• Mad Men: The Night of Don's Reckoning

    The professional became very personal last night, as Sterling Cooper dissolves and Don has to account for all his past behavior in order to survive. As we all wonder what the future holds, the past has finally been sorted.

    The season finale (directed by show creator Matthew Weiner himself) was all about Don's relationships and how he rectifies them in order to move on creating his own advertising agency. Usually happy to be the lone gunman, Don has to rally the troops in order to stake out on his own, which means checking his ego, doing some apologizing, and letting some of the people in his life know just how he really thinks about them. And Joan came back! And Trudy wore a killer hat. All was right with the world as it—and Don—strikes out in a new direction.

    6 800x600 | Full Size
    Click to view image 1
    Click to view image 2
    Click to view image 3
    Click to view image 4
    Click to view image 5
    Click to view image 6


    Send an email to Brian Moylan, the author of this post, at brian@gawker.com.

    « prev

    Sterling Cooper Draper Price, How May I Help You?: Don Draper's marriage may have dissolved, but his firm has just started. He, Roger, Bert, and Lane have drafted Peggy, Harry Crane, Pete, and St. Joan as their coalition of the willing to steal clients and bust into the art department (yes, we saw that someone placed a curlicue letter F in front of Art Department) to take whatever they can get their hands on.

    This wasn't necessarily a cliffhanger, because the decisive action has been taken. We won't be left guessing "Will they leave?" a la "Who shot J.R.?" but we are left with plenty of questions to ponder over the winter (or in the comments section). Here are a few:

    Now that Peggy and Pete are working in a tiny office together, are they ever going to come to terms with their past?

    What is going to happen to Peggy and Duck? Is that still going on? Is he going to ruin Don's new agency?

    Just what the heck is Bert Cooper going to do? There's no room for his armor and he can't take naps anymore. Do they even need him?

    Lane Price's wife was unhinged before their stay in the U.S. became indefinite. How soon before she goes completely bonkers?

    So, does this mean Betty is gone for good or are we going to get to see her staggering unhappiness with Henry?

    How soon before Roger starts doing Joan again?

    How soon before Doctor Rapist is killed in Vietnam?

    Will they think of something interesting for Harry to do?

    And what the heck is going on with Suzanne (nee Missy) Sally's teacher that Don was diddling? Why didn't he just go right back to her when Betty called it quits? Will she be coming back?

    How sweet is Don's bachelor pad going to be? Just wait for the Mad Men furniture line at CB2.

    If Don isn't married, is he just going to spend all of his time scoring ladies or just most of it?

    read more: #recaps, #madmen, #defamer, #top