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I'm waiting for it to not be awesome each time we see that bronze Statue of Liberty. Hasn't happened yet.

Pete's one of my favorite characters, too, but I don't think I'd call him fundamentally decent. Unless, of course, by "fundamentally decent" you mean "vaguely aware of and unsettled by his own sociopathic tendencies and the cruelty of the world in general."

That Pete was the only available man the secretaries thought would be helpful speaks volumes about the level of respect Harry commands around the office. I loved that.

And Animaniacs launched Pinky and the Brain: "Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?" "I think so, Brain, but what if the chicken won't wear the nylons?"

"Drunk 'n' Giddy Don" would be my vote, if only because it looks like Hamm is having so much fun playing drunk.

"Remember, the primary reason Betty ditched Don was because Dick was so far beneath her."

I thought January Jones's reading of the "They were very close" line was meant to convey Betty's envy of Sally's relationship with Gene, and her own unresolved grief about his death. There's been no evidence whatsoever to support Sally having been molested, and I believe Weiner himself has said that the Gene/Sally…

Don's entire adult life has been an existential crisis.

I think he could easily get laid without paying for it if he wanted to. He's paying for getting smacked around.

Damn straight, Momma! Don has been out of line in every serious conversation he's had with Peggy this season, and the most recent dressing-down was really egregious. He was displacing all of his anger at feeling helpless in his own life onto her. He'd never have spoken that way to any of the male copywriters.

Not hot. First, his name is Duck. Second, he wears turtlenecks. Third, he's just so sexless. I was not sold.

I believe Emeritus Hobo also ate Freddie Rumsen, lex.

I don't think Sally necessarily had a problem with being given a Barbie per se. I think the issue was less "My mother pretended that my brother got me a doll and this is proof that she doesn't know or love me because I hate my brother AND dolls," and more "Sweet Baby Jesus, my new 'little brother' managed to buy me a…

I didn't get that she was crushing the caterpillar; I thought she was cradling it in her hand possessively and keeping it safe. That dream struck me in its childish simplicity: having a baby is just the right thing for beautiful girls in butterfly dresses, and is as easy as plucking cute, fat little caterpillars from…

Her name is Paula something, and she made it to Vegas last season. She was in the really dysfunctional group with the (tapper!) Eric Silkie kid during the self-choreo round; she started talking/crying while the judges were laying into her group for going to bed before they stopped sucking, and then Mia totally blamed…

I agree, and I like the direction the relationship is going in. I just hope that Sal has enough sense not to crush on Don the way he crushed on Ken.

"A Better Son/Daughter" by Rilo Kiley. It's not explicitly anti-suicide, but it does encourage & remind someone who's drowning in the depths of depression that there is more to life than pain & ennui. I think. I still haven't figured out if Jenny Lewis is playing that sincere or sarcastic; if the latter, then it'd…

Don was trying to tell Pete not to act desperate for once. Too bad he didn't include, "Also, don't drive other people off the dance floor while you and your wife show off." Not that I didn't enjoy the Charleston immensely, but I don't think that was a "joyous" dance. For Pete, at least, any pleasure he derived from it…

I seriously doubt that smug, self-important Mia has ever regretted a single thing that's come out of her mouth. And if there's a rule against judges naming their favorites, she's broken it at least a couple of times in prior seasons.

But Heidi did next to nothing in that routine — it wasn't about her at all, it was showcase for Travis. And don't get me wrong, he's great, but… I don't know. The dance did not hold up for me at all, and I loved it the first time around.