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And she was quite successful at it.She was playing a former prostitute prostituting herself, she was supposed to be skanky.Man, I have to disagree with you there. I thought she was beyond skanky and couldn't act very well either.Love the chick who played Lakshmi, btw.Negrons.
Just like life can be, particularly in a turbulent time.
Pretty sure that's the very end.
C'mon man. There was a boatload of sexual tension in that scene. He was stiff and her chair was soaked, but she had the good sense to turn down his dance request.The Grantland recap of Mad Men (They are pretty horrible at TV, I much prefer AV Club) kept mentioning the sexual tension between Joan and Don, I didn't read it that way at all. I think sometimes, rarely, you have two attractive people who are affectionate towards each other but there's never a sexual element to it, or any lusting for the other persno. I can think of women I've felt that way towards in the past.
The grantland reviews for this show are obscenely awful. Can't stand them. Seppy and AV Club are far superior.The Grantland recap of Mad Men (They are pretty horrible at TV, I much prefer AV Club) kept mentioning the sexual tension between Joan and Don, I didn't read it that way at all. I think sometimes, rarely, you have two attractive people who are affectionate towards each other but there's never a sexual element to it, or any lusting for the other persno. I can think of women I've felt that way towards in the past.
I didn't see it that way. Maybe analogous to sparring, where you know nobody is going to get hurt/banged, but you're still working on moves...but there was 0 chance they were going to consummate.Molly Lambert over at Grantland is the worst. Just recap everything that happened with snark. I would hate Boardwalk Empire if her recaps were the first thing I knew about that show.C'mon man. There was a boatload of sexual tension in that scene. He was stiff and her chair was soaked, but she had the good sense to turn down his dance request.The Grantland recap of Mad Men (They are pretty horrible at TV, I much prefer AV Club) kept mentioning the sexual tension between Joan and Don, I didn't read it that way at all. I think sometimes, rarely, you have two attractive people who are affectionate towards each other but there's never a sexual element to it, or any lusting for the other persno. I can think of women I've felt that way towards in the past.
Wiener said in Newsweek that there is no way these characters could live to present day, with their drinking and smoking. Said they would be medical miracles. That said, I could see a fast forward to Draper in the late 90s or something.
The way I read things too.
Both of you (and Truck), ask yourselves a question: had Joan accepted Don's request for a dance, things wouldn't have heated up?
I've slow-danced with married or attached women before. Never felt like there was ever any chance of anything coming from it.
Seppy agrees:
It seems silly arguing hypotheticals in a fictional TV show, but it seems completely plausible to me that Don would have taken her right from the dance floor to a hotel room, especially given how cold things are with Megan at home.
I'm kind of in the middle on this one, but I'm gonna go out on a limb and suggest your history with women and dons are a bit different. Monogamy is still very new for this character and is certainly not a given. Yes, I think they're kindred spirits but there is absolutely sexual tension between them. Some of the best ever on tv.I've slow-danced with married or attached women before. Never felt like there was ever any chance of anything coming from it.
This is very true.I'm kind of in the middle on this one, but I'm gonna go out on a limb and suggest your history with women and dons are a bit different. Monogamy is still very new for this character and is certainly not a given. Yes, I think they're kindred spirits but there is absolutely sexual tension between them. Some of the best ever on tv.I've slow-danced with married or attached women before. Never felt like there was ever any chance of anything coming from it.
That said, we know that Don and Joan have been colleagues for several years. They've weathered ups and downs professionally, as well as being bought up, and then breaking off, and then suffering through lean years. They've been in the trenches quite a bit, and with Joan having a not insignificant role within the company. I think there's a lot of respect there, and some familial-type love, but I think things would have to worsen significantly at home (mind you, this is pre-spaghetti toss) for Don to stray. I think he was well aware of the gun, but the gun was firmly holstered.I think it was intentionally ambiguous. We're supposed to believe in this deep, never-to-be-consummated connection between them, but the look on don's face when he asked and his immediate response seemed like he was ready to spin the barrel and see what happened.This is very true.I'm kind of in the middle on this one, but I'm gonna go out on a limb and suggest your history with women and dons are a bit different. Monogamy is still very new for this character and is certainly not a given. Yes, I think they're kindred spirits but there is absolutely sexual tension between them. Some of the best ever on tv.I've slow-danced with married or attached women before. Never felt like there was ever any chance of anything coming from it.
The part about him not pulling chicks like Whitman?
That part is not in dispute.Regardless, it was some great ####### television. Some of the best scenes in the series IMO.
How did Joan hurt Roger?
I don't think AJ meant "hurt" as in he was romantically rebuffed. But he does want to be involved in his kid's life, and she ain't havin it.
Because she wants more then that. Why I don't think she looks at Don romantically. Would ruin her shot at ever settling down with Roger. Don't think she'd hurt Roger like that regardless.Would love to eventually see Roger kick the bucket and leave everything (his stake in agency) to Joan.
Is Slattery supposed to be playing older than his age?There have been numerous references in this thread to his "advanced" age. Slattery hasn't yet turned fifty (he will in August).
Think it's much to do with the two heart attacks and that he doesn't appear to be slowing down at all.
Unless I missed something, I'm not getting that at all. I see no longing in her eyes when Roger is around.
Holy crap. I would have guessed he is 58 or so IRL. Too much sun, maybe.
I see her as too proud to act any other way then she currently is towards him. If he wanted to make an "honest" woman of her I think she'd jump at it. They've had a romance for years and they have a kid together. I imagine taking the support would make it too easy for Roger in her mind. The ball's in Roger's court. Always has been.
I thought I remembered him wanting to leave Jane to raise the baby with her and her basically telling him to f off and that he couldn't have anything to do with the baby and him being a wreck and trying desperately to get her to go along with it. Of course, it's possible that nothing like that ever happened and it's an amalgam of my imagination and other stories.
I'm not sold on that. I think the way she sees him has changed in the last year or two and that she almost pities him now. She seems to barely tolerate him at this point. Maybe she would jump, but her outward behavior has been annoyance since even before the mugging/pregnancy. Look at the guy she married. I don't think she's up for somebody as unwieldy as Roger. Roger was a crush/lust and now one of the few people who know her. But who knows, they're both single again, so I think we're about to find out.Btw, I love that Roger is still finding cause to bring up the acid trip with people when telling them about the clarity that he has now.
Pretty much. Once married to Rita Hayworth.
I think Betty forged Don's sig on a paycheck a few seasons ago. Might have been when he was MIA in California.
Yep.They took the pitch out of Mad Men and put it into a crumby reality show that follows.'Good said:'jdoggydogg said:
I thought it was interesting that they showed "the clean up" in that scene. I don't think I have ever seen that on TV before."I was trading the only thing I have""But you already gave it away":SLAP:
I'd hit it right now, and I'm sober!
Correct answer.
