Joan is breaking my heart, but Peggy rollerskating while Roger played the organ was glorious.

I like On the Road Don giving a ride to a hippie. I wonder if he ever picked out paint, if his new place is ready for him to move in.

I don't think he needed to pick out paint after he hired his secretary to decorate the whole place.

Right, she was gonna run with whatever picture he liked. So he probably does have some place to go back to.

Watching Don at the Miller creatives meeting was painful.

Goddammit, McCann is the worst.

I don't know which one is the worst out of Dennis, Ferg and McCann. Dennis doesn't even respect Joan's skills enough to read her briefs and just figures he's better off winging it then following her lead. Ferg respects her account management skills enough, but..., ugh. He and Harry should be strung up by their balls. And McCann, he just hates strong women.

They're all the worst.

I really wanted Joan to stick it out to earn all her money and make McCann squirm.

And McCann, he just hates strong women.

Fixed that for you :)

This episode was...bleargh. I liked Peggy's power walk into McCann at the end, but I don't understand it in the context of what happened to Joan. It's not like having octopus porn in her office is going to make her *less* objectified.

I think the octopus porn represented her taking Roger's advice and not caring if people found her intimidating, but rather starting to see it as an advantage.

Either way, I think Peggy's road at McCann will be bumpy.

Her not feeling like she needs to put men at ease is better for her, though. That was her objection to it, that it would make guys uncomfortable.

Watching Don at the Miller creatives meeting was painful.

I am not sure what was going on with him then. Maybe there were a lot of things.

I don't like seeing Joan so beaten down, but I do like how well this all answers that whole "desirable women have all the power" trope.

I don't like seeing Joan so beaten down, but I do like how well this all answers that whole "desirable women have all the power" trope.

I've always hated the way Joan got her partnership, because she really did deserve to be a partner at SCPD at least as much as Pete did, and instead she had to get it by doing something unconscionable. I guess it's a good thing she can end that association by taking the cash settlement.

It's also apparent that nobody told the folks at McCann about how Joan negotiated her partnership, or at least one of them would have thrown it in her face. This indicates, at least, that Roger, Don and Pete consider her partnership to be earned on merit. (I don't think Teddy knew about it either.)

I am not sure what was going on with him then. Maybe there were a lot of things.

My take was that the consultant, in his speech, was doing what Don usually does -- setting up the whole mise en scène. That's what Don does best. Instead, it appeared as though he was only being asked to come up with ads that incorporated the consultant's pre-existing themes. I think Don found that dull and/or beneath him.

My take was that the consultant, in his speech, was doing what Don usually does -- setting up the whole mise en scène. That's what Don does best. Instead, it appeared as though he was only being asked to come up with ads that incorporated the consultant's pre-existing themes. I think Don found that dull and/or beneath him.

That was my take too.