@Mick: That was a very mild political reference used by Lola and you know it. She was illustrating the magnitude of Joan's position at SCDP in the event of a crisis. Joan would be top man ;s omething that would never happen to her by being hired for the position in the 60's world.
There's no need to equate it with a…

That is really hilarious. The warm fuzzy CIA agent.

Yes, Agate..keep pointing it out.

@Treefingers : I'll be the first to say my bad if I am off the mark about Pete. I know that there are posters in the mental health field that might not agree, but, as you know, I've been in that field,too. It's true that I am working on a "pet theory", but I do believe it is in context. I'm not just aiming a dart…

@Lex: I see you mentioned the red, white, and blue balloons tied toMickey Mouse. In a later post I said I thought they indicated we were in July. But, Lane looked like he was looking forward to seeing someone like Toni, when it turned out to be his father.

@Blank Unreg: I was thinking some of the same things about Jane and the Roger-Joan connection. The most painful scene was the one of Joan and Roger at the table, where Roger said that if she had the child, "it" would not be his. Joan's look told all. That's when she knew that Roger's only offer was to sleep with…

What time of the year is it now? The Summer Man was started on 6/15/65 because Don wrote that in his book. (you would have to pause it and read upside down). Watts burns in L.A. starting on August 11th. Maybe the crazy red, white, and blue balloons on the stuffed animal (Lane) means that we are in July.

Exactly, "What do you know about your neighbors across the street?"
"Well, they have a dog,….

I had been thinking about this too, Owl. Meghan was begging for messing up the application, Don was begging for Faye to understand his identity switch, Faye was begging to take Don home, Betty was on her hands and knees in front of the G.I. men covering for Don, Pete was begging for Trudy to understand a secret that…

The Houston Astrodome is the world's first domed sports stadium which was air conditioned and opened in 1965 as the "Eighth Wonder of the World. Judy Garland and the Supremes played to a capacity crowd.

That's also a good scenic catch, Treefingers. I'll have to watch it again.
More and more I appreciate Christina Hendricks' ability to use her face and eyes to convey a mood to quote your post "without her moving a muscle."

@SarCCastro: "we must never forget that it's Betty that Sally hates"

Don fingerbanged Bobbie Barret and slugged her husband in the speakeasy. Betty has shot pigeons. SAlly pummeled a little boy. Allison hurled a desk object at Don….But, whose counting? Well done, Roger's A.T.

@Charleyone eye: "life goes on". That was a great catch. Joan also said, "I'm fine. Everything is fine."

Also, Don has not stepped up to the plate when it comes to racial issues. He typically has kept quiet when things come up. His look at Lane at the Playboy club had a very puzzled, quizzical quality.

I'm going to have to spend more time on this thread. However, when Don was in his writing mode in "The Summer Man" he wrote about wanted to go on an African safari. I posted that I could remember that in that time period there were alot of magazine articles on safaris in Africa. So I checked on Wiki (of course) and…

I think Lex's take on the script is how I read the message from Nigel to Lane. He wants Lane to be with his family either here or there. If Lane divorces instead, it is just one more sign of Lane moving with the trends that are about to come in the U.S. and his new culture. But, those trends had their repercussions.

Sometimes a person may not be a full blown sociopath, but might have the features of the same. The time that Pete went through an elaborate plan with the ruined dress that the au pair was crying over so that he could muscle in on her is an example. Even though she closed the door on him the first time, he went back…

I wondered if the foxy lady out foxed the fox. The scene of Joan and Roger was great script writing and acting as they sat at the table discussing the possible abortion. What I loved was Joan's look as she realized that once again Roger was going to disappoint her. He signaled that if she did keep the child, it…

Yes, I want to give him an award for those puking noises, also. Working with alcoholics you get to hear the real thing and Jon Hamm is amazing. I wondered if they could have used a voice over somehow because it was so much "that" sound.