Comments on: Chekhov's Gun

By: Deborah Lipp

Deborah Lipp — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:32:24 +0000

Hudsunn, news comments really should go in a news post. It's been mentioned in comments in a recent one.

By: Hudsunn

Hudsunn — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:54:28 +0000

HAVE YOU WRITTEN ABOUT THE PEOPLE MAGAZINE ISSUE ANYWHERE?

I was outraged that People Magazine in its Sexiest Man Alive issue didn't include Jon Hamm in anything but a silly "Separated at Birth" page comparing his photos to those of a brunette Fabio.

I fully expected to see Jon Hamm on the front cover!

By: Hudsunn

Hudsunn — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:50:32 +0000

I referred to Suzanne as "that mousy little schoolteacher" in another post. Ha. I recall her taunting Don by saying, when he was not obviously hitting on her, "You are just like all the others, drinker, philanderer, etc." That led me to think that the other dads came on to her very directly and she was frustrated by Don not doing that. He said, "We are just talking here." Later she phoned his house and told him she did not know why she was doing it. But he knew why and so did she. I think Don wanted her to give him the green light, maybe because she was Sally's teacher. Don is a risk-taker, and as Suzanne pointed out, she lived just a few miles from his home, so the risk was greater, and maybe that was exciting for Don, having this woman almost on his front doorstep and Betty none the wiser. The scene where Don sees Suzanne dancing around the May Pole with her class, flowers in her hair, seemed to definitely announce that she was a new kind of woman, a hippie type, one who might end up in San Francisco. He is intrigued by women who are rather bohemian, as with Midge and the young girl in California and now Suzanne, who jogs and doesn't wear makeup and lives in an apartment over a garage. As to her brother, that seemed to connect with Don's own younger brother. Don was more sympathetic to Suzanne's brother than to his own brother, but he handled him in the same way, with money.

By: Roger's Heart A

Roger's Heart A — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:08:08 +0000

The best part of these blogs is reading other's theories and offering a few of one's own. We dissect every little nuance of this show, probably to excess and the extreme. Nevertheless, it's what makes this show so darn enjoyable. Here's my two cents . . .

Suzanne commits suicide (maybe due to pregnancy) after Don turns his back on her; Danny is left alone with Don as his only resource. Don is forced to face the same difficult decision that he made with Adam. We understand how painful the last decision was and Don will be driven by the extreme guilt of Suzanne's and Adam's death to honor his commitment to Danny at the risk of losing his family and Betty.

(…or Suzanne blackmails Don for Danny's sake — she wouldn't do it for herself but she would for her brother.)

Who knows? Whatever happens, I'll be entertained!

By: Annie R

Annie R — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:14:00 +0000

I’m no expert on Peer Gynt, but wasn’t Peter Peer, Trudy the Green Lady (she is dressed in Kelly green) and Trudy’s father the Troll King? Just some food for thought…

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:03:19 +0000

@#14 CPT_Doom: My hat off to you – a great analysis. I keep telling non-basketcases that MM is like Douglas Sirk meets Hitchcock on steroids.

And to any who think Suzanne is ‘badly written’ and ‘not a 1963 character’, I think you may be relying on memories of soap/movie characters and not experience of real people. In the car, she would have quickly guessed that Don had run into Betty or someone, and her fear for her job would have prevented her from causing scandal. She’s not likely to go Misty on Don for the same reason, though she may seek more subtle revenge – she or her brother. As long as Weiner & Co keep setting them up, we’ll be in suspense.

I agree she isn’t Maggie Siff, though. Sigh.

By: RetroGirl

RetroGirl — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:38:34 +0000

@ 113 Melissa- I don’t think they would bring in someone new. Accounts seems to be a very person based business. The client needs to trust who they are working with, and have a relationship with. My guess is they will just pick someone. I could see Roger suggesting a coin toss.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:51:08 +0000

“* Whoâ€™s prospecting to buy Sterling-Cooper from PPL and whatâ€™s going to happen to Moneypenney and Pryce? If Moneypenney goes back to England, does Joan get her job back?

* Who won the Darwin contest? Ken or Pete?”

I hadn’t thought about it until now, but if PPL sells SC before either Pete or Ken gets the heave-ho, the new owners may decide the whole thing is a bunch of nonsense and bring in a new head of accounts.

By: White T Jim B

White T Jim B — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:33:41 +0000

# 101 riverdaughter, I don’t know Peer Gynt but I agree that Suzane is written in a way that’s meant to make it hard for us to make up our minds about her. What I wrote earlier was:

“October 27th, 2009 at 5:15 pm

Victoria, I donâ€™t think Don forgot Suzanne. He just knew he couldnâ€™t go back to the car. I assume Suzanne saw all the house lights go on and figured he had company.

I can even understand his gratitude to her for still asking how heâ€™s doing, when (as you suggest) she has every reason to be angry with him. But if ever a guy needed a little sympathy, wouldnâ€™t it be right about then?

She continues to say she knows itâ€™s not for the long run and her behavior seems consistent with that. But I think weâ€™re all having a tough time believing her.

Is that a reflection on her â€” or us?”

By: Seymour

Seymour — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:19:41 +0000

** But then, that would leave Don in his same pattern of lying to Betty, doesnâ€™t it? Does he want to start right back up with that again? **

gypsy, can Don keep himself from lying, or is his lying pathological?

I’m thinking about what he said to Peggy, “This never happened. It will shock you how much it never happened.”

So even though he deliberately switched the dogtags, it never happened. There’s only “forward” for him and facts that don’t support that direction are discarded. It becomes the Army’s fault when he explains his past to Betty.

This man is not a simple liar, that’s for sure.