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Two images from the past stick with me.
The Hawaii Hotel pitch where the footsteps lead from the sand to the surf and disappear Don's admiring observation of the California hot rod mechanics in their garage. Can't shake the notion that one or the other will figure into the finale.
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Maybe that's just me projecting. Sadly, I see by FAR the most of myself in Pete friggen Campbell. The frustrated ambition of your late 20s/early 30s. You're doing so much spade work and by your early 30s you're doing more than that. You're often leading the things that are fueling growth but it's still the guys with grey in their temples that are taking credit for your ideas and getting your bonus money. I'm not old money; not ivy league so I don't identify with him on that front. And while I married young and have a daughter, I'm not the shitty husband Pete is. He's not a perfect analogue, but he's a hell of a lot closer to the mark for me than Peggy is. Moreover, I just think Vincent Kartheiser is a better actor than Elizabeth Moss. He's more emotive; more expressive with his face and mannerisms. It's hokey but it's true - I feel Pete more than Peggy and to me that's in large part because of the job Kartheiser does. And as to Peggy being the show's moral compass; precisely what separates her from Don? Why is she identifiable but Don isn't? It's nothing more than timing - we saw Peggy rise through the secretarial pool whereas we were only told Don made a similar meteoric rise. Like Don, Peggy's ambition has gotten in the way of having a stable family. Like Don, she seems more at ease when she's unhappy. We've seen her absolutely blast guys like Mathis and Ginsburg much as Don did with her when she was in their shoes. If she ever actually gets the job that Don has, she'd just be Don, right down to her self-destructive approach to personal relationships. There's nothing about the "Peggy is the proxy for the audience" thing that has ever made a single whiff of sense to me. She's Don earlier in Don's career and that's it.
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So apparently I'm not the only U-Verse subber whose audio cuts out on AMC.
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Holy SHIT.
Peggy telling Don "I can't say that we miss you" is the ****iest line ever.
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I'm re watching the first episode of Mad Men on Netflix and I'd suggest everyone do the same before the season finale.
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lol, Don walking in on his new bosses unannounced and telling the tobacco company what's up is um...well, I've never experienced sexual attraction to another man until just now.
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Salon's 10 Best "Mad Men" episodes. A fun walk down memory lane.
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I think the most important thing is the meta-commentary on consumption that Weiner et al are making.
It's clear, to me, that..
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So because you're spoon-fed it, that makes it more relatable?
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