Mad Men - The best show on TV

Started this not long ago and just watched the penultimate episode of S1 (Kennedy vs Nixon), been really enjoying it so far but does anyone else think it was totally unrealistic how Don could just steal someone's identity like that and for it never to become a problem? Did none of the soldiers Draper served with come to see him? Did he have a family? What about when Don got married/ his driver's license/ birth certificate etc? Seems like it would have had to have caused him a problem at some point.

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The Crimson Clown wrote:
Monkey Man wrote:Probably the 2nd worst ep of the season but still very good. More suicide subtext.

Thought it was one of the best of the season myself.

Has been much mention of suicide and Pete before? I didn't even pick it up as something significant really when it came up.

There's been loads of mentions of suicide. Obviously in this ep we had the elevator and it being in Pete's insurance plus the title of this ep, Lazy Lazarus, is a poem about botched suicide attempts before the author suceeded. Off the top of my head we've had Don doodling a noose and talking about blowing his brains out along with Roger/Ginsberg chatting about jumping out the window. There's been more and maybe nothing but you never know. Pete would be the obvious candidate.

Monkey Man wrote:
The Crimson Clown wrote:
Monkey Man wrote:Probably the 2nd worst ep of the season but still very good. More suicide subtext.

Thought it was one of the best of the season myself.

Has been much mention of suicide and Pete before? I didn't even pick it up as something significant really when it came up.

There's been loads of mentions of suicide. Obviously in this ep we had the elevator and it being in Pete's insurance plus the title of this ep, Lazy Lazarus, is a poem about botched suicide attempts before the author suceeded. Off the top of my head we've had Don doodling a noose and talking about blowing his brains out along with Roger/Ginsbery chatting about jumping out the window. There's been more and maybe nothing but you never know. Pete would be the obvious candidate.

I should really pay more attention. :fp:

Betty is such a goddamn child.

A good ep with any scenes involving Joan the highlight. Lane's money problems move into more serious issues but wasn't keen on the storyline involving the return of Paul. Don/Megan was a bit meh as well.

Latest ep S05E11 - Another magnificent episode. Pegggggggyyyy, nooooooo, hope we see her at her new job, one of my fave characters. Joan whores herself out for 5%, wow. Dons interactions with them both was amazing. At least they got Jaguar.

PostRe: Mad Men - The best show on TV by **Crimson** » Tue May 29, 2012 2:22 am

S05E11 Joan and Peggy. : (

PostRe: Mad Men - The best show on TV by **Garth** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:28 am

S05E12

PostRe: Mad Men - The best show on TV by **Blaine** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:00 pm

I'm so depressed after this week's episode :cry:

And between the zombies on Game of Thrones and Lane's corpse on MM, I think I've lost my appetite for at least the rest of the day.

S05E12 - Another corker of an episode. So all those suicide clues ended up with Lane being the end result. Very sad scenes with a bit of comedy with the jaguar breaking down. Great speech from Don. Other than Sally running back to her Mum not much to the other stuff except the creator giving his son a job.

PostRe: Mad Men - The best show on TV by **Blaine** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:27 pm

According to several news sites, Peggy is following in Sal and Kinsey's footsteps and is really off the show now that she has left Sterling Draper Cooper [s]Pryce[/s] Holloway. I thought we would be seeing her at her new company next season, but apparently not. Sad to see an interesting character go but I'm sure they'll find a way to make it work via the other storylines, because they always do.

If her resignation is her last appearance on the show then it's about as bad an exit as Sal's.

PostRe: Mad Men - The best show on TV by **Blaine** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:47 pm

Very true to life, though. That's what they're going for with Sal, Kinsey and Peggy's exits.

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PostRe: Mad Men - The best show on TV by **Crimson** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:12 am

0512 - Very sad to see Lane go. I was only thinking, as I started watching the episode, how no one ever dies on the show. Weird.

PostRe: Mad Men - The best show on TV by **Exxy** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:59 am

0512: Lane Saw it coming, but it was still sad. Heard rumours of characters getting killed off for budgetary concerns. AMC had to pay out Matthew Weiner so much to keep him, so had to cut other areas or something. Shame that that's resulted in two characters leaving.

PostRe: Mad Men - The best show on TV by **Blaine** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:36 pm

The Crimson Clown wrote:0512 - Very sad to see Lane go. I was only thinking, as I started watching the episode, how no one ever dies on the show. Weird.

Grandpa Gene and Anna Draper would disagree.

PostRe: Mad Men - The best show on TV by **Crimson** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:27 pm

Blaine wrote:
The Crimson Clown wrote:0512 - Very sad to see Lane go. I was only thinking, as I started watching the episode, how no one ever dies on the show. Weird.

Grandpa Gene and Anna Draper would disagree.

Well yeah, but I was thinking more of the people we see pretty much every episode that are very directly involved with the main story. Main cast.

Just watched eps 11 and 12. strawberry float. Incredible.

Just watched the very first ep.

My free time, she is gone. The only downside was Kristen strawberry floating Schaal. Hate.

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