good luck!

Good luck!

Yeah, I don't know that I have anything to say about last night's ep.

My goal by the end of the night is a pic with VK and/or Peggy and Joan. Wish me luck!

Lotsa luck!

I just saw last night's episode. It was a very plotty episode - not so much with the recurring motifs and metaphors that they've been prone to over the last couple seasons.

Harry will live to regret pissing off Joan.

Don's jealousy about Megan's love scene seemed to come from his guilt about Sylvia. I've really been enjoying Linda Cardellini this season. She's been great.

I can't believe how the whole Ketchup pitch went so pear-shaped, but at least they didn't lose to Teddy Chaough.

Sucks that Stan and Peggy got broken apart, though his finger was pretty funny. I wouldn't be surprised if they repaired it at some point. Peggy took a little step into the land of cut-throat biz and I don't think she'll want to stay there. I bet she does Stan a big favor before the season is over.

She's not Don, and I don't think she'll follow his path.

Poor, Joanie. One fucking thing after another. I hope she gets an asskicking moment of triumph this year.

She's not Don, and I don't think she'll follow his path.

I'm not so sure about that, one of the lines she said during the pitch was Don word for word. I don't remember that exact quote.

I'm not so sure about that, one of the lines she said during the pitch was Don word for word. I don't remember that exact quote.

From Tom and Lorenzo:

Both Don’s and Peggy’s were very, very good pitches. But more than just being good, they laid out their entire professional history to us, and not just because Peggy slyly nicked Don’s “change the conversation” line (to his regret and simultaneous admiration).

Yeah, that line. I have the Tom and Lorenzo review marked to read later because they posted it before I saw the episode. Overall, I really liked the episode. Don really does have so many issues. Do you think he even sees the hypocrisy of being made at Megan for doing a love scene that isn't even really and then immediately running off to his mistress. He continues to be so pathetic this season, even his mistress feels bad for him.

Also, Pete offering Don the use of his fuck pad, ick!

Do you think he even sees the hypocrisy of being made at Megan for doing a love scene that isn't even really and then immediately running off to his mistress.

As T&L note, Don thrives on hypocrisy.

Well, the panel discussion was fun, but the cast only stuck around for about five minutes at the reception, so no pics. So sad. I couldn't even see poor Jon Hamm, who was basically pinned in a corner by fangirls as soon as he stepped into the room. And then they were all whisked away by their handlers.

Vincent Kartheiser and Christina Hendricks were the best cast members in the panel - Christina Hendricks talked about the Jaguar storyline and how something like that (Joan propositioned by a client in exchange for business) was a plot point she and Weiner had been talking about since S1. Then the moderator asked VK if he deliberately tried to make Pete likeable and VK just snorted with laughter.

Don is disappointing me this season. He's not even trying not to be an asshole any more.

Don is disappointing me this season. He's not even trying not to be an asshole any more.

I don't think they'll leave Don static this season. I don't see him doing a Tony Soprano arc where he can never change.

I think they're reinforcing how unchanged he is now to break him good by the end of the season, much like America gets broken in half in the late sixties.

That's my guess anyway.

I enjoyed the ep but there is very little that enfuriates me more than the "poor pitiful white dude" syndrome. Poor Don has it all but is just so unhappy. See also my hatred for American Beauty. I'm over his character.