One of my favourite moments in any TV show. The shock on his face, that knowing pride on hers, just so fucking cool.

I’m currently on Season 1, episode 9. Draper is an interesting character, the acting is done well. I like the setting, but so far something about the show isn’t clicking for me, debating if I need to push a little more or if it the same thing happened to you all? Thanks

-Most people here believe that Sally turned out well. I don’t. I think that she is wealthy, but likely had issues for a very long time and is most likely not a “good person” in adulthood.

-Most people here also believe that Joan proved to be a good mother to/for Kevin. I don’t. Joan, while beautiful, was a toxic person. She also dealt with very bad internalized misogyny, and didn’t have good communication skills. Do I believe that she would have proven to be physically abusivet? No, but I have a hard time believing that she wasn’t emotional abusive. I don’t think she ended up being a “good parent.”

Midge throws her TV out the window when Don harasses her and years later buys a giant TV for Megan's LA apartment.

I can see how Don is trying to control Midge, but what is going on between Don, Megan, and that giant TV?

As Dr. Faye said, Don is the type to “be married again in a year.” But which of his love interests - and Don always has plenty - will he end up with by the end of the season?

In my latest rewatch, I thought about them in terms of Don moving on from Betty:

1. Bethany Van Nyes: A younger version of Betty - blonde, immature, a model / background actress. She has no appeal to Don because he “already knows her.” He’s not interested in Betty…again.

2. Dr. Faye Miller: Smart, professional, strong, mature…and still a beautiful blonde. Faye is Betty without her most prominent flaws - she’s grown up enough to keep Don on his toes and demands he treat her with respect. Don doesn’t want a version of Betty without those shortcomings - Faye wants him to be a better person, and will love and support him on that challenging path. Don doesn’t want to change or be challenged - he just wants to feel a certain way.

3. Megan Calvet: “I feel like myself with you..but how I’ve always wanted to feel.” Megan is different from Betty in that she makes him feel accepted, loved, young, and cared for. She’s a brunette, she’s French-Canadian, and Don can lie to himself that this time his marriage will work out - even though he’s still a controlling, depressed, insecure alcoholic.

Anyway, five dollars a pound.

In the first few episodes of S2 Peggy constantly talks about how busy she is. When she visits her mother (on the weekends) and talking with Father John Gill, she says how swamped she is with work. Maybe it's because we don't get to see any of Kinsey's or Freddy's home life, but they don't seem nearly as stressed out. Is it because she's a junior and so they just throw all the work at her? She's probably coming up with a buncha tags apiece.

She ends up being a really hard boss later on, not letting those copywriters go when she's at CGC, but that was after the suitcase and the scrappy upstart SCDP where every account was life or death. Sterling Cooper before the merger seemed like a bore. Or is it simply she wants to work really hard since she's the only woman?

Thoughts?

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Watching the episode where Pete receives the telegram about his mom dying
and the first thought that came to my head is "no, Pete, you can't frame a phone call"

It's so perversely sick, lol

Hat tip to u/Ok_Scholar4192 you need to go to the AppleTV app on phone or computer to purchase.

Did Don make Peggy stay late because he knew that he would eventually hear about Anna’s death and didn’t want to be alone with the news?

Is that what dick was seeing when the guy and the woman was in the rooms?

I just finished the 6th season and I have a question: what happened to Harry Crane?

In the beginning he seemed like a relatively normal person, even better than most: less sexist and misogynist, has a good relationship with his wife. By the 6th season he's a ridiculously horny asshole.

Did all of this come from the lack of appreciation? Or the lack combined with his job corrupting him over time?

I'm rewatching the show now and I just don't get why she became so mad. She knew he was drunk the night they had sex on the couch and surely she didn't expect to be in a full relationship with him after the one night stand?

Also if my boss told me to write my own recommendation letter and he just sign it, I would in a jiffy! Lol. So why was she so mad?

You’re throwing a dinner party with your significant other. After the last party in which sadly you broke a chair over Peter Campbell’s head, you now only have 3 empty chairs for this dinner. Which three Madmen characters would you invite to make your evening fascinating?

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I'm pretty sure this will be a one day sale.

Who did he truly love versus just having an infatuation/fling?

I think:

Rachel Betty (eventually) Joan Peggy (platonic) Anna Draper Megan

I caught it on my first watch-thru ever. I thought to myself, "Why is there suddenly someone from the steno pool whose name keeps being repeated by Joan for some reason?"

Then things happened and I felt sort of empty because it felt just so forced.

Am I the only one?

p.s. I actually don't hate Megan