Wait. People? She eats people? 'To Serve Man.' It's 'To Serve Man' all over again.

Gunn ,'Power Play'


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

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


Vortex - May 13, 2012 7:03:18 pm PDT #9521 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I could not believe how nasty Sally was to Megan, and that she accepted it.

I'm glad that Megan talked Don out of calling Betty and that Sally overheard the argument and realized what Betty had done. It's sad that she's getting as manipulative as her mother, though. Betty being thankful that no one has anything better was telling


Liese S. - May 13, 2012 8:15:43 pm PDT #9522 of 11998
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Yeah, that was exactly how that needed to go down. And Sally has the potential to be even more manipulative than her mother, learning from the best. Sally is smart, and she's kinda emotionally falling through the cracks here, even though both sets of parents are apparently trying.

It was the sort of thing that would totally have thrown Old!Don and nearly threw New!Don. But Betty's disappointment when the gambit failed was so severe.


Polter-Cow - May 13, 2012 8:21:25 pm PDT #9523 of 11998
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I agree with all of that. In other news, I wonder whether the writers have a contest to see who can give Bobby Draper the dumbest things to say.


DavidS - May 13, 2012 9:10:49 pm PDT #9524 of 11998
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I wonder whether the writers have a contest to see who can give Bobby Draper the dumbest things to say.

He's Ralph Wiggum.

Betty's little ploy was so minor compared to shit I know about going down in a divorce or afterwards. A bitchy little stab to put a wedge between Sally and Megan (and Don), while she's feeling helpless and deprived. Loved her Thanksgiving speech: "I have everything I want. And nobody has any better."

In that way she's just like Pete. She can never be filled up, no matter how much she gets. At least Don and even Roger are breaking from some of their patterns. Roger's arc this season has been fascinating and strange. From pure farce to a genuinely soulful reappraisal.

Back to Joan and Lane and apparently Harry Crane next episode.


erikaj - May 14, 2012 4:59:53 am PDT #9525 of 11998
Always Anti-fascist!

I didn't even get to the end, because my hate for Betty is so severe it feels like misogyny.(I know that even women internalize shit like that, but I can't help thinking that if they wanted to humanize her by making her fat, it's not working at all.) Like I know I was supposed to feel something in that little thing where Betty sees Megan all lithe and flexible, but it just looked like a bad actress in latex and probably the world's ugliest coat, making that constipated face Ms. Jones makes when she has feels.


DavidS - May 14, 2012 5:09:19 am PDT #9526 of 11998
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Like I know I was supposed to feel something in that little thing where Betty sees Megan all lithe and flexible, but it just looked like a bad actress in latex and probably the world's ugliest coat, making that constipated face Ms. Jones makes when she has feels.

Actually her best acting moment was the very last scene where she tries really really hard to enjoy her three bites of Thanksgiving dinner and just can't.


erikaj - May 14, 2012 5:16:12 am PDT #9527 of 11998
Always Anti-fascist!

That'll teach me not to finish, then.


DavidS - May 14, 2012 5:27:39 am PDT #9528 of 11998
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Well, it wasn't my favorite episode either. And Betty's Best Scene is never going to be as good as Joan's Best Scene. Betty hasn't had a Fuck Yeah moment since she started shotgunning birds.


erikaj - May 14, 2012 6:21:01 am PDT #9529 of 11998
Always Anti-fascist!

She hasn't. Although I liked her when she was able to share the Beatle-ticket moment with Sally. And I felt bad when she wanted to talk to Dr. Edna.


Jessica - May 14, 2012 6:27:27 am PDT #9530 of 11998
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I would love for Betty to get a real storyline and not be reduced to Bitchy Ex-Wife But She's Fat Now So Feel Bad For Her Being Fat.

January Jones is not the best actor in the cast, but she is able to play emotions other than Hungry and Angry, if only Weiner would write her some.