Sunday, October 3, 2010

CHINESE WALL OR, ROME IS BURNING EVERYBODY GET NAKED


"God I need a drink. Wait, I already have one."
10:01:                   Peggy’s “Situation” circa 1965.
10:02:                   Dig those mod-hair Ken short-shorts.
10:03:                   Cosgrove’s dinner with the in-laws interrupted by…
10:04:                   Lucky Strike strikes out…of SCDP.
10:05:         Am I watching “Mad Men” or “Bye Bye Birdie” with this telephone sequence. “Hey Kenny, Hey Petey. What’s the story? Morning glory? What’s the tale? Nightingale? Did you hear about Lucky Strikes leaving?”
10:06:         Post-mortem in post-modern…office. Nice play of Roger’s phone-y phone call to Lucky Strike.
10:07:         Bert needs a drink? BTW, what client does Bert have that he can even lose?
10:08:         Don’s drinking again!!!! Shut-up Faye—let him have a drink!
10:09:         Couch cuddling—eeewwww. He could’ve stayed with Betty and got that. Give us back the school teacher stealing, secretary screwing, downtown babe doing, Doris the waitress romping, the Jewess Department store heiress indiscriminately boffing, Plato’s retreat chomping, Don Draper!
10:10:         Pete, your wife’s in excruciating pain, your f-i-l is wearing green plaid pants, but there’s no need for you to waste your time—go on with your life. Love fil’s telling Pete to get a real job.
10:11:         Mod hair Ken stayed over and Peggy’s one sheet to the … she needs more sex???!!!!
10:12:         Roger in a hotel room all alone? Now that’s sad.
                   Commercial Break
10:16:         Staff meeting in hallway—never good news.
10:17:         Sexed up Peggy’s after sex glow gone when she stumbles in late to staff meeting.
10:18:         Any questions? No we can’t see the short guy with his hand raised. Everybody back to work.
10:19:         Peggy “Every time I have good sex something bad happens.”
10:20:         Roger’s big reveal to Joan.
10:21:         “Joanie, meet me at the Statler—I had to stay away from Midtown!”
10:22:         Mod hair Ken has C.O.D. for Playtex Peggy. It’s his c**k on delivery.
10:23:         Peggy’s oozing sexual energy and Stan takes the opportunity to imbibe in some office sexual harassment.
                   Commercial Break
10:27:         “PETE! WAKE UP!”
                   “When’s Lane coming back?” As soon as Poppy tells him he’s not grounded anymore and unchains him from the basement.
10:28:         “Listen, that little cowboy got you the CLIO!” Sorry, Don. Another one bites the dust.
10:29:         Don: “Make sure I don’t overdo it.”
                   Secretary: “It’s hard to tell with you.”
                   Don: “Don’t let me go past three. This is one.”
10:30:         Bert: “They should just cut it out of her!” (Bert’s guide to C-sections for Dummies.)
10:31:         Ted Chauogh trolling for talent in a maternity ward. “Here’s a tiffany rattle for your baby, oh yeah, and a rattle for your ego. We’ll make you full voting partner.”
10:32:         “I’m not Don. This isn’t the wild west.” Ted, you ignorant slut!
10:33:         Joanie: “Someone’s knockin’ at my door. Somebody’s ringin’ the bell.” No, it’s not Paul McCartney—it’s Roger in his Frank Sinatra “It’s a quarter to three, there’s no one in the bar, except you and me” hat!
10:34:         Roger to Joan: “So, um, the night we got mugged was the last time? And are those men’s pajamas what you wear to bed now?”
                   Commercial Break
10:38:         “Is this your third drink?” Megin—it’s eight o’clock and you haven’t been counting???
10:39:         Don wants Faye to drop names along with her skirt.
10:40:         Faye: “You want me to kill my business to save yours?” Um, yes. Yes I do.
10:41:         Stan: “You’re so horny I can smell it on your breath.” What????
                   Peggy: “Why do you keep making me reject you?” (I want that embroidered on a tee-shirt. Not that I’ve ever had to use it, but what fun!)
10:42:         Let’s go to a funeral to avoid our own funeral.
10:43:         Classic Roger: “Go chase a hearse!” And Pete’s spawned a girl!
10:44:         Eulogy for a dead ad-man. Stories to sit through that will make you wish you were dead.
10:45:         Sizing up potential clients at the funeral.
10:46:         Peggy pitches Playtex while client gets all tongue-weird over Peggy’s lipstick teeth.
                   Commercial Break
10:50:         Megin’s waiting for Don in the office.
10:51:         I think I know where the repast party’s going to be!
10:52:         Megin wants to climb the ladder—first climb onto the couch.
10:53:         Megin’s an English Major??? That explains why she’s a receptionist. (Caveat: I’m a recovering English Major.)
10:54:         Can I get a “Wah Wah!” Don’s back in the saddle (or on the sofa) having anonymous sex again! Whoa……..did Don just say “no?”
10:55:         Oh phew, close call….he’s back!
10:56:         “Sterling’s Gold” but Roger wants a divorce.
10:57:         Office Sex! Go Don!
10:58:         “Do you want to walk out of the office first with our clothes and hair all askew to let everyone know we had sex on your couch, or should I?” Oh shit, there’s serious Faye in Don’s hallway. What’s she doing? Writing a Dear Don letter on the back of his phone bill?
10:59:         DUMP HER DON! SHE’S KILLING ME!
11:00:         Don to Faye: “Do you want to stay? I’ll probably fall asleep because I’ve just had four drinks and mind blowing sex with my secretary. She really knows how to take dick-tation.”

                   Say kids, tune in next week for another swinging recap of Mad Men!

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