You know what struck me?
how much Pete's wife and his brother's wife look alike. I couldn't tell the difference between the two when they were at the dinner table.
Don't worry, we're sure to spot Faith first. She's like this cleavagy slut-bomb walking around 'Ooh, check me out, I'm wicked-cool, I'm five-by-five.'
Willow ,'Get It Done'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
le nubian - Sep 02, 2008 2:22:19 am PDT #1293 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Frankenbuddha - Sep 02, 2008 3:13:28 am PDT #1294 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Finally saw the new episode - thought it was great, but nothing much to add to what everyone has already said (especially about the last scene).
What Decemberists song was that, and where is it available (or was it specifically for the show)? I really liked it, but it may not have been as jarring if you weren't aware of who it was. I am shamefully under-educated when it comes to the Decemberists.
Jessica - Sep 02, 2008 3:39:31 am PDT #1295 of 11998
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Why is Don surprised he has a reputation?
Because Don isn't one of those guys who just sleeps around - every one of Don's extra-marital conquests has been a beautiful unique snowflake affair that were all very meaningful for him! They're not notches on his bedposts, damnit!
t /rolls eyes FOREVER
I knew that dog wasn't gonna make it the moment Pete said he liked having one around the office. For a second there I thought Duck was going to get the dog drunk, but kicking him out into the street was much worse. (On a different show, Peggy would find him begging for scraps and take him home next week. But I'm pretty sure Chauncey's gone for good.)
I think that Peggy doesn't really know how to act as a grown up business woman so she's still testing the waters.
Yep. I think this is why she and Pete clicked in S1, actually - neither of them has/had any idea who they really are, but they both had this vague notion that they were doing it wrong. The big plus to Peggy's promotion wasn't the money or extra responsibility so much as it put her in a position where there isn't a strict set of predefined social rules. She spent all of last year wishing someone would just hand her the script, now she gets to improv.
Pete's got that weird knack to always say or do the thing which is exactly wrong by a quarter inch.
And then smile hopefully as if he's expecting a treat. ARGH!
I loved the way the reflection theme was carried through the ep (up until the last scene which was just a wee bit on the nose for my tastes). I want to watch it again with an eye towards that.
Barb - Sep 02, 2008 4:36:09 am PDT #1296 of 11998
“Not dead yet!”
They're not notches on his bedposts, damnit!
I dunno... I never got the feeling that Don considered his affairs to be special in any way, other than perhaps Rachel, which of course, adds to the irony that it was never consummated-- perhaps if it had been, she would've wound up being just another affair. And with Bobbie, I got the distinct impression that started out very much as a notch on the bedpost. Or maybe it was just that he was intrigued by a woman who was the aggressor, I don't know. I'll have to think about that one.
Wolfram - Sep 02, 2008 5:35:18 am PDT #1297 of 11998
Visilurking
other than perhaps Rachel, which of course, adds to the irony that it was never consummated...
It wasn't? Didn't he give Rachel the big family reveal afterward? Maybe I need to rewatch S1.
Barb - Sep 02, 2008 5:39:30 am PDT #1298 of 11998
“Not dead yet!”
It wasn't? Didn't he give Rachel the big family reveal afterward? Maybe I need to rewatch S1.
It could be I'm totally forgetting something. But I recall watching an episode very near the end of the season where she's having lunch with a girlfriend and admitting that Don's not Jewish but they haven't done anything yet. Could be my brain is melting.
amych - Sep 02, 2008 5:47:18 am PDT #1299 of 11998
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
But I recall watching an episode very near the end of the season where she's having lunch with a girlfriend and admitting that Don's not Jewish but they haven't done anything yet.
Yep (her sister). And then the next time we see her, or very close to it, she and Don are nekkid in bed.
Jessica - Sep 02, 2008 5:50:46 am PDT #1300 of 11998
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
But I recall watching an episode very near the end of the season where she's having lunch with a girlfriend and admitting that Don's not Jewish but they haven't done anything yet.
Wasn't she lying through her teeth in that conversation?
amych - Sep 02, 2008 5:51:32 am PDT #1301 of 11998
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I'll have to rewatch (OH, DARN!!) in case I have the timing of those two scenes switched.
Barb - Sep 02, 2008 5:58:50 am PDT #1302 of 11998
“Not dead yet!”
Wasn't she lying through her teeth in that conversation?
Yeah, she was. I just went back and looked at the episode summaries on the site-- they did the deed in Ep 10, "The Long Weekend." I think it was just overwhelmed in my mind because so much else happened that ep (like when doesn't it, right?) what with Roger's heart attack and Joan's roommate coming on to her.
Definitely need to go back and rewatch the ep.