Never seen the show, but I LOLed.

Alison Brie thread?

Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired: Alison Brie thread?

70 year old Alison Brie? Maybe.

Although I get the feeling the gravitational pull from an 80 year old Christina Hendricks' breasts would have formed a black hole already if this timeline is to be believed.

With all the drinking and smoking how many would make it to the 80s?

/then there's AIDS

enry: With all the drinking and smoking how many would make it to the 80s?

/then there's AIDS

From what I can tell about members of my family who were of that age group and alive at that time, most made it to the late 80's-early 90's.

enry: /then there's AIDS

I read that to the tune of the "Maude" theme song.

I only started watching Mad Men once it hit Netflix Instant (in hindsight it was a mistake not to watch the show as it aired originally...)

I have felt since early in Season 1 that the final episode ending in the present day is the obvious choice - though the scenario has changed. Originally I thought of it with Gramma & Granpa Draper & the family, not unlike the ending of Raising Arizona.

Now that I've watched Season 4 I think it's only fair to show a sadder, darker ending with Draper alone, his family having abandoned him decades earlier. Not sure how to show the rest of the characters.

I'd like to see Sal as an old queen - finally out of the closet & happy with a man, maybe show him (or state it in text) that he got married when gay marriage was legalized in NY.

braedan: Now that I've watched Season 4 I think it's only fair to show a sadder, darker ending with Draper alone, his family having abandoned him decades earlier. Not sure how to show the rest of the characters.

I don't think Draper will be alone, I think Sally will have taken over his agency in the 1980s. The real interesting part will be what happens to Pete, my prediction, his wife kills him in a murder suicide around 1982.

Tom_Slick: I don't think Draper will be alone, I think Sally will have taken over his agency in the 1980s. The real interesting part will be what happens to Pete, my prediction, his wife kills him in a murder suicide around 1982.

I haven't seen the latest season (still a little behind since it's not on Netflix, but Sally taking over for Don would be pretty cool to see). Peggy will probably be a partner to, or have started her own agency.

I think it'd be funny to see Joan still working and muttering about how skanky modern women are....but that may not be appropriate if the show wants to remain serious.

I just had another crazy dream, Emily.

braedan: think it'd be funny to see Joan still working and muttering about how skanky modern women are....but that may not be appropriate if the show wants to remain serious.

The show always has some humor, so that would work. For a Sal storyline he could become a top commercial director until he was directing a certain Pepsi commercial with Michael Jackson.

Don't stop belieeeeevin'

CarnySaur: enry: /then there's AIDS

I read that to the tune of the "Maude" theme song.

Big LOL there.

brigid_fitch: Just end it already and give the budget back to Walking Dead! I'm tired of crappy looking zombies and hanging around a farmhouse that looks like it's only got 3 rooms!

/Haven't seen Mad Men
//After the fellating AMC's been giving it the past couple of years, now I won't just out of spite.

It's incredibly overrated, in my opinion. For the most part, it's a soap opera set in the 60's, filled with unlikeable and inconsistent characters. Lots of bad acting, too. When they happen to write an advertising campaign into the story, or anything to do with advertising, which isn't as frequent as one would think, it's brief and leaves you wanting more. Which stinks, because they're the best thing about the show.

Season 4 focuses more on the business side of things, though. Results in the best season, in my opinion.

/January Jones is the worst

braedan: I'd like to see Sal as an old queen - finally out of the closet & happy with a man, maybe show him (or state it in text) that he got married when gay marriage was legalized in NY.

No. I see him becoming an art director for another agency or doing editorial work but definitely, with his cruising and self denial, he's likely going to get swept up in the 80s by Gay Plague.

I love Mad Men but have to admit that at times it's very uneven and disappointing. Like The Sopranos, it meanders during the first half of the season and the tries to come up with a cohesive thread to end on. Hopefully the year and a half between seasons will allow Matt Wiener to come up with a better story as well as letting the child actors age into their part.

They all die of cirrohosis and lunch cancer?

FooDog: They all die of cirrohosis and lunch cancer?

Lung cancer. Dammit.

FooDog: They all die of cirrohosis and lunch cancer?

Oh, consider that stolen. "Soooooo, what do you think of the place?" "It looks like lunch cancer."

FlashHarry: no way don draper lives beyond 1983. no way.

A wise man once said, "The good die young, but pricks live forEVER."

OtherLittleGuy: braedan: FlashHarry: no way don draper lives beyond 1983. no way.

