Mad Men countdown
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Other random observations that may or may not mean anything:
Roger sparring with Peggy is always wonderful to behold.
Peggy is watching Mccloud. That show was the Epitomy of the westerner in New York City genre. A comment on Don's California connection?
It's almost like a game of 10 Little Indians now. Joan, Peggy, Don... it's like they're getting picked off. And Peggy in the abandoned office building was almost post apocalyptic. Like they're the walking dead
Which of course brings us to the fact Don is seeing dead people again ... And chasing down someone whose nickname is Di (die).
And a final song about a guy who floats away to his death
Roger sparring with Peggy is always wonderful to behold.
Peggy is watching Mccloud. That show was the Epitomy of the westerner in New York City genre. A comment on Don's California connection?
It's almost like a game of 10 Little Indians now. Joan, Peggy, Don... it's like they're getting picked off. And Peggy in the abandoned office building was almost post apocalyptic. Like they're the walking dead
Which of course brings us to the fact Don is seeing dead people again ... And chasing down someone whose nickname is Di (die).
And a final song about a guy who floats away to his death
Great little site: The Women of Don Draper
Maybe Joan's new boyfriend Captain Pike will hire that guy he knows to throw Jim Hobart out the window. 
I think in this final season we fans may be getting a bit away from what this show has always been. The show has always been subtle and very nuanced. Small things on other shows are huge in MM. SC&P being swallowed up and then Don's masterful pitch to save it being quashed was huge. Joan being forced to leave McCann was huge. Peggy's walking into McCann with her racy painting showing, wearing sunglasses with a cigarette hanging from her mouth was huge.
With this show, you have to look closely and carefully because very little is going to jump up and "smack" us in the face even in this last season.
I think Weiner may be trolling fans who think they've been promised that Don will jump.
I think if he tosses anyone these days, it'll be Harry.
Its been a reoccurring pattern of fans not really understanding what this show is about. For example one of the most common complaints is when Donald Draper has often hit rock bottom. That he is supposed to be the "American James Bond". Meaning that is supposed to be admired. Wrong! The whole premise of this series is about deconstructing what is sold to us in marketing as the "American Dream". He is good looking and rich. He can have any woman he wants. Yet he is still not happy.
I came across this today, though apparently it isn't a new theory: Don may be D.B. Cooper:
http://www.examiner.com/article/cou...mad-men-theory-takes-flight-as-don-heads-west
http://www.examiner.com/article/cou...mad-men-theory-takes-flight-as-don-heads-west
^ I've seen that idea before. I think it's unlikely.
Things are getting discordant with our "heroes" since their move to the McCann building. Part of me hopes the series ends with everybody going off in separate directions and losing touch with each other, just like real life. But part of me hopes everyone winds up together (maybe in California) and it all gets wrapped up in a nice "happily ever after" conclusion.
By the way, I would suggest that Mad Men fans read some of the short stories of John Cheever from the fifties and sixties, if you aren't already familiar with them. Cheever's writings were a partial inspiration for the series. You can see much of the same desperate suburban boredom/ennui that is on display throughout MM.
Kor
Things are getting discordant with our "heroes" since their move to the McCann building. Part of me hopes the series ends with everybody going off in separate directions and losing touch with each other, just like real life. But part of me hopes everyone winds up together (maybe in California) and it all gets wrapped up in a nice "happily ever after" conclusion.
By the way, I would suggest that Mad Men fans read some of the short stories of John Cheever from the fifties and sixties, if you aren't already familiar with them. Cheever's writings were a partial inspiration for the series. You can see much of the same desperate suburban boredom/ennui that is on display throughout MM.
Kor
But why would Don need $200,000, not to mention why he would pull a hairbrained stunt like hijacking a plane and "parachuting to safety" from the plane with the cash. Foe this to be true, they would have to write Don wildly out of character. Makes no sense at all.
Yeah, I'm not buying it either. Unless Weiner wants to give us all the finger on the way out, like his old boss David Chase did with the finale of The Sopranos.
Episode 91: The Milk and Honey Route..
wow
wow
I liked seeing Pete reach out for some happiness. Though, I half expected him to get hit by a car after leaving Trudy's house.
I was thinking a car wreck on his way back to NYC, but yes.
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Just realized that one of the old vets at the table was played by Max "Wojo" Gail, very cool.
Duck Phillips? Ugh. I'll never forgive him for abandoning his dog in the middle of NYC. What an asshole. Duck should be the one that goes out a window.
Betty's demise really bothers me. She always reminded me of my mother back in her younger days, and my mother also died from lung cancer.
As they seem to be trying to tie up all the loose ends before it is all over, next week we should be seeing the closure to Roger's story as well as Don's.
Speaking of Don, maybe the DB Cooper theory isn't so stupid after all, if he left behind his "millions" when he walked away, plus Pete's storyline involved Learjet, and the closing song was a Buddy Holly tune, and you know how he died. Add in Don's nightmare about his Army desertion catching up to him..
Just realized that one of the old vets at the table was played by Max "Wojo" Gail, very cool.
Duck Phillips? Ugh. I'll never forgive him for abandoning his dog in the middle of NYC. What an asshole. Duck should be the one that goes out a window.
Betty's demise really bothers me. She always reminded me of my mother back in her younger days, and my mother also died from lung cancer.
As they seem to be trying to tie up all the loose ends before it is all over, next week we should be seeing the closure to Roger's story as well as Don's.
Speaking of Don, maybe the DB Cooper theory isn't so stupid after all, if he left behind his "millions" when he walked away, plus Pete's storyline involved Learjet, and the closing song was a Buddy Holly tune, and you know how he died. Add in Don's nightmare about his Army desertion catching up to him..
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