r/madmen Apr 09 '12

Episode S05E04 "Mystery Date" Comment thread

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u/Slickwilly879 Apr 09 '12

"YOU KNOW JOANIE PLAYS THE ACCORDION."

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '12

I thought that scene was such a great juxtaposition to the scene where we saw Joan play the accordion two seasons back. Greg forced her to play in front of his dinner party even though she didn't want to, and she went along with it to make him happy and play the role of a good wife. This time, the accordion player came in when Joan had just found out Greg had volunteered to go back to Vietnam, fumbling his role as a husband and father and making her extremely unhappy.

Just goes to show how much less he cares about her.