Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B+ | 5 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Giving Up The Ghost
By Couch Baron | Season 5 | Episode 13 | Aired on 06.10.2012
...and then we get a montage, starting with a berobed Peggy in a motel room in Richmond looking out the window to see two dogs humping. Amused by this example of the chaos around her, she grabs her drink and sits in bed, looking thoroughly content. And just to finish my thought of earlier, if this shows, as I mentioned, that Peggy has cast off all doubts and is living the life she should be living, I wonder how it serves the show for her to continue on it. Not that I want her gone, but this show is not about happy people who know what they want, but people like...
...Pete, who's listening to his headphones with his eyes shut in an escape from the house he lives in...
...and Roger, who's naked and tripping. From behind, we see some Slattery ass as he raises his arms up and Roger on acid has been a surprisingly generous storyline, but the moment he actually says "I AM A GOLDEN GOD," I'm out.
And now we're back to Don, who gets asked for a light by a Heather-Graham-in-Austin-Powers-2-looking woman. He obliges her and then, indicating another attractive woman down bar, tells him her friend was wondering: Is he alone? He takes a loooong moment before turning back to her, inscrutably and yet not without interest, although that could be due to the wide reach of the question. And that's it for the season, which, despite some flaws, yet again, I loved. And while I'm not convinced this means the Don Draper of old is back -- remember the very last shot of the fourth season came to nothing too -- he surely is feeling at a crossroads. But we'll have to wait for Season Six to see if he actually separates his life from his dreams.
And thanks so much for reading! Hope to see you all again next year.
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