Mad Men Season 5 running thread

Yeah, I'd say Roger getting the airline guys loosened up before Pete dropped the hammer was helpful to the latter. I'm sure Roger feels that way, too. But Pete obviously thinks it's all on him. CONFLICT! DRAMA!

 

Damn dream sequences.

 

Holy shit, though!

Two of them. Or maybe three.

 

Is Don Draper going to have to choke a bitch?

 

Well, at least he didn't dream he was taking her on a motorcycle ride.

And that scene with Peggy and Roger was excellent. Roger's so weak, even Peggy doesn't fear him anymore.

 

Loved the look on Pete's face when he was walking out the door after dropping that bomb on Roger at 5 o'clock on Friday.

And I was beginning to think Peggy and Dawn might wind up as roommates, but then with Dr. Greg out of the picture maybe Peggy and Joan wind up living together. (Or maybe Peggy asks Dawn to live with her out of guilt).

Also, Sally taking that sleeping pill is clearly the seeds of her going buck wild on experimental drugs by her mid-teens.

 

Marry me, Peggy Olson. I'd take Elizsabeth Moss, too.

 

Question: Was the past woman at Don's apartment at all (the first time?) or did he dream the whole thing, in our opinion?

 

General consensus I've seen on the Internets is that he dreamt the whole thing (outside the elevator meeting with Megan, that is). I've seen people reference those scenes being shot differently as evidence.

 

Oh, she's damn good in the role . . . but a hardline Scientologist, as Moss is? Asking for trouble. Begging for it.

 

Yeah, that was a fever-induced hallucination. Those actually happen, too! When I was a really sick kid, I'd see and say weird shit all the time that I thought was real. Then I'd wake up the next morning and Mom would tell me stories. Anyway, that was just bizarre. It obviously signifies there are demons still barely underneath the surface in Don's mind, regardless if he's outwardly a happily married man.