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Wait, I know the poem, I guess I didn't follow what line was said on the show.

Ahh, gotcha. Thanks.

None of that is necessarily wrong but I think the real strength of Ginsberg, as mentioned above, is his total lack of a filter when dealing with superiors. He has no qualms about calling out those above him, which will make for some great confrontations, not to mention hilarious Don and/or Roger smackdowns.

He seems more a foil than a villain.

If this were early Season 1, the phrase "Betty chugs whip cream" probably would have elicited a much different and more bonerific response from me.

Is there any place I can watch the last episode for free? Totally missed it.

On demand

Gf? Buddy?

Because Peggy doesnt represent what Ginsberg represents. Its not like women were taking over the field and pushing men out. But pure young talent, the kind that Ginsberg has, represents a threat (not so much an actual one, but more an existential one) to an aging man preoccupied with a new young wife, fallout from a divorce and three children. Don used to be the deeply insightful and completely dialed in to what is going on in the world around him guy and now he sees someone else filling that role and it makes him feel.....old and out of touch.

That's exactly the way I would characterize anyone who could be listening to Revolver in 1966 and just turn it off.

This whole season seems to be about Don's transition from someone who has his finger on the cultural pulse of the times to someone who is just watching from the shore as the river rolls on by. Which happens to everyone, of course, it's called getting old.

Jon Hamm is about the same age as Don, but the character comes off as much older than 40, especially when you think about all he has been through in the past two decades -- Army, fur shop, getting a job at SC, moving up the SC ladder, meeting and marrying Bettty, having three kids, changing firms, divorce, remarrying, etc.

For what it's worth, Ginsberg's idea of making the bus side look like the passengers all have wine under their seat was WAY ahead of its time. Decades. We really didn't see a huge trend in that kind of thinking until the mid-90s (using medium as part of the message). I'm trying to figure out if Ginsberg is supposed to represent some real life advertising genius who becomes famous later on - Cliff Freeman is the only one who comes to mind who might fit the criteria. Cliff absolutely owned the 80s and 90s. "Where's the beef?"

The thing I just can't get past is why Roger and Don feel so threatened by Pete and Ginsberg. They're GREAT for business, and offer no threat whatsoever because Roger and Don own the business. It actually pisses me off. Maybe I'm having a hard time suspending disbelief because I've been looking for a "Ginsberg" for years. I dunno. I guess ego is part of their character flaws or something.

Ohhhhhhhh, I missed that. So the real Don Draper, the platoon commander, was younger the grunt soldier he was leading?