It is hard to find stuff when you're goggling.

Screw that, it's short enough to quote:

I agree, it was the weakest decision the writers made in the entire two hours of the premiere. It was an awful trope (and not just from sitcoms, but other shows and movies). Just demonstrates how even excellent script writers can buy into their own cleverness at the worst time.

It was the Summer of Love, which had an enormous influence on all youth culture when it happened. Go read some copies of East Village Other from the era and you might have a clue how, indeed, there was a discussion of human existence taking place right at that time.

You are correct. No one ever challenged Betty to learn the violin. It was exactly as you portrayed it. Lazy critics!

Well, lemme put it this way; when we were naked in bed one time, this girlfriend sat on top of me and held a pair of open scissors to my throat until I told her that I loved her. I complied.

Yes, dead on, @eric827:disqus Betty was intentionally trying to get his goat, and won the point when she coyly said he was blushing. But do you really think Henry was looking at the girl oddly when she was playing the violin? It seemed like he was merely admiring her virtuosity like everyone else in the room.

LOL L-o-l-a, you posted this while I was writing my reply below! I'm a man, and I know how sensitive women's noses can be! I completely agree with you. And even if he showered first, a woman would SMELL the fact that he had taken a shower! That ALONE would cause most women to lift their head from their man's shoulder…

I picked up on this too, and I'm usually one to let this type of quibble go. Technically, the doc's wife lives one floor down, but Don jumping into bed with her after the doc left, and then going back to his own bed (as you said, prolly an hour later, but likely more than that), was just kinda lame. He told Megan he…

You really thought that was an unexpected gut punch? I knew he would cry as soon as the secretary told him the shoeshine guy had died. In fact, it was the most disappointing trope in the whole two hours. Outside of that, Roger was rockin' with one great line after another, as usual.

In reality, it was two episodes shown back-to-back. It was neatly cleaved in the middle with a faux ending (yet a real ending) with Don in bed pondering the lighter that his maid rescued from the trash.

Betty made the goulash with snow. Not Peggy.

Ah yes, but then the third season of The Killing? See, we have something to raise the trumpets for!

In fact, if anything, the anticipation of Todd's review would only increase the response to the review. I will stop coming here to read Mad Men reviews if this bullshit early posting going to be the norm (and I suspect it will not).

Well, this was a disastrous first, on the 3rd page. I'm just latching on to the first post that signifies a place to begin discussions about the show after it has aired. Yet there's like 500 posts after this one, so obviously no one is latching on to this post!

"On the one hand, I have this 'How to Train Cult Killers' book that gives me the names and backgrounds of dozens of Joe's cult members and could easily break this case wide open. On the other hand, I have an empty hand. That empty hand is far more intriguing to my analytical genius. It's classic Poe."

Never underestimate the lowest common denominator of the viewing public. The dregs of our society (and when I say dregs, I believe that to be about 50% of society), worship even much worse crap than The Following. And, I know, that's really saying something!

I was one of the last hold outs for this show. I thought they made tiny steps towards building something around ep 4, but then… but then it just came crashing down in the ugliest, stupidest way possible. You know what amazes me? That the showrunner(s), directors and actors actually think they are producing something…

I tend to like shows that cross the line as much as possible. I want to see how far they'll dare to go, and it doesn't bother me in the least. But then, I liked Weeds, too.

Do not attempt to read Rivera's review before watching the episode. Your brain will explode trying to make sense of it.