MM : Season 5 Episode(s) 1 and 2 - Premiere - A Little Kiss
Good. S5 starts on Memorial Day 1966 and on Don's Big 4 birthday. Everything is back from sex to smoke, cocktails to racism and parties to backstabbing. Must watch.
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MM : Season 5 Episode(s) 1 and 2 - Premiere - A Little Kiss
Good. S5 starts on Memorial Day 1966 and on Don's Big 4 birthday. Everything is back from sex to smoke, cocktails to racism and parties to backstabbing. Must watch.
Spoilers
Oh yeah there is a song performance by Megan Pare as well.
Mad Men Season 1. Have only seen the first 5 episodes so far. Started a little slow and I had to warm up a little bit too.
Very nice. Rembba nallaa irukku :clap:
Good/. As season count becomes higher the series becomes better n better. I have to watch this week's episode though from Season 5.
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60 Minutes
TEN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES are in a recession. In order to avoid default, three have needed bailouts from the European Union and the IMF, and more might be necessary.
What’s at stake? A lot, including the future of the currency, the Euro, and the health of the United States’s largest trading partner.
Sunday on 60 Minutes, Steve Kroft reports on the European debt crisis, including how the austerity measures being demanded of Greece are rekindling the ghosts and even enmity of World War II.
Sunday at 7 p.m. ET/PT. Preview, click here or below: http://cbsn.ws/HRNBmN
60 Minutes veteran Mike Wallace passed away this week. RIP Mike Wallace.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society...t-wasn-t-video
MM - Season 5 Episodes Mystery Date and Signal 30. Continuing the same class from Previous seasons. It's a shame that viewers had to wait for 1 and a half years.
An extremely Good Link. Well compiled by NY Times. One of the major USP's of the show and why Mad MEN is brilliant. Seeing American History through the 50's and the 60's from this show.
Some memorable events are Kennedy vs Nixon election, kennedy's subsequent election and death, Cuban Missile crisis, Civil rights act and Vietnam war.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...ref=multimedia
Mad Men Season 5 Episode 505 'Signal 30' Review
April 18, 2012
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"I know cooler heads should prevail, but am I the only one that wants to see this?" :lol:
Not at all, Roger. I'm pretty sure we've all been waiting for this.
It's taken five seasons to get there, but in this week's Mad Men episode, 'Signal 30,' Pete Campbell finally caught the punch in the face he's been asking for since day one. It was just as glorious as I'd always hoped it would be.
There's not a complete satisfaction with it, though, as there is something about Pete that also makes you care about him. Under all the smarm and incessant power tripping, there is a guy that has everything, yet feels like he has nothing.
The idea of that isn't initially easy to agree with. On the outside, his life is damn near perfect. He's got a lovely and loving wife, a new child, a wonderful new home in the suburbs and is well beyond secure in his work and dealings for SCDP. One would be hard pressed to find a shortcoming within all that.
Yet, Pete is filled with them. He never wanted the baby in the first place, and, as indicated in this season's premiere, having the baby has made Trudy less concerned about her appearance than she was before, which is getting to Pete. He's always very conscious of the surface. Pete also never wanted to move away from the city, but now he has to please his wife. He basically has the perfect life, save for the fact that it's not the life he wanted.
I'm honestly wondering if said life is one Pete wants to keep living. At every turn that he sees as a high note, he's torn down by those around him and his own expectations. He begins taking a driver's education class and flirting with a young girl in the class, only to be shown up by a younger, "handsome"-er guy. He invites the Draper's and the Cosgrove's over for a dinner party, only to get shown up by Don when the sink he "fixed" breaks again. Later he partakes of some prostitute fueled infidelity, surely thinking himself as one of the gang, only to feel shame and judgment from Don, who has surprisingly become the pillar of sainthood in the office. The final straw was insulting and demeaning Lane in front of his peers, which led to some office fisticuffs and Pete picking himself up off the floor.
It is Pete himself that actually led to his office beat down. If not for his insistence that Don, Roger and he take over for Lane when it looked like he couldn't close the deal, the whole thing could have been avoided, at least until something else came to pass. The Jaguar man's wife discovered his night of infidelities, not only negating any business that could have transpired, but also humiliating Lane in the process. Pete takes this opportunity to kick Lane while he's down, and Lane realizes the monster that he has helped Pete become.
