Mad Men

#76
#76
TheDeeble said:
I think Don will stay at SC&P in New York. Could Duck have been bringing in someone to replace Pete Campbell since it looks like Pete was fired? It was never really clear.

Speaking of Pete. I was a little confused by the episode 2 weeks ago when Pete confronted Bob Benson about his bogus identity and his shady past. He said that "he knows what Bob is" and basically apologized for anything he'd said that might have made Bob mad and said he wouldn't expose Bob, but Pete wants to be off limits.

Did he mean he knows Bob is some kind of super con artist and doesn't want to mess with him for fear of his career?
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I think he was threatening Bob and saying that he knows what he is and knows about his past, but he won't tell anyone if Bob stays out of his way. At that point Pete was already being phased out at the SC&P. The writing was on the wall. And he tried to pull this on Don in the first or second season and it totally backfired on him. So I think in an effort to not rock the boat and look like a petulant child (which he kind of is), he tried to intimidate Bob into staying off his turf.

He realized that Bob had more allies at SC&P than he did at that time. He was already on thin ice, so he tried to diffuse the situation. It didn't really work and the whole situation with his mom and Bob's "friend" didn't really improve their relationship. So to finally put the dagger firmly in Pete's back, Bob pulled the slick move on him at GM, getting him to drive the stick shift Camaro, leaving the GM account all to himself.

Bob is an interesting character. If you'll recall Sal from the first few seasons. Sal was gay and didn't do a very good job of hiding it and it cost him. Bob on the other hand, plays everything so close to the vest, that other people have no idea. He's so harmless and bland that nobody notices him. And yet, he's now the sole account guy on the agency's biggest account. In a way, he's kind of like Don in that he came out of nowhere with no qualifications, only to end up being an indispensable asset to the agency. I'm very intrigued to see where Bob ends up next season.
 
#77
#77
So apparently they're going "Breaking Bad" with the last season, showing 7 of the episodes in 2014 and 7 in 2015.

I really hate this; I didn't like when BB did it but at least it had a compelling enough storyline to get away with it. MM's storyline has been stagnant for about 2-3 seasons now.

I think AMC is starting to panic a bit. They are losing BB and MM was supposed to end next year, and their new show Low Winter Sun has been a ratings bomb. So now they're going to milk MM as long as possible, and are giving BB the Saul spinoff and giving The Walking Dead its own spinoff. And on top of that, they cancel The Killing.
 
#78
#78
I thought The Killing was pretty weak.

Sucks to hear about them dragging out Mad Men. I hate this two season garbage.

Although I agree with you. Was telling my buddy the same stuff earlier this summer. Breaking Bad gone and Mad Men nearly done. AMC has some work to do. Those two series are what put AMC where they are today. Outside of that, the only high quality show they have is Walking Dead. And that's only 12 weeks out of 52.

My buddy told me about some diff show they have planned. Something about a ship in the Arctic.

What's the Walking Dead spinoff? Haven't heard about that one.
 
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#79
#79
Not sure about the Arctic one. I did hear that Chris Carter, who created The X-Files, has a new sci-fi show green lit for AMC for next year. I think it's supposed to be somewhat similar to X-Files.

They still have Hell on Wheels, but it's on Saturday nights. I'm wondering if they'll move it back to Sundays. It's essentially getting the same ratings as it was on Sundays.

They just announced TWD spinoff; not a lot is known, but I'm guessing it's going to be a similar show just set in another part of the country or world.
 
#80
#80
I think Hell on Wheels is a very underrated show. But yeah, they need another original.
 
#81
#81
Bump for the Season 7 premiere.

I thought it was ok, but I'm surprised that it was the lowest rated premiere since Season 2. It only did a 2.27. Season 6's premiere got a 3.37. I mean MM has never been a big ratings draw but still.
 
#85
#85
Well it's not like it's threatened to get cancelled with this being it's last season. I love it but I think the addition of too many new characters turned people off a little bit. I think the show is at its best when Don is kicking *** and still being a prick, not just the latter. Last Sunday's episode was the first one in a long time with a happy ending (mostly) for all the people involved.
 
#87
#87
I wish Don would tell these people to frack off treating him like this instead of imploding....

Cooper telling him, "Don, why are you here?!"

Then Peggy treating him like an diseased leper after all he had done for her in the past.
 
#88
#88
utkCREW said:
I wish Don would tell these people to frack off treating him like this instead of imploding....

Cooper telling him, "Don, why are you here?!"

Then Peggy treating him like an diseased leper after all he had done for her in the past.
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I thought it was funny when he was pretty much blowing off Peggy and she knew that there was nothing she could do.

Only 3 episodes left this half season.
 
#89
#89
Peggy is mega*****. I'm enjoying this season, though not their best. I'm hoping for Don to have a happy ending, not that he deserves that.
 
#90
#90
-Don seems to just have awesome stuff fall in his lap (kind of literally)

- Seems like Megan and Don are doomed to end up divorced. She's getting crazier and he's getting more and more tired of her. He seemed more concerned about his "niece" than her in last night's episode and Megan was pretty pissed about it.

-Peggy's personal life is a complete dumpster fire

-Ginsberg finally went insane. This has been happening for a couple of seasons now.

-It's becoming more clear that Don won't be with the agency at the end of the series. He might have saved himself a little bit of time after last night, but the writing has been on the wall ever since he came back to work. Nobody seems to like that he's there besides Rodger.

- Betty is still trying to be the Stepford wife and still being a ***** when things don't go her way.

-Stan's outfits get crazier every week.
 
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#92
#92
Well that was an weird episode. Every time I thought something was going to happen, the opposite ended up happening. Can't wait for the final 7 episodes.
 
#93
#93
Pretty shocking ending I thought. That was really out of blue.

And I really hope Don and Megan are done for good now. I'm really tired of her.
 
#95
#95
VolsSportsFan said:
Pretty shocking ending I thought. That was really out of blue.

And I really hope Don and Megan are done for good now. I'm really tired of her.
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Yeah, I agree about Megan. She adds nothing to the show except for that akward threesome last episode. And her smoking hot redhead friend. But other than that, nothing at all.
 
#97
#97
Kind of a boring episode last night, but not every one has to feature a partner dying.
I think it's just six episodes, btw.
AFter last night's, it mentioned that there were just five more.


Any predictions? A lot of folks think Don will die, but I am not in that camp.
 
#98
#98
Panthro said:
Kind of a boring episode last night, but not every one has to feature a partner dying.
I think it's just six episodes, btw.
AFter last night's, it mentioned that there were just five more.


Any predictions? A lot of folks think Don will die, but I am not in that camp.
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No, there's definitely 6 left because Season 7 is 14 total episodes divided into 2 7 episode half seasons.

I think what they said is there is only five left until the finale. It's a weird marketing thing I've noticed networks have started doing. They're doing the same thing with Justified, as last week they said "only 1 episode left....until the finale".
 
#99
#99
I didn't love last night's episode. When are we going to get to hear another brilliant Don Draper ad pitch? I'm afraid we won't.
I'm now thinking they are going to have him leave everything to go be humble somewhere so he can live as Dick Whitman. Not with that name, of course.
 
#100
#100
So far the final episodes have been kinda....meh. They haven't been bad but it's more making me wish they'd hurry up and get it over with.
 
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