![]() "You have some nerve to even ask her!" Lane says. See what I mean? New low.Īt this point, I thought the discussion would stop, but Pete actually has the gall to call a freaking partners meeting to vote on the possible Herb-Joan merger. What would it take to make you a queen?" Pete says. Was Cleopatra a prostitute? She was a queen. "I'm talking about business at a very high level. "You're talking about prostitution!" Joan says. "You're unbelievable," is Joan's understatement of the season. And it involves you and Herb," Pete says. "We're going to lose Jaguar unless an arrangement is made. The next day, Pete goes to talk to Joan about what went down and does so in a very business-like way, even though it really is prostitution. This pimp chat is part of being in the car business? Ultimately, Ken succumbs to the pressure of wanting to land this big account: "Well, we wanted to be in the car business," he says. Pete, shockingly, is open to the proposition. The good-hearted Ken tries to play the "she's married" card and is disgusted by Herb's offer (Ken's a sensitive writer, after all, and actually acts like a human being). Herb makes it smarmy-clear (in terms that smarmy-Pete can understand) that he wants a night with Joan because she has red hair, is built like a B-52 and is, well, Joan. In the meantime, Pete and Ken have a schmoozing dinner with Herb, the head of the Dealers Association who is one of the deciding votes on which agency gets the Jaguar deal. At one point Don, in between drinks (he's drinking more than usual, which says something) yells "Get me some lines!" and you really feel his pain. These are not Don Draper-approved taglines. "Jaguar: You'll love it when you're in it." "Jaguar: The mistress who'll do things your wife wont." Don has assembled a group of freelancers and Michael Ginsberg to brainstorm and things don't seem to be going well. It's a few days before the crew has to pitch to Jaguar, in what Don has deemed a potential turning point for the agency. ![]() It's that everything happened in such a compelling way. It's not just that so much happened as SCDP feverishly prepped for the Big Jaguar Pitch. Have a Seat," in terms of raw powerful storytelling, has reeled me back in. But tonight's beyond-excellent episode, which ranks right up there with episodes "The Suitcase" and "Shut the Door. I've been back and forth about this season, but have always thought there has been more good moments than bad.Īfter last week's glaring misstep, I was getting worried. I went to a wedding a few weeks ago, and the conversation at my table, as it often does, turned to "Mad Men."Ī few guests were very adamant about Season 5 "lackluster" and "disappointing" were the most commonly used words.
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