential, but who knows what that might lead to.

re: Megan looking terrible - haven't we seen her in that exact outfit before somewhere? (tbf I've always thought she looks like Freddy Mercury in drag, so...) Harry predictably loathsome, I hope he gets thrown out a window or otherwise suitably humiliated before the show's end.

Pete's hair was spectacular.

also baffled by the upthread talk about Don not being rich enough to lay $1 million check on Megan - dude became a millionaire back in like Season 2 (I think?) and has made that many times over since

i don't think it was easy for don to give away $1 million but at that point he was pretty apathetic/wanted to move on

he's def not starving now though

I guess for the very reason he never dwells on money, I underestimated Don's wealth.