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<p>Which was preceded by her “ham” comment. Much fun.</p>
<p>However I think in the 2nd to last scene, (you know the one), it was was totally unnecessary to involve a child. </p>
<p>I didn’t like it because it denied me a good laugh.</p>
<p>“I didn’t like it because it denied me a good laugh.”</p>
<p>^ Well, I just one. Thx.</p>
<p>Yes, those final scenarios made for a bit of a shocking end.</p>
<p>I know that Matthew Weiner will deal with whatever happens well. For me the focus of these scenes went to Kiernan Shipka’s acting. She is a 12 year old and sometimes out acts certain members of this cast. At a panel Rich Sommer who plays Harry said “If you are going to clap anytime Kiernan says anything smart you will be clapping all evening.”</p>
<p>On Kiernan’s age and appropriateness she has said that as she has grown up she has been doing more and more within the show. For that scene you can easily film them and their reaction which they do on each and every set. She is such a well spoken child that she fully understands what is going on with her character. Also I laugh because the show runner Matt Weiner’s kid is Creepy Glenn.</p>
<p>You have to wonder how much of Mad Men’s budget went into the use of that Beatles song at the end of the show.</p>
<p>Things are starting to get much more interesting…finally. I was beginning to get a little worried that Matt Weiner had lost his touch but the last few episodes have been much better.</p>
<p>So what’s with the elevator? Is someone going to commit suicide (Pete?) or is someone going to accidentally step off into the shaft (ala LA Law)?</p>
<p>Momlive, I was thinking the same thing. So I assume the reason we’re not seeing Betty is because the actress had her baby? Don is an engima to me - he seems to be so stagnant.</p>
<p>With Megan out of the office, will it be a matter of time before Don is up to his old ways? He’s been looking like a supportive faithful husband. He was like this with Betty early on with her jab at modeling. (Sunday morning re-run)</p>
<p>Re last episode:
It was unusually straight-forward, un MadMen like, IMO.
Except for the elevator shaft scene and the last scene with the funky Beatles song playing to Don… Both had that semi-grotesque, bizarre feeling of pre-saging or revealing something.</p>
<p>How are you all feeling about Megan’s turn-about back to acting? On one level, it seems awfully facile and obvious, plot-wise. Yes, it is stirring up interesting stuff at the office and in Don. But it almost flattened Megan to me…</p>
<p>Was that POT being smoked by Peggy in the office?</p>
<p>Is Alexis Bloedel going to be a semi-permanent cast member? Is this true love, or just lust???</p>
<p>That chair that Don is sitting in looks mighty uncomfortable. Symbolic of him sacrificing his own conservative tastes to 60s modernism? It looks small. I think he’d prefer a big leather club chair. </p>
<p>Re comparing Megan’s acting with Bette’s modeling: Meagan is a much more together person with a solid ego. Betty is a fragile mess. </p>
<p>Pete with the skis was full-tilt slapstick. You’d think he’d tie them together to make one manageable package.</p>
<p>And who’s going to be the first to sport a paisley shirt, bell bottoms, and a head band?</p>
<p>“Is Alexis Bloedel going to be a semi-permanent cast member? Is this true love, or just lust???”</p>
<p>Pete loves Peggy. Everyone else is a substitute.</p>
<p>Just noting Don was supportive of both Betty’s and Megan’s career aspirations, not comparing Betty and Megan.</p>
<p>I don’t think Pete loves anyone but himself.</p>
<p>“Was that POT being smoked by Peggy in the office?”</p>
<p>Peggy has been smoking pot in the office (with the boys) since last season. She is the most genuinely weird character on that show and she and Pete were meant for one another.</p>
<p>I tell you, between Mad Men, Girls, Game of Thrones and Sherlock—all on Sunday night, my head is spinning on Monday mornings.</p>
<p>Has anyone else noticed the sounds of traffic that are the constant in all the NYC scenes? </p>
<p>Megan’s character is obvious…she is Betty with more options than Betty had when she was “young”. She doesn’t “have” to have children. That’s done. And Megan has fewer constraints (socially) than Betty did.</p>
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I was thinking the exact same thing.</p>
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Yeah, obviously it was symbolic, but it made no sense that Don walked over to the other elevator. Seemed like an afterthought.</p>
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So true. He is unravelling though. Cannot wait to see what happens with him.</p>
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<p>I’d read this before I saw the episode, and immediately noticed when I watched it that Pete mentioned at the very beginning of the episode that his life insurance policy covers suicide.</p>
<p>^^I think you may something there. Pete is unravelling. Talk of life insurance including suicide after 2 years…</p>
<p>I read that they paid half a million for the rights to the Beatles song but that Matthew Weiner felt it was worth it.</p>
<p>Quarter million, according to Forbes: [That</a> Beatles Moment on ‘Mad Men’ Cost a Cool Quarter Million - Forbes](<a href=“http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2012/05/07/that-beatles-moment-on-mad-men-cost-a-cool-quarter-million/]That”>That Beatles Moment on 'Mad Men' Cost a Cool Quarter Million)</p>
<p>According to the article, Paul and Ringo are big fans of the show, and that helped.</p>
<p>Here’s a quote:</p>
<p>“Was spending that kind of money on a song Weiner’s way of making a statement? Bear in mind the context: In the episode, a client is looking for a Beatles-esque song for his commercial. Since it’s accepted that to get an actual Beatles song would be all but impossible, the client suggests an alternative, one that’s glaringly wrong and cheesy. At the end of the episode, Don Draper listens to “Tomorrow Never Knows” in his living room, alone. Message: You can do it on the cheap, or you can do it right.”</p>
<p>Cast members from Mad Men will be on Inside the Actor’s Studio, on Bravo, Sunday May 14 at 7pm.</p>
<p>Sunday is May 13th…so do you mean Sunday or Monday?</p>
<p>Oops. Sunday May 13.</p>