I knew it was coming from the second he put his fingers in his ears that he was trying to control the voices or whatever the "sensory inputs" were that were bothering him. That was a telltale sign for me. Often with someone who doesn't know yet they're schitzophrenic, like you said, they try to cope by controlling…

The devil obviously. Satan, Lucifer, Beelzebub, help me out here…

Yes. yes he did. he told him he "goes by many names".

how did Lou become a creative director without being creative? I'm still figuring that one out.

good catch with apple. everything with that tech guy felt like "cuz this is whats gonna happen! get it?!?" yes, we get it. computer technology is the future, but also a death knell for several positions. that guy could either be read as some kind of fortune teller, or to Don as the grim reaper.

He wasn't admiring her idealism - 1. he was being good cop to Mona's bad cop; they've probably always parented this way. Oh and parents definitely know when they're playing this game, at least my parents do; 2. he was being the sales guy. wining and dining before the pitch. entertaining them at the whorehouse before…

Well, like he said, he knew she wanted to get away for awhile, but that it was over now, time to go back to real life. Probably like he realized with those hippies in his bed. He's done the Margaret escape many times himself, whether it was alcohol or women or LSD, and knows this place well, and knows it's just short…

Haha, my dad drove that car for years. It truly is the Lou of cars.

I loved how Meredith was complimenting Don on how "trim" he looked, and by the end she was insisting on getting him a danish. Let's wildly speculate on the meaning behind that, besides the fact that Meredith is completely oblivious.

I noticed that Peggy really doesn't have any idea of how to manage others. She just copies what she sees from the men around her. She used to try to be Don, with the whole failed Heinz beans lecture. She was directly copying Lou by turning her back to that copywriter guy (I've never learned his name) to show how…

- Did anyone notice the shot of Don lying on Lane's "full of farts" (oh Ginsburg) couch when he was drinking? Called back to when they had to cut Lane down and placed him on the couch in the same position.
- Lou put Peggy over Don knowing Don's ego could never take it. God, everything about that whole scenario was just…

Don used to be the Yankees. Rich, drunk, powerful, always wins no matter how many times he fucks up. Now he's the Mets. As a baseball fan, the whole Mets thing got me really excited.
And that makes Peggy the Cubs.

Nope. Don and Ted can't work together. It just turns into a dick swinging contest.

Tammy 2! Great analogy. Before you know it, Peggy and Roger will be sitting around the office in cornrows and kimonos.

you're right - the LA office was in part devised to separate Don and Ted, because they kept butting heads and getting in eachothers way. either one or the other had to leave. Don gave Ted an "out" out of their relationship. I think she knows that Ted is a dick and didn't have to do that, but I think she also felt that…

no, they won't. Lou is not clever enough to beat Don at his own game.

he thought they were black. again….HE THOUGHT THEY WERE BLACK.

I like this point. He also doesn't realize that people want to be treated with respect and gratitude, aka when Peggy was like "you never thanked me" and he said "that's what the money is for!" he doesn't get it, because he thinks he's above needing emotional support or niceness from other people. Also, I keep thinking…

so you'd be totally cool facing the door that you had to cut a guy's lifeless body down from? you wouldn't look over there constantly and see Lane's blue face and swinging body, and be forced to contemplate your own mortality and near-brushes with death? I sure as hell would (if I were Don).

Yeah. Harry F—king Hamlin! He really loses himself in this role too. I'm not thinking about Lisa Rinna's massive duck lips every time he's on screen. Harry Hamlin, Sleeper Actor.