tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post2378617578175210381..comments2024-03-10T13:52:18.927-04:00Comments on The Scary Lawyer Guy Blog: Mad Men Season Six - The Art of Deceptionscarylawyerguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03340241283633171546noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-22037526649079464672013-04-17T14:43:21.566-04:002013-04-17T14:43:21.566-04:00I think the key takeaway is "do not get high ...I think the key takeaway is "do not get high and then share office gossip with former co-workers." "Le Duh" as the Twitter says. <br /><br />Pete's shag pad was kind of awful, but he was even awful-er ..I think I have some peanuts and crackers. Oh Pete, you charmer. And nevermind with the toiletries or post-coital conversation ...move it along, Brenda, I have clients to suck up to ... tick tock tick tock.<br /><br />Trudy's mic drop is an insta-classic. Pete seems to be on the receiving end of many signature moments - Peggy dropping the pregnancy bomb, Lane kicking his ass, now Trudy inserting his balls in a jar to keep under the sink. <br /><br />scarylawyerguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03340241283633171546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-85970666512145074772013-04-17T11:06:31.268-04:002013-04-17T11:06:31.268-04:00I thought Pete's bachelor pad was awful! The c...I thought Pete's bachelor pad was awful! The coat rack thing was all crooked and looked like it was about to collapse. It was so sparse...I expected to see some milk crates doubling as a dresser.<br /><br />Wondering if Joan's ex (soon-to-be-ex?) will get killed in Vietnam and if so, what effect that will have on Joan/Kevin's storyline. <br /><br />Trudy's "I will destroy you" was one of my favorite lines. Love Trudy and love Alison Brie!<br /><br />Will we ever see an ackowledgment from Ken about Peggy breaking their stay-together pact? And I was starting to get lulled into false sense of security with Ted Chaugh's supportive attitude towards Peggy, but was jerked back to reality with the ketchup. In his defense however, of course he needs to jump on that. Stan was stupid to tell Peggy, and Peggy was stupid to tell Ted. But Ted would be stupid not to act on it. For god's sake, that's kind of how SCDP got the bean's account.Hayleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-83521058165724957002013-04-15T22:55:50.275-04:002013-04-15T22:55:50.275-04:00I feel like we have a Stan & Peggy thing going...I feel like we have a Stan & Peggy thing going on - but I don't get high ..or have an epic beard. Le Sigh. Anyway, I think a spin off that is just Roger in therapy would be a ratings winner - some of his boozy meanderings into that dictaphone back in Season 4 demand greater exploration (e.g., Cooper's lost testicles, Ida being the "queen of perversion"). I liked Pete's fuck pad better than Don's, if only because it wasn't as gloomy. Don's crib was SO dark, but of course, Pete couldn't any more be a Casanova than a good Samaritan. He is noxious. <br /><br />I do hope they don't write Trudy out - to have waited 5+ seasons to deliver the zinger to end all zingers (open fly to urinate ...) and then disappear would be unjust.scarylawyerguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03340241283633171546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-62640146065719553892013-04-15T22:05:11.158-04:002013-04-15T22:05:11.158-04:00Dr. McRapey's scene was such a heartwrencher. ...Dr. McRapey's scene was such a heartwrencher. And yet she married him anyway. Pride. She could have manifested Betty's myriad darknesses, yet she remains optimistic. I appreciate that about Joan's character.<br /><br />Roger better keep going to that therapist. (He's got the bankroll.)<br /><br />The bit about it all being doors was spot-on, for all time. Do you agree? <br /><br />Stylistically, Pete's quasi-bachelor pad is *still* not as cool as Don's was. The glass panels are neat, though. I love how he can't even tell Bob Benson the truth about Trudy. Pride.<br /><br />In other news: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUaGnjRvTFk<br /><br />(Bob Benson's future as Bobby Benson by way of Jim Henson. Has no one else thought of that?!)