POLL: MAD MEN: Which tier?

[jbissell]

I wish season 4 started soon.

[thom]

"This is your pitch?"

The best part of the episode was its Ducklessness.
I hope that plane crashes.

[B_Buster]

So now Mad Men is stealing ideas from Entourage? Wow.

[Chris L]

So now Mad Men is stealing ideas from Entourage? Wow.

How will you go a whole year without any shows to hate?  I hope something pointless comes along to fill the void.  

Although speaking of stealing ideas, when the show opened with Don in bed I wondered if he'd finally joined the New Jersey mafia.

[jbissell]

So now Mad Men is stealing ideas from Entourage? Wow.

How will you go a whole year without any shows to hate?  I hope something pointless comes along to fill the void. 

Although speaking of stealing ideas, when the show opened with Don in bed I wondered if he'd finally joined the New Jersey mafia.

When Don confronts Betty about Henry and says "you'll get nothing", The Sopranos definitely came to mind.

Mike, why do you watch the show if you don't like it? The good-looking people/design?

[TacoSmith]

I think Mike just has assigned himself the job of taking shows everybody loves down a peg or two. Bless you sir, you're doing the lord's work.

[Chris L]

So now Mad Men is stealing ideas from Entourage? Wow.

How will you go a whole year without any shows to hate?  I hope something pointless comes along to fill the void.  

Although speaking of stealing ideas, when the show opened with Don in bed I wondered if he'd finally joined the New Jersey mafia.

When Don confronts Betty about Henry and says "you'll get nothing", The Sopranos definitely came to mind.

Mike, why do you watch the show if you don't like it? The good-looking people/design?

Don's pappy's demise also reminded me of Steve the Drunk from Deadwood.  What was Chekhov's rule about drunk hillbillies and horses...

But wow, the divorce notwithstanding, I was expecting something way darker than this episode's "getting the band back together" vibe.  Still don't see how they could bring Sal back, what with Sterling Cooper Draper British Guy still handling Lucky Strike and him probably not being eager to work with the people that unjustly fired him again.  
 

[Barry Egan]

I can't remember being more satsified by a season finale. Truly stunning, and Jon Hamm took it to another level. Again.

I do hope, as the finale implied, that Ken Cosgrove, Paul Kinsely, and Duck Phillips will not be heard from again.  They were swell characters and all, but I love the idea that Mad Men, like Sterling Cooper Draper Price itself, is pulling ranks.  Only the strong survive, and that hotel room contained some of the strongest characters I've ever seen.

TOP TIER.

[B_Buster]

The Kennedy assassination was handled deftly, no? I mean, why even mention it if you're going to ignore it completely? Why not pretend it didn't even happen ala Tarantino so that we can continue to be spellbound by which accounts will be coming to the new agency?

Correction: It turns out I missed the assassination episode. I thought I was up to date before last night's episode, but I guess there's a one week lag of episodes on AMC on Demand. I will watch it tonight.

[Chris L]

The Kennedy assassination was handled deftly, no? I mean, why even mention it if you're going to ignore it completely? Why not pretend it didn't even happen ala Tarantino so that we can continue to be spellbound by which accounts will be coming to the new agency?

Obviously they don't get that everyone is clamoring for this show to turn into JFK Part 4,758.  At least Roger's wife is apparently busy trying to unravel the conspiracy.  A smarter show would've cut that Peggy-Don scene to show her tracking the angle of the shooting. 

[Christina]

A smarter show would've cut that Peggy-Don scene to show her tracking the angle of the shooting. 

Back, and to the left ... back, and to the left ....

[KickTheBobo]

decent finale, but this season was a bit ho-hum for me.

I have a question though: at one point, Don says to the British guy "Nobody knows how to do what you do". What is it exactly that this guy does? Is it simply arriving at a business and cutting the fat and making things more efficient?

Also: what the hell is Roger's job?

[B_Buster]

What is it exactly any of them do? There is as much mumbo jumbo in Mad Men as there was in Star Trek or Battlestar Galactica.

[wwwes]

What is it exactly that this guy does?

Polishing his glasses and delivering bad news.

Also: what the hell is Roger's job?

Drinking. Not even joking about that one. If he went sober he'd be worthless.

[jbissell]

decent finale, but this season was a bit ho-hum for me.

I have a question though: at one point, Don says to the British guy "Nobody knows how to do what you do". What is it exactly that this guy does? Is it simply arriving at a business and cutting the fat and making things more efficient?

Also: what the hell is Roger's job?

Roger is an account man, though it's clear that he hasn't done much work (other than maybe maintaining his personal relationships with the clients) in a long while.  Pryce does seem to be the efficiency expert.

What is it exactly any of them do? There is as much mumbo jumbo in Mad Men as there was in Star Trek or Battlestar Galactica.

I don't think there is much mumbo jumbo when it comes to their positions in the company, it's all pretty straightforward.