Are we ready for Mad Men tomorrow night?

[Lighthousekeeping]

So excited. We're we starting to see cracks in the marriage last season? I hope we see more of Betty this time.

Ah it's whisky. Yummy

God, I bloody love Americas next top model. How can we like both?? One is intelligent and classy and the other.....isn't.

Nooo Accidental, Tyra is actually really deep.. a modern day philosopher.... OK, OK I'm not even convincing myself!

Ha! I've gone off ANTM myself. Maybe I am growing up, not like you immature loooosers.
(Might have to watch next season to check out the new judges though.)

New judges who, when, where?
I am currently hanging my head in shame that anyone knows I like ANTM (am very responsible and feminist in RL)

Anyhoo, back to Mad Men. Are we staying up to watch or sky plus sing and watching tomorrow?
I'm going to try and stay up (I'm an hour ahead of the UK) so will be a late one for me.

I have a five week old baby so I doubt I will get through a double episode until the weekend. Will come back to read analysis after!

I'm beside myself. Just deciding if I need to get wine in or will it spoil my concentration? Don't forget it's two hours.

Accidental I'm a Guardian reading, lentil weaving, bleeding heart liberal in RL but I do love me a bit of ANTM.

But yes, Mad Men, I shall watch tonight - I read an interview with Matt Weiner where he said that this whole season is the answer to the question "Are you alone?" that the girl in the bar posed at the end of last season.

Hopefully we will have less Megan and more Betty - I'm loving Betty's new housecoat wearing, binging self as I always found her very hard to warm to (something the writers have done on purpose I'm sure), and I like seeing a chink in her armour.

I love Betty, she uses so few words and allows a silence to develop.
I love Joan, she's so sure of herself plus she's a visual feast.
I hope Peggy comes back to work with Don, I love their dynamic.
Bloody Megan with her zooby bisous bisous. Criiinge.

I feel deeply reassured that loving ANTM is not a sign of failed womanhood, even though I spend most of the time watching in like this

I used to love Mad Men, watched every single episode when the Beeb had it even though they screwed around with the viewing times so much (just like Damages). But we do not have Sky Atlantic so have missed the last series. I will have to try to find some way of watching it elsewhere . I totally agree with your comments on the women Accidental

At the beginning I really disliked January Jones and found her acting really static, but now I think it is actually a really good portrayal of Betty's brittle nature and her internalisation of emotions.
Joan is glorious and so tragic, when her capabilities were constantly overlooked at work and the choices she felt she had to make, always made me .
I think they'll find a way to bring Peggy back to Stirling Cooper Draper Pryce, as the dynamic between Don and Peggy was too good to lose.
Nosey - it is such a shame that the BBC no longer have Mad Men - their commissioning choices are a bit

Yes, Joan agreeing to sleep with that awful man in return for a partnership when Don did such a great presentation they would have won it anyway. Don turning up to her house saying 'don't do it' and she already had

I love that Mad Men makes us think and work it out, I love it's subtlety. My husband's like this 'eh? nothing happens'

Exactly the same here! My husband doesn't watch it as he thinks its too slow and nothing happens. I think the beauty is in the slowness - my favourite Mad Men moment is a single look between Pete and Peggy when he has told the office that Trudie is pregnant - it encapsulated the whole of their history together in an instant - its on Youtube here:

I agree Ida the beauty is in the slowness and the detail.
I absolutely love the casting too. Who else could have played Don and Roger quite as well as they do?

Oh man - how did I miss that it is a double episode? There's no way I can watch it all tonight grrrr .
lighthouse I think wine is mandatory isn't it? - MM is guaranteed to want to make you drink like a fish and start smoking!

I have a Merlot but I'm scared as I'm up at 6 for work!! Damn, I thought it would start at nine.

Me too.. (the starting at 9 thing, not getting up with you for work at 6 - that would be a bit weird).
I have some Chablis, which is not very MM. I think I need to blow the dust off the Xmas spirits and see what I can find.

I'm really looking forward to seeing how Sally is coming on.

It's about to start.

I am ridiculously excited

Wheeee!

She's still annoying then

Wish I looked that good in a bikini though

Seven minutes in for the first ad break is taking the piss.

She is gorgeous.

And I agree, ad break is taking the piss.

WTF Betty?