worth the wait

so: Mad Men happened. it happened so hard that i had to cut short a perfectly nice date in order to come home, make myself a drink, and do a little chainsmoking as i enveloped myself in the premiere.

i'm not going to be doing straight recaps here, if that's what you're looking for you should go to TLo (which, incidentally, is where this screengrab is from), because they do some of the best recaps ever (and amazing posts on the fashions in the show). i'm just going to be doing a little rundown of things that stood out to me. i will try not to be too spoiler-y.

- Peggy's new hair! omg, what an improvement. certainly a step up from her Swedish gay kitchen 'do, and with volume comes a whole new level of confidence. i am loving fun, citified, on-top-of-her-game Peggy!

- and while we're on that line, let's hear it for Pete Campbell, who seems to have mostly hung up his douche hat. he works easily with Peggy, and it is (and has always been) my hope that they'll start some torrid affair. Peggy's bland boyfriend Mark (oh, Karl, i thought you were buried under those palm trees with Rousseau? that's what Miles said.) is...bland. i know, i know, Pete raped that girl and he's been pretty much insufferable for three seasons - but it's because he's like the rest of them, broken and fucked up. i've always believed that with the right circumstances and a fair amount of introspection he could turn himself around. so...go Pete!

- where is Paul Kinsey? i miss my Paul.

- Joan has an office and an incredible blue dress that i want NOW - or at least when i become a librarian.

- can we all just agree that Betty is THE WORST? and like, i know what my grandma was like in the sixties, and she wasn't the best. but Betty - flat out refuses to acknowledge that she might be less than perfect and so when something goes wrong, she blames Don or the kids. i love those kids, though - and i think it's great that Bobby's getting more of a personality now. it'd be nice to see Don taking them out in the city, though...he's clearly better with them than Betty, but still needs work. which brings us to......

- Sad Don is sad. the last scene of the show was so uplifting because we finally saw Don taking control over his own life, but it was really difficult to watch him shuffling around his sad, dark apartment, sadly sitting in the dark waiting for Betty & Henry, and having his sad Thanksgiving prostitute over. and i know it was super symbolic that he wants her to slap him while they're having sex, and i'm supposed to think about his pain, and his loneliness, and how he doesn't believe he deserves any of this - but really i was just turned on.

and...that's all i got for this week. man, i can't wait for more...in the meantime, i'm gonna go re-watch last season.

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