Posted: 4/5/15 at 4:10pm
My favorite show of ALL TIME begins it's run of it's final 7 episodes. I'm excited but also sad that it's coming to an end. Who else is watching tonight?
Updated On: 4/5/15 at 04:10 PM
Posted: 4/5/15 at 6:20pm
I will be watching tomorrow!
Posted: 4/5/15 at 7:25pm
So excited! I wonder what Matthew Weiner is going to do next. Sit on a beach, sipping something cool, according to IMDB.
Posted: 4/5/15 at 8:31pm
Very excited to see the final episodes. I always love to see my favorite shows come to an end, oddly enough.
Posted: 4/5/15 at 11:47pm
Honestly watching the premiere tonight I am just in awe at the marvelous team behind the show. The way each scene is written almost like a one-act play, with every single emotional beat landing, and the actors turning in beautiful work whether they have one line or an entire scene to play with. I will continue to be amazed by the brilliance Elisabeth Moss and Christine Hendricks bring to every scene they play together (and apart too, but God do I love seeing them play off of each other). I can't wait to see where the rest of the season takes us. I have no clue how it's going to end, but I think it's fair to say I'm really going to enjoy the ride.
Posted: 4/6/15 at 12:06am
....and we're officially in the '70s with this episode. April 1970 to be exact.
Posted: 4/6/15 at 6:46am
Yep, the arrival of brown in menswear. It was ubiquitous, and made a comeback in the 90s. Don's brown striped shirt was startling, and absolutely accurate. I'm waiting for avocado appliances.
Posted: 4/6/15 at 9:01am
I love how married to each period every single piece of the show is, but Roger, darling... that mustache. NO!
Posted: 4/6/15 at 9:09am
Watched the first half of Season 7 over the weekend, finishing up with a few hours to spare before the Final 7 came on. The incredibly high quality of just about everything connected with this show never ceases to impress me. I can't wait to see how the Cosgrove plot plays out this year. And that little scene between Joan and Peggy in the elevator was a marvel -- there's more going on in that one scene than in the entire six hours of a current RSC import taking up space at the Winter Garden.
I'm eager for more.
Posted: 4/6/15 at 10:10am
Not to dumb this all down, but does anyone else want to take a nap on Ken Cosgrove's delicious hairy chest? I was not prepared. Not at all.
Posted: 4/6/15 at 12:17pm
And that little scene between Joan and Peggy in the elevator was a marvel -- there's more going on in that one scene than in the entire six hours of a current RSC import taking up space at the Winter Garden.
I couldn't agree with you more Roscoe. Joan and Peggy are really two sides of the same coin and that scene in the elevator was just so steeped in who they are and how each of them wants something the other has. The writing on this show is just so rich and dense and layered. Is it any wonder it is considered one of the best and acclaimed dramas ever.
I am going to hate to see it go...
Updated On: 4/6/15 at 12:17 PM
Posted: 4/6/15 at 12:28pm
Couldn't agree more with you, Roscoe, about the elevator scene between Joan and Peggy. I caught the rerun of the show's INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO episode and was shocked when the actors revealed there is no rehearsal. It's so difficult for me to imagine how someone achieves the complexity of that elevator scene without tons of rehearsal time, but somehow they not only pull it off, but they create a master class in acting/writing. With just a simple interaction, you get such a rich history between the characters. It's a stunning act.
Posted: 4/6/15 at 1:39pm
In interviews some of the actors reveal that they receive the script a day before actually shooting it, leaving little time for actual rehearsals. They do a table read though to get a feel for the script.
Posted: 4/14/15 at 9:34am
A Joan-free episode make Jersey a sad girl. Does this mean the last five episodes will be Megan-free? That is enough to perk me up.
Posted: 4/14/15 at 10:04am
Poor Megan. Poor, poor no-longer-poor Megan. I've had many complicated feelings about this complicated character, but I think Pare has done an excellent job of making her come to life. And Julia Ormond as Marie was worth all the problems Megan brought with her.
I don't need to see Di the Waitress anymore either. I think she's served her purpose and I hope Elizabeth Reaser never puts that wig back on her head again. For all of our sakes.
Posted: 4/14/15 at 11:06am
Word for the wig.
Posted: 4/14/15 at 11:24am
I sort of felt this episode was a waste. It just seems like they're filling time until the end, sort of like Friends did.
Two minutes of January Jones because we're paying her so we have to think up something for her to do. And we're not getting Sally, who really rocked last season.
Don and the waitress seems boring storyline.
