Comments on: Mad News July 4-8, 2008

By: hullaballoo

hullaballoo — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:09:46 +0000

Design Observer (http://designobserver.com/archives/entry.html?id=30467)has a really great review of MM season 1 that focuses on the advertising and pitch aspects of the show. And guess what? They provide a linkback to Basket of Kisses.

By: Deborah Lipp

Deborah Lipp — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:01:31 +0000

Dan, I don’t believe Don saved that business card. He burned the photo of him and Adam, and that was emotional for him; surely he would dispose of something unemotional.

Harry, it’s a thought, except that Larry lives in the Boston area, but that could be worked around.

By: Harry

Harry — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:48:26 +0000

I think it’s possible but in a way it’s too easy a story line or predictable rather, and as we all know Mad Men is everything but.

It’s possible that somewhere into season 2 Sterling and cooper have an account with IBM? Which obviously would bring up tension as the old friend would be calling Don Dick. I don’t know I’m just spitballing but maybe we won’t see the old friend/character from the train again and maybe it was just Weiner saying “although Don has moved on there are still people out there who know him as Dick he has no control over them”. This show is so hard to second guess

It’s still fun to try it though!

By: dansj30

dansj30 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:23:26 +0000

Had a brief moment of clarity while watching MoF on DVD … when the guy on the train recognizes Dick Whitman he gives Don his IBM business card.

I believe Mr. Weiner has hinted that while the central mystery of Don’s identity will not be the focus in S2, the two “characters” of Don and Dick will play a major role in what goes on. “Don Draper’s doing great. Dick Whitman isn’t,” or something to that effect.

Is it plausible that, still tortured by Adam’s suicide and with no family or any other links to his past, Don reaches out to the IBM guy in some way?