Shut the door. Have a seat.

Meissnerd

roger, sal and pete are my favourite characters. I also love Bets, how she is basically a child and a clear product of the house wife brainwashing of that age.

Anjin-San

likeable? eh

likeable in the sense of a lesser evil

he seems creative in spite of circumstances, like he hatin this world he livin' in

Spoiler:

but like the clever hobo he encountered at a young age, he isn't running outta no box. he just creating his own box he lives in. that is why there's always this weird sense of tragedy on his face after he just fuckin kills it with a client. what's he doing this all for?

maybe he has developed more in the following season, gotta catch up

captaink

I've only watched about 5 episodes of season 1. I need to pick it back up.

Anjin-San

oh don, who you fuckin' now

oh don that's pretty messed up, no matter how much you hug your kids

Monni<3

Javen wrote: »

Also the women are crazy fucking hot

I'm not in this show so I feel like they're lacking...

KalTorak

I don't have cable, so I was only able to watch Season 3 when the DVDs came out.

I'm strongly considering doing the iTunes "Season Pass" thing for Season 4, where you pay $30 for the whole season and watch the episodes as they come out.

Also, Cooper is one of my favorite side characters. Delightfully badass.

Javen

KalTorak wrote: »

I don't have cable, so I was only able to watch Season 3 when the DVDs came out.

I'm strongly considering doing the iTunes "Season Pass" thing for Season 4, where you pay $30 for the whole season and watch the episodes as they come out.

Also, Cooper is one of my favorite side characters. Delightfully badass.

Cooper is great, but badass? He's funny in that 'I have a strong suspicion he might be senile' sort of way

thanimations

Bert's an interesting character. Most of the time he's shown to be kind of an old weirdo, but the few times he's working he's kicking ass. But perhaps he isn't given much to do, especially with clients, is because he is kind of weird.

But

Spoiler:

at least he didn't vomit in front of the Nixon campaign crew.

KalTorak

Javen wrote: »

KalTorak wrote: »

I don't have cable, so I was only able to watch Season 3 when the DVDs came out.

I'm strongly considering doing the iTunes "Season Pass" thing for Season 4, where you pay $30 for the whole season and watch the episodes as they come out.

Also, Cooper is one of my favorite side characters. Delightfully badass.

Cooper is great, but badass? He's funny in that 'I have a strong suspicion he might be senile' sort of way

He has his moments. They're rare, but he only shows up sporadically. Everyone was badass in "Shut the Door, Have a Seat," but there was also the "Would you say I know something about you, Don?" related to when he shut down Pete Campbell in Season 1.

The character plays up his eccentricity, but underneath he's a smart fucker.

Javen

I think he's the type who spent his whole life building that business and now just wants to kind of sit back and reap the benefits of his labor. It's like a professional chef. As they become more popular, they actually end up in the kitchen less. You can't unlearn the job, so they're still great, but they spent the past several decades with their sleeves rolled up in the thick of it. Most people work hard early, so they can take it easy later on.

Fire Truck

Dubh wrote: »

Staleghoti wrote: »

Viscount Islands wrote: »

OP Complete.

hoooooooomygaaaaaawwwd

a women slowly running her hand down her body while Interpol plays in the background

alright

KrunkMcGrunk

I need to finish Season 3.

It has started off kind of slow though =/

Season 2 was so good!

YoSoyTheWalrus

I want to be Don Draper.

Moral ambiguity all up ins.

KalTorak

I want to be the part of Don Draper that bangs all the extremely hot ladies.

So his dick, I guess.

Grey Ghost

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aZ3CtRPjDM

Skull Man

it ain't too morally ambiguous to cheat on your wife all the time

that's pretty much clear cut wrong

Bad-Beat

I can't say enough how awesome the season 3 finale was.

it was awesome.

natek

Skull Man wrote: »

it ain't too morally ambiguous to cheat on your wife all the time

that's pretty much clear cut wrong

what if she is a crazy wife with the mind of a 15 year old girl?

Skull Man

maybe she'd be less crazy if he weren't cheating on her all the time

natek

maybe he wouldn't need to cheat on her if she would quit living in the 60s

YoSoyTheWalrus

suck it, victim of our oppressive patriarchy!

Langly

Bitches ain't shit, right Don?

KalTorak

All-out Cheat-On-Wife Contest

Don Draper

vs.

