I hope that everybody remember's that Trudy and her father are linked at the hip. Trudy is a "daddy's girl" like Betty. But, Trudy and her father both enjoy "blood sport". Trudy is use to her father being a winner in the business world and she wants the same for her daughter. Pete has been trying to hold out from…

Apologies. The actress is Rosemarie Dewitt. I gave her the wrong name in my post.

@Decidedly ambivalent: You were not alone in the perception of that object. My husband insisted it was a razor. The blog put out that it was a plastic lariat made by Glen at camp and given to Sally. But, when did he give it to her?

Don was trying to dismiss Megan before she floored him with that astute remark. Faye is very clinical and analytical. Megan operates out of everyday life and intuition. Both women have the drive that puts them in a different part of the generation. Both probably think they have figured Don out.

Thanks for the reply and info, L-o-l-a. I'll look up the D.W. Griffith reference for more background. I hope that the "film" people like yourself will give more impressions and information about what is going on in the MM scenes. I've always been intriqued at how the show creates the real thing in my memory.

@ Smuggy, the dream sequence as told to Glen was huge and if it were being told to Dr. Edna, she would start probing for suicidal thoughts. Dr. Edna's and Sally's session presented the audience with what Dr. Edna thought would be healthy behavior for Sally. She would have more time with her "friends." She would also…

O.K. Eric. And I had to have a sedative when Bambi's mother was shot. But, the animations were our movie world, as child films were not being made in any great numbers. Plus, WE had summer reading lists to keep us inside to keep us from getting polio. And we read profusely. We knew that Disney was producing knock…

@LRC: I also think that Midge has been played beautifully by McDermott ( the name given by other posters). She does have a "smug self-satisfied" quality to the character. Midge was a good example of the Bohemian life style that she wanted to maintain, free of all of society's restraints while she tried to make a…

I was happy about Trudy's tiger woman stance also, Lana. But, notice that many posters still do not equate what Trudy did and what Betty did on behalf of Sally this episode as the same thing. I see them the same. I was waiting for Trudy to be back in commission to call the shots with/against Pete and SHE DID IT! …

Someone with more film knowledge can fill in the technical word for the quick cuts, but it is an old film technique. I thought it was done to give an older patina to the episode, a reminiscent type of quality of films made before the 50's. I immediately recognized it, but I don't have a name or director to put…

Essentially, Don took Peggy's suggestion. The next best thing to changing the firm's name is to change its image. Now, SCDP is considered an anti-cigarette advertising firm due to Don's advertisement. I'm still hoping that they become more granola, the old fashion term for green.

If you are a first time poster and joining the blog, you will have to wait patiently until the end of the season to receive your Purple Heart. I wear mine proudly by the onion on my belt.

@cabspaintedyellow: "The first rule of Fight Club is….."

I keep wondering why the burning of Watts (August 11th) has not been woven into the script. It was a major event in L.A. It was carried on T.V. news throughout the week. Sally was away at camp before she went to see the Beatles. It's possible that the Eastern black out may not make it either as strange as that is.…

Madison 2, That's a good possibility. Chauogh was overspending a great deal on the Honda T.V. presentation and maybe they are scrambling now.

For sure, Persimmon, the story is not about the alcoholism in any of the characters. However, I think the Weiner script is showing the long term effects on the characters who are in the drinking culture of the advertising world. Roger is the example of a man who has inhabited that world the longest. Even Peggy…

Claudine just used a little 'ole pistol that discharge accidently into her boyfriend as determined by the jury. Andy Williams stood by her side during the proceedings. That was nice of an ex.

Perfectly said, Persimmon. If Joan were pregnant, she would be showing more "glow" at achieving something with which she is content, whether the child was Roger's or not. But, apparently, without that committment, Joan has made a decision to not look at a "little Roger or Rogerette" the rest of her life.

She said that she had tried "a little acting." It must come in handy.

Weiner always writes the unexpected no matter how hard we guess. Maybe the strange little "Sterling's Gold" book does put him on the writer's circuit where he picks up plenty of accounts and becomes a silent partner of a new company.