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The Bank of England and FDIC unveil the first cross-border plan to deal with too-big-to-fail banks that start...failing. Senior management would be sacked, shareholders would be wiped out, and unsecured bondholders "can expect that their claims would be written down to reflect any losses that shareholders cannot cover," which didn't happen in the financial-crisis bailouts. (PR) [View news story]Dec 10, 2012. 11:57 AM | 1 Like |Link to Comment

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Well, Season 5 is history -- and I'm full of questions. Is Roger back on LSD? What was the significance of Peggy opening the drapes in the Richmond motel and seeing dogs copulate? What did it symbolize when Joan used spray paint to show where the staircase will be in the firm's expanded quarters? Didn't it seem unrealistic when the conductor punched Pete? Why was Lane's wife so dismissive of Don? And most important, is Don reverting to his old ways? Can't wait for Season 6!
Such sadness when characters chase phatoms in the guise of dreams...
Roger's tush, brilliant
Loved the ending. Definitely looking forward to the next season hoping the old Don comes back!
roger on LSD
peggy is free and doin well
don gave up on megan and will go back to his old ways
I think Weiner may have messed up using "You Only Live Twice" in the final scene. The Nancy Sinatra sing first charted on June 24, 1967 but this episode was set the week of Easter 1967 which was March 26th of that year. Perhaps, someone can point this out to him.
Loved the way he cut the episode to end before we hear Don's answer.
For those who have watched all seasons of Mad Men we know that Adam is Dick Whitman's younger brother. He hanged himself when Dick, now Don, rejects him.
the 'adam' was his brother who hanged himself
Pete got baet plenty this season, should be setting up something for season 6
What was going through Don's head as he was watching Megan's Screen Test?
Glad to see Peggy back. Electroshock Therapy/Depression/Pete Campbell story line.... riveting.
Virgina Breeze...are you kidding?
Season finale was kind of boring.
Adam...on which of my opening questions did you think I was kidding -- Don reverting to his old ways?
The removal of Don's tooth has a deeper meaning.
Cos Cob is on the New Haven line - its one of the stops in Greenwich. Harrison is also a stop on that line, so not so weird at all...
re: timing of commercial filming vs. "you only live twice" release - could easily have been 2-3 months after she asked him about the part.
Both Harrison & Cos Cob are on the New Haven Line, so the conductor certainly could've booted Pete in Harrison.
Peak hour train to stamford- Harrison, rye, port Chester, Greenwich, cos cob, Riverside, old Greenwich, stamford
Don is back on the move. Megan is destined to be a resident in the Chelsea Hotel auditioning for commercials. Joan will hit the limits of her competence (or at least her political skill set) within the firm sooner than all expect and revert to being a glorified office manager the 6th. Roger is either on acid or in the early stages of dementia...which should provide some random effects next season. Wonder if Pete will self commit to treatment next seasons? Perhaps Pete is being written out of the storyline.
Plenty to think about before the next season.
re: tooth for a tooth -- maybe Adam's ghost and Lane's wife were sticking it to Don.
I know Harrison is on that line now, but in the 60s, at least according to my mother who grew up in Stamford, Cos Cob was a local line. It seemed odd to me, but recapping in real time doesn't allow me to research, so I hope I'm wrong and MW had it right. Is it just me, or did Adam look much healthier now that he's dead?
I will miss Jane Sterling. She was as witty as anyone & always had great lines.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. If you're going to write about Mad Men then you should at least know that "someone he calls Adam" is Don's brother who killed him-self after Don rejected him. (shakes head)
Peggy closed the drapes on the copulating dogs because she is devoting all her energies to her career next season and 'closing the curtains' on her sex life. Very few women in the 60's had the opportunity to pursue a career without making great sacrifices in their personal lives. It was once legal to ask a prospective employee "Are you pregnant?" and "Do you plan to start a family soon?".
Also, Megan's mother is Canadian, not French. It's not a big issue obviously, but give the fairly intricate plot lines of the show one would expect the commentator to have seen previous seasons. Although the pedants discussing the New Haven line need to get a life
Good point, kmh - I thought that but it seems how odd it moved that fast.
We did not actually see Adam dead. Don called the place Adam was staying, and he was told by the clerk at the desk Adam hung himself..but who knows.... its possible Adam pulled the same stunt Don did, faked his death and is seeking his new life in New York...perhaps the closing song "you only live twice' alludes to both Don and Adam..
I do know who Adam was. I meant to imply that Don saw a real person whom he calls Adam but who isn't Adam (because Adam, we know, is dead). Later he sees Adam in a vision, but the office Adam is somebody real. Who? Don hasn't seen him before, clearly. Any theories about him, or what it means?
What does it mean that Don envisions him typing? Why now?
"Someone called Adam"
If you're going to write about this show you should probably know the major facts about the primary characters like, oh, I DON'T KNOW, ADAM BEING DON'S BROTHER AND DON BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS DEATH?! Please get someone who actually WATCHES the show to review this next time.
Aren't Harrison and Cos Cob both on the New Haven line, just as the conductor indicates?
As much as I want to, I just can't muster enough enthusiasm for this series at the end of Season 5 as I could for each of the past 4 seasons. It perhaps is the obvious fate of those who began this odyssey in 2007 when this series demonstrated how good TV drama could be. For some reason, the characters aren't as curiously fascinating as they seemed to be when we were just getting to know them. The one bit of refreshment in this episode is the obvious guilt some are feeling in the aftermath of Lane's suicide.
The scenes where it appears that Don is seeing his dead half-brother Adam (who hanged himself in Season 1) is almost too predictable for longtime viewers. The one good point of these scenes is to remind viewers that Don is not the dazzling, debonaire character some viewers want him to be. Rather, he is a callous, conflicted and often aloof. He has left a trail of destruction in his wake and feels bad upon reflection.
I don't know what the next season holds and at this point it seems less and less interesting except in how the characters change in relation to the zeitgeist. I think I would rather watch the reruns of the first four seasons.
What are you talking about? Harrison is a stop before Cos Cob on the New Haven metro north line.
Harrison is a stop before RYE
You're so right; I wrote French instead of French-speaking or French-Canadian, I do watch the show although I left out a word. And again: Yes, I know who Adam is/was, and didn't mean to imply otherwise. Don did see a person, a person he called "Adam."
What about the fact that the insurance check was for $175,000. Don knew that for Lane to get the$ 50,000 he put in, he sold assets and paid the $7,500 in taxes for those sales. thus to give Lane's wife $50,000 totally disregards all of this and is just so sadly offensive.
Guess she did not tell him off enough!!! I think watching Megan's film just made him realize her limitations and curiously give her the part to placate this Ballerina!..
Notice than the set of Megan's commercial looked right out of Grimm's fairy tales. It was then he knew his life with Megan was nothing but a fairy tale. He stepped out of it and back into his old life. I would say yes he took the offer at the bar.
The past will always haunt Don, yet its a life created out of thin air, so the past is no more real than the present. Yes, Don is alone....he will always be alone. He is a ghost living a borrowed life. He is a Phantom.
