Well, cliches are cliches cause there are true bits, right?
No power in the 'verse can stop me.
River ,'War Stories'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
erikaj - Sep 07, 2009 11:26:37 am PDT #3076 of 11998
Always Anti-fascist!
Barb - Sep 07, 2009 11:50:07 am PDT #3077 of 11998
“Not dead yet!”
Well, cliches are cliches cause there are true bits, right?
Yeah, they are. But I feel as we've gotten so spoiled in how Matt Weiner treats clichés and thoroughly turns them on their ears. This seemed as predictable as anything he's done and I know... it's stupid for me to harp on one teensy thing. Because again, knowing Matt Weiner, he'll find a way to flip it. Eventually.
megan walker - Sep 07, 2009 11:53:19 am PDT #3078 of 11998
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Don might actually be a decent parent if that era allowed a man to be more involved with his kids. He's more patient, less judgmental.
He's taught them how to make a mean drink, what more do you need?
Jesse - Sep 07, 2009 11:53:33 am PDT #3079 of 11998
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I feel like tomboy Sally could go to war herself -- I can't imagine the family would approve.
DavidS - Sep 07, 2009 12:04:46 pm PDT #3080 of 11998
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
He's taught them how to make a mean drink, what more do you need?
Emmett makes a very creditable martini.
And I think Jen liked the G&T he made for her more than the one I did.
Barb - Sep 07, 2009 1:02:31 pm PDT #3081 of 11998
“Not dead yet!”
I'm starting to get annoyed at the math involved in Betty's pregnancy-- the Derby party would have been held on May 4th, 1963 and the self-immolation of the Vietnamese monk was on June 11. Kennedy's televised address about the Cuban Missile Crisis was on October 22 (Betty's pregnant and has her assignation with the handsome Captain Awesome-shaped stranger).
Assuming she was about six weeks pregnant, by all means, she should have popped by now. Or be ready to explode within the next episode which takes place about two weeks after this one, judging by the previews.
le nubian - Sep 07, 2009 1:17:20 pm PDT #3082 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Barb,
are we positive the stranger is not the baby's father?
Barb - Sep 07, 2009 1:20:14 pm PDT #3083 of 11998
“Not dead yet!”
are we positive the stranger is not the baby's father?
Yep. The beginning of that episode was her at the doctor's office having her pregnancy confirmed and there's also a scene in the episode where she discusses the situation with her friend, Francine, saying it's not a good time for her to be pregnant.
The pregnancy occurred during that bout of comfort sex on the floor of her childhood bedroom when they visited her father a few episodes before.
ETA: Which happened in Ep. 10, at the end of which, is when Don takes off for California on the business trip and then he was gone for something like three weeks, IIRC.
le nubian - Sep 07, 2009 1:59:19 pm PDT #3084 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
okay then. I guess the math is weird!
sj - Sep 07, 2009 4:55:45 pm PDT #3085 of 11998
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Did anyone else laugh when Betty told her father that he was selfish? It didn't even occur to Betty to comfort our daughter.