These days I kind of cringe any time Don is on-screen. Just not that interesting any more. In the latest one I think it did not help that there was not a ton of chemistry between him and his latest cheatmate. Plus I did not believe him for a minute as a Dom in that relationship. He does not seem to have the charm and charisma any more.
Honestly I think the show would be improved if Don was killed off. Not going to happen. Hamm as star remains a big draw, plus isn't he a co-producer or something? But these these the character of Don Draper is a negative for the show. Not even someone you love to hate like the little shitweasel Pete. With Pete I shake my head and say "you really don't get it". He keeps my interest. With Don I say, "enough with the manpain already". Curious if my reactions are shared...
I did not believe him for a minute as a Dom in that relationship. He does not seem to have the charm and charisma any more.
I thought that was the point. He did something similar with Bobbie Barrett years ago. but Sylvia isn't Bobbie and the Don of today isn't the Don of 8 years ago.
I just went to Sepinwall's column to try and remember Bobbie's name (I figured he'd mention that earlier relationship), and -- no surprise -- he nails what I was feeling about the episode. That it's,
"an episode about history repeating itself, over and over again, with the details slightly altered but the results fundamentally the same. Again and again, characters feel they are in power and that their future will be different than the past; most of the time, they're wrong. Their eyes tell them they're rightside up when they're really upside down."
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Possibly my favorite moment: When Bob tells Joan, "I'll Bob you all the way out the door! No one will notice a thing."
Joan saving Bob's job was sweet.
More importantly, what did people think of that Oreo ad? One review said "it's like Etsy exploded" which seems about right.
Joan saving Bob's job was sweet.
Did she? I thought she lost that argument.
No, they went right along with it and fired Lawrence instead it.
I don't know if anyone is watching the new Dallas on TNT. I'm about halfway through the episodes that aired over the winter season, and while the show does bring in a lot of history, it ignores a lot of stuff that could make for interesting drama. For instance, JR's second wife Calli shows up at his funeral, and there is no drama surrounding it. She took off with JR's illegitimate oldest child and JR's youngest (who she had just given birth to) vowing to keep that child away from JR, and she just shows up at a funeral and no fuss is made of it. Furthermore, nothing is said about either of those two other sons in JR's will.
I think that they just ignored a lot of the backstory for the funeral eps because it would take too long to explain to the new watchers. But, the old school watchers know and appreciate the drama.
So, Mad Men. That was a lot of strangeness.
I liked Ken tap dancing.
Ken tapdancing was great. I shudder to think how his foot is going to feel after the drugs wear off.