Is it possible this series will end with the real Dick Whitman actually being killed in Korea and the entire series we have enjoyed being nothing more than that split second recollection by Whitman before death, al la "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce?
don losing a tooth = don maturing?
peggy in a motel room post meeting with don.. suggestive
Wow, I love that thought: split second recall a la "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge". Megan is Beauty. Don is yes, the phantom in the episode, but also Beast. While watching her screen test reel Don realized she was just a beauty. He is mesmerized by Megan, like the Beast, but knows he can't make her a prisoner of his home/life. Megan's mom points out correctly that Megan has no talent for being an actress. Didn't see the electroshock treatment coming but should have. Roger is clearly taken by LSD. And, yeah, the red "X" Joan painted on the carpet left us with something to ponder until "6" airs. Notice Pete commented he would now have the same view as Don. Perhaps the same despair, lack of compassion and aloofness. I agree. This season didn't leave me wanting like the others before it. The characters have lost some of their spark. Storylines weren't as gripping this season. I think too much symbolism is the culprit. Or, are we, the viewers creating too much symbolism in a desperate search for that which simply isn't there?
the cultural and generational rift was evidenced early in season 5 between megan and don was accentuated by don's affection for james bond and megan for "tomorrow never knows". this was a foreshadowed event realized ath the conclusion of season 5 as megan walks into a virtual fairy tale and don walks into the darkness, accented by the exit music from a james bond film. what is don's true self...he doesn't know so why should be disappointed at don's attempt as personal integrity, the kind he expects from those around him. he tries to be a positive agent in greater society while he wrestles with personal demons. maybe don will take the offer extended at the conclusion or perhaps MW is setting us up for nonlinear character developmemnt again. all of the characters are comlex and contradictory as we all are. it is a mistake to place any of these characters in an existential box.
...Tho' your dreams be tossed and blown.
Walk on, walk on
With hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone,
"That's what happens when you help someone; They succeed & move on". Don Draper
Dear Mr. Draper,
I am writing this to you
And I hope that you will read it so you'll know
My heart beats like a hammer
And I stutter and I stammer
Every time I see you on the AMC show.
I guess I'm just another fan of yours
And I thought I'd write and tell you so.
You made me love you
I didn't wanna do it, I didn't wanna do it.
You made me love you
And all the time you knew it, I guess you always knew it.
You made me happy, sometimes you made me glad.
But there were times, sir, you made me feel so sad.
You made me sigh 'cause
I didn't wanna tell you, I didn't wanna tell you
I think you're grand, that's true
Yes I do, 'deed I do, you know I do.
I must tell you what I'm feeling
The very mention of your name
Sends my heart reeling.
You know you made me love you!
Aw, gee, Mr. Draper, I don't wanna bother you! Guess you got a lotta girls that tell you the same thing. And if you don't wanna read this, well, you don't have to. But I just had to tell you about the time I saw you in MAD MEN SEASON 1 Ep 1. That was the first time I ever saw you, and I knew right then you were the nicest fella on TV.I 'guess it was 'cause you acted so, well so natural like - not like a real actor at all, but just like any fella you'd meet at school or at a party. Then one time I saw you in a picture with Ben Afffleck. And then one time I saw you in person. You were making a personal appearance at the theatre, and I was standing there when you got out of your car, and you almost knocked me down! Oh - but it wasn't your fault! Naw, I was in the way. But you looked at me, and you smiled. Yeah! You smiled right at me as if you meant it, and I cried all the way home
Me just 'cause you smiled at me for being in your way! Aw, I'll never forget it, Mr. Draper.. Honest. You're my favorite actor!
I don't care what happens, let the whole world stop.
As far as I'm concerned, you'll always be the top,
'cause you know you made me love you...XXXXXXX
Okay that was strange.
Gwen- I don't mean to pile on, because some of these comments are mean. Did you intend to say, regarding the phone calls, did we think it was Glen? I doubt anyone thought it was Lane.
Did you notice that at the end, the blonde at the bar trying to set Don up with her friend - that was Megan's actress friend - the one she screwed over. She was exacting her revenge on Megan by trying to get Don to cheat.
My prediction for next season - the ascendancy of Joan. She will exert more and more control and become the queen, Cleopatra, as Pete suggested to her.
Electro-shock for you, France's Gumm (kidding)
Roger is definitely tripping, albeit w/o his new sweetie....
Adam is dead.
Peggy is erotically charged by Don 'til she parts the drapes...
Meghan has got to go; she looked like an idiot in her "fairy tale" part....as usual, an acting shortfall.
Extremely cool camera shot of Don, as Meghan sinks behind him (remember Leo in Titanic, frozen, sinking?)
Guess Pete's going to have a new commute buddy (and WHOOP, a NYC APT!) Frolics in Season 6 coming!
Betty stayed porky 'til the end. I WANT MY MONEY BACK! Betts, see you as Grace K. again next season!
No one fell down the elevator.
Best acting, Season 5:
1. Pete (always!)
2. Sally Draper
3. Roger
4. Joanie (with a bullet)
5. Ginzburg (rookie of the year!)
Needs to die:
1. Meghan (some time ago)
2. Henry (ditto)
3. Adam's ghost (!)
4. Peg (if she markets cigs...sorry...great actor)
5. Dawn...too competent, not sleazy, reeks of goodness
Please save/upgrade:
1. Harry
2. Pete's angelic paramour...wow! (forgot the name)
3. Ginz
4. Cooper (just missed "best actor along w/Don). The glue.
Great season. Again. JMO on the above. Thanks.
Don was throwing chump change at Lane's widow and she's no dope. He was particularly slimy in that scene. Megan stepped over her acting buddy and grabbed the commercial. Pete's looking more human.
This finale could have been more spine-tingling but it said a lot about the times.
Frankly Don's promiscuity is really boring as are the prospects of his return to the days of picking up chicks at a bar.
Shock treatments for depressed housewives: here's my question: which came first, life inside the home, as a one dimensional wife of a cheating businessman, or clinical depression?
We see that Meghan could be next, as far as this goes. Although Don loved the "working" Meghan in the advertising business. And if I were her friend - or a parent who wasn't try to play with her head - I would tell her to go back to advertising.
Pete Campbell's wife is about to get him out of the house.
She is still evolving and could become a very interesting untapped character next season. Is Pete a complete ass, period, or a complete ass who's also clinically depressed?
Is it possible, with the tooth issue, that Dick Whitman's dental records could become a problem?
Just wondering: did we see Adam dead in that previous season? Is it possible he had the building super lie for him so that he could reconstitute his life, just like his brother?
Love the way we learn there was a funeral for Lane and no memorial service. Tremendous time movement through dialogue.
And I so hope that Peggy and Don evenyually start their own firm
The photo Lane's widow showed Don, which he didn't recognize....
Who's in it? Drawing a blank. Anyone? Haz?
Agree that Mrs. Pryce is formidable, and is not at all finished with the SCDP gang. She's kinda hot, too, FWIW.
Donjuan: that picture-- Lane found in someone's wallet. It was a picture of someone else's woman. Lane tried but failed to have an affair with her.
Yes, I did mean Glen, not Lane calling from the afterlife. I guess I too have ghosts on the brain (although I do like the image of a ghost caller).
The picture is Dolores, whose picture Lane found in a wallet he returned. He had a conversation with her when he called on the phone and apparently developed a little crush on her. Her boyfriend picked up the wallet, but lLane kept the picture.
