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mad men!
My Mad Men squee cannot be contained in 140 characters. So some longer thoughts under the cut.
Overall I loved the premiere. Not much happened, which is as per usual for this show’s first few episodes, but I loved seeing where everyone is now. And I really loved the art direction – the Drapers’ apartment is amazing, and the entire party scene was a visual feast. I wanted to go to there. Megan’s wardrobe is fantastic, and Pete’s
plaid jacket was hilarious. I’m as excited for the fashion this season as I am anything else.
So here’s what we know….
Joan had the baby but Greg is still not around! (Yay.) Roger must know the baby is his but is going along with the charade. Roger and Jane are not doing well at all. (Yay.) Roger is not doing well, period. I’m going to be very curious to see how his arc plays out this season. He’s certainly a man on the brink and he can either finally get with
the program and make changes in his life that will keep him successful and happy, or he’s going to completely fall apart. And the one woman who could help is raising his child as another man’s. As for Joan, I loved that she was so eager to get back to work, and I hated that the kind of shade her mother was throwing her is still thrown at women who like their jobs and WANT to go back to work after they have a child.
Here’s hoping she’s back at SCDP full-time soon.
Megan knows about Dick Whitman! And it’s not even an issue between them. I suspect Don felt he could tell Megan precisely because she’s the kind of person who wouldn’t find it to be a big deal. Still kind of surprising, though (in a good way). Aside from that their relationship is pretty twisted. They seem to make each other happy
most of the time but how much of that is just based on superficialities? Megan knows about Dick Whitman but she doesn’t really KNOW him. (Peggy, of course, knew the surprise party was a bad idea.) The inevitable disintegration of their marriage (maybe) should be interesting to watch. In the meantime I’ll just keep girlcrushing
on Jessica Pare.
Peggy and her lefty journalist are still a couple and are pleasantly adorable together! And poor Peggy is having to deal with being her boss’ wife’s boss (eep) and with her boss not being the boss he used to be. It’s not really shocking to me that Don seems so blasé about work since he’s (generally) happy with Megan; he’s always been content
to throw work to the side whenever something personal comes up. But will this eventually spell trouble for SCDP?
Pete lives in the suburbs! And seems to miss New York, though it’s probably more likely his former life that he’s missing. (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
snacktime’s comment: “So those two aren’t having sex anymore.”) And as weaselly as he is, it’s understandable that he’d be frustrated with the situation at SCDP. I loved how Roger took it upon himself to “fix” the office situation in a way that Pete couldn’t really complain about it. But relations are only going to become more and more strained between these two.
Lane’s wife is in New York! But Lane doesn’t seem all that happy about it. He’s also getting creepier by the minute. (Best tweet I saw about it: “Poor Lane, suffering in the days before Craigslist Personals.”) I’m wondering if the Dolores situation will present itself again later in the season. I’m betting yes.
All that said, the scene between Lane and Joan was fantastic. I love watching those two together. And Lane’s imitation of Megan was priceless.
Harry is getting more and more skeevy! Which is a shame as Rich Sommer is looking great.
Sally is still awesome! No news there.
Little Gene is ridiculously adorable! And the new Bobby seems good.
Very excited to see how the season continues...a lot of stuff was set up in these first two hours, now we'll see how Weiner goes about knocking them down. Can't wait!
Overall I loved the premiere. Not much happened, which is as per usual for this show’s first few episodes, but I loved seeing where everyone is now. And I really loved the art direction – the Drapers’ apartment is amazing, and the entire party scene was a visual feast. I wanted to go to there. Megan’s wardrobe is fantastic, and Pete’s
plaid jacket was hilarious. I’m as excited for the fashion this season as I am anything else.
So here’s what we know….
Joan had the baby but Greg is still not around! (Yay.) Roger must know the baby is his but is going along with the charade. Roger and Jane are not doing well at all. (Yay.) Roger is not doing well, period. I’m going to be very curious to see how his arc plays out this season. He’s certainly a man on the brink and he can either finally get with
the program and make changes in his life that will keep him successful and happy, or he’s going to completely fall apart. And the one woman who could help is raising his child as another man’s. As for Joan, I loved that she was so eager to get back to work, and I hated that the kind of shade her mother was throwing her is still thrown at women who like their jobs and WANT to go back to work after they have a child.
