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| weaver | May 11 2015, 06:41 AM Post #676 |
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I thought it was a great episode. I've never liked January Jones so I couldn't believe how sad I was about Betty. January has gotten so much better; she really knocked it out of the park. Everyone speculated that someone would die, but who ever thought it would be Betty? Betty is taking charge of her own life, and death, it seems, in spite of doctors discussing the options with Henry. And Pete is getting a happy ending, or so it seems. I always loved him and Trudy. Don has matured so much in this season. I liked how he gave the scam artist the car and a chance for a new life without a criminal history. He knows what it is like to be on the run and hiding his past. It hasn't been so easy. Jon Hamm was perfect last night. His face is so expressive. Next week will be so sad. Don will have to find out about Betty. I'm sure he'll take responsibility for his kids, where it will be, who knows? (He can be in charge of plane maintenance at Lear Jets with Pete in Wichita, but that is too simplistic, I think. It would make me very happy though) (Only thing I didn't buy was the guys from the fundraiser beating up Don because they thought he stole the money. Where would he have put the money? He couldn't escape, he had no car. Was glad it didn't make Don more cynical given he had blabbed his history (what a relief to finally hear him say "I killed my CO.") It made him more willing to give the kid a chance for a new life. I want this to go on and on and on. Marathon of all season this week, but my DVR doesn't really have room. |
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| cccharley | May 11 2015, 08:21 AM Post #677 |
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I didn't watch yet. Going to catch it today. So tempted to read your thoughts before I watch Arhh |
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| cccharley | May 11 2015, 08:22 AM Post #678 |
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Oh no read the word sad and Betty. lol not reading the rest of your review weaver till I watch. Now I can only picture what happens why did I do that. Bbl
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| cccharley | May 11 2015, 08:23 AM Post #679 |
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Okay just watched. Was so sad. Don could think that Henry can are for the kids he will remarry. So sad. I cried So plane theme. Flying the coop. Bert Cooper. Leaving his car Lear jet. Perhaps that woman's theory does have something to it. Also Don apparently left his money. Would be horrid for him not to come home and abandon his kids considering he is calling them from on the road. Perhaps he will finally take responsibility for those in his life. I didn't get why the motel owner's wife said to Don he should have left when his car was ready when she specifically asked him to stay for her husband's event. Why didn't she shoo him out of there? Confused on that one So o guess two choices don runs or comes home and faces the music. If he grew then he returns. If not he's in the road. Which will it be? There should be lots of Peggy next week Edited by cccharley, May 11 2015, 10:43 AM.
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| IcyAll | May 11 2015, 12:07 PM Post #680 |
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I had to watch it the third time they showed it and couldn't tell if the previous showing was over, so I unfortunately saw the end before the whole episode and thought "what the hell is going on?" -- I started when Pete came over to see Trudy and then saw Don confront the kid. From my timeline vantage point, that whole scene looked like a gay come-on-- like the kid was offering his services, coming into the room and spreading his arms like that. Either it was that or it was very, very bad direction. And so I saw Sally open the letter from Betty and read it … and was SHOCKED. I cried. Then I watched the episode from the start and cried less, but I'm still upset. We're going to leave these characters. People have died: Lane died, Burt died, several fathers and mothers. I needed Betty to live her life! I don't think that's too much to ask for from Matt W.! But honestly, I think he really likes January Jones and maybe this was his way of giving her a chance at an Emmy or a future career. She did a good job with the script. You know, DB Cooper requested FOUR parachutes. No Peggy, no Roger, no Joan … I did wonder if last week was the wrap up for those characters. As in "Peggy is aggressive and keeps her job, not bending to men's expectations; Roger is on the old fogey's floor, Joan takes her money -- but loses Avon -- but is "fine" with her wealthy boyfriend." |
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| ranjake | May 11 2015, 12:50 PM Post #681 |
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I'm never as articulate about TV as you all, and I love reading your responses. I cried, too. I actually always secretly loved Betty. Almost like she pared down a lot of the BS a lot of Mom's pretend- in a strange and cold way :) I cried, too- basically from when she fell on the steps (and also watched it 3 times! It blew me away. One of the online magazines wrote in a review today, that these characters will keep going on, but we're like Betty, we won't be around to see it :( NOW I have to figure out how you figure out how much DVR room I have as well! |
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| Mariah | May 11 2015, 05:53 PM Post #682 |
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What an episode to air on Mother's Day! I couldn't even concentrate on the Don and Pete stuff the first two times I watched, I was so upset about Betty, and wanted to get back to her, not some strangers in Bumfuck OK, or whereever it was. Just starting to read some reviews now. Alan's up First. http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/review-mad-men-the-milk-and-honey-route-for-old-times-sake Agree with all of you on the rest, except I've always loved January Jones in this role, and I still do. |
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| cccharley | May 11 2015, 06:16 PM Post #683 |
