tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post8809130341492428..comments2024-03-10T13:52:18.927-04:00Comments on The Scary Lawyer Guy Blog: Megan Draper Must Diescarylawyerguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03340241283633171546noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-26650349963675167282013-07-26T16:38:54.494-04:002013-07-26T16:38:54.494-04:00THANK YOU! Megan is so boring, Zou Bisou was bruta...THANK YOU! Megan is so boring, Zou Bisou was brutal. I think Megan dying/dead would be more interesting than her whole time on the show combined. She makes me cringe whenever she's on screenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-74444713606177649842013-05-27T08:54:50.752-04:002013-05-27T08:54:50.752-04:00You people have way too much time on your handsYou people have way too much time on your handsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-84203512100360225732012-05-01T07:28:11.187-04:002012-05-01T07:28:11.187-04:00Happy to; though I did err, he is predicted to die...Happy to; though I did err, he is predicted to die in 1985, not 1984. Here is the link:<br /><br />http://www.vulture.com/2012/03/when-will-don-draper-die.htmlscarylawyerguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03340241283633171546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-67021257733183171082012-04-30T14:37:42.143-04:002012-04-30T14:37:42.143-04:00Could you please provide a link to the 1984 Don pi...Could you please provide a link to the 1984 Don picture. I missed that one, and let's just say I'm a glutton for punishment..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-34001832503347409402012-04-26T18:11:47.273-04:002012-04-26T18:11:47.273-04:00Thanks, Christine. Your idea for Megan's demi...Thanks, Christine. Your idea for Megan's demise would fit the dark themes of this season!scarylawyerguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03340241283633171546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-20654552984500769612012-04-26T17:18:52.962-04:002012-04-26T17:18:52.962-04:00I totally agree that Megan Draper's character ...I totally agree that Megan Draper's character must die in order for the show to get back on track. I predict she finds out she's pregnant but doesn't want Don to know, and then dies from complications of an illegal abortion. Just sayin!Christinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-56241829778171958002012-04-25T17:59:01.481-04:002012-04-25T17:59:01.481-04:00I think "Far Away Places" showed that Do...I think "Far Away Places" showed that Don cannot handle a complex woman (a point also proven when he rebuffed Dr. Faye last season). Megan IS a complex, more "modern" woman who did not give in when Don had a temper tantrum and stormed out of the Howard Johnson's parking lot. Consider how Don treated Betty and how she took his bullshit for the better part of 3 seasons versus Megan, who is putting him on notice that she won't tolerate it.scarylawyerguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03340241283633171546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-57436071752793309892012-04-25T17:09:55.766-04:002012-04-25T17:09:55.766-04:00Why not make Megan Draper more complex and less pe...Why not make Megan Draper more complex and less perfect? This complexity of hers might bring out more angst and darkness from Don.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-69309200095457143022012-04-24T22:28:44.783-04:002012-04-24T22:28:44.783-04:00"he is moving heaven and earth to try and get..."he is moving heaven and earth to try and get it right."<br /><br />Yes, I think he is too - One thing I noticed is that he was not drinking - while Megan was lost.<br />Like your blog - thanks for the insightFayeMacnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-60672169547439062442012-04-24T19:29:45.914-04:002012-04-24T19:29:45.914-04:00You nailed her line and is of a piece with things...You nailed her line and is of a piece with things Don has said ("people don't change" and "people tell us who they are, but we ignore it, because we want them to be who we want them to be") and the line by the psychiatrist at the acid party: "I have patients who spend years reasoning out their motivation for a mistake, and when they find it out, they think they’ve found the truth, and they probably have. But then they go out and make the same mistake.” It’s a myth that tracing logic all the way down to the truth is a cure for neurosis or anything else.” Just a fancier way of making the same point. <br /><br />What I think Dr. Faye was pointing was that Don likes the chase and bores easily (which does not make him particularly unique among men). Another blog I read pointed out that the flashback to the car trip with Sally and Bobby was fitting b/c they were returning from an "unreality" - Disneyland - where Don was swept up in that facade and made a rash decision. I don't buy what others have said that Don is realizing the marriage is a mistake, to the contrary, he is moving heaven and earth to try and get it right.scarylawyerguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03340241283633171546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-60045728681229929082012-04-24T10:17:11.759-04:002012-04-24T10:17:11.759-04:00another thing that has me thinking - maybe you can...another thing that has me thinking - maybe you can shed some light on this. When Don broke his engagement news to Dr. Faye over the phone - she said to him something like - "I hope this new person knows that you only like the beginning of things?" What did she mean by that? - and how is that playing out? After all Dr. Faye knows Don/Dick pretty well and she did predict that he would marry within a year.FayeMacnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-60859067106334614492012-04-24T06:39:29.845-04:002012-04-24T06:39:29.845-04:00*LOVE* the idea that Megan may have been a high cl...*LOVE* the idea that Megan may have been a high class call girl - I didn't even think to put that together. After this week's episode (Far Away Places), it's clear that Don is *really* trying to make this work and be a better person but is falling short.scarylawyerguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03340241283633171546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-38631743909894715012012-04-24T01:20:46.044-04:002012-04-24T01:20:46.044-04:00I too think something dark is going to happen to b...I too think something dark is going to happen to burst the Don Megan happy bubble. After seeing Pete with the prostitute -acting out the different scenarios - til she found one that would please him, it occurred to me that the play acting seemed very similiar to the one Megan was performing for Don earlier. Perhaps Megan was trained by the same madam. The girls at the place seemed well groomed and in very fashionable clothes. How would it be if Don found out he was married to a former call girl? After all, she was very adept at seducing him initally.FayeMacnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-87821902537263217702012-04-22T21:05:37.089-04:002012-04-22T21:05:37.089-04:00I am in agreement on the Zou Bisou Bisou serenade....I am in agreement on the Zou Bisou Bisou serenade. It was uncomfortable to watch. I vote for killing off Megan.NSPJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000373670037615940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-63101119867220263412012-04-22T18:45:37.738-04:002012-04-22T18:45:37.738-04:00Driving would be an interesting nod to the Signal ...Driving would be an interesting nod to the Signal 30 episode. Here's the link to the Draper photo (and actuarial breakdown). I did misspeak, he is predicted to die in 1985, not 1984, age 59. RIP.