I can beat up demons until the cows come home, and then I can beat up the cows.

Buffy ,'Dirty Girls'


Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...

To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])


Consuela - Oct 25, 2009 6:57:04 pm PDT #3474 of 11998
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

And OMG Mark Shepherd AGAIN.

He's EVERYWHERE.


§ ita § - Oct 25, 2009 7:05:18 pm PDT #3475 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Well, she didn't really get him back--she said there was no dinner, and he gets no dinner. Though there might have been an implication that she was going to cook dinner later, but I didn't quite get that.


Scrappy - Oct 25, 2009 8:08:45 pm PDT #3476 of 11998
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I hear ya on MM, Le Nubian. At the end of the show, the DH turned to me and said "Well, that was harrowing."


Vortex - Oct 25, 2009 8:39:48 pm PDT #3477 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Great work by Jon Hamm. I'm not surprised that he shaded the truth about what happened, and I'm glad that Betty called him out on his fib about the date of the divorce.


Theodosia - Oct 26, 2009 3:11:39 am PDT #3478 of 11998
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Yep, harrowed -- and well-deserved harrowing, too. And with the Suzanne situation, not all the chickens are home to roost.

Loved the Roger portions, too. So much backstory so well portrayed/alluded, illuminating the character present.


Jessica - Oct 26, 2009 4:17:34 am PDT #3479 of 11998
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Last night was the first time MM has ever made me cry. The Don/Betty scenes were nothing short of amazing.

I think seeing Don so utterly vulnerable took all the wind out of Betty's sails. She'd prepared herself for a long fight, but the minute he dropped that cigarette I think she realized she'd already taken him out with the first punch. And after that, it wasn't fun for her any more.

I loved her little throwaway comment about how it's obvious Don didn't grow up with money because he has no idea what to do with it. I guess his "cover" has never been quite as perfect as he's wanted it to be.

I wonder if Betty realizes at this point that Don loves her more than she loves him. I wonder if Don knows it.


Theodosia - Oct 26, 2009 4:40:01 am PDT #3480 of 11998
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

The blogger at the Chicago Tribune pointed out something that could come into play in a major way -- Betty has something quite actionable on Don (the assumed identity, not just a name change) that would swing any divorce over to her side in a flash, now. Way bigger than being able to prove infidelity or else risk losing the children.


Vortex - Oct 26, 2009 5:14:09 am PDT #3481 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

She'd prepared herself for a long fight, but the minute he dropped that cigarette I think she realized she'd already taken him out with the first punch. And after that, it wasn't fun for her any more.

Yes, you could see her loving having the upper hand, but as soon as she offered him a drink, it was over.

Betty has something quite actionable on Don (the assumed identity, not just a name change) that would swing any divorce over to her side in a flash, now.

not if Don gets rid of the evidence. All she has is an allegation, and nothing to back it up. Frankly, even with the evidence, it's flimsy if he doesn't admit it.


Theodosia - Oct 26, 2009 6:47:58 am PDT #3482 of 11998
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

There's Anna Draper, whose name & address she has, and the divorce/deed records would be on file elsewhere. Plus, I do think the Army might get highly interested in the case as I'm willing to bet there's no statute of limitations on desertion.

This being fiction, it would be a snap for a fictional private eye to bust the identity case wide open... and in the real world I'm not sure it would be that much more work.


Vortex - Oct 26, 2009 7:03:43 am PDT #3483 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

There's Anna Draper, whose name & address she has, and the divorce/deed records would be on file elsewhere. Plus, I do think the Army might get highly interested in the case as I'm willing to bet there's no statute of limitations on desertion.

right, there's no problem proving that Don Draper had been divorced before, but that's not going to be a big deal for a divorce case. She would have to prove that he's Dick Whitman, and the only person who could testify to that is Anna Draper, and she wouldn't do it. What would the Army say if she came to them and said "my husband used to be Dick Whitman, but there was a mixup in the hospital and how he's Don Draper. Oh, and by the way we're getting a divorce and I need someone to come testify" Unfortunately, those pictures are the only evidence that Dick is Don, and even then, a name written on the back of a picture isn't dispositive. It might raise some questions, but doesn't raise to a legal standard.