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Here at The ## we faced a choice. We could not let this monumental Sunday come and go without some sort of commentary, but what stone has been left unturned? Today, we find ourselves with a daunting amount of stellar analysis of last night’s episode of Mad Men, from our friend Natasha Vargas-Cooper’s typically awesome installment of The Footnotes of Man Men over at The Awl, to Slate’s roundtable discussion, to a group of profs and academes writing in their smart but staid Higher Ed style. SO, instead of giving you a well-formed reaction, which we could provide if we were wont to do so, we’ve posted the chat that the ## masthead engaged in immediately after the end of last night’s episode. It’s fast and messy and occasionally brilliant. Shit might get weird, but stay with us. And tune in next week: We’re live-tumbling the response! So after the episode, come straight to The ##. Enjoy!

Person 1: THAT JUST HAPPENED

Person 2: YES

OH MY

Person 1: PEGGLE

Person 3: Betty is a total [C-BOMB!] now

so awesome

Person 4: meh!

Person 5: meh

Person 4: first

Person 3: tits or GTFO

Person 2: First off: someone needs to make a gif of Sally spitting up her food

Person 5: ok bye

Person 2: lulz!

Person 1: PEGGLE

we need to talk about peggle

Person 3: wat is this i don’t even

Person 2: Let’s talk about that television we just watched!

Person 3: still pretty speechless

Person 5: is it weird that the bmw commercial was one of my fav parts?

Person 4: don asserts his independence with the line “I can handle a button.”

Person 2: No! Not weird! I love meta advertising!

Person 5: also for some reason when betty wasnt home when don dropped the kids off i was hoping she was dead

that would have been a twist

Person 3: yeah I was hoping they turned the car on

in the garage

Person 5: died of carbon monoxide

Person 1: PEGGLE

Person 4: i was hoping he’d walk in on them fucking on the couch

Person 2: That would have been television GOLD!

Person 1: wait question

Person 2: I want to watch Betty slowly suffocate on fumes.

Person 1: who has had more sex since divorce

betts or don

Person 3: don’s been paying

Person 5: betts

Person 3: so probably don

Person 5: i was wondering if thats what that was

just sayin

Person 1: or peggy

Person 5: he wouldnt have to pay me

Person 3: first time I felt very uncomfortable watching don

Person 1: peggy has some SASS

Person 4: she paid don to have sex with him

Person 5: the slapping thing was a little crazy

i felt dirty watching it

Person 4: does it mean he “feels guilty”

Person 1: the REAL twist: sally draper has gone anorexic!

Person 3: did you cover Shaka’s eyes during that part?

Person 5: yea duh

Person 3: I see Sally as more of a bulemic

Person 2: EATSOMETHINGSALLYDRAPER DOT TUMBLR DOT COM

Person 5: he would be giving his input if he wasnt asleep

sally is by far the best character

Person 3: I called that last season

Person 5: of the episode

Person 3: btw

Person 2: How old is she?

Person 5: don’t btws me

Person 1: meanwhile top twitter trending topic is betty draper

Person 3: old enough

Person 1: WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE

Person 5: she looked like 16

Person 3: I wish 4chan would hack the Twitter trending topics sometime

Person 1: (also Khloe Take Miami and Hannah Montana and George Lopez)

was george lopez the name of peggy’s assistant?

Person 5: where did that guy even come from

Person 1: text from mom: “Well”

Person 5: also LOVE the logo

Person 2: Yes, thw whole “This is the office” scene—the music, the panorama of the Time Life building, and then that great show or Joan

Person 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4wBr2wdE9U

Person 2: “I walked into Lane Price’s office and said ‘Fire us.’”

Person 4: #journalims

Person 2: Tobacco Road—a reference to Lucky Strike and Durham?

 Person 3: #VPH?

Person 5: seconded

Person 1: dinner is chicken kiev

“the butter goes everywhere”

Person 2: SEX

Person 1: CEPT NOT HER BUTTER

Person 5: gross.

Person 3: “If I tell them it’s for whores I can put it on the expense account”

Person 4: “you’re going to have to wear a bib.”

Person 5: WHY DID THE REPORTER HAVE ONE LEG

i mean korea

Person 1: korea.

Person 2: IT IS A METAPHOR FOR THE BRUTALITY OF WAR

Person 5: i don’t “get” metaphors

Person 2: Person 1 is on the phone with his MOTHER

Person 5: not surprised

Person 4: you also see the complete shift in there sympathies when they see the leg

Person 1: “that betty is not nice”

Person 3: can we talk about how hot Don’s date was?

