Sunday, May 27, 2012

WHO WANTS TO BE IN BUSINESS WITH PEOPLE LIKE THAT?  We'll get to episode-specific recaps tomorrow, I'm sure, so I'll beg you to be as spoiler-free as possible in these comments so I can just make one assertion: I think that was the best two consecutive hours of television I've seen since Lost's season-three ender "Through the Looking Glass," a/k/a "Not Penny's Boat." Wow.
Posted by Adam at 11:19 PM

10 comments:

  1. Carmichael Harold11:26 PM

    Yes!  I was thinking the same thing (pretty much exactly, which is weird, right?).  Oddly, about 20 minutes into each of the episodes, I was worried they weren't going to work.  By the end, well, I'm not sure which one left me more unnerved/exhilerated.  

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  2. Randy12:06 AM

    Since I don't watch GoT, I can only speak to Mad Men. And that was just an outstanding, incredible episode. (Best since The Suitcase, if you ask me.) I haven't been loving Mad Men this season (only tonight's and "At The Codfish Ball" really truly worked for me), and I do remain concerned about the directions they've taken some of the characters, but that didn't stop my enjoyment of tonight's episode.

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  3. Jordan12:12 AM

    Since I don't watch Mad Men, I can only speak to GoT.  And holy fuck balls.

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  4. Anonymous12:55 AM

    I'm a couple of weeks behind on Mad Men,so I can't speak to toniht's episode, but that episode of Game of Thrones was amazing. And to have these two shows on the same night is pretty amazing.

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  5. Andrew12:56 AM

    And that anonymous Guest was me..

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  6. smm1:23 AM

    I agree, this is my second favorite episode after The Suitcase.  HOLY SHIT.  

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  7. Maret2:01 AM

    That was the best Mad Men episode this season, and one of the best of the series, IMO. Stunning performances by Christina Hendricks, Jon Hamm and Elisbeth Moss, all Emmy-worthy. I will save my specific thoughts for an episode-specific post, but there are moments that are just facial expressions by all three actors that are among the best acting you can see in any medium today.

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  8. isaac_spaceman2:23 AM

    Interesting bit of intrigue with Layne Price.  His first reaction to Pete Campbell pimping Joan out was "how dare you," because he was one of the three men in the room who both love and respect Joan in varying ways; and the stare-down he gave Pete on the way out was laugh-out-loud funny in the Spacehold.  But it took him mere moments of tv-time to translate his instructions ("present Joan with our offer") into something more up his alley ("Joan, take equity, not cash").  Layne better watch out that Joan's five percent doesn't just come from him. 

    And, of course, those two Don-Joan scenes.  Just heartbreaking; so well-written and well-played. 

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  9. Benner9:07 AM

    Speaking of how this might play out -- Joan's stake is still marital property, is it not? So, Dr. Greg gets to see books and records, does he not?

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  10. Matt9:34 AM

    That's an interesting bomb waiting to go off--in the 60s (and up till a few years ago) NY did not have no-fault divorce.  Rather, you had to prove fault (abuse, adultery) or constructive abandonment (living apart for at least a year).  Depending on what Dr. Greg has pled, it's very easy to imagine a court finding Joan at "fault" for the dissolution of the marriage and refusing child support to her or even taking the kid away entirely.  Obviously, Dr. Greg doesn't want custody of the kid (and may well suspect that the kid is not his), but it's a substantial piece of leverage he could use against Joan.

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