lieu, my daughter said the same thing. She’d never seen an episode before this week’s. She said she was mesmerized. My son felt the same way about The Wire, after watching an episode with me, midway through the S3 DVD set. Some TV just grabs you.
If you watch the first two seasons, S3 will take on even more layers of meaning. My favorite scene was Pete just incapable of hiding his feelings in the meetings where they divide the accounts.
Pregnancy could be interesting (especially if Joan decides to go to Puerto Rico). She could just be stress eating. Does anybody wonder about what Joan’s background is? She’s never mentioned any relatives, even in connection with her wedding. My WAG is that Joan came from a working class family from somewhere the Midwest or West Virginia. I think she’s estranged from any family she has.
I remember the one episode has Joan’s (former, I guess since Joan’s married) roommate confessing her love to Joan and saying she she “followed” Joan to New York to be with her. But I don’t recall if she said where they came from. Anyone have the discs?
“Limit your exposure.” Seemed to me like he was trying, circuitously, to give some advice to Sal.
Agreed, he was telling Sal to close the drapes next time.
I read the London Fog ad proposal on the plane as a kind of test for Sal. Don’s idea is based entirely around heterosexual interest, so asking Sal if he liked it was kind of a put-on. Don’s no stranger to living with secrets, so if he had any problem with Sal being gay it would be pretty hypocritical.
I’ve always had a passing interest in how gay men spot each other. Today, mistakenly moving on or asking out a straight man would be pretty permissible, but back then it would have been much riskier. You’d have to be pretty darn sure. All the bellhop had to go on was a half-glance on the elevator and a swishy demeanor. It seemed kind of presumptuous, unless perhaps “fix my air conditioner” is one of those gay cruising code words that I’m afraid I’ll accidentally use some day.
Yes, agreed, certainly. I just think it was cheap to set up the audience with the “can I ask you a question?”. I think the writing could have kept the goal in line with Don’s character. Hell, Don could’ve presented his “limit your exposure” idea/point with the kind of heart and salesmanship he presented the slide projector idea from last (?) season and, IMO, sent the clear undertone he meant to send much more artfully. I’m just sayin’. I didn’t like the device.