Thanks, Edna! I would never have recalled that!
Good catch.
Anyone notice the use of doors opening/closing to transition scenes?
Perhaps I'm reading too much into "You Only Live Twice" as the closing music, but it can't be a random reference to the movie's April 1967 release. Interestingly, the movie music at the end of Don and Peggy's scene was the intro to the 1967 parody version of "Casino Royale" in which 007 retires and MI5 scrambles to find a successor. The wannabe's include Ursula Andress, Peter Sellers and Woody Allen - and they all pale in comparison to the true Bond.
Don appears to be a fan of 007 (not unusual for the mid 1960's) but he parallels Bond in a number of ways - a self-reinvented Lothario who leaves death and destruction in his wake in pursuit of his goal/mission. But are we looking for his successor? The wannabe's include Peggy, Pete and Ginsberg.
And is Don the only character to "live twice"? And is that really the tragic flaw that will bring him low in season 7?
I feel nothng exiting happen,the only enjoyment was the music fromm 007 which Don resembles,but still its a great series
Remember when Lane returned the wallet (and kept the photo), the owner was impressed with Lane's "integrity". Lane's twisted imoral code allows him to keep the picture, while returning the money. It surfaces again when he embezzles $7,500 -- and then upon his death he leaves the company $175,000. BTW, have you every heard of an insurance company paying off that quickly (as in days)?
I thought 'The Phantom' was a fitting end to Season 5 closing many loopholes (the photo of Dolores) and as always exploring existential issues (discussed widely in the comments already). I was moved by the hospital scene between Beth and Peter Campbell, and wonder if it could be true that even in 1967 the then existing electroshock treatment rendered short term memory loss so complete as presented. If so, it was brutally shown and Beth's husband was a monster. Pete revealed himself there (unknowingly) to Beth. I was impressed with the way Matthew Weiner brought back Adam Whitman as a phantom to haunt Don, at SCDP and in the dentist's office where Don pleads 'Dont leave me...' It was heart breaking. My only complaint about the representation of Peggy's current and future success (foretold) is the allegorical use of (real) dogs to make the point about her future choices in life, which I found jarring and cruel. I doubt the ASPCA or the Humane Society 'signed off' on any such use of our beautiful companions for the scene at the 'Virginia hotel parking lot.' That said, the use of Nancy Sinatra singing 'You only live Twice' was brilliant. True, not only does the bar scene raise the existential question of 'are we all alone' as Walter Dellinger suggests, but in all the world, Don Draper is one of the few as to whom Nancy's song is applicable, as he had a chance to live 'twice', first as Dick Whitman and now as Don Draper. What a season!
Virginia, insurance companies pay off within a few weeks after receiving a death certificate.
Yes, it is very cruel to allow two dogs to express their love for each other. They should be forced to keep themselves chase.
I look forward to a future campaign:
Dog Sex - Only you can stop it!
Really, a toothache? And how many times can someone punch Pete Campbell? Disappointing season finale.
Why did they have to use a body double for Alexis Bedel's charactor...sheesh...typical television.
Ironic that Lane's demise was triggered by his embezzlement of $7,500, which required him to forge a second signature; while Don's attempted atonement involved his having Joan cut a check for $50K to Lane's widow, without the other partners' knowledge and over Joan's objections...
Roger and Megan's mother deserve each other.
Remember the kinky scene from a couple of seasons ago in which Don revelaed his predilection for being slapped/abused by a woman? I wonder whether one could draw a parallel to the way in which he seems to be ceding control to Megan this season? She is increasingly revealing her manipulative side (the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.)
Hoestly, I thought this episode was somewhat tame and lame, compared with last week's. Not much of a cliffhanger -will he or won't he take the bait in a bar.
There is a certain parallel between Don and Vronski in Anna Karenina. Both men thoughtlessly pursue their personal desires leaving a wake of destruction in their paths. Vronski's seduction of Anna leads to her suicide. Unable to deal with the consequences of his behavior, Vronski leaves Russia to volunteer with Romanian insurgents fighting the Turks. In his final scene in the novel, he is shown with a tooth ache suggesting his weakening and collapse. Could be just a coincidence, but I'll be watching next season to see if this parallel is further developed.
@Walter Dellinger - It's Mme Calvet, not Calvert.
I couldn't help to think that the title in this episode was somehow a reference to Bunuel's "The Phantom of Liberty", even though that movie was released in 1974. All the surreal assetions aside (Adam's reappearance to admonish Don while his rotten tooth gets taken out), the underlying statement of this TV Drama is that bourgeois values and aspirations are as ephemeral as a phantom. Why Don's insistent suggestion that happiness is here for a second and gone tomorrow? The whole hunger speech with Dow? Nothing is enough until nothing is left. "Pop will eat itself" type philosophy. From Bunuel, here are some of the themes drawn out in his movie:
The search for truth and the need to abandon the truth as soon as you have found it.
The implacable nature of social rituals.
The importance of coincidence
The importance of personal morality
The essential mystery of all things
Maybe not all of these apply, maybe some, but definitely worth discussing.
That final shot -- Bad Don is back!
Long Live Bad Don! Good Don is BORING.
I like the James Bond connection with the music. First with Casino Royale Spoof at the movie theather and then the closing with Nancy Sinatra singing "You Only Live Twice".
Some more elaboration on my earlier post, from Wikipedia:
"The title of The Phantom of Liberty is also taken from this line of dialogue from his 1969 film The Milky Way: "I experience in every event that my thoughts and my will are not in my power. And that my liberty is only a phantom." This possibly to the way in which the civil rights movements of the 1960s had been seen as a threat to the established order – the 'phantom' of radical liberal ideas 'haunting' capitalist society.[original research?] It is more likely to refer to the illusive nature of freedom, to the ways in which our destinies are controlled by chance, or, as Buñuel would have it:
We so often find ourselves at complicated crossroads which lead to other crossroads, to ever more fantastic labyrinths. Somehow we must choose a path."
Don is archetype of the so-called self made man, but now he is experiencing the crushing consequences of the choices he's made to succeed, vis-a-viz, compromising his morality. Clearly, his unhapiness stems from not being able to escape those consequences. The only escape, if you take Lane's example, is suicide. With suicide, one renounces the game of social rituals, search for truth, the dilemma of freedom, etc, etc.
Some more elaboration on my earlier post, from Wikipedia:
"The title of The Phantom of Liberty is also taken from this line of dialogue from his 1969 film The Milky Way: "I experience in every event that my thoughts and my will are not in my power. And that my liberty is only a phantom." This possibly to the way in which the civil rights movements of the 1960s had been seen as a threat to the established order – the 'phantom' of radical liberal ideas 'haunting' capitalist society.[original research?] It is more likely to refer to the illusive nature of freedom, to the ways in which our destinies are controlled by chance, or, as Buñuel would have it:
We so often find ourselves at complicated crossroads which lead to other crossroads, to ever more fantastic labyrinths. Somehow we must choose a path."
Don is archetype of the so-called self made man, but now he is experiencing the crushing consequences of the choices he's made to succeed, vis-a-viz, compromising his morality. Clearly, his unhapiness stems from not being able to escape those consequences. The only escape, if you take Lane's example, is suicide. With suicide, one renounces the game of social rituals, search for truth, the dilemma of freedom, etc, etc.
