More Booze, more broads, more…family life? This episode centers around a birthday party
for Don’s daughter with sub-plots furthering the drama between Peggy and Pete
and Don’s relationship becomes personal with a client. Sympathy is built up for Don as we witness
the cold relationship between him and his wife, Betty, who spends her day at
the party being a nag and a catty wench.
The other wives are attracted to Don, but she doesn’t seem to care that
much. I believe love still exists in
their relationship, but it is buried under baggage that I don’t think we know
about.
I railed on last episode pretty hard for not being
entertaining. I’m happy to say that this
episode got me back into the show, I’m still waiting for the “holy shit”
moments people keep telling me about, but it took me a few episodes to get into
Breaking Bad so I’m willing to be patient.
The mystery of Don’s past gets a little more interesting
this episode when he’s mistook for someone else, an old war buddy of the
over-weight guy that approached Don by the sound of it. Don plays along which makes me wonder, is Don
this other man the guy seemed to know? I
don’t think Don would just play along for shits and giggles, he’s a straight
forward guy who doesn’t have a problem interacting with people so all signs
point to him forming a new identity during the war. He has a purple heart under his current name
so he couldn’t have done it after the war.
Interesting indeed.
Even though I’m not enthralled with Mad Men thus far, I
will say that the show is very well written and directed. The characters are complex and the drama
interesting with enough mystery of the lead character to keep you
guessing. I’m hoping to have my mind
blown in the next couple of episodes though. Come on Mad Men, live up to your hype.
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