A wise man once said, "The good die young, but pricks live forEVER."

That's why it would be set at Don's funeral, attended by Roger and Pete.

Are you kidding me? Roger would be like 101 years old. There is no way he outlives Don Draper.

1973 - SCDP moves to the top floors of the newly opened World Trade Center.
2001 - Most of SCDP staff is killed in the 9/11 attack, a few employees who were off site or on leave survive. The company is liquidated a few months later.
THE END

Came for Christina Hendricks' giant mammaries and plump ass

leaving dissappointed

Stavr0: 1973 - SCDP moves to the top floors of the newly opened World Trade Center.
2001 - Most of SCDP staff is killed in the 9/11 attack, a few employees who were off site or on leave survive. The company is liquidated a few months later.
THE END

Now that's entertainment!

KatjaMouse: braedan: I'd like to see Sal as an old queen - finally out of the closet & happy with a man, maybe show him (or state it in text) that he got married when gay marriage was legalized in NY.

No. I see him becoming an art director for another agency or doing editorial work but definitely, with his cruising and self denial, he's likely going to get swept up in the 80s by Gay Plague.

What? No one picked married to Michelle Bachman?

OneTimed: Came for Christina Hendricks' giant mammaries and plump ass

Didn't we all, didn't we all...

OneTimed: Came for on Christina Hendricks' giant mammaries and plump ass

leaving dissappointed satisfied

FTFY

KatjaMouse: braedan: I'd like to see Sal as an old queen - finally out of the closet & happy with a man, maybe show him (or state it in text) that he got married when gay marriage was legalized in NY.

No. I see him becoming an art director for another agency or doing editorial work but definitely, with his cruising and self denial, he's likely going to get swept up in the 80s by Gay Plague.

Considering his completely unsentimental send-off, I could totally see Weiner just cutting to a shot of his body on a table with the M.E. saying "seems to be some kind of gay cancer".

I've always pictured it ending with one of three ways. (1)Don finally losing everything. His family, His friends. His career. Then he kills himself. (2) Ending on the shot of him having a massive heart attack or stroke that kills him, as his life of booze, nicotine, boning, and high stress catches up to him. (3) The shot of him utterly alone in a hospital room, right after learning he has terminal lung cancer.

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You win the thread.

Yes. Yes, I do.

Hehe, end in a fart.

OneTimed: Came for Christina Hendricks' giant mammaries and plump ass

leaving dissappointed

They'll be hanging down by her knees in the present day.

I've always thought the show was headed for Don taking a plunge from atop his building.

The intro set me up for that feeling from day 1. And every season he's getting closer to jumping.

Don Draper - His son from his last failed marriage puts him in a retirement home and he contemplates killing himself, but not before he can reconcile with his estranged daughter, Sally.

Peggy Olson - New York socialite and philanthropist, recently retired after successfully running her own firm and becoming the most renowned woman in Madison Avenue history.

Pete Campbell - Separated from Trudy after a mid-life crisis, retired to live in Europe, recently returned to the U.S. after Trudy's tragic death from a stroke. Visits Don while he's back in the states.

Betty Francis - Moved back in with her daughter, Sally, and her husband after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Still a giant Coont.

Joan Harris - Became politically active with veterans' rights after the Vietnam war and successfully ran for the N.Y. state legislature in 1976 followed by a stint as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Director of the White House Internship program under President Clinton. Senator Harris is currently Chair of the Armed Services Committee.

Roger Sterling - Subject of an FBI investigation after an insider trading scheme was uncovered within SCDP. Served as the "fall guy" for the agency and served 23 years in white-collar prison. Succumbed to a fatal heart attack the day after being released.

Sally Draper - Former symphony musician turned high school music teacher, lives in Florida with her mother, husband and grandchildren. Daughter disappeared after becoming involved in meth, estranged from her father since the mid-'80s, spoils her grandkids while frustrated with Betty's behavior and condition. Finally reunites with Don after learning of his whereabouts, but refuses to let him into her life again.

Lane Pryce - Moved to California with his family to become CFO of a large technology company, but frequently traveled between the West Coast and the U.K. Upon returning from England in September of 2001, he tragically found himself on board one of the flights that was highjacked and flown into the WTC.

Sal Romano - Became a successful TV producer in Los Angeles in the 1960s-70s, but became involved in drugs and made naive lifestyle choices. Died of undiagnosed AIDS in 1981.


Who am I missing?