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So Don is getting it together and cutting down on the booze. Bethany looks at Betty and thinks "Yeah, that's me." Don sees the same thing, so he sets his sights on Faye (after a nice cab ride). Henry sees the need to get Draper out of his life, calls Don who thinks the same thing and the boxes end up in the dumpster. Don is morphing back into Dick. Peggy is joining the women's liberation movement (in her own way). Joan sees her power waning as she loses control over both her marriage and the office. And... the Rolling Stones make some more money in royalties (and there's no music over the closing credits). Next week: the return of the Life girl.

This guy was whatever the opposite of awesome is. NSFW for naughty language.

That's all I could think. I was hoping that Janette had a grille going with Davis helping, of course.

NYPD Blue always left me shaking my head about how much better it was than anything else on at the time. If I had to point to one episode that sticks with me, I'd say when Bobby Simone died. The flashes to the pigeon guy were memorable. I make no secret of my admiration of all things Sorkin. The end of "The Two Cathedrals" is just about the best dramatic TV I can remember. Bartlet in the National Cathedral (You have to have seen the entire episode to get the context of the final 10 seconds) Then there's the .

He was on the Adam Carolla podcast the other day. Interesting guy. He was Jimmy the Cab Driver on those MTV promos back when MTV played music videos. When Rainn Wilson started doing shorts as a crazy cabbie, I tweeted back to him that he should send some royalties to DL. Never heard back. Saw Logue in "The Patriot" the other day and remember just how much range the guy has. Tivo'd the pilot of Terriers and will get to it this weekend. I've heard good things.

This Week in Mad Men #7 I guess I'll need to go back and watch this again. This round-table discussion calls this episode among the top 3 in series history. Mike Wilbon said that it was the best piece of dramatic television he had ever seen. That's pretty glowing.

That looks creative. I'd suggest topping with a Mayo/French Dressing/Tomato/Onion sauce to make it have a Sanoran flavor. One per customer per year, though.

I really liked MLP's work on "The West Wing" but Sorkin's writing tends to elevate anyone's acting so you never really know how good the person is. (Where have you gone Janel Moloney?) I've seen EB&D from the beginning. Danny McBride has somehow mastered the ability to personalize a boorish cartoon character. I'm looking forward to the season premiere in a few weeks. "Honey, I love you. I think you're a great girl, but you have clothes like a f&^king d(&%head." We now return you to your regularly scheduled discussion of Don Draper's smoking/drinking/womanizing.

Yup, I definitely see that "hey, life changes, people move on" feel that was on the Sopranos. I'm still a bit miffed that there was nothing between the red-haired tennis pro and Adrianna. I still feel that we'll see some of Betty if only to further develop Sally. The actress that portrays Sally is so good, I'd think Weiner would be aching to explore that character. But you're right in that this was an episode to solidify that Don/Betty storyline. Over the last few months I've dedicated my free time to catching up on some of these shows that have gotten such critical acclaim while I've been watching the Sabres/Phillies over the last few years. I'm up to speed on "Mad Men" and "Breaking Bad". Both are excellent in every way (acting, writing, cinematography, music, etc). Now I'm going through "Weeds". Weird with the parallels with "Breaking Bad" (normal people in the world of illegal drugs, DEA). I just started Season 3, so there's a long way to go. Next up: Dexter.

Smokey Joe's or Cavanaugh's? I must have run those steps 300+ times over the years. You're right about some areas of North East Philly. Gaza City is probably safer.

Wondering if this is supposed to represent "rock bottom" for Don. Anna passes, so now he's opening up a bit about his past to Peggy. He tries to punch out Duck but misses badly and then ends up saying "uncle". That's the parallel with the Clay-Liston fight (sort of). He avoided going out with Roger, but still ended up puking & crashing on his couch. I know he probably still has the potential for further decent, but the guy really needs a break. For once, Roger didn't get the line of the episode. I say it's a tie between Trudy saying she wants "a rare steak and see those two men pound each other" and Mrs. Blankenship's racist remark. The scene where the receptionist is impressed how far Peggy has gone at just 26 makes Peggy feel good for about 30 seconds before Trudy says that 26 is still young knocks her back down. Peggy needs something good to happen for her, too. The revelation that Roger once had an affair with Mrs. Blankenship and Bert's lack of cajones make it quite an episode despite nothing about Betty & the kids or much else going on in the office. Talked about Freddy, but we didn't even see him.

Buy an RV and start cooking. /Breaking Bad'd

There's a round-table discussion of the show each week on ThisWeekIn.com. Here's a link for this week. The girl is Jamie Fox. She's Kevin Pollack's girlfriend and appears on his weekly "Chat Show".

It was great how that paralleled with how Roger hired Don. Also, the waitress called him "Dick". Wonder why he'd give his "real" name.

Just busting ya. I'm a fan, but . I appreciate that someone created the entire language. Reminds me of when the Army tested us to find if there were any linguists that didn't know they had the talent. Turns out a bunch of Signal Corps lieutenants weren't.

Wow

Don Draper has lost his wife, his talent is suffering, and he is now banging a diner waitress. In short, he's become Tiger Woods.

So... they've made the movie: Fair Game Sadly, Richard Armitage and his role, did not make the cut.

If you're in line behind me, you're in the wrong line. Move immediately. You're welcome.

Agreed. Just how inept is the Justice Department? They can't get indictments for real crimes when they have cooperative witnesses (see Stewart, Martha), so they get them for "obstruction of justice" which, I mean c'mon, that's just BS. Maybe if they had hundreds of millions they'd be able to do this without that crutch of a charge? Of course, we needed that money to bailout the other crooks. Awesome.

Always used to go to my pocket for the time. But seriously, you're awesome!

/seinfeld The joke I always use at weddings but didn't write: "The problem with being the 'Best Man' is you never get to prove it."

Bill Simmons created the "Diane Lane All-Stars" for great looking actresses over the age of 40. A few months ago, David Duchovney mentioned to Simmons that his wife, Téa Leoni, complained that she wasn't listed on the squad. Simmons declared, "I didn't know she was 40! She's on. She doesn't even need to try out!" I've said it before but I used to occasionally speak with Diane Lane's husband, Josh Brolin. (He was a client.) I never spoke to him about anything but business, but another guy I worked with would always bring up stuff he had done or was doing. I remember him saying "Yes Mr. Brolin... I'm very excited about this Coen Brothers movie you're doing. Can't wait until it comes out." Guy's career took off from there, and he never called in again. Too bad. Maybe AJ looks like Brolin?

Jason Statham It would be a stretch for him to act as boring as me, though. Not sure he has that range.