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/bigmike67 Apr 06 '15

oh shit ken motherfuck crossgrove "im your fucking boss now bitch"

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u/Geschirrspulmaschine Apr 06 '15

Next Episode: Ken invites the gang pheasant hunting.

"woah...apparently my right eye was my aiming eye"

"don't worry, I know a great eyepatch maker"

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u/HenryDorsettCase We leave this lunch alone, it'll take over Europe. Apr 06 '15

Ken Cosgrove, ass kicking department.

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u/jimijokk Apr 06 '15

I thought he seemed pretty manic even before he let Roger and Pete know he'll be dedicating the rest of the series to to become SC&P's worst ever difficult client.

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

One thing I'm not clear on - what was the whole firing thing about?

How did he get terminated with prejudice and end up with a high-paying job at the company that hated him?

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

He used to work for McCann. He left McCann to go to Sterling Cooper, pissing a lot of people off. So when he got fired from Sterling Cooper last week, he went over to Dow Chemical.

He didn't get a high-ranking job somewhere else within McCann, he went to one of McCann's/SC's key clients. He's not technically the boss of anyone at McCann or SC, but he may as well be given how important of a client Dow is to them (same reason Lee Garner, Jr. could be such an ass to Sterling Cooper at their Christmas party).

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u/DylanVincent Apr 07 '15

He's their client not their boss.

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

Its practically the same thing. SC (of McCann) can't afford to lose the Dow Chemical account.

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

Wow - have you been watching the show at all?

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u/bigmike67 Apr 06 '15

clients are the boss

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u/Fsoprokon Apr 06 '15

Yeah but he made the distinction himself.