Previouslies: THE ENTIRE WORLD IMPLODED! DOGS AND CATS LIVING TOGETHER, MASS HYSTERIA! Nah, CGC merged with SCDP. But it seemed really devastating at the time. The take-away here is: Poor Peggy. Poor, poor Peggy. Also, other stuff about whoever Don’s fucking this week aka enough of this shit tho
Mad Men, 6x07 “Man with a Plan” (wri. Semi Chellas & Matthew Weiner, dir. John Slattery)
Previouslies: Teddy Chowgahguh continues to drive a wedge between my Don/Peggy mentorship OTP OVER MY DEAD BODY TED; that fat bastard from Jaguar continues to be a dick in Don’s & Joan’s & everyone’s side; Abe wants to breed; Don continues to be all BFFs with his doctor neighbor while slyly fucking his wife on DL; Pete’s balls continue to be held hostage by the perfect, beautiful, awesome, flawless Trudy Campbell.
Mad Men, 6x06 “For Immediate Release” (wri. Matthew Weiner, dir. Jennifer Getzinger)
Previouslies: Awkward ketchup pitch meetings, Trudy chopped off Pete’s balls (metaphorically and awesomely), Don is old and still fucking Linda Cardellini and some shit with Betty and the mayor that I don’t even remember sooo hey ho it’s 1968 let’s go
Mad Men, 6x05 “The Flood” (wri. Tom Smuts & Matthew Weiner, dir. Christopher Manley)*
*hehe smuts and weiner
Previouslies: “I want to stop doing this,” Don murmurs soulfully, between fuck sessions with his neighbor’s wife; Peggy broke up with Don and there was hand-kissing and it was so emotional I can’t even talk about it; Joan’s horrible decision continues to have icky, soul-crushing ramifications GOD; Megan is now the Joey Tribiani of this show; stuff about Heinz ketchup—“It’s the Coca-Cola of condiments!”
Mad Men, 6x04 “To Have and to Hold” (wri. Erin Levy, dir. Michael Uppendahl)
Previouslies: Remember when Joan sold herself & her dignity for 5% and a partnership??? Yeah, that’s coming back into play. Don fucked up again, this time with that chick from Freaks & Geeks who in no way, shape or form has a kid in college. No, I refuse. What else? Shit with Peter IDC. Everything’s the worst, per usu. Heinz beans liked Don’s old fashionedness & not Peggy’s groovy bean ballet. But Peggy’s with Teddy Chowgahguh now so take that, Heinz!
Mad Men, 6x03 “The Collaborators” (wir. Jonathan Igla & Matthew Weiner, dir. Jon Hamm)
Previously on Mad Men: Pete fell in love with Rory Gilmore, Joan sold herself for a partnership, Roger took lots of LSD, Megan followed her ~dream to become an actress, Sally rebelled, Lane died, Betty’s still fat, Peggy left SCDP for Teddy Chowgaguh and we’re all really broken up about it, the firm got a car (Jaguar), and Don? Well, Don’s still fucking Don. Who knows what that guy’s going do. But I’m rooting for you, homeboy, don’t fuck it up, Dick Whitman! We’re all rooting for you.
Holy shit, you guys, it’s 1967. Let’s do this.
Mad Men, 6x01 “The Doorway” (wri. Matthew Weiner, dir. Scott Hornbacher)
Previouslies: BEST. EPISODE. EVER. Nucky vs. Torrio. Nucky & Chalky vs. Gyp. Luciano vs. heroin laws. Gyp vs. Gillian vs. Richard Harrow vs. happiness. Margaret vs. pregnancy. Al Capone vs. everyone else’s attempts at badassery!
Boardwalk Empire, 3x12 “Margate Sands” (wri. Terrence Winter & Howard Korder, dir. Tim Van Patten)
Finale. Let’s do this. Last chance to place your bets on who dies!!
Previouslies: Owen died. Tumblr cried.
I know I say this every week, but shit is really, really gonna get really real this episode. The season finale is next week! PRAYER CIRCLE FOR ALL REMAINING CHARACTERS.
