By djariya at 2010-09-05

Synopsis:



Episode 8 of 13

^Fuckin' Don Draper. He always gets the ladies.

Damn, even Peggy looks incredible. Nice job, Rolling Stone.

They 'shopped her one hell of an alien hoof, though.

I have no idea what that means.

He means they photoshopped her. I think she just cleans up well. She can be pretty at times.

Damn, January Jones is all kinds of sexy on that cover. Tough to peel my eyes off Christina but Jones is just dripping sexiness in that photo.

Damn you Jon Hamm.

What I would give to be in that car with those 3 lovely ladies. And yes, Elisabeth Moss looks great.

Look at the inhuman shape at the end of her leg.

Joan and Peggy in the elevator. All kinds of awesome.

Being a cab driver in the 60s must have been incredibly uncomfortable.

A bit more hillbilly in this ep than the usual for Mad Men

<--not invented yet?

I thought it was a really solid episode. I liked that the episode was Don-centric and really focused on his state of mind after last week's gut-wrenching revelation. Also glad to see that he seems to be cutting back on his drinking. Oh, and is dating that hot blond consultant. He really seems to be changing his ways turning her down in the cab.

Pretty solid episode. They pulled off the noir thing pretty well, almost wish it was filmed in black and white.

It seems like he actually has some sort of a connection with the consultant and he doesn't want to ruin it. He has opened up to her on several occasions and vise versa. As far as the other blond hes dating, hes attracted to her but also bored by her.

I figured after last week's emotional fireworks we'd get a quieter episode, and this ep was nicely done. Jon Hamm continues to do great work this season.

Joan's lashing out at Peggy seemed out of character. She used to be able to exert her power effortlessly - now she seems to be struggling. I wonder how she'll react to the inevitable fragging of her shithead of a husband in Vietnam (or maybe even boot camp).


Don: "That was my ex-wife and her new husband. And some slob who's about to have the worst dinner of his life."

I wonder how much the Stones song set them back - it's gotta be pricey for a basic cable TV show.

The writers do a good job of not really letting us in on what Don is feeling, but I'd never get bored of a girl that would blow me in a cab. That's girlfriend on the side material right there.

As far as the hens were concerned, Joan ruled the roost at SC, but never had any power over the roosters, and it appears that things are the same at SCDP.
Back at SC, Joan probably could have gotten her way by hinting and whispering sweet nothings in Roger's ear. At SCDP, she can't even convince Lane to get rid of the vending machine.
I think it bothers Joan that Peggy was given the opportunity to demonstrate that her former underling now has a power that she does not.
I think the elevator speech was a mix of Joan's real anger and the clear-eyed analysis of office politics that Joan has always had.

When he wrote in his journal "shes a sweet girl and she wants me to know her but I already do". Sums up pretty well what he thinks of her. The consultant on the other hand intrigues him because she isn't an open book. Shes a puzzle that he has yet to figure out.

I also think there has always been a bit of tension between the two of them. Mostly coming from Joan, who I think is still Jealous of what Peggy has been able to accomplish and none of it was by being on her backside. Joan puts Peggy down pretty much every time they have a conversation.

Really good episode and I especially enjoyed the fact that it was mostly from the perspective of Don. And it was great to see Don tone down on the drinking.

1st of all, I was shocked at how much of an arrogant dick Joey was and my draw dropped at that nasty comment he made to Joan about her walking around trying to get raped. Women back in the 60's weren't respected in the work place, so I was kind of glad to see Peggy stand up to the douche, however I understood Joan's perspective when they had that confrontation in the elevator. It was a lose lose situation for Peggy either way.

One of the things that I absolutely loved was seeing Betty pissed off at Don having a good time with Bethany. I know she hates Don for cheating on her all those years, but in a way I think she still has some feelings for him and a little bit of jealousy when she sees him happy with other women.

I really surprised to see Don being such a gentlemen with Faye and not take her to his bed room on the 1st date. I hope she sticks around awhile and they continue to develop the relationship. You could see that Jon Hamm and Cara Buono have great sexual chemistry.

I had to laugh at Henry when he purposely crushed Don's shit with his car.

Yeah the DVD and BR just went up $10 because of that fucking song.

I thought the rest of that statement was going to be "I was married to her."

That girl seems like Betty probably was 10 years ago. Which is another reason why I think Betty was so jealous of her. She told Henry "we have everything", but really I think Betty wishes she was single, unattached without children and being courted by men.