First off, apologies for the tardiness of this post. As you may have noticed, we’ve had some technical difficulties around these parts for a large part of the day today, and those technical issues led to an early draft of this post disappearing into thin air. I came thisclose to going Lane Pryce on you guys in that moment. At the very least, I may need to borrow someone’s blood pressure meds to make it through the day.
With that said, let’s get to it — albeit an abbreviated discussion post due to the aforementioned technical issues — shall we? Here are a few notes I made during last night’s Mad Men about characters, scenes, etc. I found interesting for one reason or another.
- Well somebody finally went and offed themselves, just as a lot of us thought was going to happen (should’ve been you, Pete). As soon as Lane left Don’s office and went back to his own to stare out the window, I think we all saw it coming. The question, I suppose, was how. Going all John Kennedy Toole and killing himself by running a hose from the exhaust of a Jaguar would have been quite poetic, but the damn thing was apparently a lemon. So when Lane was shown going to the office I thought it had to be death by window-jumping or perhaps an accidental death by elevator shaft. But then — surprise, surprise — we got a hanging instead. Go figure.
- I suppose there was a smidgeon of irony inherent in Pete being the first one to see Lane’s lifeless corpse hanging in his office, no?
- Jaguar may have had the funniest response to Lane’s suicide of all the ones I saw on Twitter.
“What’s happiness? It’s a moment before you need more happiness.” -Don
- Speaking of Lane hanging himself, this marks the second time Don Draper’s actions have directly led to a man hanging himself. The first, as you may recall, was his long lost brother. That’s gotta be below average.
- “She’s a 25 years old coat check girl from Long Island…or Rhode Island. She’d never had room service before. It’s too easy.” — Roger Sterling
- Megan Draper is going to kill Sally, isn’t she? She seems to be devolving more and more into a batsh*t crazy actress by the second. “I HAVE AN AUDITION, DON!!!”
- One of my favorite newish bands — The Lumineers — had a song in a Bing commercial that aired twice during Mad Men last night. They performed that very song at my house a few weekends ago, so that was kind of cool.
- I’m absolutely convinced that Creepy Glen’s pedostache is at least partly responsible for Sally getting her period. The rush of hormones was probably just too much for the poor girl to handle.
- Speaking of Sally, I love how she just sits on the sofa drinking soda, eating chips and watching TV when she goes over to the Draper apartment. Next season she’ll be in a fat suit just like her horrible mother.
- “Did you eat…or just drink?” – Megan Draper
- I couldn’t help but want to hug Joan when she was shown crying over Lane’s death. I wanted to give her a big hug — a big, tight hug.
“…for the sex. It’s always disappointing. For me anyway.” — Roger
- Is it possible that the John Malkovich Siri commercials are more annoying the the Zooey Deschanel Siri commercials?
- Speaking of commercials, here’s Elizabeth Moss in an Excedrin commercial for those of you going through Peggy withdrawals.
- Alan Sepinwall pointed out that Sally wore the boots Don forced her to take off earlier in the season for her meeting with Creepy Glen, a detail I had failed to notice when watching the show.
- Sepinwall also spoke to Jared Harris, the actor who played Lane, today. He said that Matt Weiner broke out some really fine brandy when he called him into the office to let him know that the character was being killed off.
- Thanks for the Pete Campbell ass-whipping memories, Lane.
Your thoughts/feelings/observations are of course welcome in the comments.
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Absolutely nothing to regret when your last words to a man who commits suicide is “Take the weekend to find a graceful exit.”
Hold the swinging Lane– On his desk are his glasses, UNBROKEN… Props department fail ? or a Don Draper whole episode dream sequence ? Come on no mention of Dow Chemical and why Don wants it, He’s pissed 1.) Peggy’s gone, is this the agency she went to 2.) was it because SCDP aren’t big enough to hand out x-mas bonuses which directly causes Lane to go over the edge ?
They’re taped together at the bridge. He was wearing them when he walking into his office before doing the deed.
The Siri/Zoey commercial makes me want to hit her in the head with a shovel. Untalented okay-looking spoiled actress wanders her huge dirty hoarder house indugling in a bullshit 3rd grade sick day. Yes, this is why a I need an iphone. Would rather tSLJ scream muthafucka at Siri.
