by Robbie Jones
It’s been a shaky couple of weeks quality wise for the classiest show on TV, but it hit its stride once again, as interesting new developments have left the Sterling Cooper partners helpless, and Joan’s professional future uncertain.
It’s been a shaky couple of weeks quality wise for the classiest show on TV, but it hit its stride once again, as interesting new developments have left the Sterling Cooper partners helpless, and Joan’s professional future uncertain.
McCann have planned to close down the SC&P office and move them into their own headquarters. The last time this happened was in Season Three, when Don, Roger, Bert and Lane started their own company to avoid it. It’s because of that event, arguably one of the best episodes of the entire show, that you know his this episode ends. It would have been stupid for them to start a new company again, especially since we’re at the end of the show. Don’s plan to start Sterling Cooper West in California is immediately shot down, and in a way, it was actually nice to see. It’s nice to know that with only three episodes left they’re not trying to open up new horizons and opportunities and at the heart of it all, just get out of their responsibilities. The show runners have the responsibility of ending the show, and the partners have the responsibility of accepting that SC&P is over. Maybe that’s looking a little too far into it but it adds up.
Besides, they’re going to be much better off at McCann. Sure, it's pride crushing but they are going to have accounts like Coca Cola. They eventually accepted their fate and saw it as a good thing, and Don, Roger, Peter and Ted are going to very successful. Joan? Well....Perhaps not. Despite being set in a time when women were oppressed, Joan is one of the strongest characters in the show, but that doesn’t mean she’s invincible to the sexism of the time. Things were going well for her until this meeting, when it was heavily implied by Jim that there wouldn’t be a place for her at McCann. This comes at a time when, as she states in the previous episode, she has the job she’s always wanted. There’s no doubt that by the end of it, she’ll be back on top and (hopefully) have a happy ending, especially given her new romantic venture, but to think that maybe she won’t have a future in advertising is heartbreaking. Joan is too important to be left in the dust at the end of everything.
Besides, they’re going to be much better off at McCann. Sure, it's pride crushing but they are going to have accounts like Coca Cola. They eventually accepted their fate and saw it as a good thing, and Don, Roger, Peter and Ted are going to very successful. Joan? Well....Perhaps not. Despite being set in a time when women were oppressed, Joan is one of the strongest characters in the show, but that doesn’t mean she’s invincible to the sexism of the time. Things were going well for her until this meeting, when it was heavily implied by Jim that there wouldn’t be a place for her at McCann. This comes at a time when, as she states in the previous episode, she has the job she’s always wanted. There’s no doubt that by the end of it, she’ll be back on top and (hopefully) have a happy ending, especially given her new romantic venture, but to think that maybe she won’t have a future in advertising is heartbreaking. Joan is too important to be left in the dust at the end of everything.
God, how wonderful is Elisabeth Moss? She just churns out excellent performance after excellent performance, completely unstoppable. This week got emotional as children were all around the office auditioning for an ad, and she admits to Stan (Who still looks like Kurt Russell from The Thing) that she has a child, the one she gave birth to in Season One and had to give away to her mother. It’s been a while since that’s been brought up, but it’s nice to see that it still has the emotional leverage it once did, showing that it wasn’t just a red herring and has had a lasting impact on Peggy.
To be honest though, it seems like they’re trying to tie up the early series as much as possible. The start of the season saw the death of Rachel Menken, then last week, Creepy Glen Bishop (Who did not get any less creepy during his time on the show) cropped up again, eighteen years old with horrific hair and fashion sense, and revealed that he’s shipping out to Vietnam, and now we get a throwback to Peggy’s son. It’s quite cool actually, and shows a lot of care for the program as well as serving a nice treat for fans who have been dedicated since the very start.
The end is dangerously close...three episodes left people. Is that enough to set up a magnificent ending?
To be honest though, it seems like they’re trying to tie up the early series as much as possible. The start of the season saw the death of Rachel Menken, then last week, Creepy Glen Bishop (Who did not get any less creepy during his time on the show) cropped up again, eighteen years old with horrific hair and fashion sense, and revealed that he’s shipping out to Vietnam, and now we get a throwback to Peggy’s son. It’s quite cool actually, and shows a lot of care for the program as well as serving a nice treat for fans who have been dedicated since the very start.
The end is dangerously close...three episodes left people. Is that enough to set up a magnificent ending?
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