<br /><br />http://www.vulture.com/2012/03/when-will-don-draper-die.htmlscarylawyerguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03340241283633171546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-82861284196313333372012-04-22T18:42:26.717-04:002012-04-22T18:42:26.717-04:00I agree with you that something very dark and cata...I agree with you that something very dark and catastrophic is going to happen and it will not only affect us but the characters that we most care about. I can't see bumping off Cooper because he has been so marginalized and it won't be Roger either because no one else can deliver those lines. For a while I was thinking that they could bump off Bobby Draper, which would really gnaw a hole in Don's soul, especially if somehow Megan was involved (she is driving?), but that seems way too soapy. <br /><br />Do you have a link to the Vulture photo of Don Draper in 1984? I can't believe I missed that one.<br /><br />I'm not a stalker, but I do enjoy your thoughtful comments here and on that other Mad Men blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-81869964175832154892012-04-22T18:01:06.392-04:002012-04-22T18:01:06.392-04:00That is an awesome comment, no offense taken! I l...That is an awesome comment, no offense taken! I liked the "spins" you put on Megan's potential demise because they would also be plausible viz a viz "the times." I also subscribe not only to the "people don't change" mantra but the "people tell us who they are, but we ignore it, because we want them to be who WE want them to be." (the latter line coming from Season 4's "The Summer Man.") The only thing is, Megan never told us who she is, we don't really know her other than taking at face value that she is actually a good person working in an environment with a bunch of cynical people. We know who Don is, or we thought we did, and I do root for this "new" version of Don if only b/c *I* want to believe people do get second chances, but as Jules Winfield said in another context, "I want to believe that, but that shit ain't the truth." <br /><br />Regardless, I think something pretty catastrophic is going to go down. Initially, I thought they might bump off Cooper (whose role seems really wasted - he gets like ONE good line per season) since he's the oldest, or maybe Roger, who is now just there for zippy one liners, but then I realized, Megan, it actually makes sense and would either allow for some future Betty/Don reconciliation or Don dying alone (the MY Mag's Vulture photo of Don in 1984 still haunts me). <br /><br />Thanks for reading my blog, I am happy you enjoy it. <br /><br />SLGscarylawyerguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03340241283633171546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-37815260144791912812012-04-22T17:36:15.932-04:002012-04-22T17:36:15.932-04:00Very interesting and thoughtful.
Well, that would...Very interesting and thoughtful.<br /><br />Well, that would certainly be a game changer and this is interesting to think about, but there are some other variations on the same theme that might be interesting to mull over:<br /><br />a) Megan dies not due to random city violence but because of something careless that Don does (e.g., drunk driving). For Don to be responsible for killing someone he clearly loves would be the ultimate comeuppance for him and bring him a river of guilt that would almost be unbearable. <br /><br />b) What if Megan dies as part of the fall-out due to political unrest (e.g., a bombing to protest the war)?<br /><br />c) What if Megan dies due to a drug-overdose as she parties with her friends after a fight she has with Don so that he is partially responsible?<br /><br />The more I think about this, the more I'm not so sure. I do agree that something devastating will likely happen to Don that will make him revert to his genuine true-self, tortured-self ways. I don't find Season 5's Don Draper as boring as much as more temporary because it is like Dick Whitman inhabiting Don Draper's clothes, job, marriage, and apartment (and BTW, I think Jon Hamm is not getting enough credit for his acting ability to make this "new" Don Draper - Dick Whitman transformation so believable that even you find him boring!). :-)<br /><br /> I'm more inclined to think that there is something from Dick Whitman's past (maybe as Don Draper) that has yet to be revealed that is even worse than stealing an identity and being a deserter. It has to be something that is the lowest form of cowardice imaginable. Megan is too perfect and there has to be something about Don that even she can't accept, and so she leaves him. Wow, would that bring back the self-loathing that we love in Don Draper or what? <br /><br />Because Matt Weiner has repeatedly claimed (and demonstrated over 5 seasons) that people don't change, the return to Don's unhappy, tortured self will be a tricky affair because I don't think they will redo Don's drunken downfall from Season 4. I think that Don has to be "burned" badly by someone else -- almost like he has to be on the receiving end of what he has dished out to Betty (but this time Megan is dishing it out). Then we might see a Don Draper who might turn that bitterness back into creative advertising mojo as he travels on a one-way journey of personal redemption that is always just a bit out of his grasp. <br /><br />Do I have any confidence in any of these theories? Absolutely not. Why? I have yet to read a theory or prediction that anyone has suggested or to make one up myself about Mad Men that has actually happened. And that lack of predictability and constant surprise, kind sir, is one of the things that makes Mad Men the special creative gem that it is.<br /><br />I do, however, love the passion and thoughtfulness that you put into your blog posts, so please take my comments as praise and not criticism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-62403831078642240902012-04-22T16:28:10.584-04:002012-04-22T16:28:10.584-04:00Amazing, I never thought about it like that.Amazing, I never thought about it like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com