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post #31 of 147
8/30/09 at 4:15pm

Ep. 2 didn't feel like it was a very "important" episode, all things considered, but there were two moments that stuck out to me for how funny they were:

—Peggy imitating Ann-Margret in "Bye Bye Birdie"
—The maypole dance music, because it's one of the stock cues in rotation on "SpongeBob SquarePants."

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post #32 of 147
8/31/09 at 6:20am
This was the "all singing all dancing almost all humiliating" episode.
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post #33 of 147
8/31/09 at 6:26am
Isn't it fun to watch Peggy blossom into a Mad Man herself?
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post #34 of 147
8/31/09 at 12:04pm
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Did anyone else focus on the date of Maggie Sterling's wedding? That's going to be one gloomy affair.
 
Though they hit us over the head with it when they zoomed in on the invite.

For me Don stroking the lawn was to connect with the nymphs bare feet.
 
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post #35 of 147
8/31/09 at 12:10pm
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Though they hit us over the head with it when they zoomed in on the invite.
 


It just looked like an insert shot to me. I assume that Mad Men has smarter than average viewers but I'd bet that alot of them didn't even make the connection between the two dates.
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post #36 of 147
8/31/09 at 2:46pm
I really enjoyed Peggy last night.  I think every season so far has had one or two prominent 'womens episodes'.  This was one of them as all the women were juxtaposed against one another.
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post #37 of 147
9/1/09 at 9:45am
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Renewed for a 4th Season

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/01/amc-renews-mad-men-for-a-fourth-season/25887
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post #38 of 147
9/1/09 at 11:13am
At this pace, we'll see their reaction to a man taking a step on the moon in the season playing in 2015.
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post #39 of 147
9/1/09 at 3:37pm
I may be misremembering but I thought Matthew Weiner has said that he wants the show to run six seasons and go up until 1969.
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post #40 of 147
9/10/09 at 7:37pm
 Who played Peggy's new (perhaps) room-mate?
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post #41 of 147
9/10/09 at 7:39pm
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 Who played Peggy's new (perhaps) room-mate?


Carla Gallo. You probably know her from Carnivale (she played Libby the 'dancer'). She was also on Undeclared and has had small parts in most Judd Apatow movies.
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post #42 of 147
9/10/09 at 7:49pm
 Thanks Travis!

Now that I've looked her up, it was 4 episodes of "Bones" that I remember her from.
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post #43 of 147
9/10/09 at 8:47pm
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Carla Gallo. You probably know her from Carnivale (she played Libby the 'dancer'). She was also on Undeclared and has had small parts in most Judd Apatow movies.

Fans of Californication will remember her as Daisy, Charlie's client (among other things) in season 2.
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post #44 of 147
9/10/09 at 10:55pm
Ah yes, Toe Sucking Girl and Period Blood Girl.
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post #45 of 147
9/11/09 at 4:06pm
 Thought that was an excellently done segment when Harry Crane's (Rich Sommer) wife wanted to know "what was wrong" and he made several excuses and and then basically just came out to her, unconsciously I'd say.
The look on her face as "it all became clear as a tinkerbell" was by turns hilarious and heartbreaking.
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post #46 of 147
9/11/09 at 4:29pm
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 Thought that was an excellently done segment when Harry Crane's (Rich Sommer) wife wanted to know "what was wrong" and he made several excuses and and then basically just came out to her, unconsciously I'd say.
The look on her face as "it all became clear as a tinkerbell" was by turns hilarious and heartbreaking.

I think you meant to refer to Sal Romano (played by Bryan Batt). Harry Crane is the bespectacled youngster who, in season 2, formed the TV division.
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post #47 of 147
9/11/09 at 5:24pm
 Thanks Michael!
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post #48 of 147
9/14/09 at 6:22am
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This show has such a short story style to it.  Loved last night's ep.  It's apparent that the bristling between Sterling-Cooper & Pitman, Putney & Lowe is a pretty significant one.  And how it all shakes out is going to be interesting.
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post #49 of 147
9/14/09 at 7:47am
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This show has such a short story style to it. 

 

I know exactly what you mean -- although I've come to think of them more as chapters of a serialized novel. Each one comes to some kind of intermediate conclusion, but they fit into a larger whole that probably won't be apparent until the end. It was the experience of watching the second season in the space of a few days and then writing it up for a BD review that got me thinking this way. It wasn't until the very last episode of season two that Peggy's arc for that season came fully into focus. Right now, all of the main characters seem to be on uncertain paths, and I'm finding that exciting, as if almost anything could happen.
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post #50 of 147
9/18/09 at 6:53am

Cameo alert: Lisa Simpson (or Yeardley Smith as she most likely prefers) played the waiting room nurse.

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post #51 of 147
9/18/09 at 3:23pm
 Thanks! I knew I'd seen that little face somewhere.
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post #52 of 147
9/20/09 at 8:56pm
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Stunningly brilliant tonight.  Wow.  So many great, great scenes.. I knew the moment the riding lawn mower showed up, there would be trouble :)  I couldn't figure out how they could get it up the elevator.. but classic.  I'm wondering if it will inspire Jane to re-evaluate her goals, how quick she reacted to save the situation... maybe her fingers have brains ;) :)

The chance meeting a few weeks ago for Don as he poured a drink pays off in spades for Don.. now the question becomes: will Don stick it out and land the big account, or get frustrated and decide Sterling/Cooper re-negotiates with him or he splits?  Interesting.

And, a spoiler..

Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)
It appears Jane's hubby may take his own life.. stunner!
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post #53 of 147
9/20/09 at 9:18pm
Most awesome episode of "Mad Men" yet.

Roger had the line of the night, so I added it to my signature.
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post #54 of 147
9/20/09 at 9:20pm
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You've got to figure she's fired.  I loved the reference to Tom Sawyer.  
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post #55 of 147
9/20/09 at 10:27pm
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. I knew the moment the riding lawn mower showed up, there would be trouble :)  I couldn't figure out how they could get it up the elevator.. 

Any decent sized office building has an easily entered freight elevator. 

 
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post #56 of 147
9/21/09 at 5:27am
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Most awesome episode of "Mad Men" yet.

Roger had the line of the night, so I added it to my signature.

 

My personal favorite (and I probably don't have the phrasing quite right) was this one: "Somewhere in this business this has happened before." I think it was the certainty with which he said it that cracked me up.

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You've got to figure she's fired.  

Though Price would probably like to give her a bonus.
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post #57 of 147
9/22/09 at 6:25am
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My personal favorite (and I probably don't have the phrasing quite right) was this one: "Somewhere in this business this has happened before." I think it was the certainty with which he said it that cracked me up.

 


According to the commentaries on the first two seasons, they've been told some crazy stories by ad men of that era so I think the lawn mower story may have been pulled from reality.
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post #58 of 147
9/22/09 at 4:57pm

What an extraordinary episode. I have come to expect a really good episode each week, but this episode rose to new heights.

 

One of the three Brits brought back old memories of James Mason.

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post #59 of 147
9/23/09 at 6:33am
I see many potential employees for the Draper Agency. Don has 500k in the bank in early 60's dollars, the backing of Conrad Hilton and an eye for talent. (Sal, Peggy, etc...) And people that owe him. Not to mention Sterling Cooper maybe falling apart and people thinking of jumping ship.
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post #60 of 147
9/25/09 at 10:02am
Best ep of the season so far. Many great lines there, but it's the hospital scenes that had me howling the most. "He was a great salesman" or something to that effect.

Draper has been noticeably lighter this season. He has shaken off some of his demons and is finding some fulfillment in his work and family.

Is Christina Hendrix off the show? I sure hope not.

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