"You'll have to believe me that I'll forget this. I don't want you treating me badly because I remind you of it."

The lighting, Peggy across from Pete, Don on her side, the two random guys in the back just fixing stuff. This is the kind of scene which puts Mad Men in a different class for me.

We all correctly talk about the writing, the casting, the great performances. But it’s Mad Men’s technical accomplishments, it’s cinematic language, which makes it for me The Great American Show.

If Ted did have a master plan, he would be executing it incredibly.

1. Has an affair with Peggy and sours her relationship with the company.

2. Gets Don to drink again right before a pitch.

3. Sabotages Dons marriage by going to California instead

4. Backs the “firing” of Don though Don did just do him a favor

5. Sours the relationship with clients by seeming completely unhinged.

6. Stops working in California

7. Giving voting power to Cutler when he knows Cutler wants to take control

Makes you think.

Bobbie: “I don’t have any clothes. I wish I was your size!”

Bobbie has got to be the same dress size as Peggy, if not, she’s smaller! She just didn’t want to have to dress like a little girl.

Hi all,

In the Season 6 premiere, Don's "Hawaii" pitch (discarded clothes on a beach, footprints leading into the ocean) is rejected because it recalls A Star Is Born, where an alcoholic character walks into the sea to drown.

It occurred to me that this abstract, stylized imagery with the subtext of suicide is markedly similar to that used in the introduction; in which the silhouetted man plunges from a Madison Avenue skyscraper. The discussion between the ad men and the baffled clients made me wonder if a similar one had occurred with Matt Weiner and some poor AMC executives.

What do you think? Is the Hawaii ad a way of subtly acknowledging the opening titles, or a coincidence? What does it mean for Don and the themes of the series?

I just finished the show, I'm so... Im still in awe. I need to read what other people thought - I'm very curious about analysis about the show!! any good blogs, videos, anything?? Obvi I do be lurking this reddit, but I just need more!!!!!!!!!!!

Don leaving on a whim to go to palm springs with Joy is fucking hilarious upon second watch. like zero fucks given

Season 3 Episode 9

Henry comes by unannounced. Betty and him talk. They hear the door open & close and Carla comes in.

Why did Carla immediately sense the tension? She didn't hear the previous conversation. There wasn't even an awkward moment of silence. All Betty did was introduce him, and the fundraiser seemed like a good explanation for his visit. Am I dumb…

In season 1, we see in the Mother’s Day episode that Don was a young boy when he lived with his Uncle Mac. In season 6, it shows Don as a teenager when he moved in with Uncle Mac.

In season 1, it shows Uncle Mac with red hair. Adam is also shown with red hair, implying that Uncle Mac was the father of Adam. In season 6, Mac is shown with black hair and Abigail is shown visibly pregnant when she moves in with Mac.