Once again, I believe any episode that doesn't focus largely on the workplace and/or clients is boring. Peggy, Joan, Roger, Pete, Ken, the secretaries, etc are the real engine behind this show.
And we're asked to believe impossible things. We know Don's building has a doorman because Sally interacted with him last season. Is he really going to allow moving men to remove every stick of furniture? And I don't know how things were in the 1970s, but in fancy NYC apartments today, you have to schedule time to move because you have to use the service elevator. It just seemed barely plausible.
Updated On: 4/14/15 at 11:24 AM
Posted: 4/14/15 at 12:17pm
I was not crazy about the last episode, nor was I about the waitress character. There are already too many characters on the show, which is why an episode or two will pass without seeing certain favorites. I feel like that woman's story was thrown in there to cast a darker cloud onto Don's personal life. Realistically, the look he had on his face as he left Betty and Henry's house in the first scene was more than adequate in displaying a man's sadness. I hope that this is the last we see of Megan, as her story has been wrapped up, what with finalizing the divorce, moving out, and taking Don's check for a milli. We have enough characters to focus on. Having said that, I hope we get to see Betty again. I know she rubs many the wrong way, but I have always been a fan, especially when January Jones was at her most wooden. Her one scene was far too short to be the last hurrah for such an important character in past seasons.
I agree with those of you that felt this this episode was a filler, which would be alright if we had a full season. But with five episodes remaining, something needs to happen. It's a series finale! Blow us away. However, I have a feeling we are in store for much mellow yellow.
And for p*uck's sake, give Elisabeth Moss the material she deserves. That woman, and character, have been the true star of this series from the beginning.
Updated On: 4/14/15 at 12:17 PM
Posted: 4/14/15 at 1:12pm
Yeah, kinda agree. I can't dismiss any of the well deserved praised heaped on the eps in this thread and, sure, this show has never been completely plot driven, but I am kind of surprised that this is how Weiner wants to spend the last few eps. Another dark - in more ways than one - woman for Don to briefly obsess over as a substitute for someone(thing) else? It almost felt like the show was parodying itself. Maybe splitting the final season in two wasn't such a hot idea.
Posted: 4/14/15 at 2:00pm
It was a terrible idea. I think when we go back and are able to watch Season 7 consecutively, it will feel much more different.
Posted: 4/14/15 at 2:07pm
"And we're asked to believe impossible things. We know Don's building has a doorman because Sally interacted with him last season. Is he really going to allow moving men to remove every stick of furniture? And I don't know how things were in the 1970s, but in fancy NYC apartments today, you have to schedule time to move because you have to use the service elevator. It just seemed barely plausible."
Well, she did schedule movers. One would assume Don cleared it with his building. Don knew she was coming and I am sure he didn't say, "These are the things she's allowed to take!" She was moving her stuff. There's no reason to believe the door man would have questioned the amount she was taking.
Posted: 4/15/15 at 9:05am
I thoroughly enjoyed that second episode, one of the most intricate episodes of the entire series, I think. Lots and lots of baggage was carried around, passes were made and deflected, honesty and lies all over the place, truths were told and points were missed.
I'll trade certain Oscar-winning actors's entire careers for that little smile on Don Draper's face when Betty tells him she's going back to school to get her Master's in Psychology. And I'm hoping for more Julia Ormond -- have she and Roger finally run off together?
And they finally took the plunge and made Harry just plain despicable.
I can't wait for more, and I'm going to be deeply crushed when this is all over.
Posted: 4/15/15 at 9:38am
I agree with Roscoe. The most recent episode is the strongest I can recall in a while, packed with subtlety and small moments that added up to a great emotional weight. Reaser's arc was superb, though I agree that it's sort of run its course, and I don't think we'll see more of her. But I expect she'll net an Emmy nomination.
Posted: 4/15/15 at 10:50am
And they finally took the plunge and made Harry just plain despicable.
When you think back to the first season and poor, forlorn Harry sleeping in the office in his tighty whities cause he cheated on Jennifer...
That's some major character development. And it is all of a piece. Masterful.
Posted: 4/21/15 at 9:16am
THE FORECAST -- well well. That was interesting. I can't be the only viewer to feel instantly ancient when a specific character appeared all grown up. This episode is about the past and the future, and what people want and what they think they want and what they've got.
I'm glad to see the sublime Joan get some airtime this week, and her new romantic interest is, well, interesting. And time spent with Sally Draper is always time well spent. I'm hoping we get another scene or two with her before the end.
The Onion AV CLUB recap said that we shouldn't be expecting too much in the way of tidy resolutions for these characters, and I'm inclined to agree. I don't think there's going to be a rash of firings and weddings and resignations.
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