Mad Men 6x07 Reaction
Added 2026-02-15 00:03:52 +0000 UTC
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Mike
2026-02-17 05:22:13 +0000 UTCAt a certain point the writers would definitely be thinking of the actors and their performance when writing the scripts. The pilot and first season is probably the only exception, but we get a very complete story there and the pilot especially is entirely about the mystery of Don and building up the penny drop at the end (fun fact, Don was originally thought of as blond, isn't that weird to imagine?)
Kev
2026-02-16 02:29:48 +0000 UTChe's just checked out
Erin
2026-02-15 20:49:10 +0000 UTCJon Hamm is a very good eye actor. I guess whoever played Don would have to be since there’s so often little else to go off of.
Jamie
2026-02-15 16:49:03 +0000 UTCI don't think Don's face as he zones out listening to Megan is him feeling ashamed, I think it's him realizing he can't pretend that he is in a happy marriage. He wanted to follow Sylvia's lead and accept that the affair was over, go back to his spouse and make the most of it, but he couldn't play the part of the happy husband and realizes ultimately he feels empty.
Kev
2026-02-15 16:10:43 +0000 UTCAlso, like Jon Hamm directs and produces the show, Roger (John Slattery) has directed episodes including this one and ep. 10 ('A Tale of Two Cities') this season (from S4 onwards)
Infode
2026-02-15 13:38:11 +0000 UTC6x03 Megan: "You were raised the same way I was. I keep hearing Sister Eugenie in my head. I'm such a horrible person." Sylvia: "Because I was raised the same way, I would never even consider that my decision. And I think you [believe that], too, or you wouldn't feel this way." Like I said in another comment it's very subtextual, but the "way they were raised" was Catholic and the "decision" was the choice to terminate a pregnancy.
Kev
2026-02-15 07:57:06 +0000 UTCI guess it's more of a subtext thing that might not have come across culturally because in that scene they don't say "My Catholic/religious upbringing", but Megan refers to "Sister Eugenie" and they talk about how they were raised.
Kev
2026-02-15 07:51:56 +0000 UTCCan't wait for one of my favorite episodes!
Kev
2026-02-15 07:09:14 +0000 UTCIt wasn't just Sylvia's line to him on the phone, it was the fact that Ted upstaged Don in that partners meeting and he wanted to feel powerful.
Kev
2026-02-15 07:06:08 +0000 UTCThe first time we see them together has Don saying he wants to stop doing it, the second time we see them together they're talking about their spouses and then arguing over why they're doing it, this episode Sylvia rejects at least half of Don's domination stuff. Her dream feels very real to me, and it ties together everything to do with the infidelity and how intertwined the couples are.
Kev
2026-02-15 07:05:34 +0000 UTCThis part of the show was not the best watch as it aired. What do you ruminate on for weeks or months...who is more pathetic? Lucky you can go right to the next ep.
Scott
2026-02-15 05:02:44 +0000 UTCGod Don is so pathetic and Ted is just a chad
mundanelotus
2026-02-15 04:51:14 +0000 UTCSylvia also brings up her Catholic guilt when talking to Megan about her miscarriage. But I think Taya's comment below is correct that she had no problem with the affair generally but that the sadomasochistic relationship in this episode overstayed its welcome and she became embarrassed about it.
Eric Viola
2026-02-15 02:10:38 +0000 UTCI don't think Sylvia's choice to end it came out of nowhere, It sounds like was deeply affected by her dream of Don dying and then her coming home to her husband. She was left alone in that hotel room for hours and hours with no entertainment so she had plenty of time to think about what they were doing and whether or not it was worth it. I don't think she was particularly turned on by the domination stuff either. It got old very fast. She probably had the thought "this is ridiculous, what am I doing? this needs to stop" A realization that most normal people would eventually come to (eg. Not Don)
Taya
2026-02-15 02:01:24 +0000 UTC
