POLL: MAD MEN: Which tier?

[Chris L]

#1 reason why this week's episode was great: Gamera got more screen time than Betty.  I refuse to believe that wasn't a shout-out to MST3K.

Seeing as how Gamera is friend to all children and Betty is a pretty shitty mother most of the time, I hope they're preparing us for an actual showdown for the end of this season, when Bobby Draper calls in Gamera for help. Or at least a reveal that Bert Cooper is one of the Phantoms of Krankor from Prince of Space. Too bad they made Glenn work at the tree lot instead of setting him up as a bootblack.

Wes, I was just picturing the Draper kids cheering on Gamera as he comes to their rescue.

Bobby: "We love you Gamera!"
Sally: "Gamera is my boyfriend!"

Also, that storyline could provide the origin of Don Draper's next advertising catchphrase: "Daddy, I want a Coke." (How deep can we go into Gamera reference territory here?)

[masterofsparks]

Weird historical anachronism in this week's episode: that doctor quoting an Eddie Money song to Joanie at the end of her visit.

[thom]

I was SO in the mood for a funny episode.
Kudos to the writing team (and director John Slattery?!) for the joke-layering in the crying scene. Holy shit.

EDIT: Fuck, man; why you gotta end it with such a depressing scene like that, Weiner-bro? Do I look like I wanna watch Up again? Now I'm going to bed knowing my love will transmute to senility. Thanks, Sterling Cooper Draper Price!

[not that clay]

I was SO in the mood for a funny episode.
Kudos to the writing team (and director John Slattery?!) for the joke-layering in the crying scene. Holy shit.

EDIT: Fuck, man; why you gotta end it with such a depressing scene like that, Weiner-bro? Do I look like I wanna watch Up again? Now I'm going to bed knowing my love will transmute to senility. Thanks, Sterling Cooper Draper Price!

Peggy peeping into Don's office had me in hysterics.

What was the music at the party? It sounded like the Velvet Underground but it's early 1965 in the show and that's before they really got the band together.

Poking around on wikipedia I see there was some downtown drone going on as early as 1964. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_of_Eternal_Music

[fonpr]

Poking around on wikipedia I see there was some downtown drone going on as early as 1964. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_of_Eternal_Music

Yep. Lamonte Young and John Cale were doing some pretty avant stuff.

[cavorting with nudists]

Yeah, but I don't think they played at parties.  Maybe ones LaMonte Young held in his loft.

[not that clay]

Yeah, but I don't think they played at parties.  Maybe ones LaMonte Young held in his loft.

I didn't know about LaMonte Young. Here's a good drone, but it's not a guitar drone.

La Monte Young - Pre-Tortoise Dream Music, Part Two

Off to find 1964/1965 guitar drone music!

[Chris L]

I hate cliffhangers. I'll be wondering whether she got the pears all week.

[yesno]

When does Don go to AA? I say, season finale, last scene.

[Matthew_S]

I missed this logic.

I understand that Pete 'forces' his father-in-law to give the agency more business but what exactly is his leverage?  For lack of a better turn of phrase, how does he 'muscle' him?

[Barry Egan]

When does Don go to AA? I say, season finale, last scene.

Double down he introduces himself as Dick Whitman.  Freddie Rumson, sitting next to him, spits out his coffee on to a tray of croissants.  Cue Herman's Hermits.

[Joe Rogaine]

When does Don go to AA? I say, season finale, last scene.

What about Roger Sterling?

[Bryan]

Don seems like the kind of guy who would just white-knuckle his way through it. I'm not convinced that he's going to AA.

I'm 99% sure that Joan's husband is going to bite it in 'Nam though. Or is that too obvious, and they're just trying to wrong foot us?

I understand that Pete 'forces' his father-in-law to give the agency more business but what exactly is his leverage?  For lack of a better turn of phrase, how does he 'muscle' him?

Yeah, that was  a bit confusing. Considering that he was so nervous about the subject, when he finally raised it, he did it in a really dickish way. Maybe since there's a kid on the way, the father-in-law has even more at stake in terms of ensuring Pete's livelihood?

[Trotskie]

I'm 99% sure that Joan's husband is going to bite it in 'Nam though.

I'm guessing he comes back, but he is even more rape-y than he is now.

[yesno]

Don seems like the kind of guy who would just white-knuckle his way through it. I'm not convinced that he's going to AA.

I don't know.  Freddie doesn't serve much of a purpose otherwise.