“There is immeasurably more left inside than what comes out in words. ” — Dostoevsky
Think back five years to what you were doing roughly around this time. Do you remember everything in minute detail? Or do you just remember your rough circumstances at the time, your home and family and job? In most cases, it’s the latter.
Time does that. It slips away, just as it’s slipped away from Pete. He lies in bed at night, with everything he ever wanted, and it’s still not enough, because what he’s chasing will always recede further and further from him, lost in the wreckage of the past. All of the people he longs to be are simply not within reach, be they king or jock or Don Draper. He’s the little, slightly weaselly guy who makes the world run, and he won’t even have the satisfaction that Ken Cosgrove gets from writing his short stories. (Remember how Pete was the one who wanted to write stories, too, back in season one?) The characters on Mad Men have been striving for contentment for so long that it seems a little startling to see that, say, Don seems to have finally achieved it, at least for a little while. Yet Pete Campbell will never get there. It’s who he is, a man chasing after ghosts that evaporate just as he reaches them, never realizing that what he always wanted tastes so much like ashes because he didn’t know what he wanted in the first place.
and that’s all you need to know from tonight’s mad men.
YES. My Mad Men fantasies were fulfilled … Pete was beat up!
omg and when betty initially went to the doctor to get something done about her weight and mentioned diet pills i got really afraid that this season and the next two would see her spiralling down into addiction PLS DON’T DO THAT TO HER MATT WEINER I HAVE SEEN REQUIEM FOR A DREAM OK DIET PILL ADDICTIONS ARE HORRIFYING BEYOND BELIEF
SOUL CRUSHING
“Zou Bisou Bisou…” (Mad Men S05E01 A Little Kiss)
It was great. Enjoyed with great people looking great, eating gougères with other snacks, and mocktails.
A theme party + Mad Men are two of my favorite things. Just great.
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I may purchase Newsweek for the first time ever.
Less than a week. Excited beyond words.
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I know you are aware how strongly I feel that the viewers are entitled to have the same experience you just had. My goal every season is first and foremost to entertain the audience, and I know that this is best accomplished when key storylines are not revealed in advance. I am asking you to please join with me to ensure this enjoyment by not revealing any of these answers or other issues. … I truly look forward to your spoiler-free thoughts and insights.
━ A letter from MAD MEN creator Matthew Weiner to TV critics, which accompanied Season 5 DVD screeners they received. (via editorlisa)
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Yes, this is real. ;)
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^ SO TRUE. Might have to pick some up in Pitt asap, like tomorrow…
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