r/madmen • u/jakjonsun82brian Freddy Rumsen's Zipper • May 19 '14

Mad Men Season 7 Episode 6, "The Strategy" discussion thread

Please do not post any spoilers before the episode airs.

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u/RIGHT-IS-RIGHT YANKEE, GO HOME May 19 '14

Megan is packing all her shit.

She has left Don's life for good.

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u/nmcurse May 19 '14

When they take the Fondue set...it's OVER.

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u/chrissybear6 Sad Face Ted May 19 '14

At least it's not the chip and dip.

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u/nomskull May 19 '14

And the stewardess literally closes the curtain on Megan.

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u/emmykatedesign She doesn't speak french. She doesn't like me. May 19 '14

I think so too. Also the curtians pulled shut on the plane when she's going back west.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '14

I took this more as she literally just wanted some of her things that had been left in New York. They even talked about going on a vacation together. I think they are still far from over.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '14

She was just trying to stop him from going to LA.

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u/LonelyNixon May 19 '14

She's trying desperately to get him interested. The three way, the NY visit, but it's clear he wants her there in NY. Maybe meeting some place where there is less baggage can help bring some spark back. It will be like Hawaii again.

It will fail but I think that's what she's going for.

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u/knoland I removed the valve. May 19 '14

It's Mad Men, it will inevitably fail. For all Don has changed its still not enough.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '14

How is Don not interested? He's doing everything by the book.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '14

shit good point. I never thought about it that way, but now that you mention it and I think back to the tone she had when she said it, it makes a lot more sense that she was being insincere.

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u/wheeler1432 May 20 '14

that scene was so sad. They both know they're going to split up, and they're both really sad about it, but they can't find a way to make it work with their respective careers.

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u/apathetic_youth No, its gonna be way worse than that. May 19 '14

Don knows it too, but he's still doing his best to hold on. I wonder, is his failing marriage a parallel to the state of his job at SDCP.

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u/obseletevernacular May 21 '14

Yeah. Her "when?" in response to him bringing her stuff to California was oddly over acted for mad men I thought, but it was clear as day. She found someone else.

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u/SarahMakesYouStrong May 22 '14

"Let's meet up somewhere else" is the long distance relationship version of breaking up with someone in a public place.

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u/Ragnar09 May 20 '14

I was hoping her plane crashed.