'Heart Of Gold'
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
On the AVCLub review and comments a few people noted that one of the great things about the first fight between Don and Peggy is that they're both right.
Oh yeah. But he was more right. I guess that means I'm The Man now, huh? But really, just because she's more successful than most people in her position doesn't mean she's not still a kid with a lot to learn about work. "You never say thank you!"/"That's what the money is for!" was brilliant.
But he was more right.
Yeah, though it's hard to hear since he has been purposefully hard on Peggy. And he's making her stay late on her birthday because he doesn't want to be alone facing Anna's death.
But I also like that her "less rightness" in the episode is so in character and also points to her strengths. She wants and feels like she deserves recognition. She has a sense of her own value and won't be deterred by the increasingly stupid frat boy antics around her.
"You never say thank you!"/"That's what the money is for!" was brilliant.
That is a badass line and worthy of Glengarry Glen Ross.
"Coffee's for closers!"
And though it's become debased through becoming a catchphrase, that was the original point of the "Show me the money" line in Jerry Maguire. That in America money is respect.
::checks bank account. fails at American::
Mrs. Blankenship slept with Roger!!!
Really puts a new spin on his "Where did Joan dig HER out of?" comment when she was first brought in, doesn't it?
On the AVCLub review and comments a few people noted that one of the great things about the first fight between Don and Peggy is that they're both right.
What's interesting there is that the kind of management style Peggy wants from Don is not going to be something she gets from a male supervisor in 1965 unless (like Duck) he also wants to sleep with her. And she doesn't really want that either. She thinks she ought to be flirted with, but deep down she's more proud of Don's respect for her work than any romantic attention she's had from anyone.
I would love to see Peggy fill some of Anna's role in Don's life. I think she already does and that's what this episode was about.
Allowing that kind of intimacy from someone he sees every day (vs someone on the opposite side of the country) would require a huge leap forward for his character. I'd love to see it happen, but it's a long road to get there.
Really puts a new spin on his "Where did Joan dig HER out of?" comment when she was first brought in, doesn't it?
Oh, my. I'd forgotten that.
I was amazed that (a) Don broke down in front of Peggy - he didn't start crying until he looked up and saw her watching him, and (b) Don had a picture of Anna on his desk
You know it's not so much that Don has a work wife as Peggy has a work husband now.
I'm not sure, but I think things happened on Rubicon. I have no idea what, though.
I thought that Roger was making all of that stuff up, but I guess it could be true. I loved that Don finally did break down and Peggy was there to comfort him. Interesting dynamic shifts in this episode.
I guess Peggy just broke up with both of her boyfriends for Don.
I think really for herself. Duck is circling the drain. Having a short term affair may not have been a bad move. Continuing or reviving it would be. And current boyfriend not respecting her seriousness. Yes she is a driven workaholic. But he needs to live with it or he could tell her it bothers him and they could try to work it out. But just assuming it away? Why should she put up with that. Plus it is not just that he is against it. He does not understand it. He does not understand her.
