I loathe writing recaps of shows, but sometimes an episode deserves your attention whether you watch the show or not. That’s why I occasionally bring you Just the Badass Parts. Today: “Mad Men” episode 308, where “badass” means “sexy as hell.” The highlights, in no particular order:
- Italian douchebags schooled by Don Draper in Rome.
- Morning sex!
- Wanted sexual advances.
- Unwanted sexual advances.
- Publicly unwanted (but secretly wanted) sexual advances.
- Difficulty with removal of shirt as metaphor for sexual frustration.
- Betty wears the sexiest eye makeup in the history of both women and eye makeup. God DAMN. Ladies, let’s cut a deal: I’ll try to look more like Don Draper if you try look more like Betty. *puts on gray fedora* Your turn.
- Betty in lacy black lingerie. She looks tremendous, even though she gave birth two months ago. Is this perhaps too unrealistic? Shut up.
- Christina Hendricks!
Naturally, after all the sexiness and good times, the episode ended on a sharply bitter note, because any happiness the characters can attain is fleeting, and everyone is ultimately miserable. Hooray! Just like us!
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It’s about fucking time, Weiner, that you reminded the world how smoking-ass-hot January Jones is.
There are non-badass parts of Mad Men?
I’ve been misinformed!
Damn well done. Mad Men-on-location episodes always dominate (or at least the two I can remember have).
I can’t get Mad Men on TV here and stupid Hulu doesn’t work either – what is this, Communist Russia?
I wonder when Betty is going to force Don to move. She said last week that she missed living in Manhattan and she was horribly disappointed the transfer to London didn’t happen. Now she hates everything and everyone in Tarrytown (Richard Scarry will be pissed). And will Don, who’s been capitulating to her at every turn this season, give in again, even if it means giving up a shot at pouring the pork on the kindergarten teacher?
i’m loving dexter and mad men back to back. no matter how the jets did earlier in the day, it’s a great way to close out my sunday night. definitely worth missing most of the sunday night game for and having to watch family guy online on monday
@Leapin_Lizards – it’s available on iTunes
@TB – They can always move to Manhattan so Don can get away from the sexy teacher after he bangs her.
Any time they leave the office my finger is on the fast forward button
Best exchange last night…
Peter Campbell: I would like to speak to the manager.
Store attendant: Of the store?
Peter Campbell: Of the Republic of Dresses!
It sounded like something Charlie Kelley would say after a long glue-huffing session.
Another Sign of an Awesome Show: They can establish at the end of the previous episode that two main characters will not be around each other anymore (but Roger has the best lines!) and then make you forget one of them is even on the show for the duration of the next episode until you see him at the end of the teaser during the credits.