Yup - but he's the go-to guy when they need to hard-sell something. Even the actual accounts guys like Roger and Ken stick to schmoozing the clients, and defer to Don's expertise in selling the idea itself.

That's kind of a different thing, isn't it? At least in relation to Mad Men, that is. I don't think anyone is suggesting that the glimpses of the 60s shown in MM are unrealistic - just that they're too in-your-face. If they didn't steal focus from other more important things, I personally would have no problem with…

No Roger in this episode, sadly.

Like I said, it's not like he's not creative - far from it. What I meant is that the Don moments that are most memorable from the show are the ones where he sells an idea to clients, rather than the idea itself.

True - but that's the difference between real life and fiction. In real life, you probably have a thousand conversations with your friends about the latest iPhone or whatever. But those conversations wouldn't be particularly interesting in a contemporary TV show or movie - and would be incredibly boring in a TV show…

Yes - that's why I specified 'to the detriment of the actual story'. If it pays off even in a small character moment, then it's not a throwaway line/scene.

Great review, flowsthead.

There's a difference between presenting background details - that stay in the background - as signifiers that the show takes place in the 60s, and thrusting those details into the viewers' faces, often to the detriment of the actual story. For example, the fact that the characters use typewriters is a background…

Don's speech to the Belle Jolie guys didn't make much impression on me the first time around, but on rewatch I think it's awesome. Yes, it is bullshit - but that's what makes it compelling. It's the sheer force of Don's personality that makes even bullshit sound persuasive.

Hmm … I don't see it as a shortcoming in the show. Bay and Daphne are very different types of people, with very different types of interests. They may share a significant chunk of their lives, such as school and friends, but they don't really have any interests in common. I don't see them hanging out with each other…

While I agree that Angelo deserves to be yelled at - very loudly, that too and at least once per episode - in this case he really didn't deserve the extreme lambasting the restaurant lady gave him. It wasn't his fault Regina took the money from the joint account without telling him.

He's Chef-Jeff levels of creepy, but Regina - like Daphne - is oblivious to all that.

*Sigh* In all the season 'parts' so far, the only one where Daphne did not have a guy-related storyline was the second part of season one (episodes 11-22), where she had the basketball storyline. That was easily my favourite storyline with Daphne, and I even liked her friendship with Simone and how it unravelled. I…

The main difference between Jorge and Chef Jeff is that Jorge is probably slightly younger than Jeff, and not Daphne's immediate boss - and not a slimy human being like Jeff. Also, Daphne is about a year older now. But those points just mitigate the problem slightly - they don't erase it. It's still rather icky to see…

The issue isn't how much they get paid (though that certainly comes into play), but rather the fact that a couple of servants in such a highly class conscious society would never venture into a place where they could run into their employers socially.

But more pressing, is anyone else confused as to why Daphne, a high school student, continuously attracts older men?

So how exactly can Bates and Anna afford to go to such a posh restaurant? And more importantly, why would they go there? Did they suddenly get the urge to spend all their disposable income for the year in one go? Or maybe they felt that they should check out the place their employers hang out in so that they can have…

AFAIK, the numbering of the episodes on PBS is different from how they aired in the UK. I think that PBS combined the first two episodes, so this review is of what aired as episode 6 in the UK.

She is fuelled by indignation.

Daisy's stupidity knows no bounds. Still, at least she stood up for someone she cared about, rather than simply whining and sulking in the background as she usually does.