mad men season finale

I didn't really Mad Men until the end of Season 3. In fact, I think I hated it, but for some reason, I just kept watching. 


Here in Scotland, we watch Mad Men on Monday nights in my room on the big command center alpha computer. So last night, Kris and I watched, and weren't surprised....surprised isn't the word. But perhaps this is Weiner's excuse for bringing in the mob? (PS- how did I not know that creepy Glen Bishop is played by Weiner's kid?)


Even during this season, which was genuinely the first season where I cared, I still maybe looked forward even more to the This Recording recaps of the show. This week is no exception. 

Not that our ambitions even make logical sense most of the time. You would hate Jordan Catalano if he were your actual boyfriend, because he would be terrible to you, but that doesn't make the fantasy of "Jordan Catalano" any less intense. Low risks and easy rewards are just never that satisfying. High risk/high reward/high chance of horrible consequences. Why try unless there's a chance you will die? It's liberating to face death, and one way we cheat it is by making crazy spur of the moment decisions.



Likewise Dr. Faye is chasing a Don that nobody can even prove exists, a responsible Don that is so far purely theoretical. Don is totally kissing the mask with Megan and even she kind of knows he can't possibly be attracted to her yet for the person she really is. But she's young and maybe dumb enough to buy into the fantasy of their future Don is presenting her with, because Don sells fantasies. It's his job and his life.

Megan is fine but she is also the worst. It is every woman's nightmare that her ex that got away's next girlfriend will be an Anthropologie catalogue. She sings in French! If she were in 2010 she'd have bangs and live in a twee teepee in Brooklyn. Don likes her fucked up teeth because everyone likes a cute flaw on an otherwise physically perfect woman! Just like everyone likes a fucked up personality in a physically perfect man!

Off to listen to the new Kings of Leon (sorry Kris & Gretchen) and decide what I think about it. 

PS- Betty Draper. Wow, just wow. Terrible mother. But- addendum. 
My favorite part of the ep was when Sally spills the milkshake and Don starts to freak out (because he's always based his parenting reactions on the reactions of Betty and his "mother." Then he realizes women can just react calmly to things. I think that's actually the moment he decides to marry Megan. Anyhoo...)