Mad Men Power Rankings, Week 14: 'It's Not Starting Over. It's Just Starting.'
2. Betty Draper (even) Last week: 2
Life in Reno is, like, a total drag. There was so much romance in the way that Henry proposed in the front seat of her car, the way that he said he'd take care of her and the kids and not let her stay indebted to Don by taking his alimony money, and even in the way he fluffed her tiny pillow and gave her a kiss on the cheek on the flight over from New York. But six weeks of Reno? With a baby? Sure, the hotel is nice, and there's really nothing to do but sit around the pool, smoke, and get the occasional spa treatment. But as a weird pre-honeymoon, um, yuck. Are there no quicky divorce laws that come with spending six weeks in Rome? Oh, right, not Rome, that would just bring up memories. But how about Paris? Reno makes the whole thing feel so dirty, so second-class, maybe it does make her think, even just for a minute, that she's a whore, just like Don said in that moment of anger. No, no. She's not a whore. She just couldn't live a lie anymore, and here was Henry, who'd never lie to her, who'd provide for her just the same, and who loves her not because she's some kind of trophy that goes along with winning at life, but because she has things to say, she's smart. He thinks she's smart. And interesting. He really, really does. Ugh, why does Gene cry so much? Is there a nanny at this dump?
3. Roger Sterling (even) Last week: 3
Working out of a hotel suite while they're getting SCDP off the ground isn't so bad. It really isn't. Even if Don wants to pick a fight because he found Roger -- shoes and jacket off, drink in one hand, telephone in the other, cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth -- virtually spread-eagle on the Accounts Bed. Who's he to talk, strolling in whenever he feels like it, even though there's a business to launch? Does he even understand what Accounts does, even though he finally says he values what Roger brings to the table? Lee Garner Sr. isn't going to be so happy to watch tens of millions of advertising being thrown together in a hotel room, between a king-size bed and a couple of coffee tables, while they work their way up to a less improvised home. He needs his hand held, his stepchildren minded in the patented Sterling fashion, and his mind eased with a bottle of 20-year-old Scotch paid for by their non-existent expense account. When Don can drag his indifferent ass into work on time, then maybe he can act superior about professionalism. What's it going to take for him to drop the aloof act,
Oh, hey, Joanie's in the other room, bending over to pick up some garbage Campbell just tossed on the floor. Maybe let's not get a real office too fast.
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Is this some sort of epic prank in which you review a non-existent episode of Mad Men or am I so truly out of the loop that I thought I witnessed a season finale with "Shut the door. Have a seat"?
My thoughts exactly. I'm semi-hyperventilating over here -- did I miss something?!?!
Bastards.
Yes. I was sad to see Mad Men leave for the year, but even sadder to lose the Don Draper Fingerbang Threat Level. I figure by week 18 he'll have fingerbanged half of SCDP just to show everyone who's boss around the hotel room.
Are you going to do this until next summer??
If Miss Farrell returns next season I'll cry. Worst character ever!
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