Mad Men Season 5

[gort]

Wow. Great episode.

 

[violethour1951]

Peggy's going to the rival firm that SCDP pulled the Honda motorcycle prank on?

 

[Gorthaur Melwasul]



Well... I'd say that was the BEST episode since the season 3 finale. Hands down. No competition.

I agree.

The contrast between Joan/Peggy....the party all together/the departure, the timeskip direction.
A pure masterpiece.

 

[TRINI]

That smirk on Peggy's face in the end...when Don's comments confirmed that she'd made the right decision.

Priceless.

 

[idfnl]

No redeeming qualities for any of them. While Don pretends to be the prince he's the same.

 

[munchausen]

Best episode since the first season. Great night for tv last night. Mad Men, GOT, Veep and Girls all turned in top notch episodes.

 

[fwiffo]

When the show ended, I wasn't sure who Draper would go punch in the face: the bloke at Jaguar or Chaough. This moral ambiguity theme has been toyed with all season.

Joan - hmm, funny how the only person who defended her was Draper. I almost thought Sterling would, but then Cooper and him have probably seen her prostitute herself for much less, including her doctor husband. Megan doing a turn to win the audition reminded me so much of Peggy's casting call where Crane was there just to see the women; I'm sure it's Weiner just rubbing it in.

I thought some characters would come back this season - Chaough and Freddy (so I was right, he left because Ponds left). But they came back in ways unexpected. Peggy going with Chaough - I don't know if she's going to come back, although it'd be nice to see more of how the other agency runs and whether Chaough can actually deal with Peggy's growing ego. At least she'll have Kurt and Smitty to kick around. Freddy has been giving good advice since he went to AA.

The only totally unblemished character is...Cosgrove? And a born-again Don Draper who just scored his pyrrhic victory?

On a side note:
That copywriting crew Draper assembled was a blast from the past including the chap from season 4 who fixed the copier - I never remember his name and Dale from Seasons 1 and 3. Sal Romano coming back would not be a stretch now.

 

[KObalto]

I seem to be in the minority. Joan literally prostituting herself? Peggy leaving? I think the show's finally jumped the shark. I wonder what happened during/after Meghan's audition?

 

[Virginia Dandy]



damn...
i was hoping pete would get his ass kicked a second time.

+1

The actor who portrays Pete does a great job. What a loathsome character.

 

[Stugotes]

I always wondered: are DD's suits to be bespoke or off the rack?

 

[NAMOR]



I seem to be in the minority. Joan literally prostituting herself? Peggy leaving? I think the show's finally jumped the shark. I wonder what happened during/after Meghan's audition?

but she needed to repair her fridge!

 

[violethour1951]

I seem to be in the minority. Joan literally prostituting herself? Peggy leaving? I think the show's finally jumped the shark. I wonder what happened during/after Meghan's audition?

From all the abuse/lack of recognition Peggy's been getting from Don this whole season, combined with her talent & ambition, it's not hard to see her leaving.

I was shocked by Joan's choice, too -- I don't think she did it for the money, since Roger's promised to support their kid. Maybe she did it because SCDP is the only thing she's got? We saw earlier this season how anxious and upset she became when she mistakenly assumed that the firm had put personals in the newspaper to find a replacement for her.

 

[NAMOR]

the scene at the end with Don/Peggy was priceless. especially when Peggy went to shake Don's hand and he just kissed it instead; and held it there until she pulled away. win

 

[idfnl]



From all the abuse/lack of recognition Peggy's been getting from Don this whole season, combined with her talent & ambition, it's not hard to see her leaving.

I was shocked by Joan's choice, too -- I don't think she did it for the money, since Roger's promised to support their kid. Maybe she did it because SCDP is the only thing she's got? We saw earlier this season how anxious and upset she became when she mistakenly assumed that the firm had put personals in the newspaper to find a replacement for her.

This is what makes TV, TV and real life real life. Probably 1 in 1000 Joan's would have considered that in real life. It was a bit of a stretch for her to do that. Maybe too much of a stretch.

Peggy, that was easy. Funny how Don was the prince this episode yet HE is the one that literally chucks money in a woman's face.

 

[violethour1951]

maybe Joan was just so flattered by the proposition... "my **** can pull in Jaguars"