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As Pete has climbed the ladder, he's carried and kept fewer and fewer friends along the way. Yet, he's almost always looking for someone to back him up, and never realizing why it is that no one does. When he insults Lane, he's looking for everyone else to agree, yet gets stone faces. As they are about to fight, he looks at Don to save him, but that's just not going to happen.
Once the day ends, Pete drags himself out of his office and shares an elevator with Don, hoping for something. He stands there, defeated inside and out and tells Don that he "has nothing", which we all know is furthest from the truth, but Pete doesn't see the truth. Either that or, as I've mentioned, it's a truth he doesn't want.
Either way, I'm starting to think it wasn't mere coincidence that Pete was asking for a window in his office earlier this season. The broken man that he is now is just a few short steps away from calling it quits for good.
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Other notable moments:
- The entire dinner party was wonderfully set up and paced, with just the right amount of camaraderie and awkwardness.
- Don's jacket. It deserves its own sitcom.
- Neither Don nor Megan knowing Ken's wife's name was hilarious, made even more so with Don's "Hey, you!" line and Megan blurting out "Cynthia!" once she realizes her name.
- "There are a lot of varmints. " Oh indeed, Pete.
- Cynthia accidentally calling Charles Whitman "Widmore/Whitmore": intentional conversation flub or LOST reference?
- Did anyone else think Pete said, "Dick!" when he walked in on the broke sink, spilling Don's big secret? I've watched it over and over and I'm sure he's saying "damnit", but it caught me off guard initially.
- Don fixing the broke sink assuredly created some handsome plumber fantasies. He made the ladies of the party swoon and, in the process, made Pete look even more like a joke in his own home.
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- Don's doodle of the noose. Is it a callback to his murderous fever dream revealing there is something dark inside or is it simply displaying how he feels in these meetings? I'm leaning towards the latter.
- I like that Peggy and Ken still have their pact, although I don't think they will ever need it.
- Roger showing Lane the ropes was an incredible scene and gave an excellent peek into how Roger works. Sure, we've seen him in action, but hearing his steps and tips showed why he's the best or was at one time.
- If you're ever in dire need of a high class whorehouse, Roger Sterling is your man.
- "You're a grimy little pimp!" - Lane Pryce
- "Because he was caught with gum on his pubis!" - Also Lane. He's giving Roger a run for his quotable money.
- Once Lane assumed old-timey boxing stance, I knew Pete was done for.
- Joan telling Lane after the fight that he's a better man than all the others, only for him to immediately and awkwardly kiss her on the mouth.
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- Ken using Pete and his depression as the inspiration for his new story. "It might have been living in the country that was making him cry. It was killing him with its silence, and loneliness. Making everything ordinary too beautiful to bear." - From the mouth of Roger Sterling:
"Listen, honey, I'm not going to bore you with compliments."
"Cup of what?" (in response to Layne saying England won the World Cup)
"The last words I want to hear out of his date's mouth is 'Next!'"
"I don't know about you two, but I had Lane."
This Mad Men episode, directed by none other than John Slattery himself, was, in my opinion, the best of Season 5 to date. While it focused heavily on Pete, the story managed to include just about everybody. Even more impressive is that it managed to do so with more than half the episode taking place outside of the office itself. All of the pacing and editing, which has been a bit shaky so far, was absolutely on point this week. Vincent Kartheiser continues to turn out impeccable work as Pete Campbell, the man who has everything but, as in his mind has nothing. Alison Brie did some stand up work with her bit of screen time as Trudy. I enjoyed her assertiveness and hope she continues to get her moments throughout the season.
- Matt Hardeman
Cheers:
Top to bottom the best episode of the season (so far)
As much as one can hate him, Pete Campbell makes for some good storytelling
Excellent editing and pacing throughout the episode
No Betty or Michael! Hooray!
Jeers:
Not a single one
Overall:9.8 Very well written :clap:
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Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 :rotfl:. Looks Good. Krysten ritter. The breaking bad reference is awesome.
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http://www.slate.com/slideshows/arts...oul-mates.html
But I'd not use 'heroes' on most of the mentioned characters from both shows..
60 Minutes
THE COLLAPSE OF LEHMAN / TONIGHT ON 60 MINUTES: It’s hard to overstate the enormity of the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers.