Person 1: see, at first i didn’t think so—but then i was like YES

Person 5: what is she from

Person 1: THE 60S

Person 5: thank you Person 1

Person 2: All the girls on the Mt Holyoke gymnastics team are total [C-BOMB!] bitches.

Person 2: AND I WOULD KNOW

Person 1: (Person 2 is POUNDING keys right now)

Person 4: i liked her

Person 1: not enough joanie, amirite

Person 2: We didn’t see Roger with Jane at all this ep, either

Person 3: Don is trending worldwide

Betty is trending only in NY

WHAT DOES IT MEAN!?

Person 2: Also, New York based people in this chat room: Anyone want to go to Waverly and Sixth Ave with me tomorrow and try to find Don’s apartment?

Person 1: (aka the people sitting three inches from you)

didn’t know so many people read advertising age!

Person 4: what did you think about the glo coat ad

Person 1: weirdsies

Person 5: what was wrong with Cranes face?

Person 4: herpes

Person 3: damn it

was just about to say that

Person 4: just say it Person 5

Person 1: SAY IT PERSON 5

Person 5: grow up

Person 2: #concurrentLOLZ

Person 1: IRL2

http://www.lolwut.com/layout/lolwut.jpg

PM SAY IT

Person 5: NO

just sayin, don got dreamier at the end of the episode

Person 4: is don “losing it” in th e office?

Person 2: Where will Betty want to move the FAM now that they have to leave?

Person 5: hopefully baltimore

Person 1: 5-0

Person 5: and then it can overlap with the wire

Person 1: knockos

Person 4: believe me, everyone thinks this is temporary

treme

Person 1: “nobody thinks you’re happy. they just think you’re foolish”

Person 2: Betty would get KNIFED so fast in Bmore

Person 1: DON HAS JEALZ PROBZ

don draper: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwoM5fLITfk

Person 5: a bitch is one

Person 1: not THAT bitch

Person 2: They should get hov on an episode

Person 5: as whatr

Person 2: A REAL LIVE BLACK PERSON

Person 1: (admiral televisions)

Person 5: elevator attendant

Person 2: Irony!

11:17 PM Person 3: kinsey’s gf

Person 2: Or, he should play the owner of the Nets

Person 3: beyonce?

Person 4: would jay z let don draper fuck her?

Person 2: WHEN WILL WE SEE KINSEY AND HIS BEARD

Person 5: would don draper fuck beyonce

Person 1: only if she slapped him

Person 5: truth

Person 2: MENTAL IMAGE FTW

Person 5: OH NO

11:18 PM i hate you

Person 4: what jay z song would they do it to

Person 5: also for some reason beyonce was really overweight in my mental image

i feel sick

Person 2: JUST SAY IT

Person 5: stop LOLing IRL

i hate you guys

Person 2: This is up, now. http://www.slate.com/id/2261483/entry/2261733/

Those bloggers are so fast!

It has the phrase “viral marketing campaign” in it

Person 1: don and betty are gonna have such gr8 h8 sex

Person 5: i dont think i would like to wear a two piece bathing suit

Person 4: that ad was some hot shit

Person 1: also: http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/poPerson 4:/interview-mad-men-creator-matthew-weiner-talks-season-four?m=k

 Person 5: next interview

Person 1: The reporter with one leg, I didn’t have to do that, it wasn’t just for laughs. The idea was that Don has a phantom limb. His toes are itching, but he really has one leg.

god this shit is too smart for “us”

Person 4: if his one limb is his dick

Person 5: is that directed at me

Person 1: which one?

Person 5: hahaahha

saw that coming

Person 2: PHANTOM DICK

THAT IS HIS NAME

DICK WHITMAN

Person 5: WOAHHH

11:24 PM tooooo deep

Person 2: #seewhatIdidthere

Person 1: oh, best line of the ep

“Henry.”

Person 4: “does that mean i should go or i should stay?”

“can i have intercourse with you now or later?”

Person 2: Henry Francis doesn’t drink enough

He is a pussy.

Person 1: PROBABLY NOT AS GOOD AS HENRY FRANCIS AM I RIGHT

Person 5: i would punch you in real life

Person 2: you spelled AMIRITE wrong!

Person 5: amateur hour

There you have it! So, next week, keep refreshing The ## during commercial breaks to supplement your Mad Men watching experience with our commentary. Very good. Happy Christmas.