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'Mad Men' Finale: Making Penance, And Predictions For Season Three
WHOA. WHOA. WHOA.
Action. Drama. Suspense. FINALLY.
After two seasons of Don running roughshod over his marriage vows (and earning the well-deserved slut title to boot), Betty gets angry when she learns she's pregnant. And all this time, we thought it'd be Joan, who ended up getting raped at work instead. I'm not going to stop bringing that up -- I need some closure there, and now I know I won't get it until next frickin season!
Anyway, being knocked up makes Betty peeved enough to go out and have a fling with a random guy at a bar. What's the deal with Betty? She's become deliciously evil this season -- from setting up her married riding partners to cheating on Don -- and I want to see more of it. Payback is coming for Don, whose tripping visit to Los Angeles has helped him find his true "Dickness," and now actually shows some remorse. But could 'Mad Men' even survive with a morally striving "Don?" Doubt it.
And thanks to the no-commercial-interruption thing, I had NO TIME to get a drink, lest I miss something important, like, oh, I don't know -- PEGGY TELLING PETE ABOUT THAT BABY OF HIS. The baby that's barely been mentioned all season, even though it'ss like two years old and during the first season, Peggy's weight gain and subsequent absence from work made her condition totally obvious, even to a Drunk-O-Saurus Rex like me. Waiting for this moment was like having an itch in the middle of your back for EIGHTEEN MONTHS and finally getting someone to give you a little scratch, but not enough to full-on fix it. Damn you, Mad Men! I want answers (and one of those backscratcher things like my grandma has).
So, since we won't be getting any answers until next summer sometime and everyone's going to rehash this episode looking for insights into next season, I went ahead, stirred up a tall, refreshing screwdriver, and made a few predictions to tide us all over.
1. Don takes McCann up on their job offer from the first season. Despite their harsh treatment of Betty, Don decides to cash in at SC and then take himself over to McCann and shut SC down. Or, better yet, take their entire creative workforce with him to the other side of the illustrious Madison Ave.
2. Joan will try to recapture her temporary position in the TV department to her husband's dismay. He's the controlling type, so I bet that this splits them up (or at least I hope -- Ms. Holloway should not meet a tragic ending such as marriage to a date rapey type. Not her style.)
3. Betty, just to stir shit up, will tell Don about the affair. Or, better yet, her girlfriends from the neighborhood, who'll tell their husbands, who'll tell Don. Because news is always better when it's third-hand and mangled into total inaccuracy. Hilarity will ensue?
4. Trudy and Pete will "accidentally" adopt Peggy's son. Tell me you didn't think that when he said, "Why would you tell me that?" You did so! And so did I! Because I was sober enough to pick up the hint!
5. I will discover a much more potent blend of Long Island Iced Tea, start to review the first episode of the third season, and get it all jumbled.
6. Prediction #5 will be the only one that actually happens.
In light of that, I gotta say goodnight so I can go add vodka to the shopping list. Til next season!
Miz J, who works in advertising, has tons of opinions and a big mouth to broadcast them across the globe; however, the Internet saves her the trouble of yelling. Check out her blog at Miz J.
Posted October 27, 2008
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