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Mad Men, Season 7, Episode 6 (Patreon)

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The Strategy

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Actuarial Lurker

SO Bob finds out some interesting news about Chevy....

Actuarial Lurker

It's just after Peggy's 30th birthday- her 26th birthday was the Suitcase episode when Anna died during the Ali-Liston fight. when we found out that Peggy's father died in from of her..and this is the part 2 that was missing that the damaged and more vulnerable Don who admitted his poor background to his kids and to Hershey can now can do- Dance like a father figure at a wedding with Peggy and be the true mentor and enjoy Peggy's Burger Chef pitch rather than tell her "that's what the money is for" when Peggy complains Don takes the credit for her work in the Suitcase episode

Actuarial Lurker

Burger Chef was an ACTUAL fast food restaurant with over 1200 locations in the early 70s and second only to McDonald's and merged into Hardees- so the account is the equivalent of landing McDonalds, Burger King or Wendy's....so a major deal for Peggy

Actuarial Lurker

Megan came to NYC to get the rest of her things...or so it seems

Actuarial Lurker

SC&P has a shot at Buick....an upgrade over Chevy if Bob works there...

Jesus
>>142626366

The Hardees - Carl’s Jr line is the real Continental Divide

Youtalkingtome
>>142623003

I like that. I like when he is compassionate to her. Even though he has been terrible, when he is vulnerable it's hard to think of a stronger tv character with the complexity of Don Draper. Before you say Tony Soprano or Walter White. Don is right there with them shoulder to shoulder.

Actuarial Lurker
>>142623003

This ranks up with his telling Megan he finally feels something for Bboby after the Planet of the Apes movie when he was empathetic to the usher after MLK Jr

Jesus
>>142626366

If you drive east on i90 the first Hardees you see is in Billings, Montana - but Southwestern Montana has Carls Jrs.

tom

I love the shot at the end and your connection that they're like a family. The big three, how far they've come since that first season. The sad/grim scene where Pete's own daughter is hiding behind the nanny because he doesn't see her enough to not be a stranger. Great acting in that moment, you can see the realization in Pete's eyes. Pete is an ass this episode, an immature one. A classic tale of wanting it all, so getting nothing. Choosing to I guess chastise Trudy for being on a date over his current girlfriend (?) but expecting her to not care after (though I found her caring a bit jarring - this also happened with the neighbor he hooked up with who was at first uncomfortable but then became the more invested one). His angry grinch face is always funny. The Megan scene, it's so jarring to see her all chipper (not that it's our first time seeing her put on that face) and obviously we read it as her somehow *still* trying to keep the marriage together... only for the swift reversal that she's completely accepted that it's over and is now in the "get out while maximizing the best outcome" stage.

tom

The Bob scene in the car is probably the most geniune/sincere we see him, and a confirmation of his sexuality for those (probably only me) still wondering if the Pete thing was a 200iq play to take the heat of Manolo. You can see where he comes up with the idea of propose to Joan when the guy says "My wife understands", and he says "That's a good idea". Hence asking for the "arrangement". And Joan says that she wants love. I'd wager that like all people, she always did, but it's a definite step up from in the earlier seasons when she had a specific idea of what she wanted (another type of "arrangement") and chased after it, even settling for an abusive loveless relationship because she thought that's what she had to do. "How do you live in this city? There's so much temptation" I don't know if anyone else had this experience, but I was certain this exact line happened in an earlier scene in the show, although obviously in a heterosexual sense where the "temptation" is infidelity. I couldn't find it though, so Mandella effect, I guess. Still, there are definitely many scenes of men saying similar things about how hard it is not to cheat on their wife, or how often they are tempted into doing it. It's subtle, but the similarities make for an interesting commentary on the same moral framing for two differently moral acts -- and even then, the infidelity is more acceptable and normalized than the homosexuality.

tom

Finally Peggy and Don reconcile. Like I said about Episode 4 where Don is out of his funk and typing away, not reacting to Peggy lording over him, Don is able to be patient and even compassionate here. I still think Peggy's anger was justified and don't agree with her being weird this season -- I think the episodes so far have just been about exploring flaws well -- and I think she just needed to let it all out without Don engaging with it. Barring his immediate celebration once Peggy leaves his office, which shows he still needed his ego soothed a bit upon returning to work, his self-awareness and selflessness wins Peggy back over. I do think he was pushing his luck with saying he'd been "noodling" with the idea, if the roles were reversed you know Don would be seething for days. You can tell in the delivery that it's a bit of entitlement with him already sliding back into his original role of doing whatever he wants. The two of them dancing at the end was sweet, and joining Pete at the table for the thee of them to eat was even sweeter.

