Well it certainly underlines the continuing male privilege over women at that time/in this series.

Ah, thanks! That's brilliant.

No, I didn't. Educate me, please. (And, I'm being totally serious, not snippy.)

He can go dangle for all I care.

God, that would be PERFECT!

Yeah, I'm starting to wonder if they're going to eventually rope in all the characters from all/most of their (Coen Bros) other movies. Thornton seems very close to Chigurh from 'No Country For Old Men', the personal trainer very closes to Pitt's character in 'Burn After Reading' and even the supermarket security guy…

I'm with you, Don's reaction to Sally's profession of love really got me. His expression was perfect and it seemed just so damned genuine.

I don't get that vibe specifically. More that he's just a bit of a stick in the mud (Dr. Feelgood's in-house shots notwithstanding). Remember he thinks Ted is a live wire…

In this case Cooper thinks that just employing black people is advancement. He absolutely thought it was a mistake to have her visible from the lobby.

I love how sublime that joke was. We didn't need to see that the two women are often called the other's name around the office, but you just know that its been happening on a daily basis!

Btw, I dig your avatar!

I don't see him that way. There was something that happened last season (I don't recall specifically what it was) where he reacted like Roger of old and I said to my friends out loud, 'Well its clear that Rogers not learning THAT much from his LSD trips." I wouldn't count on him becoming a 'new age' guy based on his…

Roger excels at surviving unseen consequences (losing Lucky Strike, going in with the new firm when the old one was going to be sold/merged by the Brits, etc.) I agree he's got no real power in the current situation. But Roger holds a grudge, and when there's an opportunity to push a dagger in deeper on someone like…

Which is actually why I say 'the next chance he has' rather then he'll work to get revenge on Cutler. I agree, Roger isn't really the keep your powder dry and devise ways to get back at your enemy kind of guy. But if Cutler were to find himself on a plank, you can count on Roger to hand him a boulder and shake the…

I read his expression differently. We know Roger hates to lose and even worse, to be made to look weak in front of others. Though Roger knew better than to go off in front of everyone and he went ahead and told Pete 'we lost this one', I don't see Roger as being that accepting at heart. I believe if there is ever a…

I get the feeling Burt would have survived just as well had the Nazis won.

Burt will die being an old world product.

I think in this case, Dawn does have a firm bond with Don. If nothing/nobody else, Don has always treated her like any other subordinate he's had. Meaning that he doesn't seem to have any racial lines/attitudes drawn with her. He respects her as an adult and treats her as such. My guess is nobody has really explained…

I think its not too hard to imagine a scenario where Lou wears out his welcome/gets frustrated with the place and bolts and Peggy makes the long-deserved ascent to the position she deserves and can do.

I had the same thought. Essentially, Lou is just a damn hired hand (he said as much himself) and it would behoove him to act with SOME deference towards one of the partners whether its a female or not. But, given that he appears stuck firmly in 1960, I doubt he has the capacity, smarts or self-reflection to realize it.