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post #1531 of 2191
5/1/12 at 6:22pm
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Originally Posted by Ken H View Post

Uh, trust me on this one, it could happen. Honest.

Lots of things like that happened during that time... I also know.
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post #1532 of 2191
5/1/12 at 6:49pm
lol
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post #1533 of 2191
5/1/12 at 7:36pm
I kind of expected that response. But couldn't they (you guys ) block the door with a chair or something?
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post #1534 of 2191
5/1/12 at 7:56pm
Just move the chair Roger was on against the door and then continue blow. lol
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post #1535 of 2191
5/1/12 at 8:06pm
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Originally Posted by LL3HD View Post

I kind of expected that response. But couldn't they (you guys ) block the door with a chair or something?

Coulda, shoulda, woulda, but got too busy to think of such niceties.
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post #1536 of 2191
5/1/12 at 9:08pm
Just be thankful Momma didn't come back to the table with "There's Something About Mary" hair. ;-)
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post #1537 of 2191
5/2/12 at 5:32am
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Originally Posted by hamstang View Post

"She'll spread her legs and fly away" I started laughing the same time Roger did. Good stuff!

My wife laughed uncontrollably for 10 minutes after that. Had to stop the DVR and wait for her to calm down.
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post #1538 of 2191
5/2/12 at 5:40am
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Originally Posted by zalusky View Post

There are times Jessica Pare reminds me of Carly Foulkes the T-Mobile girl.

On YouTube is a interview with her on QTV after the end of last season and asking her about Megan and where she thought the character might go this season. Obviously she had no idea since the episodes hadn't been written yet and AMC and Weiner were still in stalemate over money. Interesting 17 minutes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bEic6HhTSc

She also admitted when she was cast for Megan, Weiner had no idea what he was going to do with the character. Pare read other parts, there was no Megan yet, as her casting call. She found out about the marriage scene when the costume designer came to size her finger for the ring a couple of days before she got the script.
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post #1539 of 2191
5/2/12 at 5:50am
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I'm still bugged by the inconsistency of the characters this season. Last episode Don and Megan acted like spoiled children which led to a violent argument. Now they're the power couple reading each other minds, acting like they're perfect for each other as if it had Don had never left her in a HoJo's parking lot. The whole argument last episode was pointless.

Pete got pummeled and humiliated by his coworkers but now his face is fine and he's back doing his job as if it had never happened, so the incident was pointless.

The show is having dramatic individual episodes but it's just resetting characters for the next episode. The only characters that are developing are Megan who is now suddenly a genius copywriter and Sally who is being traumatized every time she's in an episode. It's like the show has ended Peggy's story as being the focus of the new generation of advertising talent and it's now retelling the same story with Megan. It's like watching the first season again except Peggy's story was more interesting.

Roger is now interested in doing his job thanks to LSD so I guess that's character development but let's see how long that lasts!

I don't see it that way. Seems to me, each show is more "themed" (is that possible?) than it used to be. Everyone is experiencing the same thing, but in their own way. Last weeks episode had everyone in some kind of crisis they were dealing with. This week, everyone was disappointed in some way. The ending scene, on what should have been a glorious night for all, have you ever seen a more unhappy group of people sitting at the table? They were disappointed in different ways, but in the end, they all were disappointed/sad/revolted. Perceptions had been smashed, no matter what they were. Things didn't work out.

We know that the first part of the season are pretty much stand alone stories where the last part of the season all points start to tie together. We may be at the point where things are starting to setup to for the finale story arc. But with Weiner, you never know where he is going. That is one of the beautiful things about this show.
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post #1540 of 2191
5/2/12 at 5:56am
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Originally Posted by DrLar View Post

Yeah but being with that oldie, adds some years to her age.. LOL

Well Megan is almost the same situation, she's on her 20's while Don just hit 40..

But Jessica Pare is actually 29 playing someone in her early 20's. Does that add age to her being with 41 year old Jon Hamm (40 YO Don Draper?)

Just asking.
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post #1541 of 2191
5/2/12 at 5:58am
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Originally Posted by Ken H View Post

Uh, trust me on this one, it could happen. Honest.

Care to elaborate?
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post #1542 of 2191
5/2/12 at 7:34am
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Originally Posted by foxeng View Post

Care to elaborate?

Not too much.

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Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent.
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post #1543 of 2191
5/2/12 at 8:42am
lol

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*Ding Wanna Get Away?
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post #1544 of 2191
5/2/12 at 8:49am
I also love when people claim that "there is no way that would happen" when they're talking about a fictional television show.
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post #1545 of 2191
5/2/12 at 9:57am
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Originally Posted by jandron View Post

I was watching this episode with my screenwriter son last night, who is home for a few days. He turns to me and says, "When we were casting Knight Rider I really wanted Jessica Pare for Sarah (female lead). I worked with her at Justin's (already cast male lead) house, and fought hard for her with the NBC brass. They nixed her, saying she wasn't pretty enough.

NBC, again proving they deserve everything they've gotten for the past decade. And, I bet she's pretty happy that didn't work out!

NBC execs rejecting the beautiful and elegant Jessica Pare is just more proof that nobody ever lost money by betting against the intelligence of network suits. Pare does have prominent teeth, in fact Pare made a reference to them in one episode in which she said she was told she didn't get a modeling job because she had "buck teeth." I suggest that most actresses would love to be as beautiful.
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post #1546 of 2191
5/2/12 at 10:05am
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Originally Posted by gruven42 View Post

I also love when people claim that "there is no way that would happen" when they're talking about a fictional television show.

