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Hi, again Todd.  Since you love you some Peggy —I thought I'd tell you what I just realized.  This episode's title?  The writers abbreviated it as FAP.

Aside:  I heard they actually cut a line from the end of the episode:  After getting "dressed down" by Cooper, Don, now alone, originally paused thoughtfully, and then said to himself:  "Sher…Bert."

Oh, there's absolutely a need for a good sound "Pegging" revealed during the scene, as written.  But, more specifically, it's a moment where (as with Don and Roger) the character apprehends what he/she truly wants/needs —and says it out loud.  "It's better we're through."  "Losing you is my greatest fear."  "I've been…

You know who else needs new friends?  Poor Pete, who's lost none of his dickishness after last week's beating.  I mean, how pathetically gleeful was he during his one interaction this installment:  Telling Peggy she's "off the business"…?

Todd, a slight error:  Peggy's back home (not at the office) when she invites her boyfriend over —because she "always needs him." (And her needy invitation seems far less sexual in tone, and more like a confession and a desire for a fully rounded "coupling.")

All I know is:  Scott is NO Tugg Speedman!

When I saw the screencap image above, I at first thought it must be a mistake —that you'd accidentally used a picture from this week's "real doll" episode of "House."  (Even Capt. Quint would shiver, confronted with that girl's blank face:  "Brrrrrrr —like a DAWL's eyes!")

Chimp.  Pan.  C.  (minus)

For those without Mason rings and schnauzers in their perfect hands, get a hold-a this:

Yes, thank you; I know all that.  My question was:  Is there ALSO a reference to stereo systems (and by metaphorical extension, Pete) connected to this term, something that relates to how a system's analyst can judge if this particular "sound machine" is "functioning soundly—or not."  This just feels like the sort of…

TO:  Donkey Lips:  But for Pete to truly "get" the point of the story…he'd have to be self-aware enough to recognize himself reflected in its protagonist —which would allow him some helpful insight.  I would say, instead, that his being "effected" by the story is completely subconscious —and only further contributes…

To PatTablerIsMyHomeboy:  Cool.  Still wonder though about the origin of the term, and its possible relation to Stereo Systems.

I just had another minor thought:  The reason that Ken's bosses all make a point of telling him not to be a writer?  Specifically, THIS type of writer?  —It was recognized at the time by the entrenched old-boy powers that this quasi-anonymous "extrapolating" social-science fiction was more often than not being done by…

Similarly, Pete's prozzy got cocked in the face. (Sorry; that was rude, Ms. CB. Sometimes anonymity gets the better of me.)

Ah!  Brevity IS the soul of wit, man.

The first Rule of Mad Men Fight Club?  Take out a full page ad TALKING about Mad Men Fight Club.

Thanks very much indeed.  I really enjoyed your thoughts, too; as well as the poetical musing tone of much of your review.  To me, this episode showed Mad Men reaching for and achieving its greatest potential:  the writing, direction, staging, editing, music, sound work, and acting…all found almost effortless…

It's interesting to note how this period of societal and "white collar" unrest produced that strange branch of (often pseudonymous) literature, "midway between fantasy and science fiction," that is a uniquely American strain of "brooding male protagonist existentialism" —which includes the works of Phillip K. Dick and…

No, I don't think they're the Amirites.  The Ashkenazi, perhaps?