Oh, my, we’re getting very close to the end of Mad Men’s Season Three! Many plotlines are starting to get tied up – and there are many subplots I haven’t mentioned before... One of these involved our svelte redhead Joan, who used to be the head secretary at Sterling Cooper. She married Greg who hoped to become a surgeon. When his plans fell through, she encouraged him to apply for a psychiatry residency. Meanwhile, she calls Roger (with whom she used to have an affair) in hopes he may help her with finding work – and he’ll make every effort because she’s important to him. When Greg’s interview went bad, he comes home sulking. He keeps complaining ... and I’m watching him whine ... and I can’t help thinking, she should smack him upside the head. Then we see Joan’s face, she’s getting livid, and what does she do? She bashes him upside the head with a vase! Yes! Way to go girl! Later Greg apologizes and announces he’s joined the army to work as a military surgeon ... ouch ... How to you come back from that? Joan has to take a deep breath.
Not surprisingly, they’ve kept the assassination of President Kennedy (Nov. ’63) until the near end. And they make great dramatic use of the tragic event. Duck Phillips unplugged the TV to make sure Peggy wouldn’t hear the news – and he could have his way with her. He only turns the TV back on after they had sex. At Sterling Cooper, Pete and Harry’s conversation about their future at the office is interrupted when about half the personnel barges in to watch the news of Harry’s TV. Don’s about the last person to get the news, as he was just walking down the hall as the story broke. He rushes back home, where Bets can’t stop crying. He tells her to take a pill and lie down – so patronizing! – and tells the kids it will all be okay... The worst part is that Roger Sterling’s daughter is getting married that weekend! It’s a terribly awkward affair with many no-shows. Most people from the office came, though, despite the circumstances, but everyone’s very uncomfortable. After the ceremony, with his wife drunk on the bed, Roger has to call Joan, because she’s the only one he can really talk to about the wedding and the assassination.
Not surprisingly, they’ve kept the assassination of President Kennedy (Nov. ’63) until the near end. And they make great dramatic use of the tragic event. Duck Phillips unplugged the TV to make sure Peggy wouldn’t hear the news – and he could have his way with her. He only turns the TV back on after they had sex. At Sterling Cooper, Pete and Harry’s conversation about their future at the office is interrupted when about half the personnel barges in to watch the news of Harry’s TV. Don’s about the last person to get the news, as he was just walking down the hall as the story broke. He rushes back home, where Bets can’t stop crying. He tells her to take a pill and lie down – so patronizing! – and tells the kids it will all be okay... The worst part is that Roger Sterling’s daughter is getting married that weekend! It’s a terribly awkward affair with many no-shows. Most people from the office came, though, despite the circumstances, but everyone’s very uncomfortable. After the ceremony, with his wife drunk on the bed, Roger has to call Joan, because she’s the only one he can really talk to about the wedding and the assassination.
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