POLL: MAD MEN: Which tier?

[not that clay]

Just caught up. So, is Mad Men a broad comedy in the tradition of Night Court now? I can't figure it out.

It's the funniest show on TV right now, if that's what you mean.

Not this week it wasn't.

[samir]

When Don and Lane took Lane's dad out, I was hoping it'd be like the legendary Don/Lane night out from earlier this season.

It wasn't.

[thom]

"You're not a real doctor."

[Kim Kelly]

this is kind of off-topic, but this is how I feel about The Walking Dead:



and this is what my reaction will be during parts of the premiere, I am sure:

[CaptKarl]

I too am absolutely giddy about Walking Dead. Been waiting nigh on a year for this program, and all I here is chatter about Boardwalk Empire from my friends. Nay, nay I say it is Walking Dead what is the best new show of the season.

[Chris L]

"Lane, meet cane." - Shit Lane's Dad should have said.

[Kim Kelly]

"Lane, meet cane." - Shit Lane's Dad should have said.

[not that clay]

"Lane, meet cane." - Shit Lane's Dad should have said.

That is a very realistic fall there. Acting!

[Mark in Helsinki]

"Lane, meet cane." - Shit Lane's Dad should have said.

That is a very realistic fall there. Acting!

Can't tell if you were being sarcastic or not.

Personally, that moment really surprised me and - never having been hit in the face with a mahogany cane by my racist/snobby/abusive/elderly/British father - didn't think it was unrealistic at all.

[not that clay]

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That is a very realistic fall there. Acting!

Can't tell if you were being sarcastic or not.

Personally, that moment really surprised me and - never having been hit in the face with a mahogany cane by my racist/snobby/abusive/elderly/British father - didn't think it was unrealistic at all.
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No, I meant it! I loved how it happened in stages. It's as if you see pain stabbing through him in waves.

[B_Buster]

I call bullshit yet again. Are you telling me his reflexes were so slow he couldn't react to the old man's wind up? Anyone seeing the cane begin to move would have instinctively backed up.

[Wes]

You have to factor in that he's British. The Brits, as a people, are notoriously prone to cane beatings, especially in this era. This particular episode would have taken place just over a year after Ringo famously lost that cane fight against Australian serial killer Eric Edgar Cooke and had to be replaced on the Beatles' tour of Australia by Jimmie Nicol.

Also, I think Jared Harris was paying tribute to his old man taking that surprise pistol whipping as English Bob in Unforgiven.

[masterofsparks]

They should really release Roger Sterling's book as a promotional tie-in to the series, like with Laura Palmer's diary.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/fake-mad-men-book-to-become-actual-mad-men-book,46896/