The Forecast
- Folge lief am 12. Okt. 2016
- 12
- 47 Min.
Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuDon decides to sell his apartment, Joan stumbles into a relationship while on a trip to Los Angeles, Glen tells Betty and Sally that he is going to Vietnam, and a copywriter gets in trouble ... Alles lesenDon decides to sell his apartment, Joan stumbles into a relationship while on a trip to Los Angeles, Glen tells Betty and Sally that he is going to Vietnam, and a copywriter gets in trouble for his rude behavior to a client.Don decides to sell his apartment, Joan stumbles into a relationship while on a trip to Los Angeles, Glen tells Betty and Sally that he is going to Vietnam, and a copywriter gets in trouble for his rude behavior to a client.
- Ken Cosgrove
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- Harry Crane
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- Megan Draper
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- Henry Francis
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- Stan Rizzo
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When Glen's on screen, the time just freezes... And acting is more than just speaking words... It's movement on the screen even when it seems like they're not moving... But you can tell a bad actor because they simply do NOT move, and that's Glen... He's a frozen dullard...
Now Glen is supposed to be handsome... I mean, he's better looking than when he was a big goopy glob who was way too old (and large) for lithe little Sally... but now, thinned down and for some reason, pro-Vietnam, he's still a downright bore in two overlong scenes with Betty...
Betty who ultimately gets the shaft on this series: her eventual turnout is pathetic, and what happens to her should have happened to Don... instead of becoming a burgeoning Buddhist, he's the one who should have...
But that's skipping ahead... Here's another filler episode, which is strange since the show's about to end... It all kind of drags along here... and at this point, there should be no more padding...
And Joan's too-perfect she-finally-deserves-this-romance romance with Bruce Greenwood is boring. She's better dealing with creeps strongly than a perfect guy passively. It's in her character, and she's out of character here. Greenwood, an otherwise good actor, is simply an into-the-sunset scenario in human form.
At one point Don get impatient and lashes out at Melanie for not being able to quickly sell his apartment.
''Why don't you tell the buyer that someone lived here who made a million dollars inventing a Frisbee and they had to move in a hurry to a castle in France' - quickly suggests Don.
It provides a good contrast into the fact that Melanie can't imagine and make up stories like a magician, much like Don have been trying for the past years. She has to "show it to people with their eyes open", accurately summarizing that the eyes tell the clients that the apartment 'reeks' of a sad, lonely, and careless person, Don.
Meantime Joan travels to LA to meet with Lou to interview potential work candidates. By accident she encounters Richard Burghoff, a real estate big shot, divorced retiree, who has transitioned his life into having no plans and responsibilities. What starts as an innocent one night stand quickly turns into Richard following Joan to New York, where he finds out about her child. Overcoming the initial shock, this might be a start of a promising relationship, even though Richard is much older, which again points to Joan's shining 'foxiness'.
Roger assigns Don a task to perform a speech at the Mccan's retreat in Bahamas, giving a foray into the firm's future plans and ambitions. A very sarcastic task for Don who can barely figure out what the next day might bring. Having no idea what to say, in his subtle and at times comical way, Don asks for everyone's opinion, even his assistants.
Sally gets a visit from Glen Sharlock, Drapers' old neighbor who has always had a crash on Betty. In another sad parallel to the current events at the time, Glen announces he is shipping out to Vietnam. The irony is that we don't know what will happen to him but somehow assume the worst; we subtly feel the sadness feeling closure to the character we saw 'grow' up from the beginning of the show, however secondary. This is most likely the last time we see Glen.
In his failed attempt to kiss Betty, we see all the sadness of the situation, where a sweet silly kid who acts tough and strong, really has no idea what to do with his life.
The forecast conveys the thought that no one knows what will happen in the future. Like Don, Glen, Peggy and Joan we are left making uneducated guesses that at best are backed up by judgment, facts and experience.
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- WissenswertesWhen Joan phones her the first time, Maureen the babysitter is watching the film Die Welt der Jean Harlow (1965), which stars Martin Balsam as producer Everett Redman. Martin Balsam is the father of Talia Balsam, who plays Roger Sterling's ex-wife Mona on Mad Men. John Slattery, who plays Roger, is married to Talia Balsam, which makes him Martin Balsam's son-in-law.
- PatzerGlen Bishop said he attended "Purchase" as a freshman. SUNY Purchase had continuing education classes beginning in 1968, but did not have matriculating students until it accepted transfer juniors in 1971. Purchase did not accept matriculating freshmen until 1972, so Glen could not have been a freshman.
- Zitate
Sally Draper: You know what I'm going to write down for my dream? I'm going to get on a bus and get away from you and mom and hopefully become a different person than you two.
Don Draper: Hey! I'm your father. And you may not want to listen to this, but you are like your mother and me. You're going to find that out. You're a very beautiful girl. It's up to you to be more than that.
- VerbindungenFeatures Die Welt der Jean Harlow (1965)