I wish I could rate decimals, or at least half-stars, on IMDb, but alas, I can't. I would rate this about an 8.2, and most things I rate 8 would be like 7.8 or something. But anyway...
This is the best episode of season three yet. I know that probably won't last (especially because the finale is rated #2 overall), but so far, it is.
Everything about this episode clicks. "Mad Men" submitted this, along with five other episodes from the season, to be nominated for Best Drama. They were right to do so. It was a really, extremely good episode of television. There are essentially four things that happen in this episode, all of which are worth mentioning. Roger Sterling's pre-wedding party, Joan throws a smaller dinner party, Sally steals money from her forgetful grandpa, and Peggy and Paul smoke weed.
This episode has a few hilarious moments, a few uncomfortable moments, and a few tense moments. Hilarious was pretty much every second of the mile high club. Elizabeth Moss... well, I never knew she could be so funny. Moss is absolutely hilarious in this episode, all pinnacle at the wonderfully delivered line "I am so high." Uncomfortable is the mild fight between Joan and her husband, and of course, the very unsettling black face scene at Roger's party, to which Don asks Betty, "can we go now?" and the viewer is hoping he does. But no, the dinner lasts the entire episode. And of course, tense is the scene where Sally drops the missing money on the floor for Gene to find.
I must, before I end the review, highlight two fantastic performances in this episode. Ryan Cutrona (Gene) and Deborah Lancy (Carla). Their personality conflict in the episode is some of the best acting work I've ever seen between two people. You can't cut the tension with a butter knife because it's too think. You need a hacksaw.
I love Mad Men, and episodes like this one are exactly why.
This is the best episode of season three yet. I know that probably won't last (especially because the finale is rated #2 overall), but so far, it is.
Everything about this episode clicks. "Mad Men" submitted this, along with five other episodes from the season, to be nominated for Best Drama. They were right to do so. It was a really, extremely good episode of television. There are essentially four things that happen in this episode, all of which are worth mentioning. Roger Sterling's pre-wedding party, Joan throws a smaller dinner party, Sally steals money from her forgetful grandpa, and Peggy and Paul smoke weed.
This episode has a few hilarious moments, a few uncomfortable moments, and a few tense moments. Hilarious was pretty much every second of the mile high club. Elizabeth Moss... well, I never knew she could be so funny. Moss is absolutely hilarious in this episode, all pinnacle at the wonderfully delivered line "I am so high." Uncomfortable is the mild fight between Joan and her husband, and of course, the very unsettling black face scene at Roger's party, to which Don asks Betty, "can we go now?" and the viewer is hoping he does. But no, the dinner lasts the entire episode. And of course, tense is the scene where Sally drops the missing money on the floor for Gene to find.
I must, before I end the review, highlight two fantastic performances in this episode. Ryan Cutrona (Gene) and Deborah Lancy (Carla). Their personality conflict in the episode is some of the best acting work I've ever seen between two people. You can't cut the tension with a butter knife because it's too think. You need a hacksaw.
I love Mad Men, and episodes like this one are exactly why.