tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post746461502198648430..comments2024-02-28T18:29:41.120-08:00Comments on Not of General Interest: Mad Men Season 7: Random Bullets undinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-26066121935608530812014-05-09T13:47:39.469-07:002014-05-09T13:47:39.469-07:00Historiann--Absolutely MOAR Roger, Peggy, Joan, an...Historiann--Absolutely MOAR Roger, Peggy, Joan, and Dawn, especially if Dawn is telling off the new boss. I also want to see people stop being mean to each other and get to work on some exciting pitches, and with Don sitting at the typewriter, maybe that'll happen. <br /><br />If classes get out of line next year, I am planning to adopt the Don Draper Icy Glare of Death when Peggy cheerily tells him about his new assignment.<br /><br />Good point about Marigold. If she hadn't left now, she'd be starring in Kramer vs. Kramer in a few years. undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-16073985261158909162014-05-08T10:37:59.735-07:002014-05-08T10:37:59.735-07:00I don't think Roger Sterling *ever* worked. B...I don't think Roger Sterling *ever* worked. But as always, I want MOAR Roger!<br /><br />Like Flavia, I've been relieved not to see the flashbacks to Don's childhood in spite of the fact that DD seems more troubled than ever. I hope you're right that this is a sign of integration, not of further disintegration. <br /><br />But in the end, I don't watch MM for the DD update. I want to see more Peggy, more Joan, more information about Dawn & the other African American secretaries. I was even glad to see Mona and Margaret/Marigold again, because MOAR women! (And Roger!) <br /><br />Can we really blame Marigold? She got married on the day that JFK was shot, after all. Of course her life would unravel and reinvent itself along with a great deal of America in the 1960s. (Plus, her kid's cute but the husband needs to be shucked off. He's a total stiff.)Historiannhttp://historiann.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-56366987920220382352014-05-06T09:39:49.198-07:002014-05-06T09:39:49.198-07:00Flavia, I agree. There's no place to go for Do...Flavia, I agree. There's no place to go for Don but up at this point, and the focus on the workplace is welcome. I think the Don/Dick integration is showing through in subtle ways, too. When have we ever seen Don be a sloppy drunk as he was in "Monolith"? Don always gets more guarded when he's drunk, so this may be a way of telling us that he really is changing and the two halves are fusing. undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-6477460881441395052014-05-06T09:30:38.451-07:002014-05-06T09:30:38.451-07:00I'm really liking this season, despite finding...I'm really liking this season, despite finding the last one so frustrating I was considering not watching any more.<br /><br />Partly it's that there are new plotlines--rather than just the boring retreads of last season, with Don cheating and being haunted by stupid flashbacks. This season feels fresher, and more oriented around the workplace. But I also feel that Don's in a decent place, despite everything, and has it in him to knuckle down and put his life right, whatever that turns out to mean. (That feeling was tested through the midsection of Sunday's episode, but restored by the end.) Here's hoping!Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.com