Mad Men

I don't think so. Seemed more brother-sister type relationship. Especially when he told her (in the flashback) how he wanted her to meet his new girl, Betty. I think she was always the outlet for him - she's the one who heard all his deep, dark secrets and no one else.

 

I don't know for sure. I'm kinda on the fence. Just my opinion, but when she said, "Just what am I gonna do with you?", I thought maybe she screwed his brains out. It could have began his change from the bright-eyed, oh-golly-gee used car salesman to suave playboy he is now.
I don't think they always had a sexual relationship. I think it was more brother-sister, like you say, when he visited on Christmas.

 

Didn't that episode have a couple of instances in which characters talked about how good-looking Don is? Think the original Mrs. Draper did it, when he told her about meeting Betty, and the agency folks did it either prepping for or meeting with the clients. What's up with that? Do people constantly talk about how good-looking some guys are? (Maybe they do, and I'm just not in the room to hear them. 8) )

 

First time I saw the show was last night, not really paying attention because of the computer. But, did I see a guy rape a woman on an office floor? What was that?

 

That was brutal to watch. Her eyes....looking off, focusing on something else. Then, after it's over, her fiance just says "Ready to go?" like nothing happened. Brutal.

 

They strained my credulity on that one. I was around, then, and knew where they were coming from (male chauvinism in the catbird seat, at that time), but
that was a stretch.

 

The one thing that I was glad about this ep is that at least Don and Betty seemed a bit more normal than last weeks' out-on-a-limb actions. It made them both seem more human and likable.

 

Oh, I don't think it was a stretch at all. That happening would not be an entire stretch today, where some man feels his fiance is his "property." In the early '60s, that was prevalent.

 

Supposedly the cast don't have deals, either, for a third season.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,440804,00.html

 

Right. Plus back in the 60s, it wasn't a crime to rape your wife. Sad but true.

 

In every episode there's always a great John Slattery moment.

During the meeting when they're deciding whether to sell the company, he looks at Alice Cooper's (!) two-headed mink stole and says, "I'm sorry, I don't know whose eyes to look at."

Also, nice homage to "The Day the Earth Stood Still". Hamm's playing in the remake.

 

Most consistent source of laughs in the show, among a largely-humorless bunch.