Mad Men Season Finale

[shipperx]

Peggy and Joan scene FTW!

The more things change, the more they stay the same?

Dr. Faye doomed herself by once again pressing Don to face reality and actually deal with his past. Yeah, like that was gonna happen. There was Megan willing to be all soft and...well...willing. I really think she won him when Sally spilled the milkshake and Megan reacted in the most un-Betty-like of ways. Still, who didn't identify with Peggy's dismay or Joan's cynicism over Don and Megan's instant-engagement. Great scene.

Oh, and Betty is quite the piece of work. First, being so fearful of or jealous of Sally's relationship with Creepy Glenn (and I think it's both) that she decided to finally move, but to freaking FIRE CARLA!. Bitch! And Francis said that she didn't even give Carla a letter of rec. Double-bitch. And she dressed herself up to 'accidentally' meet with Don and coyly tell him that her marriage wasn't perfect.

Ah Don and Betty. Neither of you change. You both like to tell yourselves that you do, and you like to think it's others faults, but in the end the problem is you. It really, really is you.

LOL'd at the scene of Ken having ethics and a life and all the partners looking at him as if he were a totally alien creature.

Loved Peggy (with an assist by Ken) winning the new account.

And I'm glad that Joan kept the baby. She started the season wanting one. Roger was a right shit and her husband is too, but she wanted that baby, so go her. She deserves to keep it if she wants it. And given what her husband was like, I don't really care too much if she's lying to him about due-dates. I hope she pulls it of

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[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

I think this season was all about Don's mommy issues, which of course is weird given that most TV shows and movies deal with their male protagonists' daddy issues. And with a little noodge from Anna from beyond the grave, he made the great leap of faith to the Prettiest and Nicest Mommy of Them All (with her avid help, of course)! Did not see that coming, although my husband did.

It's actually a great setup for next season. Is Don only good with beginnings? Will Megan show another side of herself (and fulfill Joan's prediction that Don will make her a copywriter)? Will they have problems because Megan wants kids and Don is old? So many possibilities.

Actually, I think a lot of things were being set up for next year: Cosgrove's ascendancy (Ray Wise will be his FiL, after all), Peggy and Cosgrove morphing into a team (professionally and [ugh] possibly more), Dr. Miller turning into the ultimate woman scorned and spilling Don's secrets far and wide, the breakup of Betty and Henry's marriage, Don's usual can of worms, etc.

I wonder at what point in time they'll start the next season? I hope it's 1967, because by then everyone will have sideburns, miniskirts, psychedelic scarves and bell-bottoms. And it will be the Summer of Love and everyone will abandon alcohol for LSD and pot. Heh.

[angearia.livejournal.com]

The Joan/Peggy scene was made of so much win. ♥

[aerintine.livejournal.com]

I knew it! I'm never right about these things, so I'm taking a tiny moment to appreciate that I called it from the moment Megan walked through the agency's door. I really like her - it's a shame she'll most likely turn bitter being with Don. As for Faye - I wonder if Don needs to watch his back? He's so gosh darn giddy right now - waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Joan and Peggy's scene was the winning moment of the episode.

Everything you said about Betty - Just, YES. Ugh, she doesn't have a soul. And yet, I'm riveted to the screen in every scene she appears.

I'm so happy Joan kept her baby. She deserves a little happiness.

All in all, my favorite season so far. Omg, This Show.

[cy-girl.livejournal.com]

In my imagination, Carla's children are teachers, lawyers and doctors who will take care of their mother in grand style some day. I was also rooting for her to punch Betty but you can't have everything.

One of my favorite moments in the show was when Betty says that she wanted a fresh start and Henry says, "There are no fresh starts. Life just continues." That pretty much sums up the theme of Mad Men for me: even if people fooling themselves into thinking they're getting a new start (Don, Peggy, Roger, etc.), their past experiences are too much a part of them to not influence their current actions. Betty thought she would be happy with a husband who doesn't cheat and Henry thought he could protect her. Now they both see that her misery is largely self-manufactured.

I love Peggy and Ken, but only as colleagues. Ken's always demonstrated that he's one of the more decent fellows and, if he's not willing to use his wife for business, I doubt he'd cheat on her. Of course, the Peggy and Joan moment was the fullfillment of every fan's dream.

I feel very sorry for Megan. She strikes me as the type of person who will blame herself when Don inevitably gets disenchanted. I don't expect her to be another bitter Betty, but a sad, bewildered woman.

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

Personally, I hope Megan doesn't stand for Don's [probable; can the leopard change his spots?] cheating and sues him for divorce, taking all she can from him. Remember, Don caught a break when Betty immediately married Henry after their divorce. No alimony, just child support and probably reduced rent for the Ossining house. But Megan will be another story. She's nice, but I'll bet she's no fool.

The only losers in this would be the kids, with the loss of another kind mother figure. Another reason why I hope the story picks up in 1967.