mad men post
I felt there was a need for a Mad Men post! Have been absolutely loving this season, and this past week's episode was the best one yet. Amazing.
What a gift Matthew Weiner gave to Jon Hamm and Elisabeth Moss with this episode. Their Emmy nominations for next year are already secured. They both got to exhibit a gamut of emotions and be in an episode that was almost like a two-person play. I really loved that the episode was essentially a passing of the baton from Anna to Peggy as the one person who gets Don, who understands who he is and cares about him (loves him?) anyway. We haven't seen enough of these two together lately so it was great to get so much of it here (even if it did mean less Joan and Roger for me, woe). I don't see their relationship as romantic, though I could see it growing into something verrrrrrrry slowly. But what they do have is so interesting, I love it just the way it is. I especially loved how he kept yelling at her to get her to stay because he KNEW that was where she really wanted to be, and he was right. He knows her just as well as she knows him.
Also loved the revelation that he did know she had a baby. Will he ever find out it was with Pete? The drunken swing at Duck was pretty great, too.
And the Don/Roger bromance is in FULL EFFECT. I don't know, I see a lot of speculation that something Very Bad is going to happen to Roger by the end of the season, and then I would have to cry and cry and cry. Love that silver fox.
Anyway, what did you guys think?
What a gift Matthew Weiner gave to Jon Hamm and Elisabeth Moss with this episode. Their Emmy nominations for next year are already secured. They both got to exhibit a gamut of emotions and be in an episode that was almost like a two-person play. I really loved that the episode was essentially a passing of the baton from Anna to Peggy as the one person who gets Don, who understands who he is and cares about him (loves him?) anyway. We haven't seen enough of these two together lately so it was great to get so much of it here (even if it did mean less Joan and Roger for me, woe). I don't see their relationship as romantic, though I could see it growing into something verrrrrrrry slowly. But what they do have is so interesting, I love it just the way it is. I especially loved how he kept yelling at her to get her to stay because he KNEW that was where she really wanted to be, and he was right. He knows her just as well as she knows him.
Also loved the revelation that he did know she had a baby. Will he ever find out it was with Pete? The drunken swing at Duck was pretty great, too.
And the Don/Roger bromance is in FULL EFFECT. I don't know, I see a lot of speculation that something Very Bad is going to happen to Roger by the end of the season, and then I would have to cry and cry and cry. Love that silver fox.
Anyway, what did you guys think?
