Bert Cooper is like many politicians that get reelected from their home districts.  He has many contacts from the years so that he looks like he's not doing anything for the company, but he is.

A beautiful woman with children who divorces her husband to marry another man is always bashed no matter what kind of hell she is going through.  It's a rule.  January Jones just catches the fall out.  That's how unreal people have become.

We are looking at Mad Men because it represents the birthplace of where we are today.Because of this birthplace on Madison Avenue we became suckers for anything sold to us that was done up in bells and whistles, mesmerizing us with the visual
media.  We gave up substance in what we bought so that we could possess an…

And to Legally Concrete Blond.  I agree with Legal Blond
There's a book that's been around for 25 years called 1,2,3, Magic.  You are encouraged to bond with your kids,  set rules, etc.  But, if they start testing you out, you count them down until a time out.  It's sort of a warning system that allows them to self…

Something like that.

Hey, Lana, Good to see you, too.

I found a friend over the summer who knows Bryan Batt.  Do I not feel like the big cheese?
I'm not sure what you mean as a film artiste since all of the t.v. set ups start with a storyboards.  What is a film artiste?  Enjoying your comments Arundel, but I probably won't find them all in this first ep. tsunami.

Lane appears to be the nicest of the bunch.  He almost cracked up his marriage over a Play Boy Bunny.  That dad of his almost cracked his head over it. 

Yes, no need to scroll through all those 1,700 posts (the usual punch bowl party of MM on the opening ep.  We now can put the newest first and just start anywhere we please, apparently, without trying for continuity or discussion along a thread of any kind…..but,let me say you are right on about that twist dance by…

Just posted above a similar thought about Lane.  I also think he will embezzle SCDP because of extortion, thus sending it to his doom.  Or along with my other dark thinking, he will get bumped off, and then the cooked and fried books will reveal SCDP's state.

Finally, traveled back to my little writing place.  The drive gave me time to remember some thoughts I've had before.  Weiner's given us a party so he can take it all away.  I predict Roger will die,  Joan will die (when the blood type of the baby is ' wrong', someone of the younger set will go to Vietnam and die,…

Hey Arundel. all that stuff in business came out of the Military and got translated into business. After we went through Vietnam and went to a volunteer military, office decorum began to loosen up also. I tout the Heinz Beans bit was showing how the CEO's who identified with those military standards were having…

i think we are being lulled into something as weird as Pete. Pete's jealousies, though understandable from the office point of view, still seem to be right below the surface to me , ready to topple him. Trudy's bathrobe is a great disappointment to him. Where is that Megan-esque touch she use to have? Trudy use…

I always liked Harry Crane…even when he got full of himself as a tv producer. The weight loss means something. He might have a chance with Megan if Don pulls a stunt like he did the night after the party. I think the actor really looks handsome. But why is he not wearing a suit like the others. Fancy office-no…

Trying to post from my iPad as I am traveling. Having trouble posting to reply. So I am resorting to checking ' liked' in case many of you wonder about your sudden popularity.

Todd, I liked your review. It started off the season very well. I thought this was a good starter episode. At first I wasn't sure I liked it's pacing, but it's as though Weiner was building the platform from which we will launch.

Johnny, I rather like Olivececile's take on why Nasir kept Brody.  Also, I always pay attention to WCOG's comments FYI.  For myself, our problems began much longer than 10 years ago.  According to David Swick "The World is Curved" globalization was created by the powers that be without any agreed mechanism to handle…

I didn't hear that Brody had promised to achieve change; but that he could be more instrumental in arranging a "pay back".  I'll have to give it another listen.,

I haven't been posting, but have seen every episode of this amazing drama-thriller miniseries. Everybody is so well cast.  This is Claire Dane's master role.  I am  hoping that this gives her many more roles that are long enduring as in the Meryl Streep variety.  Watching the nuances of Brody and Saul in their acting…

Just checking in on everyone, the Hurricane, and what should be our time to post on MM.  How did Matthew Weiner know he would have had a hurricane interrupt his season?  Legally concrete blond is right, the plots, sub plots, and sub sub plots keep it interesting as it matures.  I'm missing my summer-autumn fun.