This was why I hated episode 5 — it didn't resolve shit! There's this stupid romance hanging over it!

This was why I hated episode 5 — it didn't resolve shit! There's this stupid romance hanging over it!

That, more than anything, crystallized the Megan-Sally relationship for me: Megan's mother is Betty.

That, more than anything, crystallized the Megan-Sally relationship for me: Megan's mother is Betty.

@avclub-705562aaa4a5b85bfa44373d8e6bf234:disqus - To back you up, am pretty sure that Betty was pregnant before they got married, as I think she refers to it in one of the therapy sessions. And while married women worked a lot more than we think in the 1950s, married women with young babies didn't work as models.…

@avclub-705562aaa4a5b85bfa44373d8e6bf234:disqus - To back you up, am pretty sure that Betty was pregnant before they got married, as I think she refers to it in one of the therapy sessions. And while married women worked a lot more than we think in the 1950s, married women with young babies didn't work as models.…

Jubal Early also being a distant ancestor of Nathan Fillion's.

Jubal Early also being a distant ancestor of Nathan Fillion's.

Completely agreed. There are a few scattered places where Matt Weiner is writing about the process of writing — and he acknowledges those places, like when Paul snaps at Peggy — but Mad Men is a show that, while acknowledging the creative process, is really about these emotional themes. In his "behind the scenes"…

Completely agreed. There are a few scattered places where Matt Weiner is writing about the process of writing — and he acknowledges those places, like when Paul snaps at Peggy — but Mad Men is a show that, while acknowledging the creative process, is really about these emotional themes. In his "behind the scenes"…

As the child of a narcissistic mother, that moment felt so…familiar. Well played, Ms. Jones.

As the child of a narcissistic mother, that moment felt so…familiar. Well played, Ms. Jones.

Back in "Lady Lazarus", the break after the "my insurance has a suicide clause" had a State Farm commercial. I wondered if that was on purpose.

Back in "Lady Lazarus", the break after the "my insurance has a suicide clause" had a State Farm commercial. I wondered if that was on purpose.

Isn't the studio in the WTC? It's on the 80th floor or something like that.

Isn't the studio in the WTC? It's on the 80th floor or something like that.

Do they get paid more if they do stuff to their butts?

Do they get paid more if they do stuff to their butts?

(Spoiler? Not really much of one.)

(Spoiler? Not really much of one.)