That was a fantastic change-up.
Love the merge!
And yes, there was a part of me that wanted Jeff Probst to walk in and tell Don and Peggy to drop their buffs.
"I just want you to know, unless this works, I'm against it."
The count of three isn't a plan. It's Sesame Street.
Buffy ,'First Date'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
Jessica - May 06, 2013 4:07:16 am PDT #10801 of 11998
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Tom Scola - May 06, 2013 10:48:24 am PDT #10802 of 11998
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
DavidS - May 06, 2013 11:38:35 am PDT #10803 of 11998
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I don't think Peggy's a partner. She's chief of copy at one of the top 25 ad agencies in the country.
Alan Sepinwall noted:
* UPDATE: I have to add this to the review for posterity, simply because several of you caught this and I missed it: Herb's wife's name is Peaches. Don and Peggy are reunited, and it feels so good to Don, if not to Peggy.
Heh. Kind of like the little joke they did with Bert Cooper's sister, Alice.
So many funny lines. Loved Julia Ormond being French and bitter and drunk all night. VK really does deserve an Emmy - there's nobody like Pete Campbell in the history of TV or film, and he just fully inhabits the little shitweasel.
Joan let Don have it with both barrels, and she's probably the person there he respects the most. I hope the merger makes her rich.
But let's face it - it was pretty shitty for her and Pete and Bert to be planning an IPO and get that deep into it without telling Don.
I was hoping Meghan was going to come back to the firm. I liked her better as a copywriter under Peggy's tutelage.
DavidS - May 06, 2013 11:59:51 am PDT #10804 of 11998
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Polter-Cow - May 06, 2013 12:01:33 pm PDT #10805 of 11998
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
She's chief of copy at one of the top 25 ad agencies in the country.
Oh, okay. So that's a good thing. I don't really know what chief of copy means.
VK really does deserve an Emmy - there's nobody like Pete Campbell in the history of TV or film, and he just fully inhabits the little shitweasel.
He's become a really interesting, layered character over the years, that's for sure.
DavidS - May 06, 2013 12:29:39 pm PDT #10806 of 11998
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I don't really know what chief of copy means.
She's the head writer and all the writers report to her.
Theodosia - May 07, 2013 2:24:18 am PDT #10807 of 11998
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Pete may be interesting, but not nice at all. It seems like Trudy married her father, more than anyone realized.
sumi - May 07, 2013 5:33:04 am PDT #10808 of 11998
Art Crawl!!!
I don't understand how they could be planning an IPO without all of the partners aware of it. Very odd.
Theodosia - May 07, 2013 6:49:05 am PDT #10809 of 11998
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
To be fair, it was the partners who are more concerned with the Finance/HR side of the business who were going about it. I don't know enough about how businesses like this run/ran that I don't have any idea whether this is SOP.
Jessica - May 07, 2013 6:57:57 am PDT #10810 of 11998
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I can't imagine an IPO could move forward without at least the consent of all named partners.
That said, I'm more outraged by Don on behalf of Joan than the other way around.