Tony Soprano


GO!!

natek

wah wah waaaaah
I'm betty draper
pay attention to me
I'm sleeping with wrinkly old men
I'm a terrible mother and wife
waaaaaah

KrunkMcGrunk

ahahahahaha

Yeah, they do treat the kids like shit. I remember when sally came running in with a plastic bag on her head.

Meissnerd

hahahahha yeah. 'SALLY YOUR HAIR'

the best secondary character was that neighbour of the drapers, the single mom with the weird son. it was hilarious to see bets judge her, as if it's her fault for not being born rich and marrying a man who cares more about his career and appearances than the health of his family.

man i remember when breaking bad was on, and i kept thinking, 'how can mad men compare to this'. but this thread reminded me of all the tiny little plot points and interactions between the characters. its really a character driven show, and watching all of them is always a treat.

KrunkMcGrunk

Meissnerd wrote: »

hahahahha yeah. 'SALLY YOUR HAIR'

the best secondary character was that neighbour of the drapers, the single mom with the weird son. it was hilarious to see bets judge her, as if it's her fault for not being born rich and marrying a man who cares more about his career and appearances than the health of his family.

man i remember when breaking bad was on, and i kept thinking, 'how can mad men compare to this'. but this thread reminded me of all the tiny little plot points and interactions between the characters. its really a character driven show, and watching all of them is always a treat.

Oh man. Me too, Meiss. I remember thinking the exact same thing when Breaking Bad was running season 3. Reading over this has reminded me why I like this show so much.

Skull Man

how about when that guy just slapped the shit out of don's son and don was like good yes this is appropriate

also, the single funniest "60s moment" for me was when they went for a picnic on that beautiful hillside and at the end just flipped all their trash off their blanket and drove away like it wasn't no thing

KrunkMcGrunk

Skull Man wrote: »

how about when that guy just slapped the shit out of don's son and don was like good yes this is appropriate

also, the single funniest "60s moment" for me was when they went for a picnic on that beautiful hillside and at the end just flipped all their trash off their blanket and drove away like it wasn't no thing

hahaha oh god yes.

My girlfriend was appalled when Don threw his beer can into the park, she literally gasped when they flipped the blanket over and drove off.

That episode where they had the party with all the neighbors was filled with so many wrong moments like that. Like, they would just ask the kids to go make drinks for em, then smack the shit out of them later.

Meissnerd

breaking bad is really focused on walter white and jesse, and that's it. now of course other characters play into it, but at the end of it all the show is about their decisions. mad men, on the other hand, has a huge cast, and while certain peoples decisions have an effect on other characters situations, the real driving force is the 60s setting. i really can't think of another show that has had me questioning the present day as much as mad men has.

'are african americans in the states really that much better off? do women still have to put up with that bullshit? why is it that society can only seem to deal with one social change at a time?' etc. etc.

i'm excited for this shows return.

Skull Man

I totally fell for the beer can picnic blanket one-two punch too

I was all huh throwing an empty into nature that's certainly a product of a bygone agWHAT THE FUCK

KalTorak

Skull Man wrote: »

I totally fell for the beer can picnic blanket one-two punch too

I was all huh throwing an empty into nature that's certainly a product of a bygone agWHAT THE FUCK

Haaahaha yeah I had the same reaction.

Also Betty and Don's go-to parenting technique is "Go upstairs!"

Meissnerd

let's all sit down and be serenaded by Blackface McGee

KalTorak

oh that Roger

he's so silly

DeliciousTacos

I know it probably won't happen, but I am still holding out for Sal to come back. He was a great character.

At least they brought Joan back. I would have been SO UPSET

Skull Man

sal's wife's face when he was doing the bye bye birdy dance was so great

it was like, suddenly, everything clicked into place

KalTorak

I'm Don Draper
I invent ultra-successful taglines while counseling the gays about the openness of their lifestyle
la la laaaaah

Meissnerd

roger might be a crass motherfucker, but at least he owns up to it and is honest about it. meanwhile, don needs an excuse for everything and a reason to be a victim.

Skull Man

yeah don was super cool about sal being gay

I guess he recognized another man leading a double life and decided not to comment on it

like he said to peggy, when he forgets something he really forgets it

KalTorak

Man your heart just broke for Sal when that European artist guy came out like it was no thing

"I have sex with the men"