Makes me think Joan would make an excellent psychiatrist if given the opportunity. Lord knows she'd be a better doctor than her useless husband.
Joan can do everything better than her husband. Hell, better than most people.
You know, I've saved lives. Dozens. Maybe hundreds. I reattached a girl's leg. Her whole leg. She named her hamster after me. I got a hamster. He drops a box of money, he gets a town.
Simon ,'Jaynestown'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
Vortex - Oct 26, 2009 8:18:41 am PDT #3493 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Frankenbuddha - Oct 26, 2009 8:23:15 am PDT #3494 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Killed in a drunken bar fight? I can totally see that happening.
Vortex - Oct 26, 2009 8:25:32 am PDT #3495 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Actually, I can see him committing suicide. he's so selfish and self absorbed that I can see him taking the "no one's giving me what I want, I'm going to go eat some worms!" way out.
le nubian - Oct 26, 2009 9:08:24 am PDT #3496 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
don't you see him as more of a deserter, though?
le nubian - Oct 26, 2009 9:09:43 am PDT #3497 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
you know what would make me laugh? if he ends up dead in an accident calling back to the real Don Draper and Joan is the widow that some future dude ends up paying off.
Vortex - Oct 26, 2009 9:28:16 am PDT #3498 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
don't you see him as more of a deserter, though?
oh, I can see that as well.
Theodosia - Oct 26, 2009 10:43:49 am PDT #3499 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"
I'd give no better than 50-50 odds for him washing out of basic training, most probably for either insubordination or something careless that gets another soldier injured or killed.
Joan should be an account executive -- she's got the people skills and the business sense, both.
DavidS - Oct 26, 2009 10:45:24 am PDT #3500 of 11998
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
A very satisfying clip of Joan whacking Dr. Rapey McFailuredouche with the vase.
I kind of loved that Roger worked the phones for her.
Hamm's acting in this was superb, but also the way they lit his face after he was all broken was interesting. They caught the angles of his cheek so he looked hollowed out, like a Dorothea Lange portrait.
Theodosia - Oct 26, 2009 10:51:09 am PDT #3501 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"
He really looked harrowed.
Thanks for the GIF!
DavidS - Oct 26, 2009 12:12:54 pm PDT #3502 of 11998
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Interesting tidbit from Sepinwall's blog:
I spent some time with Slattery and his wife Talia Balsam (who plays Mona) at AMC's press tour party in late July, and we got to talking about whether Roger had settled - that he wanted Joan and wound up with Jane. And Slattery, who thinks about the character a lot more than I do, said he didn't believe so. He felt that when Roger, after his season one heart attack, told Joan, "You are the finest piece of ass I have ever had, and I don't care who knows it," that wasn't just Roger being crude, but Roger expressing the depth of his feelings for her. Joan was a great time for Roger, but she was also strong-willed and tough and more serious than Roger ever wanted to be, and despite his promises to leave Mona for her, perhaps he always knew this wouldn't work in the long-term.
That makes sense to me. Joan is too serious for Roger - or at least the Roger whose backstory we get here. Rich kid, bopping around Europe living out his Moveable Feast. The fact that Jane is carefree is what he loves about her. I didn't realize Mona was played by Slattery's wife though!