Meditations in an Emergency
Monday, October 27, 2008 at 08:29am by freakgirl
Last night’s Mad Men season finale was set during the Cuban missile crisis, and it seemed all the characters were behaving as if it were their last day on earth. People took a stand, got right with God, prepared for the worst and, in the Drapers’ case, declared a ceasefire.
Alan Sepinwall has a Q&A with Matthew Weiner that you can read here.
1. sandra said ( Monday, October 27, 2008 at 6:19 pm )
Oh, Pete. The first time he says something from the heart, he gets obliterated. I can’t believe Peggy told him, and like that, there, on that couch. Totally didn’t expect it to go down that way.
That look Duck had on his face when he realized Don didn’t have a contract - Duck was so shot out of the sky.
Loved Betty eating the cold chicken with such satisfaction.
And a shocked and silent Don. With Dick. At home, sitting on opposites sides of the kitchen table with their sad, angry, knocked up wife. Amazing.
2. Bianca said ( Monday, October 27, 2008 at 9:29 pm )
Poor Pete. He’s such a brat bit I did feel bad for him.
I loved that final shot of Don and Betty at the table. No one seems too happy with the thought of having another baby though. I wonder if the band aid will stick.
3. Grey Rainbow said ( Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 9:12 am )
i knew betty would wind up preggers….oh dear, no one in the draper house is happy!
pete broke my heart…peggy seems at peace…..i think duck is going to kill himself.
as a side note, on SNL I loved this:
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Ni.....de/787241/
4. Ásta said ( Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 7:51 am )
This whole season - both seasons even - have been building up to the Peggy/Pete conversation on the couch and it was much more emtionally satisfying than I could’ve imagined. This is expert storytelling at its finest. The same can be said about the Duck/Don showdown to a slightly lesser extent.