TV Thread - beware, [expletive] can get spoilery

[Vidor]

Apparently Max Gail, Wojo from what I have already mentioned is one of the greatest sitcoms of all time--"Barney Miller"--was a guest star in this episode.

[33anda3rd]

Mad Men

[SHOW]

If Don Draper turns out to be D.B. Cooper--well, that would just be the stupidest ending ever.

Wiener was on Conan last week and dismissed it. I don't think anyone is saying Draper is gonna walk into an airport and buy a ticket as "Dan Cooper" but just that he's a spiritual or whatever Cooper--a guy who created an identity and then disappeared without a trace.

[Freed Roger]

when Don tapped/checked out the window situation at McCann a few weeks ago, I thought of the intro and wondered if Don would jump out of a window. Though nothing else before/since seems to suggest that as his resolution. The DB Cooper thing would sort of go with that though. Especially with Don walking out of the meeting after watching the plane

[heyzeus]

I don't think so. I think he was just saying they killed some guys they didn't have to so they wouldn't have to feed them.

Grantland's recapper agrees with me: the dude ate those germans

[33anda3rd]

The last ep is called "Person to Person" which as a Draper-as-disappearing-act-a-la-DB-Cooper theory believer, I assume means he's likely to drop the false "Draper" identity and either go back to Dick Whitman (his original Whitman Social Security card was in the envelop of stuff his dingbat secretary handed him a few eps ago) or forge a new identity.

[heyzeus]

The last ep is called "Person to Person" which as a Draper-as-disappearing-act-a-la-DB-Cooper theory believer, I assume means he's likely to drop the false "Draper" identity and either go back to Dick Whitman (his original Whitman Social Security card was in the envelop of stuff his dingbat secretary handed him a few eps ago) or forge a new identity.

I'm pretty sure I freeze framed the SS card scene when it aired and it said Don Draper. But I agree, it's all but certain that Mad Men ends with "Don Draper" ceasing to exist and wandering off into some sort of life as a new, free person.

[thrill]

I don't think so. I think he was just saying they killed some guys they didn't have to so they wouldn't have to feed them.

Grantland's recapper agrees with me: the dude ate those germans

I read another recap that agrees. I didn't get that. I don't think it's terribly important either way. Although I think her belief that Dick fragged Don indicates a fundamental misunderstanding of that whole scene. The flashback where Dick drops his lighter showed it was clearly unintentional.

[ghostrunner]

I want the Mad Men sequel series, where Don Draper finds his new free life just as empty and unsatisfying as his old one.

[33anda3rd]

Better Call Pete

[heyzeus]

I don't think so. I think he was just saying they killed some guys they didn't have to so they wouldn't have to feed them.

Grantland's recapper agrees with me: the dude ate those germans

I read another recap that agrees. I didn't get that. I don't think it's terribly important either way. Although I think her belief that Dick fragged Don indicates a fundamental misunderstanding of that whole scene. The flashback where Dick drops his lighter showed it was clearly unintentional.

Oh, it's not important, I just found it an interesting, and I wasn't sure whether I was reading too much into the scene.

And yes, the grantland writer seems to think this is the first time we learned that Dick Whitman dropped his lighter and caused the explosion that killed the real Don Draper. It's not, there was a flashback in like Season 2 or something. It's been a long time, I'll cut her some slack.

Also, I want a Sally Draper spinoff. Better Call Sally. I predict she grows up to be Hilary Clinton.