May 2012
timeisthearchitect asked: On the question of Peggy's salary, I take Joan's statements on her own to offer a frame of reference. When told that the Jaguar account was worth $50,000, she said "that's more than four times what I make in a year." So that means Joan makes no more than $12,500 a year, and I'd bet that Peggy makes either a comparable or lesser salary because even though she's...
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Anonymous asked: Alan Sepinwall of Hitfix makes great reviews too.
jw452-deactivated20121109 asked: ... Remember the scene in the bar. Don gave her many compliments, and not one touched her personality or her competence. I wrote a post in my blog arguing that Joan has nothing but contempt for Don.
jw452-deactivated20121109 asked: Yeah me again. Joey was right when he said Joan dresses like a whore. Joan spent all her time at the first agency banging the boss for "gifts" and saying she'd leave when she found a man to marry. Of course she was passed over for Harry's assistant (And whatever happened to that? I have a better idea of what Cooper does than what Harry does.): she'd always made it very...
jw452-deactivated20121109 asked: ... Don's yell at Megan could have been given to everyone. "Just do whatever you want!" The Joan story line was really forced, though, and I don't believe that would have happened, and I don't think that that's more than 10% wishful thinking.
jw452-deactivated20121109 asked: I don't think that Pete felt he was asking Joan to do anything more self-crapping than the s**t he does all day. ~ Joan's reaction to Don -- I think she was making the best of a bad situation, and she was happy to hear that Pete wasn't honest about how the "partners meeting" really went down. ~ Tim Goodman made a great point that I missed: this ep (and the series) is all...
Anonymous asked: many reviews call roger's vote reaction unbelieveable but i think reasons beyond what he said would've raised eyebrows. anything possibly personal could lead those disgusting men think even less of her "if she slept with roger, what's the hold up? why are we even negotiating?" (i can hear pete saying this), both now & in their future. not excusing roger at all,...
wyndham asked: How much was Peggy making before, does anyone know, and what was her title? I'm proud of her for moving up to somewhere where she will truly be appreciated, but I was wondering how better that offer really is from where she was.
Anonymous asked: Some people don't get the east coast feed on their cable. That's the problem.
wyndham asked: By the way, and as someone who lives on the West Coast, it plays at 7pm here and then again at 10pm, so I don't understand the other posters issue.
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Anonymous asked: Different person, but would you be willing to wait until it aired on the west coast?
heathermione asked: For people who don't want the text posts: step 1 - get tumblr savior, step 2, blacklist 'Ask madmendaily a question'. Done. Also, if you tagged your posts with episode names or especially numbers (e.g. #5x04 or something), then people could just blacklist all the episodes in a season and unlist them once they've watched and are ready to see posts. (But I don't understand...
Anonymous asked: I'm predicting embezzlement by Lane's hand. We've already seen him forging checks at the office...I think he's going to be in very hot water by the end of the season.
Anonymous asked: stop posting spoilers you're RUINING MY LIFE
theloveyoumake asked: I don't feel bad that Joan did what she did, it's her body and her life and I feel that she had good reasons to do it. It's the fact that she was even asked that makes me sick. After all her loyalty to the company in the end she was treated as a means to an end. She was objectified as a business strategy by people who should have had no say or opinion in what she should do with her...
theloveyoumake asked: I don't think Lane told Joan to take the partnership & the 5% because he loves her, if he loved her he would have stood up for her more. Standing up for her & ultimately trying to convince the partners would have stopped them from discovering what he did, they wouldn't have bothered to look for money to pay her with. However, it could be reasoned that he didn't stand up for...
onlyslightly asked: I thought I'd let y'all know that the link to the comment on metafilter that explains lane's financial situation isn't working. :)
Anonymous asked: And whether Lane told her to go for a partnership because he cares about Joan or because that saved his ass from getting caught stealing is up for debate, but it would have been incredibly bad for him if they had to pay her all that money like Pete originally proposed.
memesouslapluie asked: I'm just flabbergasted that anyone could see what Joan did as a calculated and devious career move. The scene where we discover that Don was too late and her obvious emotional state before that was truly upsetting. It was something she pretty much was forced into and essentially blackmailed that she wouldn't be a good mother if she didn't do it. I always thought Joan's looks if...
adamdmurray asked: Also, that is why he convinced Joan to take a 5% cut in the firm rather than a lump sum as if she did ask for $50,000, his cooking of the books would have been exposed. Pretty cold of Laine.
