Mad Men S2 finale
I finished Mad Men S2. I had been watching one episode a week, but last night I couldn't sleep so I watched the last two eps online. Now the withdrawral symptoms begin. I really can't recommend this show highly enough.
Mad Men S2 Finale...could this be the most flawless show on TV?
There are a lot of shows I love, but usually I'll have my criticisms and nitpicks. With Mad Men I just sit and gawp at its excellence.
OMG, I love Pete. Someones got to. I may be the only female MM viewer who would fancy Pete more than Don (if their emotional baggage weren't so messy). I guess it's well documented that I don't go for handsome hunky guys. I go for pathetically endearing woobie guys. How could I resist an emotionally crippled weirdo like Pete? If you just put aside the things Pete says and does, he is basically this guy who spends every day walking around the offices of Sterling Copper begging people to like him; begging people to save him from his loveless marriage and family life. Most of the time Pete's cries for help don't translate very well but he is getting more desperate now. I do believe there is someone nice struggling to get out of Pete. I really hope someone finds him and rescues him before he thinks about sticking that shotgun in his mouth...*cries*
Oh, the Pete/Peggy scene! *dies a hundred times over* I'm soooo not usually a shipper but I must admit I've been shipping Pete/Peggy ever since the warped hunting fantasy moment they shared. I just love these fucked-in-the-head ships. And wow...the confession scene was everything I wanted and more. I've always thought that Pete was in love with Peggy but it was amazing to hear it confirmed and expressed with such naked vulnerable sincerity (oh Pete!). And I love that Peggy wouldn't confess anything when her priest told her that she's a sinner and she's going to hell, but when Pete tells her she is "perfect" Peggy spills her guts. I loved the whole "You wonder where that part went..." speech too. Peggy is becoming another Don Draper, cutting away parts of her life and leaving them behind. I don't want to see Peggy become as cold, aloof and self-serving as I often find Don, but I can already see it happening.
But I am slowly warming to Don too, even though he makes it very hard to scatch his surface. I really liked his interactions with Pete towards the end of S2. I think Pete loves Don (in a hero-worshipping way) every bit as much as he loves Peggy. Again Pete is not very good at expressing it. But all Don had to do was give Pete some credit, tell him he earned this credit and he has Pete firmly in his corner. Cooper was so right at the end of S1 when he said that you never know where loyalty may be born. Generally I love the relationships Don has with his co-workers but then hate Don for the way he treats Betty. Because Don can have as many compartments as he wants in his life, but he still wants to keep Betty trapped in her box, even if it is slowly driving her insane.
I didn't want Betty to cave on their seperation but if they are doing it for the sake of their children then I can just about accept it. Those sweet little Draper kids may be the one good thing that exists between Betty and Don. If they can put their own baggage aside and be good parents I think that redeems both of them. Ultimately it saddened me that Betty ended up taking revenge and having an affair of her own, because she didn't seem to enjoy it. She just sacrificed her own moral high ground...for nothing! Oh Betty (And the Betty/Glen story? I love it! Such an uneasy mix between childlike and tender, but yet creepy and inappropriate.) I really hope that Don keeps his promise to respect Betty from now on, but I don't trust him. Just like I don't trust Peggy with Pete's heart now that she knows she has it.
Is anyone else seeing these parallels between Don/Peggy and Betty/Pete?
I don't even know how to deal with Joan being raped in Don's office by her supposedly wonderful dreamboat doctor boyfriend. That scene was horrible. Oh Joan! Please don't marry him! I'm going to be so crushed if we find they are married in S3, I swear. I fear that this show is going to end tragically with Betty murdering Don, Pete commiting suicide and maybe Joan/Peggy running away together Thelma & Louise style.
Which would be kinda awesome, but it'll hurt too, because I love them all now!
*sigh* Time to rewatch S1 I guess. Or restart watching The Wire S1.
Mad Men S2 Finale...could this be the most flawless show on TV?
There are a lot of shows I love, but usually I'll have my criticisms and nitpicks. With Mad Men I just sit and gawp at its excellence.
OMG, I love Pete. Someones got to. I may be the only female MM viewer who would fancy Pete more than Don (if their emotional baggage weren't so messy). I guess it's well documented that I don't go for handsome hunky guys. I go for pathetically endearing woobie guys. How could I resist an emotionally crippled weirdo like Pete? If you just put aside the things Pete says and does, he is basically this guy who spends every day walking around the offices of Sterling Copper begging people to like him; begging people to save him from his loveless marriage and family life. Most of the time Pete's cries for help don't translate very well but he is getting more desperate now. I do believe there is someone nice struggling to get out of Pete. I really hope someone finds him and rescues him before he thinks about sticking that shotgun in his mouth...*cries*
Oh, the Pete/Peggy scene! *dies a hundred times over* I'm soooo not usually a shipper but I must admit I've been shipping Pete/Peggy ever since the warped hunting fantasy moment they shared. I just love these fucked-in-the-head ships. And wow...the confession scene was everything I wanted and more. I've always thought that Pete was in love with Peggy but it was amazing to hear it confirmed and expressed with such naked vulnerable sincerity (oh Pete!). And I love that Peggy wouldn't confess anything when her priest told her that she's a sinner and she's going to hell, but when Pete tells her she is "perfect" Peggy spills her guts. I loved the whole "You wonder where that part went..." speech too. Peggy is becoming another Don Draper, cutting away parts of her life and leaving them behind. I don't want to see Peggy become as cold, aloof and self-serving as I often find Don, but I can already see it happening.
But I am slowly warming to Don too, even though he makes it very hard to scatch his surface. I really liked his interactions with Pete towards the end of S2. I think Pete loves Don (in a hero-worshipping way) every bit as much as he loves Peggy. Again Pete is not very good at expressing it. But all Don had to do was give Pete some credit, tell him he earned this credit and he has Pete firmly in his corner. Cooper was so right at the end of S1 when he said that you never know where loyalty may be born. Generally I love the relationships Don has with his co-workers but then hate Don for the way he treats Betty. Because Don can have as many compartments as he wants in his life, but he still wants to keep Betty trapped in her box, even if it is slowly driving her insane.
I didn't want Betty to cave on their seperation but if they are doing it for the sake of their children then I can just about accept it. Those sweet little Draper kids may be the one good thing that exists between Betty and Don. If they can put their own baggage aside and be good parents I think that redeems both of them. Ultimately it saddened me that Betty ended up taking revenge and having an affair of her own, because she didn't seem to enjoy it. She just sacrificed her own moral high ground...for nothing! Oh Betty (And the Betty/Glen story? I love it! Such an uneasy mix between childlike and tender, but yet creepy and inappropriate.) I really hope that Don keeps his promise to respect Betty from now on, but I don't trust him. Just like I don't trust Peggy with Pete's heart now that she knows she has it.
Is anyone else seeing these parallels between Don/Peggy and Betty/Pete?
I don't even know how to deal with Joan being raped in Don's office by her supposedly wonderful dreamboat doctor boyfriend. That scene was horrible. Oh Joan! Please don't marry him! I'm going to be so crushed if we find they are married in S3, I swear. I fear that this show is going to end tragically with Betty murdering Don, Pete commiting suicide and maybe Joan/Peggy running away together Thelma & Louise style.
Which would be kinda awesome, but it'll hurt too, because I love them all now!
*sigh* Time to rewatch S1 I guess. Or restart watching The Wire S1.