In the Sorkinverse only good guys get to be named "Bobby".

Guy: While you're doing that I'll pretend I'm dating a drug dealer.

I thought it was a very pretty rendition of Ave Maria. The rest of it was dreck that stretched the limits to which disbelief may be suspended.

Ben C.

I think the biggest problem with Sorkin is that he routinely writes his characters doing inconsistent things for the sake of drama, "comedy", plot, or sometimes simply to fill time. Once you notice this tendency you can't stop noticing it, and so even an otherwise decent episode like this one contains a long list of…

Mac is the worst character and worst casting

I think she just gets better as she goes. My top 5 would probably all be from Fox Confessor and Middle Cyclone (let's say Fever, Magpie to the Morning, Star Witness, Hold On Hold On, and The Needle Has Landed). That does some injustice to all her great early songs:

I thought the Joan stuff was fantastic. Rather than just giving her something to do, it seemed to me a natural progression of her arc this season of figuring out how she can contribute as a partner. She's been trying to distance herself from glorified secretary all year, and now she has taken her shot at it.

Your analysis is very insightful … thanks for sharing your thoughts! It did seem like Don had something akin to a therapy breakthrough in this episode, connecting the dots between his past, his advertising inspiration, and his attraction to Sylvia. It will be interesting to see if, as I've read others speculate, he…

I thought she was the Dr.'s daughter

Very interesting ideas here, @avclub-298673367c6de609ae5970ce1e699c50:disqus . It's like, due to his experiences growing up and at war, Don was way (way, way) less naive than the world at large at the start of the series. In this regard he was a man ahead of his time. This made him remarkably adept at "remaking…

I know he wasn't in this week's episode, but: Bob Benson = Baby Boomers. As someone last week said, "He just appeared out of nowhere and started ingratiating himself in the weirdest way possible." I think he exists to represent Weiner's feelings toward the greatest (just ask them) generation.

Or, since he used to do Harry's job, the end of Harry.

@eric827:disqus Bobby says, "people like to go to the movies when they are sad" and then Don looks at him like he's seeing him for the first time. That was the moment. Basically, Don's impressed because that type of insight into the human condition - filtered through consumerism - is exactly what Don is so excellent…

When you someone read it

You're giving Entourage way, way too much credit to make a subtle character driven intentional mistake like that. Besides, either adjective is acceptable to describe a question and would make sense within the context presented. Vince could have been using the 3rd definition on the premise that he wasn't comfortable…

Please disperse - there's nothing to see here.

Your Nobel, sir.

I remember that, it was so hot.

The hardcore porn channel turned into NBC so suddenly that I totally noticed right away. I'm good at noticing things.