Red Mosquito

Monkey_Driven wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

malice wrote:no one cares about the first episode of the season from Sunday?

I care very greatly, mary. But I haven't been able to watch it yet. Hopefully tonight.

I watched it last night. Excellent as always. Ken .

I CAN'T WAIT

Ken!

That broke my heart right in half.

What an outstanding welcome back that was. A homerun. Still the best show on TV.

I'm just catching up now, have only watched last week's episode at this point (hopefully we'll do this week's tomorrow).

durdencommatyler wrote:Ken!

That broke my heart right in half.

What an outstanding welcome back that was. A homerun. Still the best show on TV.

Yeah, it was fantastic.

This is pretty much the only show I watch but I'm going to go right ahead and agree with you nonetheless.

Oh, and Joey: why did Ken's storyline break your heart? I'd like to know. Is it because the inference is that he's now never going to write his novel?

(Actually, perhaps this gets returned to next week? I should really wait until then before I comment further...)

Birds in Hell wrote:Oh, and Joey: why did Ken's storyline break your heart? I'd like to know. Is it because the inference is that he's now never going to write his novel?

(Actually, perhaps this gets returned to next week? I should really wait until then before I comment further...)

I'll wait until you've watched the most recent episode. But my comment was in reference to the season premiere and I the second episode had not yet aired. So, my comment was about the things you've seen so far and nothing more.

durdencommatyler wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:Oh, and Joey: why did Ken's storyline break your heart? I'd like to know. Is it because the inference is that he's now never going to write his novel?

(Actually, perhaps this gets returned to next week? I should really wait until then before I comment further...)

I'll wait until you've watched the most recent episode. But my comment was in reference to the season premiere and I the second episode had not yet aired. So, my comment was about the things you've seen so far and nothing more.

OK. Meet me in the same spot tomorrow (or the day after) and we'll take it from there.

Birds in Hell wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:Oh, and Joey: why did Ken's storyline break your heart? I'd like to know. Is it because the inference is that he's now never going to write his novel?

(Actually, perhaps this gets returned to next week? I should really wait until then before I comment further...)

I'll wait until you've watched the most recent episode. But my comment was in reference to the season premiere and I the second episode had not yet aired. So, my comment was about the things you've seen so far and nothing more.

OK. Meet me in the same spot tomorrow (or the day after) and we'll take it from there.

Well, that was a strange and not-terribly satisfying episode. I presume it ends up serving a 'getting from A to B' kind of function when considered in context of the whole season but it sure wasn't the immediate thrill that the series return was.

I would agree that the second episode wasn't as strong as the first. But there was a lot to dig one's teeth into. And it ended really strongly. The symbolism may have been a tad heavy handed, but the punch landed.

Don, alone and confused, among the tidy rubble of an unexpectedly empty luxury apartment... the end of an era, indeed.

Also, I wonder if that'll be it for Betty. I'd be okay with that. There was something powerful and pathetic in Don's over the shoulder glimpse at a life that wasn't his, though most of the individual pieces belonged to him.

Good for her getting her masters, too.

I wasn't as disappointed with the second episode as the rest of the internet seemed to be. I feel like an episode like that in the middle of a 13 episode season would be reviewed differently.

Oh Don...

I thought it was a good episode. Just further illustrates Don's reality. And, in my opinion, sets up a not so happy ending for Don's story.

Monkey_Driven wrote:I wasn't as disappointed with the second episode as the rest of the internet seemed to be. I feel like an episode like that in the middle of a 13 episode season would be reviewed differently.

Yes please.

Don's final words of advice to Sally. Just.

What a terrible thing to say to a parent immediately before getting onto a bus. "I hope someday to get on a bus and never see you again." And I'm not even sure Don deserved that....this time.
Sally at the meal was really interesting. It started with her kind of being another of the girls at the table in love with her father-the way she looked at him, the way she said "He always says that." And then she quickly remembered how disgusting he can be.

Great write up on the last (as in, most recent) episode from AvClub: http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/mad-men-time-life-218571

This week's episode was delightful.

Yeah, it was great. I've seen a lot of people moaning about how this whole "season" feels like filler or epilogue. But I'm loving it.

durdencommatyler wrote:Yeah, it was great. I've seen a lot of people moaning about how this whole "season" feels like filler or epilogue. But I'm loving it.

I really appreciated how this episode was like an anti-caper compared to some of the other "start a different agency" episodes. The Stan and Peggy scene was very strong too.

My favorite line of the episode...

"That was 300 years ago!"