mad men 2x09
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ndnickersonSo it's hard to pick my favorite moment. It could be:
1. Don punching Jimmy Barrett.
2. The WTF reveal of Roger leaving his wife for Jane.
3. Peggy's confrontation of Pete over his handling of Freddy's... incident.
Man, so much happened. I had temporarily forgotten that Freddy was the one who noticed Peggy's "basket full of kisses" comment and eventually helped promote her to junior copywriter; I noticed that Peggy was treating Freddy differently than she treats anyone, with how bright and "this can all just go away" she was with him when he came by to ask about the meeting. And I found it interesting that Don initially defended Freddy, but when Peggy stood up for him, it was too late, and Don, there's a moment where you see him with his eyes wide, and then he shuts his face down into that grim line and tells Peggy that she got the promotion, under bad circumstances maybe but it's hers now, and Don is so afraid to let anyone in, and Peggy... it's not that I think Peggy is quite the sociopath Don is, maybe the opposite, but she doesn't quite take Bobbie's advice to heart when it comes to Don; I think she treats him more like a mentor, while she seems to have no problem confronting the people around her own pay grade. Ish. And Pete, who is just a jackass. The way she stared at his hand when he was offering her congratulations was awesome.
(As was Pete's face after Freddy's incident. Priceless.)
I feel like Betty wants Don to come to her and apologize and tell her that he loves her and he's so so sorry, but Don isn't going to do that, at least not yet, and Don telling Roger that he was just relieved at being kicked out, made me think that maybe he's a little sick of running all those double lives, and Freddy's "Who am I if I'm not at the office?" was the same, for me. Don Draper is Don at the office, and maybe, sometimes, a little, he lets his guard down at home, not very often and not very much. So maybe it was a relief to uncomplicate his life that way, even if he's not shacked up with some whore at the Roosevelt. Anyway, I think Betty put Sally up to calling Don's work, to give him that hint, and he's just obstinately not taking it. I don't know if he wants to come home because it's more convenient for him, or what, really. Him saying he was relieved was at least slightly thrown in doubt when he slugged Jimmy Barrett. Maybe he's just mad Jimmy got him caught.
And Betty, when she said "You can just flip it on and off," well, seemed to be having a lot of trouble doing that herself. Even though when she so subtly made sure that her friend (Mary Ann? where the hell is Francine, dammit?) with the perfect but boring marriage managed to make it to a little luncheon with Arthur of the "You're so sad" line. At first I felt a little afraid that Betty was going to seduce him, to show herself that she still had it, but this? A thousand times more evil.
I'm kind of curious as to how the conversation went between Roger and Mona, though. Jane definitely seemed to be sending Don a "we can totally shut the door and do it on your couch" vibe, and I was also afraid Don was going to forget himself and fuck his secretary, but then Roger apparently goes home to Mona and tells her that after a long drunken heart-to-heart with Don, who is either totally honest when he says that leaving home just made him feel relieved or is keeping a stiff upper lip but Don is a bit of a sociopath so I'd probably go with the former, Roger has decided that the best way to keep his life moving forward and go along with Don's totally-not-meant-that-way advice is to begin a public affair with Don's secretary.
I hope that Roger was still drunk. And I didn't get the vibe that Jane was sleeping with Roger, but the fact that she kept her job when Joan was so obviously gunning for her kind of points that way. Anyway, yeah.
Kickass episode. Can't wait for next week. And I want Father Colin Hanks to make it back, too.
1. Don punching Jimmy Barrett.
2. The WTF reveal of Roger leaving his wife for Jane.
3. Peggy's confrontation of Pete over his handling of Freddy's... incident.
Man, so much happened. I had temporarily forgotten that Freddy was the one who noticed Peggy's "basket full of kisses" comment and eventually helped promote her to junior copywriter; I noticed that Peggy was treating Freddy differently than she treats anyone, with how bright and "this can all just go away" she was with him when he came by to ask about the meeting. And I found it interesting that Don initially defended Freddy, but when Peggy stood up for him, it was too late, and Don, there's a moment where you see him with his eyes wide, and then he shuts his face down into that grim line and tells Peggy that she got the promotion, under bad circumstances maybe but it's hers now, and Don is so afraid to let anyone in, and Peggy... it's not that I think Peggy is quite the sociopath Don is, maybe the opposite, but she doesn't quite take Bobbie's advice to heart when it comes to Don; I think she treats him more like a mentor, while she seems to have no problem confronting the people around her own pay grade. Ish. And Pete, who is just a jackass. The way she stared at his hand when he was offering her congratulations was awesome.
(As was Pete's face after Freddy's incident. Priceless.)
I feel like Betty wants Don to come to her and apologize and tell her that he loves her and he's so so sorry, but Don isn't going to do that, at least not yet, and Don telling Roger that he was just relieved at being kicked out, made me think that maybe he's a little sick of running all those double lives, and Freddy's "Who am I if I'm not at the office?" was the same, for me. Don Draper is Don at the office, and maybe, sometimes, a little, he lets his guard down at home, not very often and not very much. So maybe it was a relief to uncomplicate his life that way, even if he's not shacked up with some whore at the Roosevelt. Anyway, I think Betty put Sally up to calling Don's work, to give him that hint, and he's just obstinately not taking it. I don't know if he wants to come home because it's more convenient for him, or what, really. Him saying he was relieved was at least slightly thrown in doubt when he slugged Jimmy Barrett. Maybe he's just mad Jimmy got him caught.
And Betty, when she said "You can just flip it on and off," well, seemed to be having a lot of trouble doing that herself. Even though when she so subtly made sure that her friend (Mary Ann? where the hell is Francine, dammit?) with the perfect but boring marriage managed to make it to a little luncheon with Arthur of the "You're so sad" line. At first I felt a little afraid that Betty was going to seduce him, to show herself that she still had it, but this? A thousand times more evil.
I'm kind of curious as to how the conversation went between Roger and Mona, though. Jane definitely seemed to be sending Don a "we can totally shut the door and do it on your couch" vibe, and I was also afraid Don was going to forget himself and fuck his secretary, but then Roger apparently goes home to Mona and tells her that after a long drunken heart-to-heart with Don, who is either totally honest when he says that leaving home just made him feel relieved or is keeping a stiff upper lip but Don is a bit of a sociopath so I'd probably go with the former, Roger has decided that the best way to keep his life moving forward and go along with Don's totally-not-meant-that-way advice is to begin a public affair with Don's secretary.
I hope that Roger was still drunk. And I didn't get the vibe that Jane was sleeping with Roger, but the fact that she kept her job when Joan was so obviously gunning for her kind of points that way. Anyway, yeah.
Kickass episode. Can't wait for next week. And I want Father Colin Hanks to make it back, too.
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Date: 2008-09-29 06:25 am (UTC)I enjoyed Don name checking his Dad (Archibald Whitman) I enjoyed the way the maid called Betty on all her sketchiness ... I love that Betty has essentially went mental and had a total breakdown, lol, I know, it's rotten of me but ... you know.
OH, SHOW, YOU'RE SO AWESOME. <3 <3 <3 <3 I wish that Maggie Siff wasn't on that terrible motorcycle gang show because then she could come back and be Rachel and my whole world would be complete.