Boardwalk Empire, 3x11 “Two Impostors” (wri. Howard Korder, dir. Allen Coulter)
Previouslies: Margaret needs a diaphragm bc she & Owen Sleater are gonna run away together!; Esther Ladyblazer arrested George Remus per Nucky’s request but, lo! A plot complication; Van Alden is working as muscle for Dean O’Banion in Chicago & his awesome Norwegian wife is skimming from the still on a side (that always ends well, right?); Richard Harrow’s in love, so naturally this show will find a way to ruin it (goddamn you, show!); Nucky gathered all the gangsters for a powwow re: waging war on Joe Masseria y Gyp Rosetti and all the gangsters were like, lol good luck with that. Prayer circle for everyone tonight, tbh.
Boardwalk Empire, 3x10 “A Man, A Plan…” (wri. Dave Flebotte, dir. Jeremy Podeswa)
Previouslies: Richard Harrow’s got a girrrrlfriend. Gyp’s makin’ trouble for Eli & Mickey (and therefore Nucky). James Cromwell agreed to prosecute George Remus instead of Nucky (thanks in part to Esther Ladyblazer’s deal with the devil). Owen was supposed to get a pony for Margaret’s crippled daughter’s birthday, but ended up riding Margaret instead (HEYOOO). Gillian seems to be in charge of everything now, and e’rybody got blowed up good. PRAYER CIRCLE FOR BABETTE.
Boardwalk Empire, 3x09 “The Milkmaid’s Lot” (wri. Rolin Jones, dir. Ed Bianchi)**
**The last two weeks have been so good, I hope BE can keep it going tonight, but something tells me this will be more of a staging episode. We’ll see, I guess.
Previouslies: I didn’t review last week’s episode because I just got swept up in watching its gentle beauty…and also I’m lazy. But tonight I’m pretty sure the shit hits the fan because last week was way too gentle.
But HBO wants you to know about their ~very special guest stars~: James motherfucking Cromwell, Esther Ladyblazer!!, STEPHEN MOTHERFUCKING ROOT, Shooter McGavin! Also: Gillian’s lost her damn mind, Margaret’s women’s health clinic, Gyp almost got whacked but then didn’t, Van Alden is probably gonna start working for Dean O’Banion in Chicago (where shit is brewing with Capone & Johnny Torio, too), Margaret & Owen are back to fucking, to pretty much everyone’s approval, Eli is back to being Nucky’s right hand (with Mickey Doyle), dis bitch Billie Kent still exists. I dunno. A lot of shit.
Boardwalk Empire, 3x08 “The Pony” (wri. Terrence Winter & Howard Korder, dir. Tim Van Patten)**
**Wow, ok, check out this pedigree. Cream o’ the crop! This episode is gonna be cray. Bring it.
Previouslies: Dicks.
Boardwalk Empire, 3x06 “Ging Gang Goolie” (wri. Steve Kornacki, dir. Ed Bianchi)
post-downton abbey depression edition
Previouslies: Nucky killed another person, making him now officially 3/4 of a gangster (almost there, Nuck!); there was a huge shoot-out and a bunch of characters died!; Charlie Cox was almost naked!; Margaret educated us on the history of pads!; we learned not to make fun of anyone Al Capone knows because he’ll totally smash your face into a bar!; Gyp Rosetti continues to be a spicy meatball; AR continues to be the Sass Queen of New York. IDK it was a really good episode just watch it what do you want from me.
Boardwalk Empire, 3x05 “You’d Be Surprised” (wri. Diane Frolov & Andrew Schneider, dir. Tim Van Patten)
Previouslies: Nucky shot a dude in the face because YOU CAN’T BE HALF A GANGSTER (tm: HBO), Al Capone’s son is still deaf, Margaret Schroeder kicking ass and taking hospitals, Nuck & Gyp kiss and make up, Bugsy Siegel hides heroine in his hat, and Gyp lights a man on fire. Y’know, cuz he’s a psycho.
An this just in: Jimmy Darmody is still dead. (With apologies to Chevy Chase.)
Boardwalk Empire, 3x04 “Blue Bell Boy” (wri. David Stenn, dir. Kari Skogland)
Previouslies: Gyp Rosetti’s comedy meatballs, Richard Harrow killed Manny Horvitz (to much rejoicing), Nucky is bangin’ some chorus girl named Billie, Margaret is trying to save dying women, and Rothstein ‘n company are looking to get into the heroin game. So, y’know, divergent paths. Oh, and ev’rybody got guns!
Boardwalk Empire, 3x03 “Bone for Tuna” (wri. Chris Haddock, dir. Jeremy Podeswa)
