Mad Men--10/26/08--"Meditations in an Emergency"--SEASON FINALE
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Mad Men--10/26/08--"Meditations in an Emergency"--SEASON 2 FINALE
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BTW, Jon Hamm hosted SNL, here are a few of the "Mad Men" themed skits, they weren't that great(very little on SNL is, ha), but there are a few surprise guests in the A-holes skit.
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Li...eeting/787182/
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Li...-guide/787241/
And apparently there will be a tribute to Mad Men in the new season opening Simpsons Treehouse of Horror next Sunday..
Now if only we could get a 3rd season with everyone coming back...
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I only watched two episodes so far I think. I was waiting to do a marathon once the season was over. I find this is the kind of show that is better to watch a bunch of episodes at once rather than weekly.
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@ Duck's face when he found out Don didn't have a contract
Good to see Peggy finally dropped the bomb on Pete, great job by Elisabeth Moss in that scene.
With The Sopranos connection to this show I was waiting for the screen to go black before Betty told Don she was pregnant.
Good to see Peggy finally dropped the bomb on Pete, great job by Elisabeth Moss in that scene.
With The Sopranos connection to this show I was waiting for the screen to go black before Betty told Don she was pregnant.
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I find it interesting how the world was on the brink with the Cuban missile crisis, and the amount of information available to the common man was basically bits of TV reports and newspapers. With the end of the world at the forefront of everyone's minds, it provided a catalyst to bring forth the light on a life given away, and a life just waiting for to be embraced.
Anyone else cringe when Betty was not only smoking, but drinking after she found out she was pregnant? How times change. Her evening the infidelity scoreboard is perfectly Betty, that's her juvenile coping mechanism (and note, she only did it after Don finally confirmed it, though he didn't quite let on to the depths of his philandering ways).
Peggy's revelation to Pete was literally a bombshell to his world. Nice parallel to the world going to hell in a hand basket that weekend of the crisis in Cuba. Very delicate scene that played out strong in its restraint.
Duck's reaction to the news of Don's contract status was great. Duck getting blindsided was a nice bonus from that scene, plus the new owners definitely are aware of Duck's weakness when it comes to alcohol.
Anyone else cringe when Betty was not only smoking, but drinking after she found out she was pregnant? How times change. Her evening the infidelity scoreboard is perfectly Betty, that's her juvenile coping mechanism (and note, she only did it after Don finally confirmed it, though he didn't quite let on to the depths of his philandering ways).
Peggy's revelation to Pete was literally a bombshell to his world. Nice parallel to the world going to hell in a hand basket that weekend of the crisis in Cuba. Very delicate scene that played out strong in its restraint.
Duck's reaction to the news of Don's contract status was great. Duck getting blindsided was a nice bonus from that scene, plus the new owners definitely are aware of Duck's weakness when it comes to alcohol.
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Oh man...just finished watching this.
I only watch two programs with any sort of schedule: South Park, and Mad Men.
Tonight's episode was one of the most gripping and emotionally ranging pre-recorded things I have ever seen. I thought this episode was brilliance in the middle of a brilliant series.
I only watch two programs with any sort of schedule: South Park, and Mad Men.
Tonight's episode was one of the most gripping and emotionally ranging pre-recorded things I have ever seen. I thought this episode was brilliance in the middle of a brilliant series.
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Not episode related but there's this artist doing pieces from each episode. Looks very saul bass inspired
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nobodys...7606178887453/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nobodys...7606178887453/
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Very convenient how there was a nice couch in the back of that bar. She standing there waiting for the ladies room, they go into the nearest open door (which I expected to be a broom-closet or the men's room), and find themselves in something resembling Don Draper's office. Niiice.
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Yeh I also thought it was funny how Betty cheated when in the previous episode she was so preachy about how she could never do that and only horrible people do it.
So when Don complimented Pete when he first got back was he sincerely complimenting him, or just playing him, or just changing the subject in general so he didn't have to explain where he really was?
Duck out and Don the new President maybe? Pete loses his promotion with Duck gone?
It's going to be a long wait till next season :/
So when Don complimented Pete when he first got back was he sincerely complimenting him, or just playing him, or just changing the subject in general so he didn't have to explain where he really was?
Duck out and Don the new President maybe? Pete loses his promotion with Duck gone?
It's going to be a long wait till next season :/
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Don is indebted to Pete for giving him the head's up about Duck - Pete losing his promotion = no way, Jose. I believe Don was sincere in his compliments to Pete (he obviously does good work - he's more important than any of the other guys you see weekly), and since Pete gave Don the respect, Don will reward Pete.
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I couldn't really tell at the end (because mine wasn't in HD), but was that Pete sitting there, with.......what? Looked weird.
I thought for sure Betty going into that room with that guy was going to be a daydream, and when I realized it was real I found it pretty disgusting. I didn't find the ending of "I'm pregnant" all that compelling, nothing like last season's finale, anyway. (Still great TV, of course.)
I thought for sure Betty going into that room with that guy was going to be a daydream, and when I realized it was real I found it pretty disgusting. I didn't find the ending of "I'm pregnant" all that compelling, nothing like last season's finale, anyway. (Still great TV, of course.)
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Plus, she is already pregnant,so she had no chance of getting knocked up by a man who isn't her husband. I wondered if that made her feel a little "safer" in going there with that stranger.
I actually felt kind of bad for him at first, since he bought her a drink and she wouldn't even speak to him. But then she went there! Probably the best $1 (or whatever drinks cost in 1963) he ever spent.
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I think it was Pete with the rifle he bought earlier in the season using the credit he got after returning excess wedding presents. Reminds me of the hilarious scene where he's in his office pointing it all his co-workers after he first gets it.
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I wonder what year we'll be in when the show starts again at Season Three.
---didn't it jump 2 years between Season 1 & Season 2 (1960 to 1962?) Will Kennedy already be dead at the start of the new season? Will Pete get inducted to go to Vietnam?
---didn't it jump 2 years between Season 1 & Season 2 (1960 to 1962?) Will Kennedy already be dead at the start of the new season? Will Pete get inducted to go to Vietnam?
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If only Duck hadn't went nuts, had kept it close to the vest, since I thought he and Don had sorta mended the fences, but I guess he just can't hold his liquor so...