Anonymous asked: Wait, you think Pete was HONEST? He bent words to everyone and manipulated the situation until it came out the way he wanted. He told the partners that Joan was "interested" but just needed the right number when she all but told him to go fuck himself in the previous scene. And then he told her that all the partners were on board when they weren't. Pete was lying for the entire...
adamdmurray asked: Lane is in huge personal financial trouble with the Inland Revenue, (the British version of the IRS) and got a $50,000 line of credit from their bank to hide the $8,000 he needed to pay the bill. He took such a large amount so he could say there was this amount extra in the books so bonuses could be paid and he could get that $8,000. When Mohawk Airlines dropped their ads because of the strike,...
martinfreeman asked: Lane from what I've gathered is facing some outstanding debts from England and needs a large amount of cash quickly. He was counting on the Christmas bonuses to pay that with but they decided not to give them out but before they did he forged Don's signature on a check from the office and is presumably going to use it to pay his debts with the company's money.
ekphrases asked: It's not just that he took bonus money intended for others, he extended the company's credit line and put the company dangerously in debt in order to do so. AND he told the partners that the bonus money was coming out of a surplus, when they are actually in the red.
sunnydriveinsarajevo asked: Rizzo's comment about Ginsberg reciting a line from "Ozymandias" sort of struck me. I do love Ginsberg, but he is revealing himself to be quite the egotistical person. So there's that part of it, that relates to the poem, not respecting Don anymore because he feels he is better and someday Don will fall. But the writers could've chosen any poem,but they chose...
A really good explanation of what Lane Pryce is up...
A great comment on Metafilter (not mine!) that explains Lane’s book-cooking.
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god thank you a ton for this!
sofiacoppolla asked: Lane owes the British Government money in back-taxes and he needed the money immediately, so he devised a plan to get SCDP to give the workers their Christmas bonuses early, and they did, but they only gave the workers money, not the execs, so he stole money from the company.
Anonymous asked: can someone explain to me what laine is doing? i don't totally understand :x
Anonymous asked: I think that previous anon was very unfair to Joan. I've been in offices too where women have used their looks & more to get further up the ladder but Joan has always worked hard before this & had the respect of the entire office. She was put in an impossible position & told (untruthfully) that all the partners agreed that she should do it. She was then blackmailed further by...
nonsensicallyrics asked: Am I the only one wondering about how Ken's going to react to Peggy leaving, what with there pact and all? He seems like such an innocent soul, I imagine he'll be a little hurt by it, even after Peggy already scoffed at him last episode (I love Peggy and don't blame her, but in my head I was still kind of like, "awww, poor Ken, trying to be nice and it's thrown in your...
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Anonymous asked: The person who asked about Joan is an asshole. It's fairly clear that Joan didn't want to sleep with Herb but found herself forced to. Despite her talents, leadership skills, and intelligence, she'd never advance because the men around her see her as merely a sex object. If she used sex to get ahead, it's because she had little alternative. We saw what happened with Sal when he...
wickederthanyou asked: I'm like 99.99% certain that Dan will be with Megan in the end.
Anonymous asked: Whoa, whoa. Look at the respect Joan has garnered from Don. I feel as though it's unfair to compare Joan to current working women. She is discrete and a professional who has been lauded for her work in the office. She used her skills AND her, uh, assets, to work her way up at a time where there was literally no other way to gain the respect she commands. Put it in context. She knew what she...
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Anonymous asked: I've always been on the fence about Joan, but after this episode it's quite clear that I really dislike her. I was furious when SCDP made her partner. Maybe I'm just bitter because I've worked in offices where women have used their god-given assets to move up while the rest of us actually worked hard to get ahead. I really felt bad for Peggy even though she had no clue this...
dubz-chan asked: I can't say I was terribly shocked by Don throwing money in peggy's face either. I wasn't surprised that it happened, but i felt like his reaction was extreme because all peggy wanted was some recognition. Don hasn't realized that he takes peggy for granted.
extracrispy asked: Forget Megan. I'm tired of her as well. I think Don and Joan end up together or Don will be forever alone after this Megan fiasco boils over. His relationships mirror Rodger Sterlings'. Divorce number 2 coming up!
sixtwosevensix asked: I don't see why people should hate Megan. I think she's been essential to showcase Don Draper getting his life back together. I'm glad he finally has some stability. Being with Megan has been a test for him, to remain loyal, start a new routine. Megan is a free spirit, hard-headed, and that has been a test of character for Don. She's untamable. The show can't be completely...
levuvu asked: Was I the only one especially feeling bad for Peggy when Don threw the money at her? I couldn't imagine how shitty that would feel. She basically pulled off a Don-esque clutch pitch like how Don did it for Lucky Strike in the pilot episode. All in all, I'm glad for Peggy!
Anonymous asked: I do not like megan because the extent of her presence in the show this season has been unnecessary and BORING AS SHIT LIKE I DON'T EVEN CARE ABOUT HER IN THE LEAST WHY, MATTHEW WEINER, WHYYYY
Anonymous asked: why does everyone hate megan?
Anonymous asked: can you explain to me why people do not like meghan? i actually kind of like her.
Anonymous asked: I DVR Mad Men and fast forward every scene that Megan is in. True story.
