Anna could be doped out of her mind on painkillers by now. Still, I don’t think it’s a ruse and she really is dead.
There’s no way Anna would con Dick/Don. If she needed a kidney or $50,000 cash or wanted him to bring her to NYC and put her at the Waldorf-Astoria all she’d have to do is ask him. The niece might be planning a con but I doubt it- just would seem a waste of precious airtime.
I never really understood the Dick-Anna relationship. I know the origins of course, but has it ever explained how they bonded so? Was there ever a romantic or sexual relationship between them? You’d think that she would have pressed (whatever the 1950s equivalent would be of) identity theft charges and that would have been that- IIRC there was a leap from her confronting him at the car lot (point A) and them being bosom buddy at her place (point G). Did it ever explain how they got from A to G?
To my knowledge they’ve never done an in-joke about this on Community, but I was expecting one when Abed transferred to a suave womanizer in one episode then revealed he was channeling Don Draper.
Dumb question: was it typical for offices to be unlocked late at night in the 1960s?
I think the only reason SCDP was unlocked was because Don & Peggy were still there and forgot to lock the door behind them when they got back from the bar. Individual offices usually didn’t have locks at all. It was quite a big deal when Don got one installed on his door after being made partner.
No idea, but perhaps Duck slipped in past the janitorial staff?
If you’re talking about Duck wandering in, I think that Peggy left it unlocked when she was racing to get Don to the toilet. (I don’t know if Peggy would have a set of office keys but Don certainly would.)
They’re not going to stop a white man in a suit who looks like he knows where he’s going.
Neither. The thing about Mad Men is that we’re looking into a different time where that sort of constant drinking throughout the day is perfectly normal and expected. Nobody bats an eye in that world. But people would say something if somebody drank like that today. There are reasons that world doesn’t exist anymore, and I think we’re seeing those reasons play out.
It was probably not *routine *for entire offices to be left unlocked, but well into the 1980s, security at many white-collar offices could be fairly lax, especially if there wasn’t a lot of expensive gadgetry, valuables, cash, or other easily stolen goods. What equipment was around in the 1960s, even typewriters, would be fairly heavy and not very tempting targets of casual thieves. It was also very common for white collar workers to have unmonitored access to their workplaces, whereas these days, even if there is no human security personnel, entry and exit is often electronically monitored through use of security badges. It wouldn’t necessarily be difficult for someone like Duck or Don or Roger to get into a competitor’s offices after hours.
I like that the writers made it so Don has no reason to return to California. No funeral to arrange/attend, and Stephanie in the house means that the writers can concentrate on Don climbing out of his pit. Or what Jophiel said.
Yes, but as I remember when they were raiding the offices of Sterling Cooper prior to setting up SCDP, they needed Joan to provide the key to the room containing all of the creative material. So the really valuable stuff was secured.
I don’t think Don and Peggy will ever become a couple- it’s clear that they don’t think of each other that way- but I hope they don’t pursue a relationship twixt him and Dr. Faye either as there’s just no chemistry between them. (I don’t know if it’s the characters or the actors- even great actors can have no spark together.) Also Don’s becoming a bit too much like J.R. Ewing who could bag any woman who started off hating him by mid-season in spite of not being particularly sexy and much her senior.
Since Betty’s off the table (not that I think he particularly wants her back) I’m sure they’re sending him after somebody. Could somebody please refresh my memory as to w hat happened to the Beatnik chik and the elementary school teacher (i.e. were bridges burned with either)?
The beatnik chick fell in love with a beatnik dude.
There was no explicit send off for the teacher.
They needed Joan because they realized they had no idea where all the stuff they needed was, or how it was organized. They weren’t even sure of exactly what they needed. And I doubt any of them knew how to go about actually setting up a new office either. They did have to break into the art deparment, but I bet Don could have just wend and asked Joan where the key was instead of throwing a plant threw the window.
The elementary school teacher was waiting for him in the car the night Betty found out about everything. Later he assured her that she didn’t have to worry about her job and that she wasn’t implicated in the clusterfuck, and that was the end of that.
I don’t think this is “too flashy” for Mad Men (I don’t even know what would be too flashy for Mad Men, seeing as there have been a lot of provocative scenes in the show), and there’s really no reason to doubt anything we’ve seen about Anna and/or her family isn’t exactly what it purports to be.
I don’t mean to single you out, Lakai, but this reminds me… I read a number of message boards/blogs about this show, and there are always comments from people who seem to think the show is like a spy movie or something, where people are reading into things and looking for clues as though there’s a mystery to solve or like we the audience are being deceived all the time and we have to figure out the truth. This just isn’t the case. I saw comments about Freddy Rumsen calling his AA sponsor – some people thought he was a mole implanted in SCDP by another ad agency ratting out their secrets. I have to laugh at this; that’s not the way this show works.
Actually, Don kicked the door open. I remember thinking it was strange that the head of creative wouldn’t have a key to the art department.
If I had to choose anybody at the office to piss off or try to one-up, Joan would be at the bottom of the list in a trio with Don and Roger. She doesn’t strike me as the forgiving type and she’s got as much staying power as any partner. I have a feeling “I’m not a janitor” Boy is going to regret not picking up after himself.
I don’t think he did a Samsonite ad, but the famous pantyhose ad and the Noxema ad with Farah Fawcett had a very similar vibe to what was being pitched with Samsonite - cute & silly.
Coupled with his $100 bet on Liston, Don’s dismissal of the team’s idea gave me the impression that they were showing him as being way off his game.
I remember the gorilla commercialsfor American Tourister (though I thought it was Samsonite). Way more memorable than this lame Samsonite commercialfrom the same era.