And they were old awards, too.  The most recent was from '59.

And they were old awards, too.  The most recent was from '59.

If anything, it should have been Roger who showed up in Joan's apartment, not Don—it would be true to his character and to his history with Joan, and would have finessed a very plausible not-acquiescing-but-acquiescing-anyway position for him.  In so many other ways, the show needed it to be Don—but if there's a…

If anything, it should have been Roger who showed up in Joan's apartment, not Don—it would be true to his character and to his history with Joan, and would have finessed a very plausible not-acquiescing-but-acquiescing-anyway position for him.  In so many other ways, the show needed it to be Don—but if there's a…

It's odd—Don hears Peggy arguing to supervise the ad she's pitched as "you want to go to Paris," and this is before Megan tells him (the next morning) that she's prepared to go to Boston for a couple of months.  I've wanted to read his throwing the money in Peggy's face as her being used as a Megan-surrogate—otherwise…

It's odd—Don hears Peggy arguing to supervise the ad she's pitched as "you want to go to Paris," and this is before Megan tells him (the next morning) that she's prepared to go to Boston for a couple of months.  I've wanted to read his throwing the money in Peggy's face as her being used as a Megan-surrogate—otherwise…

Didn't get the impression that Ginzo was disgusted by the display—it seemed he was indifferent to it, because his attention was focused on the closed door of Don's office, and Megan and Don behind it.  "So, she just gets to come and go as she pleases?" he says about Megan. That was a moment I had a hard time…

Didn't get the impression that Ginzo was disgusted by the display—it seemed he was indifferent to it, because his attention was focused on the closed door of Don's office, and Megan and Don behind it.  "So, she just gets to come and go as she pleases?" he says about Megan. That was a moment I had a hard time…

One begins to get the impression, Zack, that you've got some personal beef with feminist critique.

One begins to get the impression, Zack, that you've got some personal beef with feminist critique.

It was a really deft bit of business they did there—Herb tries to come in from the front, and she stops him, and for a moment you think that her disgust is winning out—and then she turns her back, and the sense of resignation and shame is so much more palpable …

It was a really deft bit of business they did there—Herb tries to come in from the front, and she stops him, and for a moment you think that her disgust is winning out—and then she turns her back, and the sense of resignation and shame is so much more palpable …

But I think the show's always been clear that none of these characters (certainly among the SCDP partners) has any "moral code" that isn't idiosyncratic (which is how the show presents Roger's aversion to the Japanese) or can ever make any claim that might disadvantage their privileges.  (Remember that Lane only gets…

But I think the show's always been clear that none of these characters (certainly among the SCDP partners) has any "moral code" that isn't idiosyncratic (which is how the show presents Roger's aversion to the Japanese) or can ever make any claim that might disadvantage their privileges.  (Remember that Lane only gets…

It's nice that when Ginsburg begins his pitch to Don, he begins it with, "I was thinking about the asshole who's going to buy this car …"

It's nice that when Ginsburg begins his pitch to Don, he begins it with, "I was thinking about the asshole who's going to buy this car …"

And holy shit did Hamm and Moss act their asses off in that scene!  The involuntary contortion of pain on Don's face when Peggy tells him where she's going, that reaction shot looking up at Peggy while Don's pressing his lips to her hand … As if we needed any more confirmation, after The Suitcase, that these two have…

And holy shit did Hamm and Moss act their asses off in that scene!  The involuntary contortion of pain on Don's face when Peggy tells him where she's going, that reaction shot looking up at Peggy while Don's pressing his lips to her hand … As if we needed any more confirmation, after The Suitcase, that these two have…

And it's Harry, of course, who's doing the sitting.  Wonderful little by-the-way diss.

And it's Harry, of course, who's doing the sitting.  Wonderful little by-the-way diss.