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Have you seen JJ Un other roles? She's not much different. Same monotone voice |
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| ranjake | May 11 2015, 08:34 PM Post #684 |
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I think I only saw her as one of the hot Girls in the Bar in Milwaukee in "Love Actually"-lol. What else has she been in? And who IS the father of her Baby? :) |
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| Mariah | May 11 2015, 09:35 PM Post #685 |
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http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2015/05/10/mad-mens-vincent-kartheiser-i-was-always-rooting-for-pete/ ‘Mad Men’s’ Vincent Kartheiser: ‘I Was Always Rooting For Pete’ http://www.salon.com/2015/05/11/mad_men_recap_it%E2%80%99s_been_a_gift_to_me_to_know_when_to_move_on/ There is more to “The Milk and Honey Route” than Betty’s story, but Betty’s is the one that matters. Don engages with ghosts from his past and remnants of a different life somewhere outside Tulsa, and his aimless wandering is where the title of the episode comes from: “The Milk And Honey Route” is a “humorous” guide to being a hobo, that population of shiftless wanderers that young Dick Whitman so memorably collided with in season one’s “The Hobo Code.” An element of Don’s adventures is infused with the allegorical quality of struggling to kill his demons from the past, so that he can—maybe—move into an uncertain future. But Betty’s story in this episode is entirely about confronting those demons, and then realizing they can’t be conquered; the future isn’t just uncertain or unknown, it’s nonexistent. http://adage.com/article/agency-news/mccann-mad-mad-men/298563/ Is McCann Mad at 'Mad Men' Yet? Like Jaguar Before It, Agency Execs Portrayed Like Villains http://www.vulture.com/2015/05/mad-men-recap-season-7-episode-13.html Betty falls and breaks, of all things, a rib. This leads to an X-ray, which reveals a rapidly metastasizing cancer that’s going to take her life within a year, less if she forgoes treatment. (The slow zoom into a profile of her face as Henry and the doctor discuss her treatment is one of the show’s finest filmmaking moments.) http://www.forbes.com/sites/allenstjohn/2015/05/11/mad-men-713-recap-betty-draper-turns-and-faces-the-strange-changes-dying-dead-cancer/ It shall forever be known as The Episode In Which We Find Out Betty’s Dying. But in typically quirky Mad Men fashion, it’s really the episode in which we find out that Change Is Possible After All. http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/11/mad-men-recap-season-7-betty-cancer-don-motel/ In the series’ penultimate episode, we hear some of the most common critiques of her character. Her own husband wonders if she’s “stubborn or vain,” as if he can’t imagine a third option. Sally tells her she “won’t get treatment because you love tragedy.” Betty’s strong-willed response to her family — and her impending death — feels like the show’s rebuke to critics who thought less of her. There was always strength in her chiffon. http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/mad-men-milk-and-honey-route-219225 In this episode’s other storylines (which I’ll cover shortly), the notion of being “scared” comes up a lot. Henry complains about the doctor scaring Betty with a cancer diagnosis. Betty apologizes to Sally for Henry’s behavior, saying he shouldn’t have told her that she’d soon be motherless. And when Pete shows up on her doorstep in the middle of the night with big news, Trudy says, “You’re scaring me. Please, what is it?” In each case, these characters are scared by news of their future. Don stands apart: He is scared by what came before. He deplores his past but is doomed to be the product of it. So he’s progressively erasing himself. He’s already left his marriage, his family, his home, his job. Now he gives his car keys to Andy, because the encounter with the surly Legionnaires demonstrated that the car, despite its promise of liberation, just provides another way for him to be tied down. The final shot shows Don alone on the roadside with nothing but cash and a bag of clothes. He smiles with relief. His disappearing act is nearly complete. All that remains to vanish is himself. Then they’ll never catch up to him. http://tomandlorenzo.com/2015/05/mad-men-the-milk-and-honey-route/ Well Happy Goddamn Mother’s Day from Matthew Weiner. Oh. Here’s your heart. It seems to have been ripped from your chest recently. |
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| weaver | May 12 2015, 05:45 AM Post #686 |
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I went to look at my DVR yesterday and found out TWC has been deleting shows for me, oldest first for a few weeks now. The DVR is full but instead of stopping recording, it merrily deleted shows. As a result I lost all last season's Mad Men. I did want to watch those again. I have only last week and this week's show now. Also lostabout 5 Law & Order,SVU, but I probably would never have watched them anyway. I did have 78 unwatched Judge Judy's though. Don't know why they didn't fall in the time frame to delete. Only TWC knows. So I guess I'll set up DVR to record season one of Mad Men. Would like to see it again. Course iTunes has them all at a price if I really feel the need. |
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| cccharley | May 12 2015, 10:00 AM Post #687 |
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Weaver twc has a new dvr. More expensive but holds a ton more. You can also tape like six thins at once.
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| weaver | May 12 2015, 11:32 AM Post #688 |
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I was going to call them about that. |
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| IcyAll | May 12 2015, 05:03 PM Post #689 |
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I thought they were available on Netflix? I watched the first four seasons that way. |
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| weaver | May 12 2015, 06:05 PM Post #690 |
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Oh are they? Good, then I won't worry about recording. I don't want to watch any old ones until after Sunday. |
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