I didn't think she was.
I didn't either. But we know Don's mom was a prostitute that his father saw, and that she died in childbirth. And we know from last season that Don grew up in a brothel. So it couldn't have been because of his birth mother.
Angel: Will you just shut up for once?! Illyria: What? Angel: My God, the speechifying. Has it ever occurred to you that now might not be the best time for when-we-were-muck stories?
'Time Bomb'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
DavidS - Apr 15, 2013 3:04:40 pm PDT #10727 of 11998
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
sj - Apr 15, 2013 3:07:32 pm PDT #10728 of 11998
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
And we know from last season that Don grew up in a brothel.
Ok, that is the part that I was forgetting. So this is taking place after Don's father died, probably? The only thing I really remember about the stepmother was that she resented having to raise a prostitutes son, so I had a disconnect with her being a prostitute as well.
sj - Apr 15, 2013 3:11:11 pm PDT #10729 of 11998
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Does anyone think Megan was lying about the miscarriage?
le nubian - Apr 15, 2013 3:17:22 pm PDT #10730 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
sj,
I think Don's stepmother fell into really hard times after his father died and went to a brothel. That's how I read that situation.
no, I don't think megan was lying. she seemed really upset in front of Don and in front of her neighbor friend. No reason to put on a face with both if she was making it up. No net benefit for her to make it up because she knew (at least last season) that Don wanted more kids presumably. But he seems ambivalent about it now.
DavidS - Apr 15, 2013 3:17:54 pm PDT #10731 of 11998
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Does anyone think Megan was lying about the miscarriage?
No. But now that I think about it, I suspect Sylvia will get pregnant and keep the baby which is what will destroy two marriages.
Because as we saw with Peggy and Pete, and Joan and Roger, Mad Men will go full on soap opera melodrama with unintended babies.
le nubian - Apr 15, 2013 3:18:46 pm PDT #10732 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Oh Gah.
You are probably right.
sj - Apr 15, 2013 3:20:41 pm PDT #10733 of 11998
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
no, I don't think megan was lying. she seemed really upset in front of Don and in front of her neighbor friend. No reason to put on a face with both if she was making it up. No net benefit for her to make it up because she knew (at least last season) that Don wanted more kids presumably. But he seems ambivalent about it now.
I don't think she was faking being upset. I think she had an abortion and is feeling very guilty about it.
le nubian - Apr 15, 2013 3:31:14 pm PDT #10734 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
oh!
that never occurred to me.
le nubian - Apr 15, 2013 3:31:28 pm PDT #10735 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I would think the writers would have let us in on that, no?
sj - Apr 15, 2013 3:36:20 pm PDT #10736 of 11998
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Well, she did say she felt guilty when she was talking to Don's mistress. And a lot of the episode seemed to be about women's choices. Don's stepmother didn't have any good choices after Don's father died. Trudy is choosing to stay in her marriage but under her own terms. Joan is still dealing with the choice she made to sleep with the Jaguar executive last season.