Mad Men on AMC • Fifth Season Thread

good insight from sepinwall:

(*) On the plus side for poor Rebecca Pryce and her son: didn't Pete learn that the company insurance policy indemnifies for suicide after three years? SCDP's been in existence for more than three years now, after all.

would his resignation letter complicate that?

he didn't turn it in. he died as a part of SCDP.

but it was addressed "to the partners" and clearly drafted before his death. Was this a spiteful, I'd rather die than resign to you fucks kind of statement? I don't think so

I'm really gutted because I love Jared Harris.

Even the way he totally fucked the dog with that last Joan interaction was just heartbreaking.

an undelivered resignation letter wouldn't mean much, legally speaking. if no concrete steps had been taken (paperwork filed, etc) to separate lane from the firm, then he died in their employ.

xp yeah

interesting timing: today (june 3) is the anniversary of valerie solanas's attempt on andy warhol's life. jared harris played andy in i shot andy warhol.

an undelivered resignation letter wouldn't mean much, legally speaking. if no concrete steps had been taken (paperwork filed, etc) to separate lane from the firm, then he died in their employ.

that's what i'm thinking. finding a resignation letter is not the same as having received one.

though if don comes clean about having fired him...

He won't. I wonder if the insurance stuff was what Lane was going over when Rebecca was trying to get him to go out and drive?

BTW, what was the credits song? I thought it was "A Child's Claim To Fame" by Buffalo Springfield at first (similar guitar lines) but obviously it wasn't.

On a lighter note, Don wants to see A Fistful of Dollars!

i'm really not a stickler for anachronisms, but megan's vocal fry really stands out. and she seems out-of-breath a lot for an actress -- someone who would be studying breath control.

It was the Lovin' Spoonful.

I don't think Glen is creepy anymore. Just awkward. I like him.

I'm really gutted because I love Jared Harris.

Me too. I will miss him.

Between this and Fringe it's not been a good couple of months for the guy.

OH FUCK.

bye Lane :(. (if he's been operating at a loss for three years, I wonder an insurance payout could be troubling for the company finances? Unlikely that they're connected, I guess.)

I didn't think Glen was creepy, he's just a normal boy of 14 or whatever. His interactions with Sally were nice in a slightly awkward adolescent way.

I wonder an insurance payout could be troubling for the company finances?

Actually, not to get too morbid, Price's death may be better for the company's finances. In addition to any individual or group policies that would pay benefits to his spouse, SCDP likely would have had key man coverage on Price that would have paid the company in the event of his death.

can anyone tell me what Pete meant when he said the note was a "boilerplate"? (did i even hear that right?)

Roger said it, I think. And that means it was probably something like "Effective today, I resign my position at SCDP."

yeah just like 'standard form' or w/e

just a standard "I hereby resign my position at SCDP" letter, ie a boilerplate resignation letter not really a suicide note. xposts

speaking of creepy, way to include a shot of sally's underwear, mad men.

are you guys seriously discussing the finer points of Lane's insurance policy after this episode

yes. better that than Sally's underwear.

^

Although, one of my friend's has decided to start a band named "Sally Draper's Period".

*friends

lol @ all this insurance talk. Lane's family will get nothing - THEY MOVED THE BODY

(my wife did employee practices insurance for 10+ years, suicide isn't covered if the body's been messed with)

anyway great episode, love whenever Ray Wise is around, plus the whole jaguar gag (which, while heavily telegraphed, was quite still quite funny)

i assumed the car wouldn't start and then he'd have a change of heart.... :s

when Don forced him to resign I thought we were going to get the typical Mad Men quiet deflation of the storyline, Lane quietly disappearing back to Britain, never heard from again. Incorrect.

Amidst... everything I had forgotten about Kenny's admirable sass in his meeting with Roger. And his hatred of Pete. I think it had been implied before, but had he ever been explicit about it?

I think he's really pissed about the Joan thing tbh.

More like "horrified beyond reckoning" I'd think

loved his jab about that.

that was a great scene. whatever that line was, "I'd rather not be a partner, I know what that means now."

(my wife did employee practices insurance for 10+ years, suicide isn't covered if the body's been messed with)

Exactly how common is it for people to just let loved ones' bodies hang there?

*digs out actuarial table*

speaking of creepy, way to include a shot of sally's underwear, mad men.

― dmr, Monday, June 4, 2012 11:17 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

have you forgotten sally's explorations in earlier seasons?

Reeling from this ep TBH. What a season it's been.

xp I had, so, uh, thanks for reminding me?

idk he made it sound like it was unprecedented

anyway how about cosgrove snapping it off

Pete's been especially evil this season, and one of the pettiest things he did was out Ken's fiction moonlighting to Roger.

Still not convinced that it wasn't Peggy who did this, she looked guilty when Ken mentioned it.

? they showed Pete telling Roger.

I don't think they did actually, but I still think Pete did it too.