Official Mad Men™ Season 5 thread

[Feech La Manna]

we have to cheer up stupid ass

[grammatron]

That's an issue for a different thread, feech.

[stupid ass]

i'm starting to think you guys care about mad men more than you do about me

[G_S]

of course. don and joan and charlie and peter and sandra, all of the mad men really, are always on my mind.

[stupid ass]

u mad? men?

[stupid ass]

[Guy Incognito]

"Is it just me or is the lobby full of negroes?"

[clown]

Joan's mom was a pretty outstanding character

reminded me of someone I know...

[Guy Incognito]

i'm of course thrilled this is back and enjoyed every second of it, but something about it felt off. the pacing or something. maybe just that there were very few MAJOR PLOT DEVELOPMENTS made the whole episode feel like an hour and a half "remember this guy?" expose without giving me any real sense of where they're going with anything. have high, high hopes for the season though.

[Durham]

I kind of wished they skipped more time

[weezy]

i'm of course thrilled this is back and enjoyed every second of it, but something about it felt off. the pacing or something. maybe just that there were very few MAJOR PLOT DEVELOPMENTS made the whole episode feel like an hour and a half "remember this guy?" expose without giving me any real sense of where they're going with anything. have high, high hopes for the season though.

ya this is kinda how i felt

[Guy Incognito]

also, the lane-dolores phone scene and the megan cleaning sex scene both felt horribly awkward and weird and extraneous.

god why am i doing this

[ecto]

pretty sure the lane call was supposed to be awkward and weird and extraneous?

don't know why youd feel that way about the megan scene though

[Duke]

both had a pretty clear point

lane's scene established that even though he's got his marriage back together, the madison ave culture has left its mark

the scene with megan and don established that she's smart enough to figure out that don only wants what he can't have

[clown]

seems like Megan is eventually going to get over her hypergamy and realize that Don is too different/apathetic for her

I think their Dick Whitman conversation is foreshadowing how his secret is not going to be safe with her for long

[gashed]

i'm of course thrilled this is back and enjoyed every second of it, but something about it felt off. the pacing or something. maybe just that there were very few MAJOR PLOT DEVELOPMENTS made the whole episode feel like an hour and a half "remember this guy?" expose without giving me any real sense of where they're going with anything. have high, high hopes for the season though.

I felt the same way. I think I let the ending of last season trick me in to thinking there would be a major leap in the approach to this season and then to come back and find that its essentially the exact same situation with everything having inched forward just slightly was disappointing. The best moments of the episode just seemed like different takes on the same relationships/scenarios that have been established and explored enough as it was. Glad to have the show back though, just hope the whole season doesn't leave me with this feeling of treading water.

[gashed]

I think their Dick Whitman conversation is foreshadowing how his secret is not going to be safe with her for long

Hopefully they don't think this is an angle they can squeeze any more drama from.

[Guy Incognito]

they both were just uncomfortable to watch and not really in a good way. also the lane thing they could have gotten across in a different, less weird fashion. lane is clearly flawed like everyone else on the show, but stealing the little wallet photo and immediately turning on the awkward charm the second a woman answered the phone just didn't feel right for the character. went from run of the mill adulterous to creepy and i don't think that was the point.

[ecto]

seems like Megan is eventually going to get over her hypergamy and realize that Don is too different/apathetic for her

I think their Dick Whitman conversation is foreshadowing how his secret is not going to be safe with her for long

megan is angling to get drunk at a dinner party and say "people arent always who they seem," pointing the feds in the direction of don, showing that she no longer gives a fuck

[ecto]

lane's scene established that even though he's got his marriage back together, the madison ave culture has left its mark

lane's always been a creep. i don't think anyone expected his supervillain father hitting him with a cane and making him be with his wife would change that

[spix et chicho]

Didn't spix know the actress who plays Megan?

yeah

[Duke]

lane's scene established that even though he's got his marriage back together, the madison ave culture has left its mark

lane's always been a creep. i don't think anyone expected his supervillain father hitting him with a cane and making him be with his wife would change that

he's definitely always been a bit creepy, but i think the point is that now he thinks he's baller enough to act on those impulses and get away with it, except he doesn't know how and just kinda fucks it all up

i don't think it was as illuminating as the don/megan scene, but they're also probably trying to let us know that there's going to be a stronger focus on lane this season

[dcm]

seems like Megan is eventually going to get over her hypergamy and realize that Don is too different/apathetic for her

I think their Dick Whitman conversation is foreshadowing how his secret is not going to be safe with her for long

megan is angling to get drunk at a dinner party and say "people arent always who they seem," pointing the feds in the direction of don, showing that she no longer gives a fuck

gomez to be hired as a result of equal opportunity fiasco. he woos megan with his exotic flair, but once she slips, it's revealed he was in fact a mole all along.

[Duke]

what's the over/under on don and megan swinging at least once this season

[clown]

I think their Dick Whitman conversation is foreshadowing how his secret is not going to be safe with her for long

Hopefully they don't think this is an angle they can squeeze any more drama from.

does anyone know beyond Pete, Peggy, Betty and Megan?

seems like this could still wreck Don's life if the wrong person found out/acted upon the info

[ecto]

peggy knows?

edit: you forgot faye, although i assume shes out of the show for good

[Guy Incognito]

faye knows too but that won't matter

[spix et chicho]

does peggy know? i don't think she does.

[spix et chicho]

also Bert knows.

[clown]

can't remember if Don outright told her

but I think Peggy knows Don better than anyone