Welcome back to the Mad Men Post-Mortems, where we dissect each week’s episode. I’m so sad we are on the last seven episodes. I’m so glad that APieceoftheContinent is back to do these with me each week. WARNING: Spoilers ahead!!
The last time Don played with the girls in casting, Roger had a heart attack. Don is giving this girl the creepy, sex eyes so it’s weird when you realize they are not the only two in the room. He is obviously in full on bachelor mode again after the last conversation we saw with him and Megan. Any self-control he might have had when he was married to Megan is all gone out the window.
Where were Roger and Don coming from that they needed to be wearing tuxes? Does it even matter?
Am I the only one that wasn’t surprised when Roger dropped that C-note for the meal? Like, why would he have anything smaller than that.
Do you think that Don thought the waitress really looked like Rachel Katz? Or is she a metaphor for every girl Don really loves?
Wondering about the time… A quick Google search of the Nixon speech reveals it’s September 1969. Well, at least during some part of this episode. So we’ve skipped about 3 months ahead. With as fast as time can pass on this show, surely we’ll see part of the 70s. Or this could all end on NYE 1969 because that would be such a Matthew Weiner thing to do.
More than Harry, I find myself wondering how Meredith is not only still employed at SC&P (is it still SC&P?), but how has she stayed on Don’s desk?
I guess I didn’t realize Kenny is stuck with the patch for the rest of his life.
Ok, so Rachel was a dream right? Like when Anna Draper died?
“I’m supposed to tell you that you missed your flight.” Throwaway line, or does this point to something bigger?
Your wife tells you she wants to quit and that you can spend her money and you want to wait and see if you get a raise? Nah, big mistake Kenny.
I’m not sure how Peggy and Joan kept it together during that McCann meeting. I would have kicked them all in the balls. Those dudes fucked around for so long, I was really surprised when they looked at the information that Peggy and Joan presented to them.
Did Don know he was going to have sex with that waitress when he followed her into the back alley? Does he knock her up?! Roger got Joan pregnant in an alley once.
Pete is such a whiny baby complaining about all his money.
“I’m not Irish; I’m not Catholic; I can read.” Nice one Kenny.
Ok, so if Kevin Rahm (Ted) didn’t really grow a mustache and they one he has on is fake, it’s like they used too much glue and he can’t move his mouth, so his speech sounds a little odd.
Do we think Ted is still with Nan? He seems a bit happier in the few minutes we saw him. Or maybe that’s just because he was looking at the book of 120 models. (Probably not, huh, if he’s telling Don about the Vogue party and cocktails at “his” apartment?)
So Mathis’ brother-in-law is Devon Gummersall aka Brian Krakow from My So-Called Life. I was pretty drunk the first time I watched this episode and keeping my eyes open was a real struggle, but I knew I knew him from somewhere.
When did Peggy quit a job because she wanted to go to Paris?
Good for Peggy for having some restraint with Stevie. Though who drops the relationship bomb in the middle of the night when both people are drunk? After only a first date, Steve is likely to walk out that door and never come back. I wonder if we’ll get to see Peggy in a happy relationship. Even though he’s currently unemployed, Stevie’s got a career path that might be more in line with Peggy’s. And he can put up with her “take no gruff” attitude.
It seems like we covered a lot during this episode, but we didn’t get any Betty or Sally. I can’t wait to see what they’re up to.
See you next week in the OT!