<br /><br />Oh, Mad Men and the obfuscation of honesty!Suzy Dragnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10109293501284003456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-30483434593184962322013-04-15T22:03:31.051-04:002013-04-15T22:03:31.051-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Suzy Dragnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10109293501284003456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-51883556510349374562013-04-15T21:51:34.350-04:002013-04-15T21:51:34.350-04:00Christina Hendricks will enter the acting hall of ...Christina Hendricks will enter the acting hall of fame solely on that blank look she gives something bad has happened - first, with her gay roommate, next, when Greg raped her, then, when Lane kissed her. Poor Joan. <br /><br />Suffice to say, I'm probably not representative of "men," however, I will say that I appreciate a woman who is well put together (sartorially speaking that is). So, if a scarf adds to your overall look, I say, by all means. <br /><br />I had hopes for Joan and Roger, but after he assented to Operation Indecent Proposal, I think that ended things for them, though, it's clear, as Joyce said, that she is the lid for his pot (and he could stop going to therapy, which would be his gain but the audience's loss).scarylawyerguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03340241283633171546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-14827771589489916362013-04-15T21:47:11.731-04:002013-04-15T21:47:11.731-04:00Topaz pantyhose are the Coca-Cola of control top u...Topaz pantyhose are the Coca-Cola of control top undergarments ..oh, the list goes on and on. Ken's shining moment was that dark sci-fi story in Season 5- the robot who pulls the widget out of the bridge and kills everyone. I thought there was deep symbolism in that act of rebellion. I was thinking today that you could literally start watching Mad Men at the beginning of Season 4 and have little lost by not having seen Seasons 1-3 and conversely, Seasons 1-3 formed a neat 3 act play and you could have stopped watching as Don opened the bedroom door in that room at the Pierre and peered out to the nascent SCDP and filled in the rest of the blanks yourself. It's like two entirely different shows.scarylawyerguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03340241283633171546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-47175468625129305542013-04-15T21:45:47.062-04:002013-04-15T21:45:47.062-04:00Her zinger to Jagoff Herb was a winner. As was her...Her zinger to Jagoff Herb was a winner. As was her acting when she announced him to Don and had a drink. <br /><br />Arch's hillbilly joke was the only one I thought was legit funny, though.<br />Hallucinating Don is pretty much a win +1. <br /><br />I'm sure something will happen with Joan. She makes great window-dressing. Maybe she'll fall in love or something. <br /><br />(I though it was a little ironic in her S6e3 costume that she's wearing a scarf...S1e1, "Men love scarves.")<br /><br />SLG: DO MEN LOVE SCARVES? I need to know. I'm entering the workforce soon-ish.<br /><br />(Aside: still not giving in to Get Glue.)Suzy Dragnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10109293501284003456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-54625205906078701372013-04-15T21:36:56.655-04:002013-04-15T21:36:56.655-04:00"Too bad Ken never referred to napalm as the ..."Too bad Ken never referred to napalm as the "Coca-Cola of thermite devices.""<br /><br />*guffaw* <br />I loved Aaron's delivery of "It's the Coca-Cola of condiments." Trudy stole the show with "I will destroy you," though. <br /><br /><3 <3Suzy Dragnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10109293501284003456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-90947532740891504552013-04-15T21:31:15.554-04:002013-04-15T21:31:15.554-04:00Very good point - I think young Dick tumbled down ...Very good point - I think young Dick tumbled down the stairs while the grown ups were cooing over baby Adam. How does that work, anyway? Do they close the brothel for the day so the delivery can happen. I just don't know. That they "turned out" Abigail was disappointing, she seemed so Christian when that poor hobo came to the Whitman family farm a few years prior and now Uncle Mack is having his way with her (to answer your question, I think the idea is that the pimp "claims" the prostitute by means of having sex with her - at least that's what TV has taught me).<br /><br />I'm hoping for the flashback where Dick urinates in the trunks of the cars of the "fancy people" whose cars he parked but who would not let him use the toilet at the local roadhouse (referenced in My Old Kentucky Home, Season 3 Episode 3). <br /><br />Oh, and the hillbilly says .."howdy neighbor .. we're gonna have a welcome party. There's gonna be a whole lotta dancing, a lotta drinkin' and a whole lotta screwin' neighbor says, "sounds good, what can I bring?" Hillbilly says, "you can bring whatever you want, just gonna be you and me" - LOVE THAT (Seven Twenty-Three, Season 3, Episode 7). Don, high on pills, has a hallucination, Archie's drinking out of his jug and then Don gets robbed. Classic.