Does anyone else find it curious that while Mad Men was busy winning Emmy after Emmy last night, there was also a new episode on over at AMC? I think it looks kinda bad, but I’m not going to argue in favor of a repeat when I can be getting a fresh episode of Mad Men. And what an episode it was.
This episode hit all the right notes, with a great blend of pitch-black humor and drama.
The British invasion of Sterling Cooper ratcheted up a notch in this episode, with interesting results. Poor Don walked around the whole episode with a look of complete and utter confusion on his face. I suppose the blame lies with Bert Cooper, who got Don’s hopes up that the new owners of the company would be asking him to head up the American and British branches of the company. How far from the truth that turned out to be. Instead, a new boss waltzed in and took over the place.
Well, it certainly looked that way for a while, until Lois jumped on the John Deere tractor and took his foot off. Man, how funny was it to watch the office turn into a bloodbath? Between half the staff being showered in the blood of the new boss, and watching the office windows being squeegeed free of blood, my morbid sense of humor was really enjoying itself.
I’m glad that Lane is going to end up sticking around. I think that he’s an interesting character, and has a great, antagonistic relationship with Don that makes for good TV. I wonder if he will be taking a more active role in running the company, just as Guy was going to. In any case, it’s clear that the Brits are going to continue to shake things up around the office, which is great.
It looks like Lane isn’t the only one who will be sticking around. I didn’t imagine that they were going to write Joan out of the office; I’m just curious how she’s going to keep the position. It’s a little hard to retract your notice after a huge going away party. Time will tell.
Clacked by Bob Degon
on Sep 22, 2009 @ 10:00 EST5EDT
The scene in the hospital, when Don and Joan looked at each other for a little over 30 seconds without saying a word was amazing.
This is exactly the kind of scene that separates an amazing show (like the Sopranos) from the rest of the shows currently running.
Great episode!