In the final scene at the bar, Don orders his staple Old Fashioned. But how amazing would it have been if he ordered a glass of wine? It would be far more creatively symbolic – of his confusion, of optimism, of embracing change, of trying to be closer to Megan – than a toothache! http://wp.me/p1xVI5-13C
When Peter made the statement "my family is just a bandaid over a problem in my life", I thought how true. We all do this. We get married. We buy things. We change jobs. All just to feel better or accepted without getting to the bottom of why we feel alienated, alone, unhappy. However, I think Peter has a very good "bandaid' in Trudy. It was very obvious he had little respect for either of his parents in the earlier episodes.
I agreed with Lane Pryce's wife when she said he worth far more than the $50,000 Don left with her just to assuage his guilt.
Don Draper - Licensed to Kill. Women want him. Men (and some women) want to be him. Given his "Revolver" by Meghan. She is the Beauty that has freed the Beast from the restrictive fairy tale conventions of the early 60's and pointed him toward to the unabashed freedom (naked Roger) and irresponsibility (Mdme. Calvet) of the late 60's. So far he's driven the real Don Draper, his brother Adam and Layne Price to destruction. Is Meghan next? Remember, Layne's wife told Don he had no right giving a man like that ambition. Isn't that what he is doing to to Meghan, leading a talent-challenged actress towards a cliff. Or, maybe not?
Frog at 9:18
You are right! I thought that was Megan's friend but it did not occur to me that she was sabotaging her. Very astute as no one else made that point (or was it too literal??)
@ Will Sparks Class of '73
\As Former Solicitor General Walter Dellinger CLEVERLY and with due-diligence, publicly opened the door in last week's commentary, comparing Don Draper to Barry Hussein Obama, you can now officially research and confirm that Barry is really Bari (Malik Shabazz) and has also LIVED TWICE!
His deep head scars are the evidence of a March 12, 1982 severe car crash in Honolulu, where he failed to appear and a Bench warrant was issued for his arrest: on May 5, 1982, bearing number "BWO 050582."
Sadly, he managed to get those court records purged. On April 9, 2003, the prosecutor filed a motion to recall the bench warrant, to terminate prosecution, and close the case. Why would this case come to the attention of some local prosecutor 21 years following the initial violation of March 12, 1982? A local prosecutor does not just go looking for cases that are 21 years old and file motions to dismiss those cases. Someone must have asked that local prosecutor to dismiss the case so that the arrest warrant was cleared from the court's and nation's computer system.
On October 30, 2005, or 23 years following the date of the accident of March 12, 1982, the court again re-visits the case of Bari Shabazz, noting that he did not owe the court any money but to "Pls. check."
Why would the court again concern itself with this case on that date, especially if Bari Shabazz was dead since 1994? Bâri′ M. Shabazz, according to the Social Security Death Index, died in August 1994. If Bâri′ M. Shabazz is the same person as is listed in this Hawaii auto accident as Bari Shabazz, why would someone care to recall his arrest warrant on April 9, 2003 or almost 9 years after his death? Surely, it could not be Bâri′ M. Shabazz who was interested since he had been dead since 1994. On the other hand, if he was not dead he would be interested.
Someone will recover these documents very soon.
Sadly, he has perpetrated the greatest fraud in history on the American people and has mocked and stepped on the Constitution like no other human being in history.
That the whole world knows he has a dual identity is lost to most americans thanks to the stonewalling of the news corps for fear of lack of access.
I say, who needs access to a charlatan? You can have all the access you want while he is incarcerated!
AND YOU THOUGHT Don Draper was MAD?
This show is Obama/Shabazz's favorite!!! No wonder why....
Draper is the metaphor of Barack Hussein Obama, the great imposter......
You can get so used to the brialliance of this show that you take it for granted.
Don has always believed that he needed to abandon his true self in favor of the image of the all American male. His first wife was the image of the prom queen, who turned out to be more like the wicked witch. Meghan seduces Don into thinking that she will provide the family values that he truly yearns for. Instead she manipulates him to satisfy her own shallow ambitions. Her audition reel reveals no talent at all and the shot of her in costume makes her look ridiculous. Don seems to be physically transported back to his former hedonistic life style, but whichever choice he makes won't satisfy what he really wants.
Roger reveals himself, literally, but needs drugs and an empty room to do so. He does it where no one else can see him. Pete reveals himself to the woman he believes that he is in love with only after her memory has been erased.
Characters strive for success, which is perceived in terms of money and possessions. These achievements prove to be unsatisfying. True yearnings for love and understanding are not achieved and none of the characters seem to have any chance of doing so. But the things that each of them do in vain pursuit continue to fascinate.
Lane's widow criticizes Don for making Lane believe that he can be something other than who he was and Joan regrets that she didn't have sex with Lane because that would have helped him maintain to his delusion. Joan sells her body for a promotion and when she gets it, she believes that she has realized her potential.
Phil. You are right about the audition tape. In black and white Megen looked a lot like a female version of Don and he saw that. Then he saw her poorly applied false eyelashes and cheap earring and saw what a sham she and the relationship was. The fairy tale was over.
I think Peggy seeing the dogs in the parking lot, and the disgust registered on her face, was a symbol of how she was about the only one in the episode who wasn't getting screwed or screwing someone else, literally or figuratively. She's focused on her career, working in a job that's a huge step up in responsibility and compensation, and her boss gave her the creative responsibility of landing what could be their agency's biggest account.
The prototype account sounds a lot like Virginia Slims, whose groundbreaking introductory ads featured "you've come a long way, baby." It was the first big brand to capitalize on the excitement felt by women at the time about "liberation." It market a turning point for ad strategies - till that time, ads to women were pretty much for cosmetics, food, cleaning and personal hygiene products. It featured a confident, assured, successful and sexy woman and satirized "chauvanisitc" men - like the guys at SCDP. It set a tone for advertising to women that persists in this new century.
If Peggy writes this account (which was actually created by the Leo Burnett agency), then she'll have a bigger success on her hands than Don Draper did with Kodak.
Peggy's moving on? This won't be a popular opinion, but I find Peggy's pert, willful cheeriness grating and insincere. And I'm surprised her increasing thirst, which for me has been her principal leitmotif this season, hasn't been noted in this forum. The thing that struck me most about that scene in Richmond was that she was in a motel room, drinking alone. I felt for sure that bringing Freddy back in episode 11 was a set-up for future sponsorship. Perhaps season 6?
Years ago after first watching Altman's brilliant "Short Cuts" the idea occurred to me that someone should do a similar treatment of John Cheever's stories for the New Yorker. It strikes me that "Man Men" might be it. Obviously the ghost of Cheever haunts "Mad Men" -- the Donald Drapers lived in Ossning. Pete's affair with the depressive who turns out to be a nymphomaniac, plays like a Cheever story, right down the final irony of Howard being the supportive husband -- his earlier boast about having a side-dish in the city were only that.
I blame Lane's father for his demise.
He would have been much happier if he had hooked up with the bunny from two seasons ago and left the battle axe in England.
$50k is worth about $333k in today's money. I can't say Lane was really worth more than that.
My prediction: Bertram lands the '68 Nixon campaign. Don coins the term "Silent Majority".