<br /><br />I think Joan's role is going to expand as the season progresses - there was too much given to her last season to suddenly shunt her to the side. She did have that one great line about Herb not seeing something in years too ...scarylawyerguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03340241283633171546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-34833458973811384792013-04-15T21:25:08.067-04:002013-04-15T21:25:08.067-04:00Thank you for your comment. It was not an all-time...Thank you for your comment. It was not an all-time classic, but I think there was a lot going on (particularly with Heinz, and obviously, Pete/Trudy) that will have a big impact during the season. scarylawyerguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03340241283633171546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-58846887407168554662013-04-15T21:23:40.925-04:002013-04-15T21:23:40.925-04:00Ha ha .. afraid not - I was still in high school w...Ha ha .. afraid not - I was still in high school when that TV show was on :)scarylawyerguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03340241283633171546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-23080568866974069672013-04-15T21:23:12.270-04:002013-04-15T21:23:12.270-04:00Too bad Ken never referred to napalm as the "...Too bad Ken never referred to napalm as the "Coca-Cola of thermite devices." Someone pointed out that Pete and Peggy spent this episode trying to be Don - the former in his sordid personal life, the latter in his professional life, and both failed miserably. Having tried to counsel Pete against straying back in Season 5, it seems Don is resigned to his fate (and toggling between reveling and hating it).scarylawyerguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03340241283633171546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-19028221247135041782013-04-15T20:56:14.130-04:002013-04-15T20:56:14.130-04:00It's clear to me after two viewings that I kno...It's clear to me after two viewings that I know precious little about the workings of depression-era brothels. <br /><br />Help?<br /><br />It's the oldest profession, sure, but do they all just get VD, have "whore-children" and die? Kids can't hang around a brothel. They spoil the mood.<br /><br />One thing that bothered me about the time line is that young Dick Whitman is noticeably older than he was in the flashback of newborn little brother Adam. Actors age, can't be helped. <br /><br />So, ok, Dick is supposed to be 10 or 11 when Adam is born (coming up in a few months, flashback-wise). Don said that Mack was nice to him. I guess Abigail's hobo-code-era religion was fake? Is her sister Ernestine is a prostitute or a landlady? Also: Uncle Mack porking Abigail? CAN'T UN-SEE. And why? What does "I'm the rooster, around here" mean, anyway? Worst flashback in the history of Don/Dick flashbacks. I'd give anything for a flashback to Don having fun with Anna, or even something from that tense time leading up to Anna finding Dick/Don selling used cars in the fifties. <br /><br />At least they haven't done any hillbilly jokes this season. They must have been pervasive in the first half of the twentieth century. I just find them jarring. <br /><br />Aside: really thankful for the Johnny Walker adverts. Not enough Joan this season yet, and they know it. <br /><br />Sigh. I'm too obsessed with this show. I guess I need to go to Hawaii and jump off...Suzy Dragnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10109293501284003456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-42807970478868578772013-04-15T18:59:21.753-04:002013-04-15T18:59:21.753-04:00Really great recap, Scary. I myself did not love ...Really great recap, Scary. I myself did not love this episode but I enjoy your perspective.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-29550270000213613822013-04-15T16:47:39.959-04:002013-04-15T16:47:39.959-04:00Tilden, is your last name other than Katz? Did we...Tilden, is your last name other than Katz? Did we go to law school together in the "LA Law" era?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-55444275301247915022013-04-15T15:10:17.122-04:002013-04-15T15:10:17.122-04:00Great recap, as usual. What I liked the most is wh...Great recap, as usual. What I liked the most is what everybody else is saying: this felt like a"vintage" Mad Men episode. The characters and their complexities, the facades, the little details that connect to previous stories. The list goes on and on.<br /><br />Great episode, it seems that the Ketchup just spiced things up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com