Jenn, sorry I'm drinking Strongbows and pretty much drunkenly reiterating everything I said on gchat today... Ha! Here's hoping there's not too much repetition... Salut!
By the way, what year did that Stones ditty come out? Being trapped in the office episode after episode makes me forget what year we are really in!
So I really hate this new direction they're taking with Joey. I loved the whole "John and Marsha" bit in the first episode of this season where they had Joey and Peggy playing off each other. After losing quite a bit of the cast when birthing the new firm, I was warming up to the young art director (although I would have Sal back in an instant if I could). What's with the 180? Don't they have enough creative jerk juice with the newly introduced Stan? Joey's sudden mom and egotistical issues are popping up out of nowhere! Calling Joan a Shanghai whorehouse Madam is pretty unforgivable. And Harry being in love with him? He's probably just jealous he missed out on being crushworthy for Sal.
Mrs. Blankenship is also grating on my nerves every week. Random fact: did you know she was the mom on Karate Kid? I abhor the use of comedic relief in such a campy way for such a high quality show! This new Don 2.0 with the introspection, abstaining from alcohol (and sex), and constant swimming is turning my beloved show into the most boring hour of television. He needs a new hot, young secretary and how.
Although I can't keep track of the blondes he's with now. Office blonde and True Blood blonde. Office blonde is so bland to me that I think I was IMDB-ing on my iPhone during her whole date scene, so I can't even comment on that part. I was, however, pleasantly surprised to see True Blood Blonde back this episode. And her storyline brought my Betty back in the action with some great scenes! Distracted dinner Betty is awesome. So is drunk passenger Betty. I cannot wait until she divorces Henry to take on another lover or husband. I'm hoping that she'll evolve into that older sexpot with a line of ex-husbands and young lovers.
I'm completely over old man Henry. Driving into Don's boxes was a big douche move. Same with asking Don to move them before Gene's birthday bash, totally subtexting the fact that Don wasn't invited. It was interesting to hear Henry has a mansion with servants during Betty's drunken car outburst. Why don't the Drapers move into this mansion? Especially when it seems like Sally is pretty much set on busting out of that suburb.
Joan & Peggy: this is such a difficult era for a female to comment on without some bias. The antics of the guys are clearly deplorable: sexist cartoons of Joan and Lane, comments from Joey about Joan looking like she wants to be raped (my jaw dropped when he spewed that line), etc etc. But the way the two main ladies handle themselves is so different that although I should be applauding Peggy for her "equality now" standpoint, I find myself cringing when she tattles on to Don and bandies about her power. So Peggy self-righteously saves the day by canning bizarro Joey and Joan gets the last word by letting her know it.
And Joan! When in the world are we going to get more storylines about her Vietnam bound hubby? The 15-second snippets of her home life are so few and far between that we go from hating her husband, to wishing he wasn't destined to the frontlines of the tragedy to come whenever we get the small glimpses of his humanity. If we can get one whole season of Pete's in-laws and au pairs, then we deserve to see more Joan. I can seriously freehand draw the giraffe artwork in the Cambpell apartment.
Scene stealer of the episode: young Gene. The subtle mixture of "who the hell are you?" and "please let me down" really illustrate the confusion of hardly ever setting eyes on his birth father. The kid should win an Emmy hands DOWN.
I hope I didn't miss anything! Can't wait to see what Jenn's got to say...
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