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nice one…
did anyone else want this to happen in the elevator scene?
So, if Lane tendered his resignation before redecorating his office, does that mean his wife isn’t entitled to any sort of buyout/compensation for his partnership stake?
Oooooh, that’s an interesting point! I suppose legally the wording of the letter may have something to do with it, right?
That’s assuming the partners decide to even divulge the resignation letter, which I can’t imagine them doing.
Man, everytime I see someone in this show looking out of a window or standing in front of an elevator it sends shivers down my spine.
Weiner fucked me up pretty bad on that part.
I woke up this morning and checked my email.. first thing I saw was this subject line:
“Glen Bishop @CreepyGlen is now following you on Twitter.”
I immediately got my period.
Best email you’ll get today, I’m sure.
I think its notable to mention the almost poetic nature of him not being able to kill himself in the Jaguar, since throughout the whole season they’ve been knocking at the car’s inability to start
Thoughts on Joan’s replacement? Seems bangable no?
Might as well have a Roger Sterling bullseye on her.
Agreed.
I was pretty stoned for Mad Men last night and that Bing commercial song put me in a goddam trance, so thanks for offering up the band Cajun Boy.
Loved the way they handled the hanging with a bloated, blue Lane swinging there barely recognizable, funny how you can see so many violent deaths on other shows but the more true to life brutality is whats most affecting.
I keep yelling at characters to be more careful around the elevators, this season has been brilliant.
You watch Mad Men stoned? Is that a thing?
my wife is convinced that pedostache is gonna have his next jones on Megan (teaser shows megan on phone saying “I can hear you breathing”)
I caught that too! It followed me thinking about how a guy coming to that door and having Megan on the other side could not help but check her out.
For weeks I’ve been reading the suicide talk and wanting to block cap IT’S A METAPHOR! (and a very cool image).
Then goddamn, goddamn there swings Lane.
Does Don get blamed next episode for this?
I also laughed when the car wouldn’t start (felt dirty doing it but what are you going to do)
“I realize it’s the 60′s on the show but, Oh, Jaguar can’t be happy with this.” is what I thought.
damn damn lane. I was laughing crazy after the Jag wouldn’t start! hahahaha!!! also, the Jaguar tweet was perfect.
My wife is convinced that Megan is going to be swept up in the feminist movement and that will cause her to leave Don. Of course she is, sweetie.
If I was your wife I’d be so pissed at you right now.
If you were his wife one of you would be swinging like Lane.
OFBCM IS AN ORACLE
I found it kind of poetic that Jaguar, the brand that SDCP was all excited to land, particularly at Lane’s insistence, has taken a lot of heat for being garbage and ended up failing him when he finally decided to off himself.
On a scale of 1-Chris Brown, how angry would you have been if this had been spoiled for you?
Yeah, that GIF doesn’t leave much room for misinterpretation.
Needed more poop smearing the door on the swing, imo.
That’s a good point…perhaps I should move the top GIF to below the jump?
Okay, I moved the hanging GIF for potential spoiler purposes. Sorry if that did indeed spoil it for anyone.
I love how Weiner they made it seem like they weren’t going to show him swinging, only to have Don shove his way in scenes later.
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Wouldn’t that be more of a Freddy Rumsen thing to do?
It turns out… around 6 is how pissed off I was. Here’s what happened:
I purposely ignored any Mad Men related posts yesterday and was doing fine. Then, on the morning show i listen to, just seconds before they go off the air for the day, the entertainment reporter gave a RIP to someone, then said “And Rest in Peace to Layne Price” at which point three other people in the studio started cursing at him because people who get up for a morning show that starts at 5:30am aren’t likely staying up to watch Mad Men. Then he defended the statement and it was a hollow defense since he’d have murdered all three of them if they’d done that to him.
I just simmered at my desk for a minute, realizing that even if I sent an e-mail or called in all I’d get is “get over it”. The deed was done.
My buddy wasn’t home during the airing, but he received a text from someone else that read “I knew Layne was going to kill himself” Yeah… he was at Chris Brown.