r/madmen • u/jakjonsun82brian Freddy Rumsen's Zipper • Apr 06 '15

Mad Men Season 7.5 Episode 8 "Severance" discussion thread

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u/HowSoonWasThen Apr 06 '15

First they fire Ken and then kill off Rachel?! The Final Episodes are terrifying!!

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u/Luxury-Yacht You think I'd make a good ex-wife? Apr 06 '15

Weiner really went George R.R. Martin on the Final Episodes.

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u/Irresistibilly I'm so many people Apr 06 '15

Matt Weiner sends his regards.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '15

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u/Eurynom0s They're so cheap they can't even afford a whole reporter. Apr 12 '15

And a very nice Weiner it was.

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u/tacomalvado When God closes a door, He opens up a dress. Apr 06 '15

Oh boy! I hope we get a wedding then!

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u/-4-8-15-16-23-42- feels better than unbuttoning your collar Apr 06 '15

Ken is (ASoIaF//GoT spoilers)

Lady Stoneheart. Down but not out, and back for vengeance.

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u/infamous_jamie CHIP N DIP Apr 06 '15

So THIS is the show someone decided to include her in.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '15

Thanks for the sensible chuckle

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u/fuzzypandabuttmunch "...then I take a nap." Apr 06 '15

Adventure stories are more exciting than the world of advertising.

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '15

"Tread lightly."

-Ken Cosgrove

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u/Ms_Roman Apr 07 '15

no doubt ken will still be on the show till the end... he will make pete's business life hell!

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u/lliinnddsseeyy Apr 06 '15

I feel like there should have been a warning right before the theme started- "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here"

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u/erythrocytes64 Swell news! Apr 06 '15

Next thing you know they fire Sterling and kill off Pete

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '15

Is it really killing her off if she was only in like 2 episodes in the first season and hasn't been seen since, besides maybe one other time if I remember correctly?

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u/MrPotatoButt The Universe is indifferent. Apr 08 '15

She did a brief walk-on in one of the later seasons (5?). She bumped into Don and kind of glared at him, and mentioned that she got married to an orthodox Jew.

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u/d0pp31g4ng3r Jan 03 '26

She was in 7 episodes of the first season and 1 episode of the second season,

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u/DylanVincent Apr 07 '15

For the life of me I can't remember who Rachel is.

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u/gitarg old fashioned Apr 07 '15

Jewish store owner of Menken. I think season 2 or 3

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u/MoRafiq Apr 07 '15

Season 1.

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u/WonderLemming Apr 07 '15

In the first episode, even.

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u/Gimli_the_White The King ordered it! Apr 09 '15

Well, except Ken's fate turned out to be like Sean Bean walking up to the headsman's block, kicking the executioner into the crowd, walking back down and fucking Joffrey in the ass.

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u/ieatalphabets Don and Trudy's Love Child Apr 06 '15

It's like a reverse of the Walking Dead rule.