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re: Mad Men Season 6, Episode 6. "For Immediate Release"

Posted on 5/7/13 at 6:25 pm to
Posted by Springfield XD
Member since Feb 2013
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Posted on 5/7/13 at 6:25 pm to
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I love the show, but Baloo is right about the characters. For the most part, they're all terrible people.


Burt, Peggy, Ginsberg and Stan are offended by your statement.
Posted by Blue Velvet
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Posted on 5/7/13 at 6:35 pm to
Yea, Ken Cosgrove is a monster.
Posted by DallasTiger11
Los Angeles
Member since Mar 2004
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Posted on 5/7/13 at 7:15 pm to
quote:

I love the show, but Baloo is right about the characters. For the most part, they're all terrible people.

I think you are throwing the term "terrible people" out a little loose. Yes, most have some issues, but I don't know if any of the main characters, besides maybe Pete, is a "terrible person".

I could make a case that Joan, Peggy, Bert, Lane, Ginsberg, Stan, Cosgrove, Roger, Dawn, and Megan are actually good people. Everybody has vices and does immoral things. That doesn't make you inherently terrible.

What TV show in history is full of great people that sit around and never do anything wrong? Would be a pretty horrible show.
Posted by mule74
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Member since Nov 2004
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Posted on 5/7/13 at 7:41 pm to
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but I don't know if any of the main characters, besides maybe Pete, is a "terrible person".


Uhh ... Don??? The guy is a walking tire fire who lives on the mantra that nothing really matters. He literally is trying not to have a soul.
This post was edited on 5/7/13 at 7:42 pm
Posted by craigbiggio
Member since Dec 2009
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Posted on 5/7/13 at 9:53 pm to
Finally watched last week's episode. That may have been my favorite of the entire series.
Posted by DallasTiger11
Los Angeles
Member since Mar 2004
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Posted on 5/7/13 at 11:03 pm to
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Uhh ... Don??? The guy is a walking tire fire who lives on the mantra that nothing really matters. He literally is trying not to have a soul.

Don is mentally fricked by his childhood and identity change. I truly believe at his core he is a good person even though this season he has been at his worst. Remember Anna Draper?

He is extremely complex and a complete a-hole pretty often, but I really don't believe he is a horrible person.
Posted by BluegrassBelle
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Posted on 5/8/13 at 2:34 pm to
Finally watched the episode. Just fantastic. Was dying when Cosgrove described seeing his science teacher not "work a slide ruler".

I get Peggy's disappointment. She wants to prove herself away from Don. Now she's back under his wing again. That said, she needs to DWI.

Watching Ted, Don, and Roger in action this episode was golden. Loved it and look forward to more of it post-merger.
Posted by Zamoro10
Member since Jul 2008
14743 posts
Posted on 5/8/13 at 4:15 pm to
Episode was great.

Seems like every year Mad Men lulls you into early season low expectations and then finally cranks up and awakens from its slumber.

I used to not like these "move the story along" episodes...they seemed uncharastically rushed. Now I look forward to them. Perhaps the slow-pace of Mad Men is finally wearing out its welcome with me.
Posted by elprez00
Hammond, LA
Member since Sep 2011
29376 posts
Posted on 5/8/13 at 9:27 pm to
A late bump, but I finally got around to this on the DVR. Holy hell, the last ten mins was crazy. When Don is rolling, don is Rolling.

I get Peggy being upset, but I think she'll do okay. I'm interested to see her and Dons relationship going forward now that they both have seen the other side.
Posted by Swoopin
Member since Jun 2011
22030 posts
Posted on 5/9/13 at 10:45 pm to
Just watched it

Can someone explain the logistics of the merger to me? Are Don & Roger's share in the company a majority?

And obviously Don briefed Roger on his and Ted's plan going in? That was just implied.
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