Virginia Breeze: Regarding the insurance question:Companies take out insurance on their executives all the time, and the pay-out goes to the company, not to the family of the deceased. So $175,000, per se, was not due to Lane's widow. Also, there was no pay-out within days. It was clear from the dialogue that several weeks had elapsed in the story line. There had already been a funeral in the UK for Lane.
How might the expansion of the SCDP offices to capture the space on the upper floor play out next season...is this going to enlarge the stage for interoffice squables over who gets what office? Is the firm over expanding and will their commisions be adeqaute to cover the expected ego driven, inflated budget for the new offices?
SCDP is in trasnition from a small, creatively driven firm to whatever may come next...which may include implosion due to bad expansion decisions in a declining market. It will just put that more pressure on each account. Perhpas we will see an episode that has a merger or layoffs next season as the business cycle brings the margins and budgets in focus.
Just for fun: My prediction: Don will get the American Cancer Society campaign, and throw a wrench into the gears of Peggy's creative run with big tobacco.
What was the point of the toothache? why was it given so much emphasis in this episode? symbolic of loss?
A few minor points about the Life Insurance pay-off. The policy was one the company had taken out on Lane to insure against its loss in the event of his demise. SCDP were under no obligation to give a farthing of it to Lane's widow. Just as I think Don did the right thing in canning the embezzler/forger, I think this was a gallant gesture. However Rebecca's harpy's tongue teaches Don that no good deed goes unpunished (a major theme for Bunuel, as in the brutal 'Nazarin'), and yet another reason for him to return to his wicked old ways.
I think you have to view the Sixties itself as a character in Mad Men. The isolation from History in those glass towers was a not-too-subtle theme this season and Don, who moves from skyscraper to penthouse, seems stuck. I just recalled his line returning from his night in Connecticut "wake me up when we see skyscrapers!" It's the springtime of the Summer of Love, and Roger, the sensualist, is the only character who is open to experience it (which actually makes sense). While I've never taken any myself, my understanding is that there were people who actually had positive, transformative experiences on psychedelics. Don, on the other hand, will have a bad trip, whether or not he takes LSD.
At the risk of sounding like a freshman psych major, in dream analysis, the loss of a tooth indeed symbolizes loss, like the loss of something dear, or perhaps a failure to accomplish something despite lots of hard work.
"X" marks the spot.
As the partners gather on the empty 38th floor, Joan sprays a large red cross on the carpet marking the location of the new spiral stairway that will connect the expanded SCDP Creative and Accounts floors. The spot is significant; it's directly above where Lane hanged himself, halfway down the hall from Don's office.
Earlier, Joan and Harry Crane reveal that even though everybody wants a window seat, nobody wants to sit in Lane's old office. Joan's solution is to eliminate the painful memory altogether. The Lane Pryce Memorial Staircase becomes a passage of upward ambition that has claimed more souls than Lane's alone. His death literally makes a way for SCDP to grow to new heights -- and future staffers will now step blindly over Lane's dead body to make the ascent.
So on this Easter season of 1967, we see the partners stand in an unusual moment of silence around a spray painted red cross in perhaps the only American tribute given to the late great Lane Pryce.
Pam, about acting in commercials versus writing commercials, I think the answer lies in embodiment. Acting is the art of embodiment, and that's what Megan longs to do, preferably at the worthy height of Artist. Consider what a natural she is at embodying the appropriate role for the moment: nanny for the children, her commitment to creating Don's appropriate home life - interior design, we all eat meals together, her particular rendition of a birthday song (maybe not so great for Don, but it was a NY salon party performance), stepping in with what is needed - writing lines as well as acting - just as an Account was about to be lot.
I note a lot of cracks here about her overbite and big teeth. Perhaps this "character" got that way from pressing that idetermined smile on the world. Megan would hardly be the first woman to want to take "this thing she can do" and earn a living from it, be richly rewarded for it... always imaging that it will turn out so well - just as she hopes it will in real life. Meanwhile, every time we've seen her present herself in auditions, she stands like a good little girl - patting her clothes and hair, smiling needing - hoping, longing... Revealing.
To the musing about tooth symbolism, here 's a rookie try for the offering plate: a deeply- rooted pain that simply cannot be wished away; must be removed completely in order to function in life (eat, work, kiss). And guess what shows up when going for the root: family, a young male. "Don 't leave me ." The brother? Or what's left of the younger self he 's been trying to bury?
On the Joan front, I too was genuinely stunned when Joan seemed to wonder if she might have saved Lane's life by sleeping with him. Really, Joan??
One of the most fascinating things about stories is the fact that they have a life and insistence all their own. Yes, the "author" writes a script, but then the actors bring another energy, and then editing leaves a big mark, and never underestimate the push of music - and then there is the massive effect of audience projection, which these forums show so clearly. But I can name many films where "acts of nature" made such a difference on what gets to play in the final footage that it is quite different from just the writer's conscious intent. I think of this as the story's intention. The author can argue, " we'll, no, don't look over there, it's really over here" - but "too late now, Bub, what's on the screen is what's on the screen."
One of the things I love most about this series is that it bears/ often needs repeat viewings to catch subtleties of gesture or smothered lines. i catch a lot of "did he really mean to have this there?" in MW 's work. I don't think it's because he's lacking anything as a writer; rather, more likely because he tries to have his stories arise from a deep place, then follows the breadcrumbs. This is where stories can be their most insistent... And tricky.
I read an interview with CH saying that the fact that Joan thinks all (but one) man was willing to sell her off for Jaguar is such an overwhelming betrayal that there's no escaping it. It's "just going to be there for the duration. " It can't go away. Did the writer mean that? Doesn't matter. It's now key to the story.
I think Meagan's talent lies in being what people expect her to be - her father said "she pretends to love the things I love because she loves me" and everyone always talks about what a great actress she is. She loves Don - what's not to love. He's rich, doesn't cheat on her and loves her. Now she's bored and is no further along in her acting career than she was when she was the firm's receptionist. She's angry with him for not wishing her well in her career. Betty, at least, was "what you see is what you get." Other than the womanizing (almost all the men on the show are womanizers) and stealing a dead man's identity (who exactly did that hurt but him), he's a pretty honorable person; care of Anna, treatment of Lane and Joan.
One more thought - Joan sleeping with Lane would not have solved his problems but he would have lived to see another day. Kind of shows you what a casual attitude she has regarding sex.
Some delicious insights here. I love the Plath connection (had missed that), and the way the season comes full circle in some ways, and also that the final episode is "classic Mad Men" in the ambivalence, the lighting, the costuming, even the bar scene.
Peggy and Joan stand out as characters coming into full blossom as the 60s speeds up. I'm looking forward to seeing how Sally is further developed in Season 6. She's the right age to be caught up in some things - peripherally at least - especially with chilly Betty as her mother.
I must mention the stunning image of the (now) 5 partners nearly silhouetted against the expanse of windows in the soon-to-be expanded space. They all look as though they are standing alone and not helping each other - and yet, they're still a unit. The space between them is both a positive and a negative. Lack of connection, yes (room for apparitions? similar to the visual space between Don & Rebecca, and Pete & Beth?) - but that space also allows them room for growth.
