Man I love this show.
That Genesis breakdown was mind blowing as well. Solid link.
The dialogue between Don and the computer guy was too amazing for it to just be conversation. Don danced with the devil, and they pulled it off.
The thing that I love about Mad Men is that you're watching the show, and you KNOW something greater than what you're watching on the screen is playing out, but you don't pick up on it right away. The layers of this show will always give it replay value. The story alone will carry it through tons of replays. Then there's the other stuff that hooks you. If you like history, it's there. If you like the style, the setting, it's there. The music is there. The characters are all remarkable in their own right. The business drama is there. The advertising is still there.
Now with the breakthrough to the 70's, it's like a giant science experiment with all of these characters that we've grown to understand. How will [character] handle [historical event]? You can say that about everyone, and all of them will be different. Then you get into what 1970 means to every character and what it means for them.
Was I the only one that had clinched fists watching Don walk around the office piss drunk? I was very tense watching it all play out, and I was convinced he was going to throw up or swing on someone again.
I love how, no matter how close they get, Joan always puts Peggy in her place.
The gravitational pull that Don has is very interesting to watch as well. When he walked in that office, it affected everyone differently. Even in this most recent episode, other characters had to dance around him, or attempt to play him as a piece against others or himself. He has a mammoth presence with the other characters and the progression of the story. THE WHOLE BUSINESS IS CHANGING BECAUSE HE CAME BACK. It's crazy. So yes, he does get played like a chump, and he is being put in his place, but in actuality he's just sitting on a ton of potential energy. Other characters still move around him like he's still taking up a whole room, he's just not letting it all out.
Don hits below the belt with Peggy so much too. Calling up Freddie to hang out and rubbing it in her face on the way out. "Not only am I not paying attention to your bullshyt, I'm going to the game with your oldest buddy in the game. He's loyal to me, and he doesn't have time to talk to you because we're OUTTA HERE."
The whole thing with Roger is a bit crazy. I thought he would embrace the counterculture and the 70's with open arms, but it looks like the counterculture just threw him in the mud and tore his emotions to pieces.
LMAO @ Ginsberg taking a stand! Good for you, man.
She was just dropping bombs like Flex on her parents.
