If you haven't seen it yet - those who were lamenting the presence of any commercial interruption: on Sunday at least, they played the premiere with limited commercial interruption.
Inara: Mal, this isn't the ancient sea. You don't have to go down with your ship. Mal: She ain't going down. She ain't going anywhere.
'Out Of Gas'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
sumi - Jul 28, 2008 4:58:54 am PDT #1049 of 11998
Art Crawl!!!
Vortex - Jul 28, 2008 5:29:13 am PDT #1050 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Yes, I think that yesterday's only had one commercial break, at 30 minutes in. It ended at 53 minutes. In order to encourage that sort of thing, I watched the commercials afterward. Well, I let them keep running while I surfed the net.
Liked the new ep. There was one ep that I hadn't seen last season (the one where Betty models), and I realized how many little moments inform the show, and what you miss. There was a great moment when Peggy looked at Joan and said "I just realized something. You think that you're helping", and it was SO telling.
I thought that the scene with Betty and the mechanic was interesting. I don't think it's the first time that she's realized that she can use her looks to get things from men. I did find it interesting that he just gave her the fan belt for $3, and asked nothing in return.
sumi - Jul 28, 2008 5:37:21 am PDT #1051 of 11998
Art Crawl!!!
I thought that something bad was going to happen to Betty. . . or that she was going to do something she'd regreat later. Why do Betty's scenes so often bring on the creep factor?
erikaj - Jul 28, 2008 9:45:09 am PDT #1052 of 11998
Always Anti-fascist!
well, she's just so needy and vulnerable.
le nubian - Jul 28, 2008 10:57:37 am PDT #1053 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
exactly. I told Beau - man I hope she isn't raped.
I still don't understand why Betty just didn't tell the man, can I give you $3 now and I'll bring you the other $6 tomorrow at your office.
Vortex - Jul 28, 2008 11:00:02 am PDT #1054 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
It could also be looking at the situation with modern eyes. The kinds of things we're thinking of were almost unheard of in those days. Of course, that's contrasted by those guys in the elevator.
sj - Jul 28, 2008 5:23:41 pm PDT #1055 of 11998
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
le nubian:
I think Betty was trying to test whether she could get a man to give her something just for being pretty to compare herself to her call girl friend, but I could be reading to much into it.
I couldn't decide whether Don was sending the book to Rachel or to his hippie ex-girlfriend.
I love all the little ways they illustrated how Peggy is now caught between the two worlds. She has the position but not the respect that goes with it.
Jon B. - Jul 28, 2008 5:26:35 pm PDT #1056 of 11998
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
This thread is NAFDA. No whitefont is necessary.
I think Betty was trying to test whether she could get a man to give her something just for being pretty to compare herself to her call girl friend, but I could be reading to much into it.
I think you're exactly right.
amych - Jul 28, 2008 5:28:04 pm PDT #1057 of 11998
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Given the book, I suspect he was sending it to Midge, not Rachel -- O'Hara is classic downtown, beat poet stuff, and while I can imagine a Rachel who might get that, I'm not sure Don would.
(edited to de-span-ify. thanks for the reminder, Jon.)
Vortex - Jul 28, 2008 5:33:26 pm PDT #1058 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I think it would be Rachel, I imagine that don thinks about her a lot. She left him, not the other way around, so I suspect that bothered him.