Sally Shipka, let's compromise
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 26 March 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
i'm with veg grrl; the soap opera-ishness of this ep kinda killed it for mei want to see MORE PITCHING OF ADS
― Lil T the Bowed Jet (forksclovetofu), Monday, 26 March 2012 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
rewatch s1 in that case I guess
― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Monday, 26 March 2012 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
more dancing beans
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, 26 March 2012 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
I for one just love watching miserable people destroy themselves slowly at this point, it makes me feel like I have company.
― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Monday, 26 March 2012 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
xp YES! I was really looking forward to the bean ballet.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 March 2012 16:40 (twelve years ago) link
lol, the dancing bean ad idea sucked.I WAS IN KOREA
― Lil T the Bowed Jet (forksclovetofu), Monday, 26 March 2012 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
It's been my biggest struggle with this show from the get-go...as much time is spent on the characters talking to each other as the camera slowly panning over furnishings. In my more cynical moments I'm just like "man this show is just furniture porn for modernists".
and then Pete/Harry/Sally/Joan do something great and I'm happy.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 26 March 2012 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
harry was a bit of a treat this ep, i'll give them that
― Lil T the Bowed Jet (forksclovetofu), Monday, 26 March 2012 16:42 (twelve years ago) link
not enough bad things happen to Harry imho
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 26 March 2012 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Monday, 26 March 2012 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 26 March 2012 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 March 2012 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
yeah genuine lolz at that
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 26 March 2012 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 March 2012 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 26 March 2012 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
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"
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 26 March 2012 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
I thought in soap operas the baby would somehow be the evil twin of a different character entirely. Or a vampire or something.
― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Monday, 26 March 2012 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
Also, the lead character is not who everyone believes he is.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 March 2012 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
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, 26 March 2012 16:56 (twelve years ago) link
Pretty sure that was a deliberate mislead.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 26 March 2012 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 March 2012 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 26 March 2012 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
^^^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"
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 26 March 2012 17:03 (twelve years ago) link
THIS
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 26 March 2012 17:03 (twelve years ago) link
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?
― Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Monday, 26 March 2012 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
he's supposed to be going broke right
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, 26 March 2012 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
xxxxp
I only just remembered his somewhat nauseating relationship with his 'chocolate bunny'.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 26 March 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
xpost jaymc: then he put it in his wallet later
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 26 March 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
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
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 26 March 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Monday, 26 March 2012 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, I must've missed that, VegGrrl.
― Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Monday, 26 March 2012 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
everyone in this show is a douchebag, it's all a matter of degree
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, 26 March 2012 17:10 (twelve years ago) link
douchegree
When he was fishing for money to give his wife the next day, the photo was stashed between the bills in his wallet.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 March 2012 17:10 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Monday, 26 March 2012 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
ya, it was pretty funny that it was the dude who turned out to be a shlub
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, 26 March 2012 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Monday, 26 March 2012 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
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
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, 26 March 2012 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
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
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Monday, 26 March 2012 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
HA!
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 March 2012 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
OH BOBBY
looooool
― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Monday, 26 March 2012 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
were we meant to get a mob vibe off wallet dude?
― goole, Monday, 26 March 2012 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
pretty schlubby for a mobster
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 26 March 2012 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
Totally freaked at Pete's suburban kitchen looking exactly like Don's erstwhile suburban kitchen btw.
― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Monday, 26 March 2012 18:13 (twelve years ago) link