Well, they live in Ossining -- it just feels like a prison.
Oh, I know. But I did find it interesting that in this ep, the prison is a subject of conversation at the country club, whereas last season it was there thematically but unspoken.
Zoe: First rule of battle, little one. Don't ever let 'em know where you are. Mal: Whoo-hoo! I'm right here! I'm right here! You want some of me? Yeah, you do! Come on! Come on! Aaah! Whoo-hoo! Zoe: Of course, there are other schools of thought...
'The Message'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
amych - Sep 03, 2008 4:21:28 am PDT #1323 of 11998
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Jesse - Sep 03, 2008 4:24:15 am PDT #1324 of 11998
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, maybe they found that people didn't get it.
Liese S. - Sep 04, 2008 11:05:16 am PDT #1325 of 11998
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, you can probably number me among the "didn't get it" crowd.
So I rewatched last night, and it was painful. In the best possible narrative way. I love that I have this group to hash it out with, because I get so much more out of it. Looking for the themes, thinking about the nuances.
One of the awful moments was Betty's resigned, "I didn't know," in response to Don's "It's desperate." I hate that women were made to feel this way.
I have more I'm thinking about regarding their relationship, but I can't quite articulate it yet.
Also, at first, I thought the hair of Pete's new fling was out of era. It looked eighties to me somehow. But later it wasn't so bad.
Barb - Sep 07, 2008 5:36:37 pm PDT #1326 of 11998
“Not dead yet!”
My, my, my... meow
Joan's going to have her hands full with Jane for a bit, but I suspect Jane's still an amateur at this game.
quester - Sep 07, 2008 5:44:00 pm PDT #1327 of 11998
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Do you think Jane knew Sterling would help her?
And the Drapers just walking away from their trash! I remember that world.
Barb - Sep 07, 2008 5:48:38 pm PDT #1328 of 11998
“Not dead yet!”
I suspect Jane knew exactly what she was doing. She's issuing a challenge to how Joan sees herself and her place in the office.
And the Drapers just walking away from their trash! I remember that world.
Well, of course, interspersed with Don being so concerned with keeping the car clean. A little bit 2x4, but still effective.
ETA: And now, ironic.
quester - Sep 07, 2008 6:00:06 pm PDT #1329 of 11998
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Oh, that was funny! Betty ralphing in the car! Poor Betty!
Barb - Sep 07, 2008 6:02:13 pm PDT #1330 of 11998
“Not dead yet!”
Okay, now how terrified did Jane look, too? She has that paranoid expression where she's being circled by seagulls and she's not sure when and and she's not sure where, but that definitely... a bomb's a gonna drop.
le nubian - Sep 07, 2008 6:06:38 pm PDT #1331 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Man, I cannot wait for Joan to kick Jane's ass. Jane lies so much that Joan is gonna catch her.
Jane does look terrified. I don't think she's got the jewels for this game.
Barb - Sep 07, 2008 6:11:54 pm PDT #1332 of 11998
“Not dead yet!”
Thing is, I think Joan, in her own way, has a certain standard of behavior and... I dunno a moral code, or perhaps sense of propriety is the better way to term it. There are acceptable standards of behavior and there are things that are simply not done. She's a mirror image of Don in that she's rapidly becoming an anachronistic symbol of an era that's disappearing.