Mad Men 6x07 Reaction

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Also, like Jon Hamm directs and produces the show, Roger (John Slattery) has directed episodes including this one and ep. 10 ('A Tale of Two Cities') this season (from S4 onwards)

God Don is so pathetic and Ted is just a chad

Sylvia also brings up her Catholic guilt when talking to Megan about her miscarriage. But I think Taya's comment below is correct that she had no problem with the affair generally but that the sadomasochistic relationship in this episode overstayed its welcome and she became embarrassed about it.

I don't think Sylvia's choice to end it came out of nowhere, It sounds like was deeply affected by her dream of Don dying and then her coming home to her husband. She was left alone in that hotel room for hours and hours with no entertainment so she had plenty of time to think about what they were doing and whether or not it was worth it. I don't think she was particularly turned on by the domination stuff either. It got old very fast. She probably had the thought "this is ridiculous, what am I doing? this needs to stop" A realization that most normal people would eventually come to (eg. Not Don)

"You're a real prick you know that?" "Damn it Burt, you stole my goodbye." That's my favourite retort from Roger. :))

She's ashamed. He's unsatisfied. Don's expression and mood remain the same across all the pivotal US political moments - he's disconnected from a society that he tries so hard to mimic and cater to both personally and professionally. Yet, because of this distance, it allows him (and characters who're outsiders like him i.e. Peggy) to observe society in an emotionally meaningful way that creates a connection/bond between their customers and their advertisement in a way that characters like Pete are unable to (due to their allegiance to this patriarchal and capitalistic society) despite the damage its quite clearly doing to their lives.

I don't trust Bob Benson -- he's been trying way too hard from the very beginning -- but Joan's mom actually had a great point about that here: That mistrust doesn't undo what he did. Regardless of the ulterior motive, he helped Joan both in the area of immediate safety (getting her to the doctor) and also the social perceptions (disguising that they're leaving because she's unwell). Those were good actions, even if he only did them to protect his job. Other people who were trying to secure their own jobs could have taken advantage of this situation in much worse ways (Demanding that she protect his job in exchange for not exposing her frailty, or waiting for her to leave and then loudly saying "Well, since Joan's not here I guess I'LL do all of this work..."). Getting people coffee and smiling all the time are better ways for a person to be "manipulative" than other people could choose. I don't want to say that Ted is the kind of person that Don wants to be, because that's not quite right, but I think it's that Don wants to be the kind of guy who COULD be like Ted. As you noted, Don's creative style is very different than Ted's, and I think Don wishes he was confident enough in himself that he could feel comfortable with his people to let down his walls. He doesn't actually want to do that, but it hurts him that he knows that he couldn't do it even if he wanted to. He's still so desperate to Act Like Don, whereas Ted can just BE Ted.

At last they will love Ted the way I love Ted. Also my favorite episode in the show is next, I can't wait.

The cringiest episode of Mad Men by far but I still love it

This is easily Don at his worst

The full-body cringe I experience from Don and Sylvia, my God