The barber I went to as a kid (until I moved away from my hometown) had those massagers. It was the best. I loved Don's reaction to the aftershave, btw.

I got the impression that Sally woke up screaming because the naked Barbie she threw out the window had made its way back onto her desk, and was sitting there staring at her while she slept. Maybe she thought Baby Gene's fairies brought it back. How dare you throw away your brother's gift pleasant dreams.

It's the second one now, under the "Inventory" feature.

@ssbxvm: I thought that too re: the blade. The mower I grew up cutting the grass with had an engage lever, and then a foot pedal to keep the blade engaged, so it was impossible to have the blade engaged by accident. But maybe back in 1963 John Deere riding mowers were just "on," like many of today's push mowers.…

Roger doesn't work because executives don't work, period. They go to meetings and then delegate, "execute a plan," and report up. They work, I guess, but they don't do any actual work-work.

@Carnivorous Danus: All the Mad Men men (except maybe Don) are little boys running around with money and power. To wit: last episode Don walked in on Roger eating a chocolate sundae (most likely in the morning) and last night's ep had Bert Cooper eating chocolate pudding. Old-money Pete is as petulant as can be, Ken…

@Toby: You wanna see loose language reins, watch Rescue Me. The cocks and dicks and pussies and assholes fly like Delta. Apparently fuck and cunt are the only words not cleared for primetime TV—major networks included.

It is impossible for anyone who knows what irony is to have missed the irony in this article. So that's no so much the problem as "the article sucked" is.

Can't believe I read this whole thing.
Mr. Klosterman: Stating the opposite of received wisdom over and over and over is not funny or instructive, it's annoying. I wish you had actually engaged with the reissues instead of trying to be cool. You are not cool. Best wishes, Ace. ps—What a terrible waste of time.

I know Garrity is the other Sean, but no one but Mike calls him Sean. He's Garrity or something derogatory. I guess I *get* it, I just find it curious. Like Garrity is jealous that he's not Sean anymore.

And speaking of Candy/Barbara, she said Lou "made the biggest mistake of [his] life." She knows where he lives. What if she comes back and kills him? What if Ellie turns out OK but Lou ends up dead?

Lou remarked that he saw Candy's real name and social security number on their joint bank account, at which point he began investigating, after which he bled her for the money she stole, plus interest. Bravo, Lou, and bravo writers f or letting the audience think Lou bailed because of his insecurities while letting…

A better stray observation…
…might have been, did anyone give a shit about Ellie, period, ever? And why wasn't Tommy's question to Teddy "are you sure Ellie should be driving" or "what kind of kennel is open this late" instead of "you guys got a dog?" Outside the "brotherhood," there isn't much "looking out for each…

Wrapped In Plastic beat me to it. My guess is Sally is 10, but Don and Betty have been married 9 years.

I took this scene as kind of an allegory/commentary on the show and its writing. Same old predictable things have been happening for a long time. Also is this a "hipster" show, i.e., is it "cool" to watch Rescue Me? Because there was the whole bit where Tommy said "these hipster assholes will buy anything." Are we…

A-?
Really, an A-? I liked this week's episode better the first time when it was called last week's episode. The exact same interactions happened in "Zippo" as happened in "David." I hated the Tommy/Sheila "zippo" scene; it was terrible. Move on.

It looks like a hairy cheese doodle.
1. I thought this episode was great—quintessential Rescue Me, encapsulating everything I love (the natural-feeling guy-banter, thankfully toned down a bit this time) and loathe (the Sheila-Tommy-Janet triangle) about the show. The opening montage was fantastic. Second-best episode…

It looks like a hairy cheese doodle.
1. I thought this episode was great—quintessential Rescue Me, encapsulating everything I love (the natural-feeling guy-banter, thankfully toned down a bit this time) and loathe (the Sheila-Tommy-Janet triangle) about the show. The opening montage was fantastic. Second-best episode…