Mad Men season 3 ep 5

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Brief thoughts within, with spoilers



On the day when we get yet another reminder that the worst thing that ever happened to the Buffyverse was the day it fell into the hands of Comic Book Guy, thank everything there is to thank for Mad Men is all I can say.

Wonderful, wonderful ep - in which Betty gave birth while high on who knows what, Peter Campbell managed to come out of things looking pretty good compared to the old guys (Sterling and Cooper, in this instance), one of the Brits actually managed to half-redeem himself by not sneering at the idea of advertising aimed at African Americans, and we got a timely reminder in the Peggy/Don scene as to why the times they damn well should be a changin' etc etc.

Wonderful, wonderful stuff!

Comments

[angearia.livejournal.com]

Hey, I didn't know you watched Mad Men. Nifty.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

As a Sopranos fan, I couldn't not watch it. And it really is a great show, even if I can't seem to quite get fannish with it. It's sort of like with Big Love: I watch it with equal parts horror and fascination, loving it both for the character drama and the bitter pills underneath, but it leaves me pretty much wanting all the characters to keep fucking up because they don't deserve not to. ...Or something.

It's weird how I can find mass murderer Tony Soprano far more lovable and redeemable than a mere creep* like Pete Campbell.

*OK, possibly worse by s3, but no spoilers

[angearia.livejournal.com]

I'm really only fannish with the Buffyverse stuff, but I did write a Mad Men fic prompted by Season 3's finale.

Horror and fascination is a good word. I think that's why I love Don's character so much. The complexity of it all. I think my favorite characters (in the sense of I love all their scenes) are Don, Joan and Roger. Roger just has the best lines ever.

[flake-sake.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, on Mad Men there are some characters I actually like but with Big love I feel exactly that way. On one hand it's so creepy it's really good, but I kind of root for everybody going down (especially for Bill).

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*OK, possibly worse by s3, but no spoilers

Oh dear! And there was me thinking Pete was possibly improving.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Oh, he is. In so many ways. It's just... um... no spoilers. But it's Mad Men.

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But it's Mad Men.

There is that. Plus, he idolises Draper.