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in the first few minutes of ep 3 there was a mysterious scene on the train with don draper and a man who thought he was "dick whitman."



so... what are your thoughts about that dude on the train "recognizing" don draper as dick whitman? and don's reaction?

the guesses so far:

1) this is a "david chase" moment where we will never hear of this again (perhaps the guy was a "russian." heh.)

2) don doesn't know him and was just agreeing to "whatever" to get this shlub to go away.

3) don is so detached from life that he really doesn't know who he is so, "sure. i'm dick whitman. why not." to whoever presents that argument.

4) don took some dead dude's identity in "the war" they have alluded to (with the purple heart and all). and he's not really don! duh, duh, dahhh...

and sorta as a corollary...

4a) don is a jewish dude trying to pass as a gentile on madison avenue to succeed. (a not so bad as "he took a dead dude's identity, just another's identity" just a business-get ahead thing.)


hummm... don is successful, scared, unknown, detached, odd (in a sexy way), and has a thing for that jewish broad (broad, 1960's!) that runs the department store.

any or all of the above could apply. i love mad men for completely leaving the question as a question. and i'm sure it will be eps before we know (if ever.)



but i did want to poll the esteemed panel here for your thoughts.

so. what do you think?


* mad men and weiner. this shit is genius. or i guess i should say, jenius! *

hummm...

so i watched it again. this show is so period that i get distracted by the 1960's shit that offends my sensibilities. once you get past the now strange child rearing and smoking, there was a lot going on this ep which seemed so slow to me the first time.

its only the third ep and we don't know don yet. but then, apparently, no one does. they alluded to a few things in eps 1 & 2 (don was in a war, don is a mystery that not even his wife understands, etc.) but that stranger on the train in the beginning was the setup for the whole ep, i think. that recognition/mistake shook don for the whole ep.

he was not himself at work (unable to get the advertising working in the face of the "lemon" ad), not himself when shot down by the department store self-confident chick (when does that ever happen to don "fucking" draper) and not himself at home (ok, i'm reaching here...)

don was all too much drinking and thinking at home, and being all 1960 cool at the birthday party. not being able to come home with the birthday cake. going who knows where. returning with a puppy so its all ok with the kids but not the wife.

i think that train thing shook don.

and that magnificent bastard weiner is going to leave me hanging as to why. fuck you weiner. for fucking with my head. ok. i'm sorry... i love your fucking show. don't stop.



but i did love the women in this ep. all pouncing on that divorce. SLUT! YOU WALK? WHY? THREAT ALARMS AT HIGH STATE!

and that one married dude "i could throw the football with your boy" and her totally calling him on his bullshit game.

heh...




oh crush, please retitle this thread "the sofa monologues" since i am the only one posting here...