I mean, hell, I knew it wasn't Joan who Mona was referring to-- it was easy to see how the relationship between Roger and Joan has evolved, but I thought it would be either his actual secretary or some faceless girl from the office pool, adding that extra layer of surrealism to the "fallen in love" bit.
And OMG, the expression on Don's face when he realized it was Jane. He looked like he'd been dropped straight into a Dali painting or maybe the middle of Burt's Rothko.
I, too, want Joan's dress.
I actually loved Jane's dresses this episode.
Also, I'm loving having the HD feed at 7pm. So much more civilized.
One step closer to getting Donnie Wahlberg on tv as a Boston cop.
::hugs Boomtown dvds. godIlovethatshow::
My TiVo didn't record MM last night! It must have been too full, I did a purge of other shows this morning and all of a sudden a recording popped up right then and there, so I watched. Good thing AMC does a zillion repeats of the show.
And I gotta agree with the OMG, Holy Shit and all that HSQ stuff! I never thought Roger would do something like that and for it to be Jane??? Eep!
I feel bad that Peggy got her new position the way she did, but happy that Don is recognizing her work. I just don't get how he can see Peggy's potential, yet be so clueless when it comes to Betty.
And Jane totally confuses me. If she's been doing the nasty with Roger, why has she been sucking up to Don so much? Buying him shirts? I don't believe she's just being helpful, she wants/ed something from him. Roger's just a stopgap, if you ask me.
Do you all think Jane was the one who told Roger about Don living not at home? Rather than Roger figuring it out himself?
I just don't get how he can see Peggy's potential, yet be so clueless when it comes to Betty.
I think it's one of those ways in which you see the clear dichotomy between Dick Whitman and the Don Draper persona. I don't know that he ever saw Betty as anything beyond the type of wife he should have who would give him the household and children that Don Draper should have. And because with Betty he has to maintain the Don Draper persona the most stringently, he's even more distant and removed from her than from almost anyone else. I think most everyone else in his world has at least seen a hint of Dick Whitman-- but not Betty.
Peggy though, in some ways, is his mirror. He sees himself in her, I think, in a lot of ways.
Do you all think Jane was the one who told Roger about Don living not at home? Rather than Roger figuring it out himself?
Dude-- that hadn't occurred to me, but I bet you're right! Not that it matters, in the scheme of things, but it wouldn't surprise me. I suspect that Jane would see it as some sort of leverage.
I suspect that Jane would see it as some sort of leverage.
This. I think Jane was just as surprised at Roger's decision as anyone else. Roger is just a means to an end and I'm not sure she's going to be happy with what she reaped.
And because with Betty he has to maintain the Don Draper persona the most stringently, he's even more distant and removed from her than from almost anyone else.
That's about all I can think of, too. Which is why he's so intent on denying culpability. Although, he did say to Roger that he felt bad sometimes after saying he didn't. I think he's trying to stay so far away from "Archibald Whitman" that he's actually created something just as bad, but in a different way. And he's incapable of recognizing that.
Do you all think Jane was the one who told Roger about Don living not at home? Rather than Roger figuring it out himself?
Yeah, that struck me late last night, too.
