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I'm not sure I follow. How is it "my loss" because I've viewed this final season as predictable?
On a side note, as I've stated in the past, the title sequence could mean several things but that was either a teaser, a prank or foreshadowing in last night's episode. |
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Roger being melancholy in leaving, Peggy being lost in the shuffle and Joan hitting a misogyny buzzsaw were all foreseeable. But they were executed with aplomb and were great television. Your dismissal is like seeing the Mona Lisa, and saying 'meh, some old fart draw a chick. . . ' Last edited by Baby Lee; 05-04-2015 at 04:53 PM.. |
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EVERY TV series and/or film deals with commercial pressures versus artistic "integrity" to a degree of which would be impossible to explain and for most people to even fathom. Be thankful that through it all, series like Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul and so on aren't suffocated by it to the point where it's unenjoyable for anyone to even bother. |
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Now, if Don jumps out his window during the finale, we may have something. Otherwise, meh. |
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I liken it to High Noon, where you have a general idea where things might suss out, and the story is in the execution and the inevitability of it all.
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as if that wouldn't be trite and predicatable. I mean, that's what people have said from the beginning. No way it goes down like that.
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I guess, how much to do you trust/believe Matt Weiner? Because he's said 100% it ain't gonna happen.
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I actually really like the direction they're going and I'd be stunned if Don jumped from any tall buildings.
Ultimately I think the closest we'll get to a resolution is Don starting over in California. He may never set foot in the McCann building again. He's a damaged dude. I just don't see him as a suicidal one. Someday he'll drink himself to death but I think his arrogance would keep him from ever committing suicide. As unhappy as he may be, he's self-assured enough to convince himself that he'll turn it around. Sadly, if anyone goes out the window, it may be Roger. But I think Roger's probably content being lecherous and rich, even if the death of his name creates a dark period for him. It does seem like a pretty lousy new world for the old guard at SCP. |
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I expect Don's fate to be open ended and unresolved because IMO, the only true resolution for him is death. He is who he is and he'll be that way until the day he dies. Plus, an unresolved ending is a very "David Chase" thing to do. |
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