re: Mad Men Episode 96. "Time and Life"

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There's a lack of trust in the company. It's at the point where the staff knows that the owners are all full of shite (with Bert Cooper no longer there). Don and Roger trying to spin their absorption as a great thing came across to the staff as total BS.

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Yep.

Also a representation of what it's like being merged into a large company. SCP was a quaint little office with lots of money. They were the mom and pop shop of Madison Avenue.

Going to McCann is nothing but a money and ego move for the partners. It has nothing to do with Peggy, Stan, Meredith, or any other worker in the office.

I think Weiner is showing us that there's nothing redeemable about our main characters. They're all alone in their greed. All of the fun they've had banging women, drinking, landing accounts, and making business decisions has all been done in the name of quenching a selfish thirst.

It's capitalism at its worst.