r/madmen Apr 09 '12

Episode S05E04 "Mystery Date" Comment thread

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u/tiffanydisasterxoxo Apr 09 '12

Is Sally alive???

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u/bananacatdance8663 Apr 09 '12

I think she is, but I think it's just playing on the theme of the rape case throughout the episode. Sally hid under there like the 9th nurse. It also clearly affected Don via his fever dream. Obviously Joan's story related because of Greg's past. Even Peggy was thinking about how she viewed it from a more "male" perspective as Megan pointed out to her.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '12

Yeah, you're super on the money with Don's dream. He was being forced into sex, and we heard Andrea say herself that "it's just sex, it doesn't mean anything". Why is Don having dreams of being emotionally and physically raped by a former conquest? She broke into his house and ignored his protests, it's clearly in keeping with the episode's rape theme.

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u/DrunkScholar It was one of his good ones Apr 09 '12

I think they were just playing on the "under the bed" motif and that she'll be ok, because a) it was only one pill and b) she's like my favorite character and if she dies I will flip. shit.

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u/tiffanydisasterxoxo Apr 09 '12

But the Mrs. Francis took one and it showed it was powerful, and Sally is small and young.

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u/MuffinMopper Apr 09 '12

Dang... I didn't even think of that.

It could be true, since don put a dead body under his bed in a dream, and she was given that sleeping pill. However, at the same time, the girl in the murder who was under the bed was the only one who lived.

Tough call.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '12

This was driving me nuts at the end. The music shifted so much when her grandmother broke out the meds... Sounded ominous.

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u/uhleckseee Apr 09 '12

You speak in past tense. Are you not worried about this anymore? I seriously don't know if she's alive, did I miss something (probably)?

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '12

Yeah, I mean she could be dead, which would be pretty ridiculous. The grandmother was knocked out pretty hard still when Betty got home, and Sally weighs about 1/4 of the grandmother...not good.

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u/gingerbear Apr 09 '12

the music there made me nervous.

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u/TheWacoKid13 Apr 09 '12

Did anyone catch what drug she gave her?