tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post966052441806056858..comments2024-03-10T13:52:18.927-04:00Comments on The Scary Lawyer Guy Blog: Mad Men S7E13 - The Milk and Honey Routescarylawyerguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03340241283633171546noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-54615245660843493272015-05-30T01:26:49.365-04:002015-05-30T01:26:49.365-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01521410840326669360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-36504192078806182872015-05-14T17:26:50.860-04:002015-05-14T17:26:50.860-04:00http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bastard-machine/m...http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bastard-machine/mad-men-series-finale-what-795406Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11006872393661798067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-29859804673587264312015-05-14T16:04:01.413-04:002015-05-14T16:04:01.413-04:00One of the things I love about your reviews is how...One of the things I love about your reviews is how you remind us of all the relevant personal characters' histories. This show is so dependent on those histories. Watching an episode like this one (or the previous 2) would be meaningless if you haven't watched from the beginning. <br /><br />I found it ironic that Don finally tells some vets about (part of) his secret and they embrace him, but then he ends up "punished" by them later anyway. <br /><br />Pete did a lot of rotten things during the course of this show and there were many seasons where I did not like or enjoy him one bit. But he's always been somewhat of a mirror for Don. And now we've seen him mature and actually change. I think he's learned some real lessons about what's important to him, and I think his willingness to see Lear jet as a real opportunity, both for work and home proves it. He may always be a little whiny and stubborn, but in a world where DD makes the same mistakes over and over leaving us wondering if the message is that no one ever changes or grows, Pete shows us that it is possible.<br /><br />As for Betty, she was another character who had long frustrated me. After season 1's "Shoot" I had higher hopes for her. But I am impressed with this latest development (especially given the high odds in the Mad Men Death Pool!), perhaps giving a little more meaning to her presence. Also, I really empathized with her here. She's STILL in a position where the doctor won't even give her test results until her husband shows up. And her letter really drove home to me an interesting point. It's been hard to feel for Betty sometimes over the years , and to blame her for her old-fashioned and/or vain and shallow behavior, but that's really who she is at the core. The letter to Sally wasn't just about arrangements -- it seemed to me to be primarily about appearances, including how she needs to look in the coffin. This is what drives this woman. I don't know why, but this was a helpful revelation to me. <br /><br />And will Don learn a lesson from Pete and use the opportunity of Birdie's death to suddenly be a dad? I don't know. And I suspect the show might end with it still a mystery. <br /><br />I'm hopeful Joan is not gone into the sunset just yet; she is just as passionate about her job as Peggy or the men in her own way, she built that firm, no matter what one thinks of her partnership, and I think there has to be some recognition of that, even if she did finally meet someone who seems like a good match in the romance department. Znoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016253077154756564.post-78215246745986855212015-05-13T16:14:42.419-04:002015-05-13T16:14:42.419-04:00Trudy could still back out after sleeping on it – ...Trudy could still back out after sleeping on it – but perhaps only half way. They could shack up in Wichita (though she might think twice about that considering the disruption to young Tammy). However it turns out, we have not seen the last of Pete Campbell. <br /><br />I would be surprised if Don didn’t return to Rye to circle the wagons – once Sally spills about Betty. Surely Sally wouldn’t keep those hole cards down? <br /><br />(post-Betty, not necessarily part of the series, I see Don and Henry working out the care for their three children – see link below) <br /><br />http://www.lippsisters.com/2015/05/11/mad-men-recap-the-milk-and-honey-route-her-birthday-wish-came-true/#comment-202831<br /><br />Sally does indeed have a big burden which will get heavier as Betty declines. This is the biggest reason Don will return (if he could help that punk proto-con-man he would help the apple of his eye). <br /><br />Roger. His denouement is perhaps the most wide open – starting with will he survive the final 60-screen-minutes? It’s our loss that Mona is well-settled – we will not see her. Nobody cares about their brat (the most unlikable character in the show – excepting that Garner a$$#0!e). It seems very unlikely that he will “settle-in”. Like Pete, he’s never had another job. Because of Betty, Roger’s even more footloose than Don. His crystal ball seems very cloudy, eh?<br /><br />Peggy’s options are limited by comparison. Her “new boy”, if he ever shows up, will pale in importance to her career (her men always have). There is little chance that Stan and Peggy will act on 5-1/2-years of foreplay. Here’s hoping Peggy will shake the rafters at McCann and end up firing then to land somewhere better. Allison already went to Cosmopolitan after Don humiliated her. Whatever went before Weiner would never bring Helen Gurley Brown in at the eleventh hour (besides this is the twelfth). <br /><br />We WILL have a great Peggy/Don moment (or two). We Better!<br /><br />Which leaves Joan. Weiner is not done with her. Only her child makes her less footloose than Roger. On second thought, her new man (whom so many of the lady fans distrust) adds to that. On third thought, if all that negative feminine-fan-intuition turns out right, and he’s even more of moron than Pete, then Joan will lose him in a New York Minute. <br />Jahn Ghaltnoreply@blogger.com