Can't wait for the opening of Part II where the entire staff at Sterling Cooper do a song and dance routine to "We're In the Money."

Don and Peggy have a Father/Daughter sort of relationship, not a sexual one.

Nothing is ever going to compare to the Carousel pitch because that pitch is probably one of the only times on the show that an advertising pitch was so buried in the truth and STILL fit with the product they were selling.

Cutler going along with the vote was great too. "It's a lot of money!"

To be fair they did spend a good deal of the episode devoted to mentioning him.

It was definitely comfy. I expected that it might feel awkward jumping back in after all this time, but it feels like the same old show I used to love. Like they just took a small hiatus. It doesn't even feel like 4 years.

I thought 7 as a whole was better than 8, but everything after the first 12 hours of season 8 was pretty great. It's the first half that was pretty bland.

I'm almost certain that list was copied from the 24 wiki.

There was also that other guy in Season 1 who got garroted in the bathroom while Jack and Palmer were trying to find the Drazen connection.

What an absolutely silly premiere.

It's been about 18 years in show time since Day 1.

I'm willing to bet that if there's a mole, it's probably Not Curtis.

Even at its messiest moments I was just glad I was getting more 24.

Funny enough, it was season 2 where I really started to "get" the show and how it operated. Before I was just fine coasting on the surface drama and comedic bits (boy is this show's humor underrated), but I started to really understand it in Season 2.

I don't think they're really calling it an unsubtle show, but rather that it has unsubtle and literal moments like the whole office scenario, which is definitely true, but not at all a detriment. In fact, if anything, it shows how well written this show is that literal stuff like that would have been seen as subtle on…

The thing about Bert Cooper is that one moment he's the kooky old guy in the room ("I just wanted to come in and say Happy Birthday!") and the next he's a fucking cold ass motherfucker with the most power in the room.

Unlike other characters who keep losing their shit, Freddy Rumsen seems to have made a complete turnaround since he was let go for his own alcoholism. He deserves praise for that alone.

This show has gone from one where people are just casually drinking to a scene where getting a drunk person out of the office unnoticed is a suspenseful set piece.

Literally all the stuff Todd criticizes (and admittedly rightfully so) is part of the stuff I miss from the show. Yeah they could cut it out for tighter writing… but I really wouldn't have it any other way. Shit I miss that this won't be 24 episodes long with filler. That silly stuff was half the fun.

Anyone else notice the final shot looked like Don was sitting in prison behind bars? Wonder if that wasn't just symbolic but also foreshadowing.