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ausiello really tricked me with that "betty gets back at don horizontally". great episode, a little short (as evidenced by the 7-8 minutes of 'behind the scenes') but still great. really sad thats i have to wait another year for more episodes. with the end of damages next week and burn notices a while back, this has been a great summer for tv.

but my favorite part was stone cold peggy. i mean its horrible and awesome at the same time. i had a feeling she was pregnant but that sort of 'prom night pregnancy' was kind of strange. she is rather immature relatively speaking so its not that surprising. But the part with her turning away, just awesome.

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"(QUOTED)- I don't get the scene with Pete and his wife and inlaws near the end. He walks in, they're waiting for him, and he drops his coat on the floor and goes to bed? Someone explain that to me. Are the inlaws so intent on having a grandkid that they come over to make sure Pete and their daughter are having sex every night and doing it correctly?"

Pete just walked into Don's office, and in one day, had secured the account by promising a grandchild to his in-laws. When his FIL said, "You had better be awake later." and his daughter became embarrassed...that's what the whole thing meant. And for all of that, he had to hand creative off to Peggy, who he has probably been suspecting of being pregnant and who he actually loves.

She treated the woman in the booth just like Pete has treated her. She actually assimilated his cruelty and manipulation, and it all came from her memories of Pete, who she also loves.

I think that Don had started to lump his wife and kids into his past, that he is so good from running from, and after loading the slides into the projector (and obviously looking at them for hours), realized that he was running from the only true thing in his life. He wrote off his Boho girlfriend, he alienated Miss Mencken (and she left the country), and he found out that the one person alive in his life that sincerely loved the true him was dead. And now he is alone again.

His wife confessed to that little boy because she knew that he loved her simply. He just had a crush on her. And the little boy took the initiative to not get her caught.

After she finds out that her thoughts aren't private at the therapist's office.

She, in turn, makes sure that Don knows that she is onto him.

Don walks in at the end prepared to go to Thanksgiving with his family, and that fantasy is ripped away. And now he is sitting in the big empty house and the other women in his life are gone. And he is alone again.

AMAZING finale. Just amazing. I cried like a little bitch.

Side note: I loved that the guy staying in his office in his underwear:

1) Confessed his affair to his wife.
2) Got thrown out.
3) Has an artist's heart, which actually led Don to using the machine himself.
4) Couldn't keep his composure after Don's presentation and that he couldn't show up for the afterparty. Maybe he went home? I love this character. He is the kindest soul of the bunch, and feels real responsibility while being surrounded by selfishness and opportunism.

And poor Peggy. Not understanding that having sex the same day she started her pills could not work in her favor. The doctor didn't give her good information. At the same time, the sexy office manager lady also sends other female employees to him for abortions. This whole thing really skewed the time differential for me in this episode. Nine months had passed?

Oh well. Anyway...this is the best thing on TV, and I am so glad I got to watch it from the beginning and turn people onto it. It often left me pouring man-tears down my cheeks. The dialogue...the silences...they are amazing.

Well, that's enough. I can't wait for the next season.

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I think it's more like 8 months passed. The stress of a promotion and finding out she was pregnant caused a premature birth. I realize the baby didn't look premature, but you can't use even used full-term babies on the set. It takes a couple months to get an agent ;)

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Why must we wait until next summer? Not fair.

I had no idea what was going on with Peggy in the Booth--will have to watch that scene again. Wasn't that girl the one she wanted for the commercial? What was the point of being mean again?

When she first became overweight I thought they'd throw in the pregnancy, but the fact they waited....addressed her weight two episodes ago without bringing up the baby made the whole thing work here. It wasn't much of a surprise, but still not what I was expecting.

Best twist of the night: Betty finding out the doctor is 'cheating' on her with Don. Love that scene at the end with her on the couch--for once she seems confident and secure as she manipulates the situation..Good for her for finding some, if not twisted, way to gain some power.

