Oops, just made a similar comment about Sally above.  Damn this randomly branchy reply system.

Regarding Sally to Betty in this equation, screwing someone over is very different from simply not giving them any satisfaction for stirring up a bunch of shit.  Karmically speaking it is better for that person not to feed their need for drama.  Sally enjoyed watching her squirm, but Betty set her own trap.

I'm not sure if Roger really felt that bad, but I think he at least knew he SHOULD feel bad.  And I think he's probably a little disappointed himself because he has ironically felt closer to Jane since they realized it was over.  Now he knows he can't keep going back to that well, which makes him sad for him and for…

Betty keeps herself largely unconscious about the pain she inflicts on others, especially with Sally.   But she can't deny the pain suicide would cause.   She might intentionally hurt Don this way but not her kids.  She has enough conscience that I believe that would actually motivate her to stick it out even if she…

Since this has become a repeating bit, I have really been wondering about Roger paying Peggy then Ginsburg for work and Harry to switch offices with Pete.   Does this really happen typically with a salaried employee and a guy who name is on the door?  I can see it being a possibility if the person is so overworked,…

I don't think Roger is really an anti Semite so much as a guy who can't resist ethnic humor. He married a Jew and fought Nazi's. That's where his lines are drawn, he hates the Japs and I don't mean the acronym. Ginsberg gets this, he even played along at the mention of cheap production values, chipping in "of…

The notion of the show phasing Betty out is ridiculous. Don and Betty are forever linked by their children, and Sally is one of the most crucial characters for what she represents and the parental imprinting we see actively rather than, in most other cases, retroactively.

Don's idea started rough, cliched and weird to evoke hell for a kid's product, but the final execution was playful and fun. This could change everything is a really nice line. But it does require a little too much thought and is nowhere near as strong as Gins' ad.

Matt Weiner will be the new show runner.  He is available due to a commitment by Dan Harmon to run Mad Men.

References to Network and Taxi Driver are to be expected, but the movie this premise resembles the most by far is the fantastic social satire Falling Down (and by proxy Death Wish.)  I'm surprised no one has mentioned it.

DiCaprio: I can't tell you how sorry I am for what I did to this country.  I've betrayed not only the people I love but the deepest part of myself.

Holy crap, I feel like there's a spell like that Buffy episode where stupid utterances become true.  Er, um, they might also make a movie based on the fact that Scarlett Johansson is walking with purpose up my driveway right now wearing nothing but a camisole under a trench coat.  Be right back, I gotta check…

Carol Brown, I thought you took a bus out of town?

Totally.  The "no one to pin it on" thing is just insulting.  Joker is causing a city wide mayhem freakshow, and they can't blame HIM?  have to call bullshit, Nolan.

Not to mention unassuming, honest, and centered.

Sally's much too resilient for that though.  She's got her dad's keen wits and survival spirit, and emotional support from Glen.  Our girl's not going anywhere except to the Village or a country commune in a few years.

I really enjoyed how Don seemed to relish playing the role with Meghan.  Symbolism!  But also, the idea of him enjoying the playfulness of it, that's not something we see much for Don.  Which makes it that much sadder for him when Meghan decides to go for it as a real actress.  The unspoken implication clearly being,…

Drugs are bad, M'kay?

I think Gins' curse was drowned out by the music, I didn't realize he had said it until Don commented.  But that was the implication.  I'm surprised Ginsburg isn't hipper on current music, but his wardrobe isn't hip (and wouldn't be until 90's irony…) so he continues to be an interestingly idiosyncratic character.

The heck you say.  Track 5, Fixing a Hole is a supremely dreamy freak out, and from Paul for once, Track 6 She's Leaving Home which features one of Sir Martin's greatest orchestral arrangements, one of Paul's most intricate melodies, and a compelling story that pegs the whole 60's generation gap in heartbreaking…