Lots of doors opening and slamming shut throughout the season finale. Did anyone else see this? Hear this? Feel this? Except, that, in the last scene when Don leaves the set (and Megan) and walks into the bar. He simply crosses empty space. Is this an omen or an opportunity?
I've seen a lot of recappers and commenters refer to Megan's "career" taking over in this episode. What I thought happened was just the opposite. We, and Don, saw that she never really wanted a career. She doesn't want to toil in obscurity pursuing a passion for art any more than she wanted to pursue her talent for writing copy -- she just wants to be glamorous and famous. To me, the scene where she asked Don for the commercial was shocking. We saw her behaving the way she always behaves with Don -- eager, slightly awkward, a little breathless, -- but for the first time we knew that it was all a lie. And then she went into the bathroom, stared at herself in the mirror, and staged a breakdown. So what Don saw in the screen test was what we saw in that scene, that there is no real Megan. She is always acting. And after all the sturm and drag about needing fulfillment she ends up being over the moon about having a gig that is even less creative than writing copy. When the girl at the bar propositions Don at the end, the important thing is not whether he takes her up on her offer. It's that his answer is surely "Yes, and I've been alone all this time."
And by the way, Megan's shallowness represents an aspect of the Sixties that the show explored very well this season. The narcissistic aspect that was really just the flipside of what it saw itself as breaking away from. Megan's too cool to work in an ad agency, but here she is working FOR them instead, acting out what they tell her to do.
maryedith - why select the sixties for narcissism? What era is more narcissistic than the the present? When everyone wants to be on television or have a reality show or get out of college and make six figures. Not a fan of the sixties-bashing on this site.
To follow up on Ides of March's comments, are there any Tarot experts out there who might recognize the Hanged Man card in this? (The Sun card is the logo of MW's production company.)
And to go way back to address the death of Adam: Was there not a scene that showed the authorities removing the corpse? Not that Don was present, but I thought there was a cut-away shot that showed Adam's hotel room in the aftermath of his hanging. (Could also be my memory tricking me.)
And to the earlier mention of Cheever: Don't forget Don Draper the swimmer of Season 4.
Magpie, I interpret the hanged man card as upheaval (someone's life turned upside down). The sun card logo looks like the Albano Waite deck. The designer, Frankie Albano, disappeared before he could get royalties for this ubiquitous deck.
@Anonymous - San Francisco is where the Summer of Love happened. Newark had 6 days of race riots. Along with the race riots in Detroit and Washington DC. Love was not every where in '67.
Did anyone catch the date on Megan's screen test clapboard? It looked like March 1967? I thought after last weeks episode we would be at Easter and this is close.
Loved the close: Draper as Bond, returning to the field. I know he's a lecher, but Meghan continually rejected his advice this season--gave up on advertising and real acting, and ends up in a ridiculous commercial for a shot at . . . what, exactly? She's turned into a child; someone else for Don to carry, like Berty before her. Don is deeply flawed, but he makes his own way and expects no less from those around him.
That was a spectacular insight. I missed the metaphor completely.
Well done.
Wow, some great insights. I enjoyed the finale, and will watch it again with some additional perspective.
I have always liked Pete's character because he works so well as a sleaze and as a likeable guy struggling to find some inner peace, meaning of life, etc.
For that matter, I think these big questions about the meaning of life, the value of success, etc. are what is driving the characters at the moment and we get to enjoy how they respond to such struggles.
It looks like Peggy will come up with the Virginia Slims name, but I'm wondering if that's too obvious. Maybe someone else does it and the loss will affect her career. Either way, it should set up some interesting drama with her old company.
Regarding the life insurance payment, I'm surprised it was paid for a suicide.
I don't get why people thought Don was being a sleaze for giving the check to Lane's widow. There is no way he was responsible for Lane's suicide, even if he might have thrown on the final straw. I think the comment she made about them filling Lane with unrealistic ambition was good, but I have a hard time believing that she would really blame the firm for his demise because he seemed like such an awkward person already.
It's interesting that after Don gets that earful from Lane's widow that he turns around and does the same thing to Megan. Is he purposefully setting her up for destruction? If so, is it because he wants to hurt her and then dump her, or is he hoping she'll finally fail for good?
One more thing regarding the $50k, I'm more than a little surprised that nothing was mentioned about Lane's embezzlement. Even if Don wanted to cover for Lane to protect his reputation or something, a figure that big would certainly be something that concerns all the partners. Since Joan didn't raise that issue when she showed Don the insurance check, it makes me think she and the other partners (except the older guy - Bert?) don't yet know. That makes me think the consequences of Lane's suicide might be far from over. Just a hunch.
Finally, I like the way Joan's character has evolved. I never liked her in earlier seasons because I thought she was petty and manipulative. But now, with some difficult experiences at home and some real authority at work, she seems to be in a good space. Also, considering what she did to become a partner, she has strangely occupied the moral center of these characters.
I believe Don capitulated and helped Megan only after he came to grips with her leaving him for a career. Remember "That's what happens when you help people, they leave you."
For a show that is meticulous about its time line, the use of "You Only Live Twice" in he closing moments requires a two-month jump in the story - possible, but not likely. Everything else in the episode appears to be April 1967, including Peggy and Don viewing '"Casino Royale". But "You Only Live Twice" premiered June 12, 1967, the song hit Billboard's Hot 100 chart on June 24 of that year. suddenly it's summer?
Have you ever watched the show? Adam is his brother who hung himself in the first season. I stopped reading after "Don sees someone he calls "Adam" as he gets off the elevator. He also sees him when he's under gas to get that bad tooth pulled."
Do some research.
Loved the comments here this week. Skipped the blog. For those wondering whether Adam really hanged himself, he did. The episode showed him making the preparations in the fleabag hotel including places the $5000 Don gave him on a table or the window sill. Also Adam's apparition had purple ligature marks around his neck.
Victoria made a great comment above about the symbolism of the tooth which I paraphrase as follows: Megan is an extracted diseased tooth that Don had to get rid of to save his life.. I love it!
Also I loved the analysis of Megan starring in a fairytale sponsored by an advertising co. It reminds me of the friend who last season characterized Megan as "she's such a good actress." I assumed that meant she was fake this season finale bears that true. As Don walked symbolically away from her, was that or was that not the friend who asked for Megan's help. At first I thought so but then did not.
Trudy is an underdeveloped character with potential.
Wow. One thing that has struck me throughout Mad Men is how much the seasons, structurally, resemble those on The Sopranos. There's usually a climax either one or two episodes before the finale, and the finale seems relatively uneventful.
I personally thought that Don was admiring Megan in that screen test, as he smiled watching her, and then decided to give her a shot. However, he seems to realize that they are going in two different directions, as the level-headed, but whimsical, young wife he married, is really pouty, moody, and somewhat childish when she doesn't get her way. Megan disappointed me. I really liked her and the fact that she could "handle" Don and make him shed a little of that veneer. I think Don's on that same page, and the ending line was perfect because we all realize at the same time that Megan may NOT be as great for Don as we...and he....thought.
Of course WE know about Virginia Slims, but I'm curious to see how THEY will handle it fictionally. Either way, Peggy is moving up the ladder, and the crappy hotel and bad view was symbolic of the fact that "moving up" ain't always pretty, but it's progress.
