“Maidenform”
August 31st, 2008
During this busy period in my personal life, Mad Men is a bit behind schedule, and what thoughts I do have about this week’s episode will be truncated (by my standards at least). The episode is a lot about mirrors, and I just wrote an entire post about mirror universes in regards to the Middleman, so I’m just going to list some of my favourite moments.
First off, Duck’s entire storyline is a very strongly guided image of a man fighting alcoholism while another man takes the life that he lost due to that battle. I don’t know if I have been so emotional about a Mad Men scene as I was when Chauncey (The beloved family pet who now only reminds him of his family) was sent out to the streets of Manhattan to fend for himself since Duck couldn’t stand to have the dog watch while he fell back into his old habits. These storylines are signs that, no matter what direction the show takes, it is in very good hands moving forward.
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