It's a comment on the quality of the writing. Not all of us are living in a fictional bubble.
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post #1547 of 2191
5/2/12 at 10:45am
Just a little trivia for you Jessica Pare and John Slattery fans. They were in a previous TV series together back in 2004 called Jack and Bobby. It was a very underrated WB show about the young McCallister brothers, one of whom goes on to become President of the US in 2049. Slattery played a professor who was a friend/mentor/father figure to the young Bobby. Pare was the girlfriend of the older brother, Jack.

Unfortunately it was one season and out, but I thoroughly enjoyed it at the time.
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post #1548 of 2191
5/2/12 at 11:09am
Megan (Jessica) is a very nice looking woman but her teeth are bad. They always seen to get in her way when she speaks,

Regarding the scene with Roger and Megan's mom, they both had motives to just "do it." She was pissed at her husband for crying in the "arms" of his student when the publisher rejected him and he was, well, Roger. I didn't find their actions to be outside the realm of believable.
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post #1549 of 2191
5/2/12 at 10:33pm
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Originally Posted by zalusky View Post

There are times Jessica Pare reminds me of Carly Foulkes the T-Mobile girl.

I'd be down for those two to get it on. I just thought of something. Anna Hathaway looks similar to these two as well. 3 some anyone? xD
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post #1550 of 2191
5/3/12 at 1:03am
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Originally Posted by dminches View Post

Megan (Jessica) is a very nice looking woman but her teeth are bad. They always seen to get in her way when she speaks,

Regarding the scene with Roger and Megan's mom, they both had motives to just "do it." She was pissed at her husband for crying in the "arms" of his student when the publisher rejected him and he was, well, Roger. I didn't find their actions to be outside the realm of believable.

Getting it on isn't the problem. Having at it in an unlocked conference room, practically on stage with no regard for any privacy, was a bit contrived in my opinion, but apparently, all logic is tossed aside when the needle is pinned.
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post #1551 of 2191
5/3/12 at 4:47am
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Originally Posted by LL3HD View Post

Getting it on isn't the problem. Having at it in an unlocked conference room, practically on stage with no regard for any privacy, was a bit contrived in my opinion, but apparently, all logic is tossed aside when the needle is pinned.

Guess you missed my comment a few links back about the Christmas party, the executive secretary, the board room conference table, too much booze, and the unlocked door.
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post #1552 of 2191
5/3/12 at 8:56am
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Originally Posted by BoilerJim View Post

Guess you missed my comment a few links back about the Christmas party, the executive secretary, the board room conference table, too much booze, and the unlocked door.

I was just explaining to the other poster that motives were not an issue.
But I got your point BJ
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post #1553 of 2191
5/3/12 at 9:23am
Better "writing" would be if Sally checked the door, it was locked, and decided to crawl through the vents to get a look. All the while, the key is in the lock! It's "believable" because she's small enough to fit in the vent.

Emmy, please!
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post #1554 of 2191
5/6/12 at 9:24am
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Originally Posted by LL3HD View Post

Didn't care for the Sally shocker.

I don't care how horny you are there is no way that two people, Roger and Megan's mom, are going to be caught in that situation. Maybe they'd find a big closet or vacant small room but to be in a huge unlocked room is ridiculous. And to not hear the door open, give me a break. Very poor writing.

Yeah, people NEVER get caught having sex in public or semi-public places.
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post #1555 of 2191
5/6/12 at 8:08pm
Don's whole world just ended.....he had it all...

Pete finally gets a break, only to get hurt..

Peggy begins to get liberated..and Megan goes back to "acting".

Wow, they really used The Beatles, Revolver at that and 'Tomorrow Never Knows'.
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post #1556 of 2191
5/6/12 at 8:31pm
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Wow, they really used The Beatles, Revolver at that and 'Tomorrow Never Knows'.

Especially since it's the last song on the album.
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post #1557 of 2191
5/6/12 at 10:32pm
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Originally Posted by ken h View Post

uh, trust me on this one, it could happen. Honest.

+1
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post #1558 of 2191
5/7/12 at 7:56am
Well about Pete, so he fell for the insurance salesman wife, who gave him a one night stand but Pete wanted more, she didn't show up at the hotel but at the end she gave him some hope drawing that heart on the window.

I can almost bet Megan will fall for some young hot actor either on her class or while on a play... now with her schedule he will see Don maybe a few minutes a day..
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post #1559 of 2191
5/7/12 at 8:45am
So it looks like SCDP will collapse without Megan's genius copywriting skills (remember the Heinz baked beans account? And the Heinz baked beans account? And that Heinz baked beans account?) and her deep awareness of youth culture which Don will never understand because he liked the Beatles when they did those charming pop songs, not that tuneless racket they made in 1966.

So expect an episode in which Megan rushes back to SCDP and saves the company.
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post #1560 of 2191
5/7/12 at 9:34am
Although I still enjoy the show, I am getting tired of loyal, trustworthy Don. I am ready for the tried and true philandering, devious Don to come back, which he surely will. A little less of Megan and more of Joan would be appreciated too.
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