Don. Turns out...like with Betty....all he has to do is placate his wife to keep a happy home. He wanted Megan with HIM, she wants to be someplace else, and ends up needing something superficial from Don and again...he's not enough by himself. All in all, althought this season seemed to get a little sloppy or plodding at times, Weiner gets a pass, because he took on a HUGE task in trying to uncover much deeper character issues in a turbulent time. Bravo.
I went back and watched the scene with Megan's friend who asks for a good word regarding the commercial, and the scene at the end. The final scene has a blonde woman speaking to Don, but it's not Megan's friend, nor is the gal sitting at the bar.
I checked that last scene, too. Megan's scene partner had similar hair, but was "European". The woman who approached Don at the bar was American.
Weiner does not adhere to a strict rule when a song is used over a montage or the end credits as opposed to something the characters are meant to be hearing at the time. So quit griping about "You Only Live Twice" being released in June, 1967! It was playing over a montage, and was perfect for that use.
Also, the blonde who approached Don in the bar is NOT Megan's acting class friend whom we saw earlier. I thought it was obvious just by looking at them, but you can confirm the fact through the credits.
So many observations to comment on.
First, Lane embezzled $7500 to cover his taxes. He took out a perfectly legitimate line of credit for $50K (their banker didn''t even bat an eye at the request) from which to give himself "a 13-day loan." That's what Don was covering. The rest is still sitting there to be used to pay bills until clients start paying SCDP for their work - which it is, according to Joan.
And the insurance payout of $175K - to the company - is worth $1.2 million today, Lane's share is $344K, nothing for the widow Pryce to turn up her nose at. I could cut her a little slack for having lost her husband that way but I felt a lot of her snark and anger at Don and SCDP was seriously misdirected guilt on her part. She never supported her husband in his ambitions, which were not particularly outsized or ridiculous and had no clue re their finances. She blamed Don for Lane's extramarital excusions, largely without merit.
Don reverting to old Don? - no. When Matt Weiner was specifically asked this (Los Angeles Times interview, I think) he replied "I don't know." But Don has come too far to go back. Elsewhere MW has suggested that people realize that for Don, this second marriage is it - he is not a serial divorcer, he sees this as a marriage for life. And, MW again, as Don watches the audition reel he is falling in love all over again with Megan and, per his conversation with Peggy, decides to help her get an audition by forwarding the Megan Calvet reel to Butler Shoes. But he did not do the hiring. The client selects the talent (Doublemint Twins notwithstanding), especially for a national campaign, and I believe Megan says something to the effect, happily, that "I can't believe they picked me!"
I just hope Don and Meagan's marriage does not hit the rocks in Season 6. I think that would be too quick. Some snags, sure. But things should not fall apart. At least not yet.
Here is Weiner quoted in an interview:
"People should assume like Don does that he will be married to this woman for the rest of his life," said Weiner. "This is not one in a series of marriages for Don. This is the good marriage after the bad one. Of course, he's part of his time though. Can he really deal with an independent person?"
I was warming up to Megan, as her character was being developed this season, as a more mature woman and a good influence on Don and Sally. After the betrayal of her friend to get this part in a cheesy commercial with Don's nepotistic help, I see her as not much better than Betty (who referred to her as Don's child bride). Megan has shown she has a big chunk of spoiled brat in her (like her mother said). Watching Megan's audition reel, I think Don was admiring her beauty, but also realizing her limitations that she was not going to be a big star, and he could keep her under control by helping her in little ways. Don always has options with other women on the side since they throw themselves at him (like Megan did).
@Foretta thanks for the clarification about the embezzlement amount. For some reason I thought Lane ended up taking the entire 50k, but you are correct that is was 7,500.
I hadn't noticed the parallel between Megan's acting buddy asking her for a favor from Don and the blond girl's approaching him on her friends behalf. Interesting.
I also thought it was obvious that Beth met Peter again precisely because she knew she wouldn't remember it. That comports with her behavior after their first encounter. I'm also surprised no one mentioned Don's speech to Rachel Menkin about being born and dying alone.
Everything that I've wanted to say has been said, but there's the iconic image of them staring at the New York skyline that underlines the entire show.
While they men have successfully worked themselves into getting the second floor, they all stood behind Joan. As the series progresses, there will always be those strong women who will the men forward, and will eventually lead them all on to success. Even if it means leaving the men behind.
Here is a link to a fun montage of clips from Season Five.
And are we certain that Megan used her husband to get that part in the TV commercial? During the shoot she is addressed by her maiden name. Then her husband leaves the set. Wouldn't a husband stay and watch?
Not much to add after I finally watched this, and read thru the comments. Love @Idesomarch's analysis above about the symbolism of the X. Spot on.
- the cliffhanger was a good one, but I dont think it is obvious at all that Don will take those girls up on their offer. Some of the key characters seemed to be gaining insight about themselves in this episode and Don seems to be growing... he sees Meghan's limitations, but my interpretation of his watching her screen test was that he realized it was important to realize her dream, no matter how illogical or childish it seemed. To me he seems to be recognizing that nothing is perfect, and that you sometimes have to make the best of it, but one gratifying thing about growing older is that you see the bigger picture of life more... what seemed important in your younger days becomes less so. Generosity, for generosity's sake, grows.
- Peggy is growing too. To some extent her situation in the new agency does not seem much different to SDCP: Ted takes it for granted that she will come up with something because she is a woman. The project is a pain, and she finally gets to take a plane and go on a business trip to a motel in an unglamorous location, but she is old enough to see the big picture and seemed happy as she sat on the bed: she is in control of her destiny, and good things will come to her, it is just a matter of time.
- Pete grew the most this episode. I normally hate the Pete character, and personally can't stand the Trudy character either, but it was great to see Pete gain insight about himself. It was not at all apparent to me that Howard was not cheating as per @gadflyonthewall's post.
- felt for poor Lane's wife, and again the writing was superb around this character. She loved her husband, but didnt understand the depths of his depression or poor state of his finances. Don't know if it is a social commentary, but she reminded me of a stereotype of upper class British officer's wives of the Empire days: glamorous, physically tough, but usually not college-educated or interested in the world of work. Self reflection and introspection were seen as a waste of time to people of that background. The script was wonderful: she still had little idea of Lane's life: she imagined a sordid double life that didn't really exist... She had heard of the "brothel" story but was clutching at straws. I will have to watch it again, but did Lane leave Joan money ?
- finally, little has been said here about Meghan's mother's treatment of Meghan, which seen from today's perspective seems to be appalling. Rather than encouraging her daughter, she belittles her and appears to have damaged her. She is a horrible woman. Don, again with deeper insight, seems to recognize this, and I thought he was going to throw her out.
- Two laugh out loud episodes: Roger making prank calls to Don's apartment and imitating Emile, and then Pete getting punched by the train conductor.
Final observation: would two girls have approached Don in a bar in 1960 ? Then, presumably women would absolutely wait for an approach in a bar. In 1967, however, things may be different
Are there any parallels in the followiing:
1 - Don's toothache as a metaphor for his problem with Megan (who is known for her teeth)
2 - The nurse said Beth and Pete had the same eyes so she was convinced that they were siblings and then when Don was looking at Megan's reel , his facial expression changed when he saw that Megan resembled him and he saw himself in her. IMHO, in B&W she looked very much like a female version of Don.