It was the largest bankruptcy in history; 26,000 employees lost their jobs; millions of investors lost all or almost all of their money; and it triggered a chain reaction that produced the worst financial crisis and economic downturn in 70 years.
Yet four years later, no one at Lehman has been held responsible. Tonight on 60 Minutes, Steve Kroft investigates the collapse of Lehman Brothers: what the SEC did and didn’t know about the firm’s finances, the role of a top accounting firm, and why no one at Lehman has been called to account.
60 Minutes. Sunday at 7 p.m. ET/PT
This piece and the entire broadcast will be viewable online after the show at 60Minutes.com: http://cbsn.ws/A1Eybn
Cha paaka mudiyaadhe !!!!
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KG, Take a hit of this drug and tell me this is not the best tribute you've ever seen.
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"You see, technically, chemistry is the study of matter, but I prefer to see it as the study of change: Electrons change their energy levels. Molecules change their bonds. Elements combine and change into compounds. But that's all of life, right? It's the constant, it's the cycle. It's solution, dissolution. Just over and over and over. It is growth, then decay, then transformation!
It's fascinating really. It's a shame so many of us never take time to consider its implications."
Walter White
Amazing! Superbly made. :clap:
In deed, it is very apparent that Vince Gilligan loves his widescreen Leone & Westerns. No wonder this is an inspired musical choice. Sheer Ecstasy.
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MM S5: Ep 6 Far away places : Kind of a downer compared to last episode. However liked Don chasing Megan in their apartment.
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Whilst quite good, not quite my cup of tea, or more to the point, my sniff of meth. Bring back BB AMC!! Can't wait. :mrgreen: Until then I'll make do with racism, sexism, adultery and what not.
Yeah :lol:. We have to wait till July for 5th season for the first 8 episodes (sandwiched by a break of 4 months) and then the next 8 episodes./
BB is overrated. I d rather watch golf.
MM is unbelievable. Have only watched season 1. The last 2-3 episodes were underwhelming, but that does not take anything away from it. Best.Ever.
I'd prefer MM to BB If I had turned pregnant.
Well both are good.
Yo Nerd, oru episode kooda fullaa paakala. Appuram enna golp commenttu :x
Philly cheese steak, this is quite awkward. I mean though they are not bro/sis by blood but still meahhh. Add that to their real divorce, hmm. Didn't see Dexter S6 and saw this video. Comeon Debbie I like you as foul mouth foster sister Debra not this one.
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3rd and 4th season is the shit.
Nerd, How is MM Comin??.
K_G Jesse and Walt say Season 5 is the craziest yet. Taken Right from the sets. http://www.amctv.com/shows/breaking-bad
Stopped with Season #1 just for the fear of finishing it. I mean if I complete this, what next? :cry: Everything else on Netflix is pure shite (tried Lost, Arrested Development etc). BB - will certainly go back to it.Quote:
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Now back to 24 for the cheap thrills. :ashamed: Btw Palmer is extremely wimpy as the president. He was better as a senator.
The only series I watch on (live) TV is Modern Family :mrgreen:
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Tried my first taste at SuperNatural from Star world. I know, I know its Udanss, Gapsa and BS but what made it passable were the two lead guys Sam and Dean. I've liked SAM from the Jason Horror film and this guy Dean makes a good match up as his brother. Watched an episode and found it NOT BAD.
Nerd, MM Season 2 and 3 are just as good in fact S3 is the sexiest MM Season ever, IMHO. BB Once you finish S1 you are up for a Mind whack. :lol:. Try your hands at N/F Comedies like Family Guy, TAAHM or some of the British ones they have. Coming back to Drama's I've heard Entourage from HBO is very good. Not sure if N/F has that in their streaming mode. Californication is pretty bad ass too.
Totally forgot , Anybody watching Aamir's show SJ ??. It's airing right now on Star Plus and on DD.
