All he has to do is get to Portland within a year of where he is in St Paul, board a plane, be asked his name, see one more vision of Bert Cooper(BC), then go ahead and say "Dick...err..D..B..Cooper" and get on the plane.
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The beer meeting was the final straw. Nobody puts Don Draper in the corner, or in a meeting with a bunch of robotic men in shirtsleeves who all act in unison. Don't they know Don Draper is a special, magical unicorn, one who can't be contained by your walls and sated with your crappy roast beef?
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It's ironic that so many early pieces about the show referenced "The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit" and talked about how representative Don was of a certain kind of late '50s conformity. There was some merit to that, of course: When the show first began, the guys all dressed a certain way, and though Don's wardrobe has evolved, he has found it difficult to take off his jacket and become just another McCann pod person. But underneath the traditional suit and the slicked-back hair, Don was always one of a kind. When the show began, Don Draper was Batman, he was the Picasso of pitches, he was a special snowflake made of frozen unicorn tears. *********it, Meredith, nobody at McCann got that memo!
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"Mad Men" likes to hit us over the head with certain things to make sure we get the idea or the symbolism or whatever, and this episode was no exception. References to the falling man from the opening credits have been thick on the ground this season; in this episode alone, we had Meredith trying to turn the bare walls of Don's new apartment into an actual home, we witnessed Don touching the immovable McCann windows, we saw him staring outside in the conference room, and then there was Roger's relevant quote ("Even if your name's on the door, you should know better than to get attached to some walls."). Everything falls away or gets taken away and is impermanent, as long as you have a place where you are known -- and that place is home.
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All the reactions were true to form. Roger got drunk and goofed off, because Roger. Ted kept his head down and tried to fit in (while secretly cheering the moment in which Don chose to bail). Peggy tenaciously continued to work, even though no one at McCann knew what to do with her or much cared about her as an employee. Don took off, even as Meredith proved that she has finally become a really great secretary (she's good at covering for Don, which is Job 1 for his secretaries, but lately she has been navigating every single situation with amazing efficiency. This may be the most shocking development in "Mad Men" history.)
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I wonder how the real McCann-Erickson feels about this
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quote:Love this take on this season. I feel like Joan and Peggy just got checked off the list. I feel like that walk down the hallway is a great place to leave Peggy. Joan walking away with $3 million in today's money is good for her (and with most of her dignity).
These seven episodes appear to be an extended epilogue. This makes sense - the series has been about the 60's and now we're in the 70's. This is the aftermath. The entire Greek chorus is finally chiming in on Don's decisions, with some effect.
Plus, Weiner is gradually and quietly giving every character's storyline an ending. To me, it feels like the ending to the Sandlot so far where you get a wistful line or two about how all their lives ended up.Some of that is speculation of course, but I could see it ending up that way. Characters we have left are: Sally, Pete, Roger, Peggy, and of course Don will be last. They really are putting a nice little bow on everyone's story.
- Kenny got fired from SC&P, but went on to be head of advertising at Dow. He still writes occasionally and enjoyed being a thorn in Pete's side for years.
- Rachel finally settled down and had kids. She died from leukemia at a young age.
- Megan lived a comfortable life due to the divorce settlement from Don, but she never got that breakthrough role she wanted, and always felt like she had somehow missed the boat.
- Betty finally decided to stop being just a trophy wife and went back to school for her master's degree in psychology. She now does counseling for mothers and women in weight loss programs.
- Glen couldn't live up to his father's academic expectations, so he joined the army. He was killed in Vietnam in 1971.
- Joan married a rich real estate developer from LA. Her mother gladly takes care of Aaron for the few weeks a year she and Richard travel the world.
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These seven episodes appear to be an extended epilogue. This makes sense - the series has been about the 60's and now we're in the 70's. This is the aftermath. The entire Greek chorus is finally chiming in on Don's decisions, with some effect.
Plus, Weiner is gradually and quietly giving every character's storyline an ending. To me, it feels like the ending to the Sandlot so far where you get a wistful line or two about how all their lives ended up.Some of that is speculation of course, but I could see it ending up that way. Characters we have left are: Sally, Pete, Roger, Peggy, and of course Don will be last. They really are putting a nice little bow on everyone's story.
- Kenny got fired from SC&P, but went on to be head of advertising at Dow. He still writes occasionally and enjoyed being a thorn in Pete's side for years.
- Rachel finally settled down and had kids. She died from leukemia at a young age.
- Megan lived a comfortable life due to the divorce settlement from Don, but she never got that breakthrough role she wanted, and always felt like she had somehow missed the boat.
- Betty finally decided to stop being just a trophy wife and went back to school for her master's degree in psychology. She now does counseling for mothers and women in weight loss programs.
- Glen couldn't live up to his father's academic expectations, so he joined the army. He was killed in Vietnam in 1971.
- Joan married a rich real estate developer from LA. Her mother gladly takes care of Aaron for the few weeks a year she and Richard travel the world.
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And also, was that the end of Joan? I'm assuming we won't see her until the series finale if we do see her again, but I'm thinking that was her finale last night
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Great, great episode but I'm realizing I'm not going to get the coda i want in the finale. I really want Don to "win" for some reason i can't quite put into words. Maybe I've been admiring him in some perverse way, but the idea of the series ending with him losing everything without any redemption as Don Draper has me feeling disappointed.
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If Don has left NYC for the final time (at least as far as these next two episodes are concerned), does that mean we've already seen our last late-night bar conversation between Roger and Don?
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If Don has left NYC for the final time (at least as far as these next two episodes are concerned), does that mean we've already seen our last late-night bar conversation between Roger and Don?
I think that kiss goodbye was the last time they would be together.
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If Don has left NYC for the final time (at least as far as these next two episodes are concerned), does that mean we've already seen our last late-night bar conversation between Roger and Don?
I think that kiss goodbye was the last time they would be together.
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I think that theory is assinine.
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I really do think this is the way the show ends for Don. Something very similar to the Sheraton Hawaii add he pitched.
quote:If you want asinine theories, you can have the one I thought of the other night:
I think that theory is assinine.