- Pete's literal gun (again)
- Don and Megan's balcony
- Don's fever-induced nightmare/hallucination/fantasy
- Jane's druggy statement to Roger that "I knew you didn't fall in love" (when mentioning that she wasn't even going to ask if he cheated on her)
- Peggy and Ken's pact to take the other if either leaves
- Michael's possible dementia, which may or may not be an affectation
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT MY SYMPATHY BUT DON'T SHOOT SHOOT SHOOT THAT THING AT ME: Mad Men is not a show that adheres strictly to the principle of Chekov's Gun. Some guns go unfired (Joan's husband's tour in Vietnam did not end in either of the two ways we thought it would, at least not yet); others miss or fire blanks (Pete rushing in to tattle to Bert Cooper about Don's past). And even when they don't get fired, I get the feeling that Matthew Weiner likes his show to wave the guns around a bit in Act 2 anyway, just to terrify us (cue snippet of Don, brylcream evaporating, making a panicky call to Peggy this last episode, which might have reminded us of another call to Peggy after another road trip that ended badly -- the one with Bobbie Barrett). But I thought it would be helpful to start a catalogue of the Chekov's Guns that the show is stockpiling this season:
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