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Second-to-last episode of the season tonight.
Obligatory “You killed Kenny! You bastards!”
Pete never wins.
He doesn’t? Then how do you explain his new manservant?
The group instinct about Bob was right on. But can someone tell me what that scene between him and Pete was all about?
I also don’t understand why Peggy was so mad at Don. He did in fact save the account.
When Glenn was beating up the kid who made a pass at Sally, the little smile on Sally’s face was the very spitting image of Betty.
Weiner’s son’s acting has improved.
And, kudos to the Doper who said last week that there was more to Bob than meets the eye.
Somehow, some way, Pete will lose. I’m getting to the point where I just feel sorry for the guy.
“Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.” Pete is basically blackmailing Bob into avoiding any professional competition.
Pete can’t get rid of Bob because if Pete doesn’t like Bob, then Cutler will find someone who does.
But Pete does have leverage now, and he made sure that Bob knows it.
Peggy’s mad at Don because he was not honorable. Don used his leverage (his awareness of the spark between Peggy and Chaough) to humiliate them, terrify them, and take Peggy’s Clio away all the while hiding behind the bullshit excuse of saving the account. He could have done that a myriad other ways, but he chose to dominate and humiliate as a bonus.
Yeah, Pete’s probably going to get really screwed. You cannot try to fight a narcissist at their own game. They are shameless and don’t follow the same rules that you and I do. And they are vicious when threatened and will say whatever they have to to damage or destroy your reputation. When Bob realizes that Cutler likes him better than Pete, then Pete IS screwed.
Pete was acknowledging that there are people like Don or Bob that you just can’t compete against. You may be just as smart, savvy & resourceful as them, but their charming smile will always win out. He’s tried competing against Don for years and got nowhere; now he’s decided “You sure as hell can’t be them, you have no choice but to join them.” So he basically told Bob that he will keep his secrets - plural - so long as Bob promises to not try to f*** him over.
Peggy was mad at Don because while it saved the account, the way Don did it basically takes away all the credit she justly deserves for creating it. So – once again – Peggy works extremely hard on an ad campaign, delivers a terrific idea, and Don snatches all the kudos she is entitled to away from her. And the worst part of it was that he didn’t have to do it this way; his action was a deliberate decision to put Peggy and Ted in their places.
It’s ironic that Betty is so concerned that Sally hates her and is deliberately trying to run away from her, when she’s turning into a carbon copy of her mother (well, a more updated late 60s version of Betty) right down to harboring some resentful bitterness towards Don. Betty has no idea how much Sally really is like her.
What was Bob’s answer about who hired him? It sounded like he just bluffed his way into working at the firm.
And Ken’s experiences in Detroit are almost comical. First he got a broken foot in a car accident there and now he’s lost an eye.
Pete’s reaction to The Truth About Bob reminded me of an incident in the first season. When he discovered The Truth About Don. Then tried to blackmail Don into giving him a promotion. When that failed, Pete marched into Bert’s office & told him all about Don’s secret identity. Bert’s answer: “Who cares?” From Wikipedia:
I quite liked the episode but wasn’t quite sure why Bert was annoyed about Pete taking over Ken’s role with Chevy. Also was it implied that Pete was involved with his secretary?
I think Bert just has less faith in Pete than in Ken. Pete taking over would have been no one’s choice but they couldn’t ask one-eyed limping Ken to remain on it.
I called it last week that Pete’s gun polishing was going to be about him trying to get Ken’s position 
Like anyone could just bluff their way into working at a firm like Sterling-Cooper. 
Did Ken actually loose that eye, 'cause if he did I think he’d make a bigger deal out of it.
Yeah, I thought (hoped) that he was just recovering and wasn’t actually permanently blind in one eye. I did see he was still limping though. I said he shouldn’t have tap danced on his busted ankle!
He’ll never golf again.
I missed the outcome - is Sally going to go to that school or not?
If she does, it will be the thing that will change her forever. She looked like a little kid compared with those rich bitches. Reminded me of Jamie Lee Curtis’ biography, the chapter where SHE went to a boarding school and found herself up against drugged out psychopaths.
It was kind of sad and hilarious, she and Betty having a smoke in the car going back. Betty looked really pleased, maybe she’ll be happier with Sally as a young adult than as a child.
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Did Ken actually loose that eye, 'cause if he did I think he’d make a bigger deal out of it.
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And Roger would have said “Just when he got it on the prize.”
I’m surprised residuals for a commercial would have been that high in the late '60s. I thought that was a later thing.