Comments on: Season 2 Episodes

By: Roberta Lipp

Roberta Lipp — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:02:31 +0000

I can’t guarantee that Slattery won’t be killed off, but what I can guarantee is that this is a rumor or misstatement.

A) Weiner is only just beginning to formulate the next season in his head.

B) Weiner is ultra-intensely protective of spoilers and secrets. Nothing that big would ever be revealed, even if it were happening. Not ever.

C) Even if it were true, and the rumor got out, you would not read about it here. We have a strict spoiler policy (among other policies) and we not only won’t write any spoilers ourselves, we will delete spoilers (and other things we just don’t like, because we’re not a democracy). Read all about it in our About section.

By: L.M. Wilson

L.M. Wilson — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:20:05 +0000

Is it true that John Slattery is going to be killed off by another heart attack? Please say it isn’t so. Regis and Kelly talked about this one morning recently. John is a great actor and his character is an important one to the series. Even if Don takes over the agency, the mix needs Robert Morse and John S. too.

By: DARIA STEVENS

DARIA STEVENS — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:38:54 +0000

EXCLUSIVE: It takes a lot to shock me when it comes to Hollywood business. But this is lunacy. Lionsgate execs are calling Hollywood agencies looking for a showrunner to replace Matthew Weiner, the brilliant creator of Mad Men. The reason is that they think Weiner’s agents at CAA are asking for too much money for him. I hear CAA wants a multi-year deal that pays Weiner $10 million a year. Plus he wants control over promotion and advertising. Now that’s consistent with a big hit on pay cable and what Darren Star or David Chase made on HBO. But it’s way, way rich for Lionsgate which is telling CAA it can’t and won’t pay that. “The ‘ask’ was insanity,” one insider tells me. “It’s preposterous. AMC is a basic cable network. The economics don’t support this. It’s why Lionsgate is throwing their arms up in the air. And, remember, they got a two-year pickup for the show with or without Matt Weiner.” So Lionsgate picked up the phone and began asking the tenpercenteries for a “general list” of possible showrunners, and in some instances about the availability of specific names (like Aaron Sorkin). Are these guys NUTS?

Of course, no one decent would ever trample on Weiner’s toes unless he blessed it. But this is also the surest way to fuck up the first basic cable program to ever win the Emmy for best drama. And let’s not forget that the AMC show ended its 2nd season Sunday with record ratings. Sunday’s finale averaged 1.75 million total viewers for its 10 PM airing, an 89% improvement over the first-season finale’s 926,000. Compared with Season 1, Mad Men 2.0 saw a 63% increase in total viewers (an average of 1.5 million viewers vs. 925,000), a 109% jump in the adults 18-49 demo (705,000 vs. 338,000) and an 81% increase in adults 25-54 (780,000 vs. 430,000). Those still aren’t great numbers even if every thinking person loves it. When I asked a Lionsgate source about this situation, I was told, “We’re negotiating with Matthew Weiner. But we want him back…” Then why do this? My bet is it’s a reaction to having Carl Icahn crawling up Jon Feltheimer’s ass.

FROM NIKKE FINKE DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD DAILY

By: AMCfan

AMCfan — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:01:33 +0000

Hello All,

You have a nice site here, and I am totally into Mad Men.

The Meditations on an Emergency was definitely the Cuban Missle Crisis. I have some questions, though: Did Betty know the man she met at the bar near the end of the episode? Is she drinking on purpose to lose the baby, or didn’t they associate drinking and low fetal birthweight together?

By: RetroGirl

RetroGirl — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:51:01 +0000

To me, the Jet set means a lifestyle. I think it may refer to Don joining the country club.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:45:48 +0000

With all this Sylvia Plath talk, I’m wondering if the emergency is Betty making a suicide attempt?

By: Deborah Lipp

Deborah Lipp — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:23:00 +0000

I will not speculate on the episode title just yet; it may be a typo (it may even be my typo).

By: hullaballoo

hullaballoo — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:56:29 +0000

The book was titled Meditations IN an Emergency, whereas the episode is titled Meditations ON an Emergency. I'm thinking the episode may have to do with the Cuban Missile Crisis, and we'll get the answers about the book of poetry in episode 11 or 12 (The Jet Set or The Mountain King). Maybe Don sent the book to the mountain king...? Heh.

By: S. Tarzan

S. Tarzan — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:41:27 +0000

SpoilerTV has the blurb for “The Inheritance” now as well:

Betty visits her ailing father; Paul’s girlfriend, Sheila, advises him about his civic responsibilities; Pete’s mother tries to put the kibosh on an important family move that he and Trudy are planning.

http://spoilertv.blogspot.com/2008/09/mad-men-episode-210-inheritance.html

By: troy

troy — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:01:12 +0000

I didn’t get a close look but the beer looked like Reingold which was locally brewed and distributed in Brooklyn (where Sal lives). Brooklyn Brewery bought the buildings and are doing pretty good.