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I thought Pete was drunk when he went home. His wife and in-laws could tell that he had too much to drink. Wife even covered for him by mentioning a party at work.

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When Pete came home, I took it that they were all getting ready to tell him his wife was pregnant. That's why the paint was on the wall, they were testing colors for the baby's room.

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yeah pete had gone out and gotten drunk after work to drown his sorrows, hence the coat on the floor. The in-laws being there probably didn't help his mood.

I think using the duplicate scene of what Don wanted and what really happened was excellent. It lifted you up only to let you fall and give more impact to the final scene. I'm surprised the actor that plays Don hasn't been in features like band of brothers or other WWII pieces. He fits the look so perfect.

I knew peggy was pregnant, her eating all the food and constantly mentioning she is sick to her stomach and the sudden weight gain. She hates the kid for two reasons. That child is related to Pete, who I think at this point she hates for reasons of spurned love. Also, she got her dream job and has moved out from the catty secretaries only to find another obstacle in her way. I hope she puts the kid up for adoption or gives it to her parents. She is a cool character and I don't want to see her throw where she's gotten to away.

I actually hope don breaks it off with his current wife and finds some way to get back with Miss Mencken. His current wife is a trophy wife and honestly that does not suit him in the least.

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When Betty calls the doc, he say's "I told you ????, this is inappropriate," before she hangs up on him. What name did he say? I didn't catch it.

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@ Clint (#7)

Did he say "Missis Anderson..."? I'm not sure either.

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Appleby I think.

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Any news on when it returns.

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I am confused about the time line. Even if it was 8 months not 9, that would be March. when she started and started sleeping with Pete. I thought he got married in June or at least May/April. Poor Peggy, all that denial. Honestly, I think she knew it was more than a "bad sandwich" when she went to the hospital.

I thought it was a fabulous season finale. I am so bummed I have to wait until next summer!!

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peggy chose the thin woman because she's unhappy being fat. she assumes a thin, beautiful woman would be confident and project that confidence in her voice. her male co-worker told her "the juiciest gazelles are the easiest to catch" and peggy realized he was right. then peggy was more sensitive to the girl's voice and it's high pitch and lack of appeal.

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Re: Episode "The Wheel" -- Concerning the phone bill with the Drapers' address, did anyone catch the name of the town, and the rest of the address? It looked as if the street began with the word "Bullet." I think I saw "L.I." (Long Island) in the address, but maybe not. Thanks.

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Martha asked, "did anyone catch the name of the town, and the rest of the address? It looked as if the street began with the word "Bullet." I think I saw "L.I." (Long Island) in the address, but maybe not. Thanks."

I didn't see the address, but the Drapers live in Ossining, about 45 minutes north of Manhattan by train.

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The doctor says the name of another patient who obviously calls him at home at inappropriate times--no caller ID! This show is awesome--can't wait for the return. The wrap party footage was cool. Seeing everyone in their normal clothes was weird! And they were all drinking a lot just like on the show...

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I think the name the doctor mentioned was "Mrs. Alderson."

Anyway, I love, love, LOVE this show.

The writing is beyond brilliant, the cinematography is as beautiful as some of the most extravagant films you'll ever see and...

I hope to hell it comes back for an Encore Season.

Why?

Because, I've found very few people who have even a smidge of a hint of a clue as to what I'm talking about when I say to them...

"Hey, how 'bout that 'Mad Men' ~ you know, the new show on AMC, from Matthew Weiner? About Madison Avenue... in 1960?"

Typical Response: "What's AMC?"

This will probably sound slightly fey (And no, I don't mean Tina) but what the hay...

The scene where Don delivers the presentation for the "slide carousel" was so pitch-perfect, in every tiny detail from the tempo, to the tone of his voice, to his use of the line, "The word nostalgia, translated from the original Greek..." ~ I gotta admit, I got a little misty-eyed there for a sec.

Of course, being in the ad biz myself, it could have just been a case of "Me feeling sorry for me," as in: "Damn... I wish to hell I'd written that!"

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