Here’s hoping she’s back at SCDP full-time soon.
Megan knows about Dick Whitman! And it’s not even an issue between them. I suspect Don felt he could tell Megan precisely because she’s the kind of person who wouldn’t find it to be a big deal. Still kind of surprising, though (in a good way). Aside from that their relationship is pretty twisted. They seem to make each other happy
most of the time but how much of that is just based on superficialities? Megan knows about Dick Whitman but she doesn’t really KNOW him. (Peggy, of course, knew the surprise party was a bad idea.) The inevitable disintegration of their marriage (maybe) should be interesting to watch. In the meantime I’ll just keep girlcrushing
on Jessica Pare.
Peggy and her lefty journalist are still a couple and are pleasantly adorable together! And poor Peggy is having to deal with being her boss’ wife’s boss (eep) and with her boss not being the boss he used to be. It’s not really shocking to me that Don seems so blasé about work since he’s (generally) happy with Megan; he’s always been content
to throw work to the side whenever something personal comes up. But will this eventually spell trouble for SCDP?
Pete lives in the suburbs! And seems to miss New York, though it’s probably more likely his former life that he’s missing. (
snacktime’s comment: “So those two aren’t having sex anymore.”) And as weaselly as he is, it’s understandable that he’d be frustrated with the situation at SCDP. I loved how Roger took it upon himself to “fix” the office situation in a way that Pete couldn’t really complain about it. But relations are only going to become more and more strained between these two.Lane’s wife is in New York! But Lane doesn’t seem all that happy about it. He’s also getting creepier by the minute. (Best tweet I saw about it: “Poor Lane, suffering in the days before Craigslist Personals.”) I’m wondering if the Dolores situation will present itself again later in the season. I’m betting yes.
All that said, the scene between Lane and Joan was fantastic. I love watching those two together. And Lane’s imitation of Megan was priceless.
Harry is getting more and more skeevy! Which is a shame as Rich Sommer is looking great.
Sally is still awesome! No news there.
Little Gene is ridiculously adorable! And the new Bobby seems good.
Very excited to see how the season continues...a lot of stuff was set up in these first two hours, now we'll see how Weiner goes about knocking them down. Can't wait!
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the program and make changes in his life that will keep him successful and happy
I'm beginning to think it's not in Roger's (or Don's) nature to be happy. Whatever they've got, they end up wanting something different. Roger has had so many opportunities to have Joan, but he always chooses something else. Back when he was married, he thought Jane would be the solution to his happiness, and now he's more miserable than ever. If Roger married Joan tomorrow, he'd probably be sleeping with Pete's secretary by the weekend.
And the new Bobby seems good.
Is the new Bobby M.J. Delfino from DH? That's who he looks like, but I don't see it on that actor's imdb, so idk.
Love the Lane/Joan dynamic! Hope they never take it to a creepy sex place.
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That is very true. It would be refreshing to see him "grow up," but at this point I don't think Roger is capable of that.
And I don't think it's the kid from Desperate Housewives, no.
Love the Lane/Joan dynamic! Hope they never take it to a creepy sex place.
I don't think they would do that. The very idea gives me the willies. Eeeeeek.
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The business with Pete and the office was fascinating and, yes, you're right: things are only going to get more difficult between him and Roger.
Didn't realize how much I missed it all until I watched it all. Yay!
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Similarly, I am kind of amazed by Megan, simply because she seems to be able to get both Peggy and Sally to be nice to her. Not only are they both notoriously prickly, but they've both got reason to resent her, so the fact that she can get them to be nice to her is sort of goddesslike. I was in awe of all of her interactions with Peggy because their relationship is so fraught with tension and yet Megan always seems to win Peggy over.
But, OMG, she and Don are such a train wreck waiting to happen! You were SO RIGHT on Twitter about how Don would only like the singing if it had come from a woman he wasn't married to. Oh, Don, you are such a self-destructive dickbag. LOL.
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Very true. And even his creepiness comes from a place of sadness and loneliness that is understandable, even if it goes about placating it in less understandable ways. ;)
Agreed about Megan, though we didn't get to see much interaction between Megan and Sally this time, so I will be curious to see how that develops. The way she looked at Megan lying in Don's bed didn't exactly look happy.
Oh, Don, you are such a self-destructive dickbag. LOL.
LOLOL, that pretty much sums it up! Jerk.
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