Actuarial Lurker
>>142668647

This was exactly what happened with Salvatore and Kitty where he tried to fake it- was hitting on Ken and she finally admitted he was gay when he pantomimed the entire "Patio" commercial. Joan is too strong and whole to settle for that....

Chris
>>142668647

Maybe the exec from belle joile had a similar conversation with Sal in season 1? Though they would have a lot more indirect than Bob and the Chevy exec.

tom
>>142668647

@Chris No I'm saying I feel like it was a more standard "haha these men are awful" line, like they were talking about women and being in the city having temptations because they can't be faithful to their wives. I thought it might've been Pete and his S5 train buddy at one point but I'm not sure

Youtalkingtome
>>142668495

Pete's hypocrisy really drove me nuts. I get it, he's oblivious and maybe it's hard for him to put himself in her shoes. He can't have it all and maybe he's just now realizing it. I don't feel bad for Don in terms of Megan. I just feel like that should have been over a long time ago. It is tragic that now he actually wants her that she's pushing away. Although I don't know if he fully does want her. If he did he would just be with her. The choices this show makes are frustratingly excellent.

Youtalkingtome
>>142668647

To me it reads as excess. You're rich, you're at this top level and you're looking for "what's next?" Something to fill the void? I think shows like Succession also portrayed that very well. This is obviously different but there is a similarity. Season 4 on has this dark underbelly and genuinely sinister tone.

Youtalkingtome
>>142668688

Maybe weird is the wrong choice of words. It's weird seeing her in the Don role. He's been her mentor for so long, that it's not unexpected. We said that she was his protege a few seasons ago. Now that she's finally there, it's really poetic that she is the one calling the shots for him.

Actuarial Lurker
>>142626366

There ARE no acceptable art food restaurants.....pink sludge meat, antibiotics and corporate mega farming

tom
>>142668688

I mean if you feel it's weird then I can't deny that, it's your experience with it and she has changed a lot from the more straightforward sympathetic hero she was in the pilot. I think I'm just irregular in that I like seeing characters pushed to their worst, like when Don is childish I find it so amusing.

Robert Bauman

Late to this episode but this was a good one. The Don/Peggy scene to me was reminiscent of the Suitcase, both are surprisingly candid with each other about their insecurities in their personal lives, and Don seems like he genuinely wants her to succeed now and has transitioned somewhat out of his domineering professional persona. Like you mentioned the final scene with Don/Pete/Peggy eating together was a nice final shot and a reminder that at this point the characters have known each other for a decade and have a much stronger connection to each other than the rest of the employees.

Weird Magic

Also coming in late on this one - but wasn't going to miss it! The gap between episodes after the break was almost one full year...maybe I'm stuck in the 50's with Don, but shouldn't that mean Season 7 was 7 episodes long and then Season 8 was also 7 episodes? I don't get the "split seasons" rationale - Outlander is doing that right now too - 8 episodes in the first half then wait a year and a half before doing the "second half" of this Season. It's all arbitrary, but doesn't logically make sense to call it the same "season". Originally airing on May 18, 2014, 'The Strategy' is Episode 6 of Season 7 of Mad Men. It is the 84th episode overall and has an IMDB rating of 8.9, placing it as the #5 ranked episode of this season and #13 out of all the episodes shown so far.

Youtalkingtome
>>143695296

I mean, I don't want to be spoiled but I think it depends on the story. Breaking Bad picked up immediately where it left off. However I think the reason they do this is a marketing tactic. "Don't miss the second half of the final season!" It does build hype. I would have been just as fine if they called it season 8, but it's not as long as a regular season would be