They thought they were casting Juliette Binoche…they just made a mistake.

They thought they were casting Juliette Binoche…they just made a mistake.

He didn't "see through her façade." He liked her reel, and changed his mind based on that. Watch the AMC interviews about the episode: Wiener, Hamm and Paré all discuss it exactly the same way, as a win-on-merits for Megan.

He didn't "see through her façade." He liked her reel, and changed his mind based on that. Watch the AMC interviews about the episode: Wiener, Hamm and Paré all discuss it exactly the same way, as a win-on-merits for Megan.

Did you fix it, or am I going blind?

Did you fix it, or am I going blind?

But it's got exactly the same views as the old space! (I think it was even the same set and backdrops, just "stripped.")

But it's got exactly the same views as the old space! (I think it was even the same set and backdrops, just "stripped.")

You know, Ted Chaugh (like Stan Rizzo before him) may turn out to be significantly less of a jerk than he appeared to be originally, when he was nearly a cartoon villain (bothering Don at the Clios; sending prank gifts; behaving like a jealous Cliff-Barnes-type in his office as he fell for Don's fake-out and lost the…

You know, Ted Chaugh (like Stan Rizzo before him) may turn out to be significantly less of a jerk than he appeared to be originally, when he was nearly a cartoon villain (bothering Don at the Clios; sending prank gifts; behaving like a jealous Cliff-Barnes-type in his office as he fell for Don's fake-out and lost the…

I was sympathetic to Megan's emotional collapse, and her existential/artistic panic (sex with Don "is all I'm good for") and her crying in the bathtub, and everything she was going through as she faced the crippling, numbing horror of her dim prospects as a struggling New York actress…

I was sympathetic to Megan's emotional collapse, and her existential/artistic panic (sex with Don "is all I'm good for") and her crying in the bathtub, and everything she was going through as she faced the crippling, numbing horror of her dim prospects as a struggling New York actress…

J.P., because it's hypocritical: she's being disliked for living a life that the critical viewers would instantly seize if they could. The viewer who "hates" Megan (but who could wave a magic wand and have her opportunities) wouldn't say, "I can't live like this; it's not fair to others who don't have the opportunity.…

J.P., because it's hypocritical: she's being disliked for living a life that the critical viewers would instantly seize if they could. The viewer who "hates" Megan (but who could wave a magic wand and have her opportunities) wouldn't say, "I can't live like this; it's not fair to others who don't have the opportunity.…

Right, of course, but what I was trying to convey was that the ball game here is all about interpreting something very ephemeral (Megan's reel; Don's reaction). That's the point I was trying to make: when characters are judged (by other characters, and, by extension, as elements in a story) according to their work…

Right, of course, but what I was trying to convey was that the ball game here is all about interpreting something very ephemeral (Megan's reel; Don's reaction). That's the point I was trying to make: when characters are judged (by other characters, and, by extension, as elements in a story) according to their work…

He chose the more attractive partner whose company he enjoyed more. What am I missing? (Who wouldn't do that?)

He chose the more attractive partner whose company he enjoyed more. What am I missing? (Who wouldn't do that?)

You mean "Gravity always wins" (à la Thom Yorke)

You mean "Gravity always wins" (à la Thom Yorke)