Yes Topaz wants a "woman's opinion" and Weiner is astute enough to interject he dosen't want one from "Black coffee outside".
Although rarely used these days, EST was a legitimate treatment for depression at the time. It seems unimaginable today-not to mentionfrightening. Although Marie was harsh, she too has had the burden of a philandering and disengaged husband. Megan is IMHO showing her true colors by snaking her friend out of the job. She deliberately went after Don while she was his secretary and dating the therapist-who told him "make sure she knows you only like beginnings".
Some viewers were dissappointed by the lack of fireworks but I thought it really was just right. You only live twice!
Everyone has been remarking on the use of "You Only Live Twice" at the end, but I am trying to remember the movie that Don and Peggy are watching from the tiny bit of the theme played. Anyone know?
PS EST is used more today than even a decade ago -- because it really works for intractable depression.
In case you are curious, a friend just told me that elusive music is from Casino Royale.
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Paul Salopek traced the path of human migration. Hong Qu sorted fact from fiction. Jack Riley explored the stylish world of wearable technology. What will you do? From journalists and educators to technologists and coders, professionals from all walks of life can now improve the world of journalism thanks to the new Knight Visiting Nieman […] more »
RJI, or the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, has awarded 13 fellowships for the 2014-2015 school year, the largest number that it's handed out yet. But what may be even bigger news is that six of those fellows will take part in so-called "institutional fellowships," under which they'll work directly with media organizations, such as […] more »
Following on the heels of last week's announcement of eight new international fellows, the Knight Fellowships program at Stanford has revealed the 12 winners of the John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships for the 2014-15 academic year. The program is an attempt to help decipher the future of news — and as you can see from […] more »
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Welcome to the Langham, Kaslo, B.C.
Since 1975 the Langham Cultural Society, commonly known as the Langham, has played a vital role as a cultural arts centre in Kaslo and the North Kootenay Lake Community, and throughout the wider West Kootenay region.
It's first project was the purchase and restoration of this unique heritage building in 1974 for use as a cultural arts centre. The award winning heritage building was built in the mid 1890's and opened in 1896 as a hotel, but since has seen many incarnations. These include a bottling plant, a bank, and during the second world war was an internment centre for Canadians of Japanese descent. After the war, the building was purchased by the Baba brothers who used it as a facility to build their Japanese – style fishing boats.
Over the past 4 decades, the Langham has provided gallery shows, theatre, concerts, films and performances, poetry and prose readings, and workshops. The society also runs the small Japanese Canadian Museum and supports regional and national professional artists as well as emerging Columbia Basin artists by providing opportunities to show their work. The Langham also provides 14 studios at low rents.


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Funny how the ad/editorial world seems to be getting along without film. People I'm acquainted are getting by nicely(i.e., profitably)without it.
People apparently get by profitably with this kind of work, too. What does it prove, though?
Originally Posted by CGW
Think you're suffering a wee bit of hypoxemia under that dark cloth.
How often are you going to retry writing this? It just got deleted before ....
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After each live event, the UFC polls various members of the media to update its rankings in each weight division as well as the pound for pound rankings. With only a couple meaningful bouts at this past weekend's UFC 163, the light heavyweight division is where we saw the most movement:
With his win over Lyoto Machida (formerly ranked no.1 contender), Phil Davis moved himself up three spots, putting him in fourth. With the loss, Machida dropped one spot, pushing Alexander Gustafson into the top spot. Coincidentally Gustafson is the next to fight for the title, so now Jon Jones will fight the consensus number one contender.
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8/6/13 10:42 AM by Another Foob
I don't think Machida and Davis should have traded positions, but it is a little strange. Two of the three guys above Davis are guys he has wins over, but then, he's ahead of Rashad, who also beat Davis.Fight Matrix has a pseudo-scientific list, which does not have these issues.
8/6/13 10:17 AM by EckY
These UFC rankings are a total waste of time, they are nothing but a popularity contest, there is no actual system behind them.
8/6/13 9:00 AM by Aaron Becker
hmmm, nope, Davis won, look at their records
8/6/13 7:49 AM by Big Pookie
These rankings make about as much sense as James Toney.
8/6/13 1:55 AM by Bipolar
Machida's placement is a bit ridiculous. He has 3 wins and 4 loses in his last 7 fights, and is 2 & 2 in his last 4. Both Phil and definitely Glover should be placed higher.
8/6/13 1:26 AM by MasterofMartialArts
Cause Machida won the fight...
8/6/13 1:04 AM by yellow wrkahlc is dead
They did it with Stipe and Roy, so it shouldn't surprise us that they're doing it again. Butthurt media are still butthurt at the decision.
8/6/13 12:57 AM by UGCTT_Pervert
No way! I can't believe X is ranked higher than Y.
8/6/13 12:39 AM by AndersonSilvasMoney
Presumably it's because your ranking is a placement based on the aggregate value of your recent wins/losses. You don't necessarily switch spots if you beat someone higher than you. Machida last two wins were Hendo and Bader with a loss to the champ before that.Davis last two wins were Prado and Vinny. Machida was already at the top and Davis is climbing.


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USC's Mayo impresses Wade
Southern California guard O.J. Mayo could be the third overall pick in the NBA draft on Thursday night, but he might not wind up in Minnesota. It is thought several teams have discussed potential deals with the Timberwolves, who hold the No. 3 selection.
Among those reported to have interest are the New York Knicks, Los Angeles Clippers, Bucks and Charlotte Bobcats - teams with the sixth through ninth picks, respectively. Would the Bucks package Charlie Villanueva or Yi Jianlian with their No. 8 pick in a multi-player deal to land Mayo?
Or will Bucks general manager John Hammond stay at No. 8, with West Virginia's Joe Alexander a possible target? The 6-foot-8, 220-pound small forward, who averaged 16.9 and 6.4 rebounds as a junior with the Mountaineers, was in Milwaukee for an interview Monday after previously working out with the Bucks.
Mayo has been working out with NBA players in Chicago at Attack Athletics, and he has impressed Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade, who was named to the U.S. Olympic team on Monday.
"Mayo is a combo guard," Wade said. "I'm not going to say he's like me, but he can play the 1 (point guard), he can play the 2 (shooting guard). He can guard bigger guys as well.
"One thing I did like about Mayo, besides basketball, is him as a person. You take a kid who's been getting hyped up since sixth grade, you think he's going to come in like he's already in the NBA. But he came in and has been a student of everybody who's been in the gym. He's asking questions and he's trying to learn."
The 6-4, 200-pound Mayo impressed Timberwolves officials during a five-team workout held in Chicago on Saturday. Memphis point guard Derrick Rose and Kansas State forward Michael Beasley are expected to go in the top two picks, although the Chicago Bulls have not revealed which way they are leaning with the No. 1 selection. Wade's Miami team has the No. 2 pick, and some media observers believe Heat president Pat Riley could be looking to make a deal.
"I see him as being NBA-ready," Wade said of Mayo. "The top three guys that we named are all NBA-ready. Everybody is taking a hit at Derrick Rose because they say he's not a shooter, that he probably will be later in his career. But he's NBA-ready.
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