Official Mad Men™ Season 5 thread

[Feech La Manna]

it was def a good episode to get everything started again

pete is getting chubbyyyyyy

Yeah the scene with him and Crane made it feel like the fat was traveling by osmosis

[The Dirty Turtle]

i can barely remember last season at all, but wasnt roger a pathetic mess the whole time

[dr. badvibes]

looks like we'll finally get payoff on chehkov's rifle this season (Pete will have to murder Rodger in self-defense when gets attacked?)

the baby's butt was foreshadowing megan's butt at the end. he's a spoiled baby; she's a spoiled baby. as Don will surely come to find out.

new actor for bobby every year is pretty distracting

this was more subtle symbolism. every year Don's offspring has literally a new face to present to the world, just like every year Don presents a new face/is ultimately faceless

[Feech La Manna]

i can barely remember last season at all, but wasnt roger a pathetic mess the whole time

he's been a joke the entire show, the cool thing is how it's become more apparent as things have progressed

[ecto]

sallys voice threw me for a loop

[your army]

how long do links usually take to appear? wanna get this going before i go to bed

[Gehrig Industries]

roger's scene with his kid was unreal good

[Feech La Manna]

It's up on TV Torrents so it shouldn't be long

[Guy Incognito]

i'm looking as hard as i can to post for folks but i gotta make dinner

[The Dirty Turtle]

i can barely remember last season at all, but wasnt roger a pathetic mess the whole time

he's been a joke the entire show, the cool thing is how it's become more apparent as things have progressed

yea but last season he was just like a sad dude
in this ep he seemed to have some swagger back, even if its much different than it was at the beginning

[carlperkins]

Well that was not a good line.

They "and they say we're the savages" one? Yeah, huge

I had the same reaction, but Sepinwall says the whole event, including that line, are based off a 1966 NYT story.

[WAC]

roger's scene with his kid was unreal good

Yeah

[your army]

it's on tpb

[Feech La Manna]

I really don't think the racial stuff on this show has ever been as bad as people make it out to be. It's obviously a tough line for them to walk, but even tougher for them to sit out completely. I'm intrigued to see how it plays out.

[black mamba]

yeah i think race issues on this show are kind of one dimensional because that is how they're seen from the POV of the main characters

[Buzz Fledderjohn]

lane pryce suicide watch

if they want to get real heavy-handed they can have him jump off a building and whoever finds him will find the delores pic

[Buzz Fledderjohn]

and where the fuck is the pete campbell nosebleed gif

[acapelli]

[sako]

that eric malmberg was a little out of nowheree

[clown]

I always forget how I love this show so much until I watch it

first half hour felt like an overwhelming experience for me at points

[Locke]

roger's scene with his kid was unreal good

yeah this was just insane

[Durham]

"Ken Cosgrove writes another great American novel."

[Durham]

Did Harry have the colonial (?) style office furniture last season? Anyway, Pete and Lane were wonderful and I like where they seem to be going with them. Pete staring out the window of the office and train were nice scenes. I've never liked Joan at all and found her pretty grating and annoying both at home and her return to the office.

Kind of surprised at all the love for Roger. I guess he's meant to be more annoying than in the past, so maybe that's a good thing. Funny as he is, I just kind of hope he dies for the other characters' sanity. Hopefully Pete drives him to even more pathetic lows. Love Megan.

In any event, Stallone's cameo as the plumber will be the lasting legacy for me.

[dragon jeans]

I don't know if I've ever been more in love with a TV character than I was when Megan sang.

[dragon jeans]

Also, I'm just gonna have to stay out of this thread if it's the consensus that Megan was being a spoiled brat by being upset after Don shit on her efforts to finally give him a good birthday.

[Durham]

I don't think anyone suggested that at all

[mites]

there seems to be some sort of thing where it is always the fault of the women characters that they are upset when the male characters do something dickish in shows hpn watches.

I can't quite put my finger on it

[dragon jeans]

I only read this page, so "consensus" might have been the wrong word, but:

the baby's butt was foreshadowing megan's butt at the end. he's a spoiled baby; she's a spoiled baby. as Don will surely come to find out.

[mites]

I didn't even see this episode

[dragon jeans]

there seems to be some sort of thing where it is always the fault of the women characters that they are upset when the male characters do something dickish in shows hpn watches.

I can't quite put my finger on it

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