Looks like SJ has opened to good reviews. First episode deals with female foeticide it seems.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/e...w/13023049.cms
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyame...s_are_precious
Spoilers below
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Episode 1: Daughters are precious
The first episode focused on the issue of female foeticide in India. The show began with some shocking stories of mothers who struggled to give birth to their girl child. The first guest on the show was Amisha Yagnik from Ahmedabad. She said that she was forced by her husband and in-laws to abort her female unborn child six times in a span of eight years and further shares her experiences to finally give birth to a daughter later. The second guest, Parveen Khan from Morena, Madhya Pradesh shared the story of her husband disfiguring her face by biting it, when she insisted on giving birth to a female child against his wishes.[29] Next, doctor Mitu Khurana from Delhi was asked by her orthopaedic surgeon husband and in-laws to abort her girl twins just after 20 weeks of conceiving. On the show, she said her husband and in-laws “took every wrong step to force me to abort” but thanks to her family ”I saved my kids.” Her mother-in-law who is a retired vice-principal from a Rohtak school, tried to kill the babies by kicking a baby basket, with one of the babies, down the stairs, but the child was however saved.[30]
The show claimed that according to 2011 Census, the rate at which the unborn female child is killed amounts to killing off 10,00,000 girls a year and there were 914 girls for every 1,000 boys.[30]The episode concluded with a song O Ri Chiraiya sung by Swanand Kirkire along with Ram Sampath.
Back in 3.
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Only three more weeks until they are baaaack! Don't miss the summer premiere of Melissa & Joey Wednesday, May 30 at 8pm/7c!
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Jake has 3-some and Alan is worried. Season 8 opener. Ah the good old days.
Breaking Bad's creator: 'This thing will end with a blast'
The man behind one of the best shows on television says Breaking Bad's creative team are "killing themselves" to give the show a proper send off.
The critically acclaimed show, about a school science teacher who turns to cooking meth after being diagnosed with cancer, is set to come to an end with its fifth season, which begins airing in America later this year.
While the final season will be split into two parts, the last of which will air in 2013, creator Vince Gilligan says it will end "on a high".
"We're killing ourselves to make the show as satisfying as possible," Gilligan said in an interview with Digital Spy.
"We're gonna do our damnedest to make this thing end with a blast and end on a high note, in a way that will satisfy everyone. But I think, as we all know, there is no satisfying everyone. But we'll do our best."
Gilligan warned not everyone would be happy with the show's ending.
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Just the law of averages tells me that a lot of folks will say, 'Nah, that's not what I hoped for. That's not what I saw in my mind's eye.'
"I don't say that because I think it'll be unsatisfying. I think it will be [satisfying] for a large majority of viewers, and that is certainly our intention, but when you make an investment in a television show, you tend to have a proprietary feeling towards it.
"These characters become your characters, and you have hopes and dreams for them. You have expectations for them."
Few details have emerged about the story arc for the show's final season, but Gilligan said splitting it into two parts gave them more time to work on the story.
"It certainly could have been aired as one long block of episodes, but I think the folks that make those decisions - who are at a pay-grade higher than mine - figured it would be better to do two smaller-sized seasons and to take us through the year 2013," he said.
"I'm very happy about that. I like the idea of us being around a couple more years."
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KG and AF,
Check out all the minisodes of breaking bad.. its available in youtube.. Even the minisodes are awesome :mrgreen:
Hand to God, KG and Sid I just cannot wait for the 5th season. If i were in America I would have travelled to Kansas and visited AMC's HQ. July come soon :twisted:
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Jesse Pinkman
15 minutes ago
Good morning, bitches! Let's cook some meth!
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Could they fast forward it to July already..
இன்று ’சத்யமேவ ஜெயதே’ நிகழ்ச்சியில் ஆமீர்கான் மருத்துவர்கள், தனியார் மருத்துவமனைகள், மருந்துக் கம்பெனிகள் ஒருங்கிணைந்த drug mafia வின் தோலை உரித்து தொங்கவிட்டார். இன்றைய மருத்துவர்களின் செயல்பாட்டை ‘ நம்பிக்கைத் துரோகம்’ என்ற வார்த்தையால் மனக் கொதிப்புடன் குறிப்பிட்டார். என்னைக் கேட்டால் ’தேச துரோகம்’ என்பேன். ஏனென்றால் பயாங்கரவாதிகளால் கொல்லப்படுகிறவர்களைவிட பணத்துக்காக தவறான மருத்துவம் செய்து கொல்லப்படுபவரக்ள் பல்லாயிரம் மடங்கு அதிகம்.
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