Mad Men Season 6 (1 Viewer)

[David Kronenbourg]

That was some serious smooth talking Don did at the dinner table with Sylvia. Jaysis!

 

[Jerry Twig]

"Ate up there and get in te ya, 'n' I'll take ya home and give ya a right go"

 

[Jill Hives]

The thing is lots of people like her but ultimately she shuns all of them: Pete, Kenny, Joyce and now probably Stan. She treats her boyfriend pretty miserably.

That's the thing with feeling like an outsider, no? You put up a wall and question why anyone peeks over. You're on the defense and don't feel loyalty to anyone but yourself. It's destroys any good that comes your way. Up until now her dealings with people never really bothered me, she was doing what she needed to get by. This thing with Stan, she finally let some good in her life and now she might destroy it by using it to get ahead. For me, that will make her highly unlikable.

As to her relationship with Don I would say he saw drive and talent in her rather than a kindred spirit, at least initially.

Agreed but I don't think he would have kept a vested interest if it were any of the other guys with talent in the office.

 

[hermie]

That was some serious smooth talking Don did at the dinner table with Sylvia. Jaysis!

Amazing. And then straight in from that how he handles Megan! It's appalling but certainly impressive.

 

[Jerry Twig]

I know it's only TV and all that, but it really amazes me that because Mad Men is so slick and clever, somehow Don the maestro is rarely called out for being the absolute c&*t that he is. People seem willing enough to sympathise with or admire the chap.

 

[hermie]

Agreed but I don't think he would have kept a vested interest if it were any of the other guys with talent in the office.

Nor have been so hard on her on other occasions. Agreed.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

I know it's only TV and all that, but it really amazes me that because Mad Men is so slick and clever, somehow Don the maestro is rarely called out for being the absolute c&*t that he is. People seem willing enough to sympathise with or admire the chap.

he's a piece of shit sometimes, but he's a fully rounded character with admirable traits as well as flaws. audience often find villains more interesting than heroes.

 

[Jill Hives]

I know it's only TV and all that, but it really amazes me that because Mad Men is so slick and clever, somehow Don the maestro is rarely called out for being the absolute c&*t that he is. People seem willing enough to sympathise with or admire the chap.

Oh he's a douchebag, no doubt about it. That's the thing, most people are in real life too. I've admired friends for complete cuntish moves before. We like people for their good qualities and sometimes we like them for their bad ones too. They do or say the things we wish we could, etc. However, for as much as a douchebag Don can be, he's also pretty damn caring and fucking loyal in ways others are not. He's the type of person you could count on even if he is filled with perceived faults and extramarital affairs.

 

[hermie]

I know it's only TV and all that, but it really amazes me that because Mad Men is so slick and clever, somehow Don the maestro is rarely called out for being the absolute c&*t that he is. People seem willing enough to sympathise with or admire the chap.

That's why he's such a great character. What's more fascinating than a likeable guy who does horrible things? Especially when the uglier traits can be related to dark secrets in his past and a difficult upbringing. But, for me, he's still a hero rather than an anti-hero. He has a compassion and a sense of justice that most of the other characters just don't have despite it all. That's what really sets the show apart.

In a way it's almost cheap how they big-up his character: by making other players more immoral and also by making everyone else fascinated by him. But it's just done so darn well.

 

[Jill Hives]

Just a few low-key LOLz this week. Stan flipping Peggy off. Roger asking if they should fire TV dude before he cashes his check. Seemed like filler episode with the best bit being the last dialogue exchange. Silvia: I pray for you. Don: For me to come back? Silvia: No, for you to find peace.

 

[Jerry Twig]

Don being a world class c&*t this episode

 

[Scientician 0.8]

I'm not even sure if I'm going to watch it.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

The first thing that came into my head during the dinner scene was "Lynn, these are sex people!"

 

[hermie]

Just a few low-key LOLz this week. Stan flipping Peggy off. Roger asking if they should fire TV dude before he cashes his check. Seemed like filler episode with the best bit being the last dialogue exchange. Silvia: I pray for you. Don: For me to come back? Silvia: No, for you to find peace.

I suddenly got the feeling he was going to cry after she said that. Glad he didn't though.

 

[Jill Hives]

I suddenly got the feeling he was going to cry after she said that. Glad he didn't though.

He'd never cry.

 

[hermie]

He'd never cry.

Jack Bauer cried

 

[Jill Hives]

Whoa, Don's monologue about kids. Brutal honesty! Gotta love Bobby: Everyone likes to go to the movies when they're sad. Very true, Bobby. Pete's kinda growing on me now. I imagine him sitting alone eating that chinese (out of the container) wondering where it all went wrong.

A few chuckles from:

Dude: There's a tear and in that tear is all the tears in the world...all the animals crying. (stan was awesome in this scene despite having no lines).

Roger: He talked me off a roof once, I kind of owed him.

Betty: I'm sure you'd go to Canada on your knees for your girlfriend.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Funny reference to the 2nd Avenue Subway. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Avenue_Subway It hasn't been built yet.

 

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NATHAN FILLION IN MAD MEN JESUSCHRIST

 

[David Kronenbourg]

My feelings about Pete can flip flop between disgust, pity and empathy in the space of a single episode.