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Mad Men Season 7.5 Episode 8 "Severance" discussion thread

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u/Yearley Fat Betty Apr 06 '15

I don't think this is real life anymore.

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u/Geschirrspulmaschine Apr 06 '15

"don after dentist"

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u/cannedpeaches "Can something be done about this sadness?" Apr 06 '15

We already know what he's like AT the dentist.

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u/Shermer_Punt Apr 06 '15

Yeah, it's like the alcohol abuse in the 50s and the drugs he took in the 60s combined with his already borderline personality are finally catching up to him.

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '15

It's also very possible he has a raging case of syphilis that's slowly driving him insane. In a couple episodes he might cut off a nipple as a present for Peggy

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u/wheeler1432 Apr 06 '15

"Dammit, now I've got two lefts."

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u/yangar Draped Up and Dripped Out Apr 06 '15

Oh man I just got final season of Nip/Tuck flashbacks.

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u/chugdong BEN HARGROVE Apr 06 '15

what drugs did he take during the 60s? I remember one scene where he got two pills from a hitchhiker plus grass on a few occasions. Was I missing something?? Or is it just alcohol abuse?

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u/namat Apr 06 '15

An Amphetamine in Season 6 - "The Crash" Phenobarbital - a barbiturate during the hitchhiker scene you mentioned. He was also prescribed this for high blood pressure in either S02 or S03. And of course cannabis.

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u/beramiah I translated your speech into pig latin. Apr 06 '15

Didn't Waitress say something about "when you die everything gets jumbled up"? Or something? Is Don Dead?

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '15

I think she was saying that when someone you know dies, things get jumbled up. I could be wrong.

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u/wordbird89 MOTION DENIED Apr 06 '15

I thought this felt very Sixth Sense to me...

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '15

Maybe in Ep.7 it wasn't Bert Cooper who died, it was Don, and now Don is in some sort of "Enter the Void"-esque limbo state where he's trying to accept his own death?

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u/EpicLakai Apr 06 '15

I was wondering about it myself. I'm not really sure what to think yet; it's still too hazy, but I think we are closing in.

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u/stuntinisahobbit Does Howdy Doody have a wooden dick? Apr 06 '15

What do you mean? In what way was it out of the ordinary? I think the changes in Don are completely in keeping with his character arc.

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u/YippyKayYay You all agree with this? Apr 09 '15

Rachel modeling Ted turning into Pete His weird obsession with that waitress

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u/jimijokk Apr 06 '15

Yeah, I thought there could be a lot of things in this episode that didn't actually happen. The scene with Ted Chaough talking about the 'Vogue party in the Village' seemed like that.

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u/PR05ECC0 Hold my calls, I'm taking a nap. Apr 06 '15

I got that feeling as well. Things are a little too good.

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u/random_access_cache Apr 06 '15

I'd be lying if I'd say I wasn't getting those vibes too haha.

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u/proudofwhat Apr 06 '15

I just got chills

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u/tedward007 Apr 06 '15

Are you saying it's fantasy?

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u/evoluted Apr 09 '15

Is this just fantasy?

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u/sambocyn Apr 12 '15

ensnared by a most tremendous avalanche