No one here knows any of that.  I've noted a general increase in Millennial activity in the comments in recent weeks.

Liked for the plural "Kennedies."

Someone asked recently if Henry Francis were the only good (as in "decent human being") character on the show, after his horrified reaction to Betty's rape fantasy.  I had to admit, now that Lane is gone, I think Henry might be the only decent human being with a major recurring role.  But he's pretty dull, too.  And,…

This season is kind of building toward June 4, 1968, which could come at the mid-point, and the second half of the season could show the turmoil in society creeping ever more into Don Draper's life.  In this episode, Don had to drive to the suburbs to pick up his children, passing rioting in the distance.  By the end…

Shit, can you imagine how Nixon would have reacted if he had lost to another goddamned Kennedy? 

"something pretty significant is lost between Bert's version and Harry's."

Isn't covering one's head or face a universal sign of sorrow or mourning?  Plus, it did make me think of Jewish prawer shawls, though those are not specific to mourning.  It was a nice touch; as @avclub-6b03de13952b1b210f8c2f4114b59a6c:disqus  put it, it was "evocative," and subtly reminded us (well, me, at any rate)…

Yeah, I don't see Ginsberg's father as a crude stereotype at all.  Certainly not any more than, say, Peggy's mother.  We've seen very little of either character, and the times we have seen them have only been in relation to their children, who are growing into adult independence and naturally causing some conflict…

@avclub-4f43ff47ac85a70464f634d97bcd4305:disqus , Abe wasn't ignoring Peggy, he was working on a story under a tight deadline.  Peggy stays at the office 'til all hours, too — is she "ignoring" Abe?  No, they're both just really into their jobs; neither seems to require more attention from the other than he or she is…

@avclub-eb82c84c462931212d961b1e43aaa5f9:disqus , that surf sound would also have fit well with the water-based episode title, and would have connected Don's nighttime smoke on the balcony with all the other moments of silent contemplation he's done throughout the series while gazing at the Pacific Ocean.

I never thought about it before the notably bad impression this episode, but Paul Newman really did have an inimitable (or, at least, very difficult to imitate) voice.  And of course no one looked as good as him, except maybe Marlon Brando in the late-1940s (I once saw a VHS cover to The Silver Chalice, I think, and…

@avclub-db8419f41d890df802dca330e6284952:disqus , true, although we didn't get much about Sally before she hit puberty (even the Grandpa Gene stuff was more about him than about Sally).  So, figuring that boys enter puberty at later ages than girls, and that he is several years younger than Sally, we got a good…

"Hey, I've been in Reno for the last 6 weeks!  What did I miss?"

I just watched the party scene from Raising Arizona this weekend, and it helped me realize why I don't like the husband of a friend of mine.  It's not just that she's pretty awesome and very nice, and that he's a redneck.  We all have friends who are with someone who's not good enough for them.  No, there was…

[closes his eyes, dreamily] "She really knows her way around a penis."

A small, somewhat closed (not necessarily keeping people out; but few new members join) community.  Yep, just like a small town, everyone will sooner or later be with everyone else.

You're the guy at the Renaissance Fair with the sleeveless flannel and Caterpillar ball-cap, eh?

There's probably a general lack of inhibitions at play here, right?  I mean, if you're unselfconscious enough as a man to run around in tights and a lace-up leather vest, or as a woman to run around in a leather bustier and off-the-shoulder blouse, then you might be more open than the general population to all kinds…

Apparently, it's "have a catch," in Field of Dreams-Land.

This seems appropriate today.