it was just Bobby saying incredibly useless, obvious, boring shit
Not obvious to Betty, apparently. See, I took it as *charmingly* boring and showing us repeatedly how much Bobby loved his Mom. Which made her freakout over the sandwich, and her comments to Henry all the more inexplicably clueless.
I think Bobby is being used only as a prop for Betty's character. In contrast to Sally, who is interesting in her own right. I don't have a problem with a few characters being used that way, but I can see how others might.
Me neither. We really got to see how Betty was blind to the fact that her son loved and admired her. Bobby is not tortured like a lot of Mad men characters, he is just a really sweet-natured little guy. Remember when he was at the movies with his dad last season? He reminds me of my nephew, so I like him.
Still it was really heartbreaking to see how surprised Bobby was that Betty was willing to go with him on the field trip.
I really just wanted to slap Betty.
I pretty much ALWAYS want to slap Betty.
I was waiting for that response. Heh.
Wow, kudos to the music director for the last sting of Mad Men tonight - that was inspired.
Don spiraled out of control even quicker than I was expecting. I wonder how long he is going to be able to follow the rules this time?
Because of Kodak?
Right, I think it ties back to his first master pitch about the slide carousel. Also, Ken just referenced the carousel in the previous ep.
Interesting how they tie in 2001: A Space Odyssey into with the ominous dominating computer and staring up into the sky and imagining the moon landing.
Plus, the meaning of the Mets banner changes in meaning during the ep from grim reminder of Lane to something like a hint that Don will make a triumphant turn around as the '69 Miracle Mets did.
