Inside Episode 503 Mad Men: Tea Leaves

[@hollyb6885]

When I learned that Betty had cancer, I completely lost it and cried like crazy.

[@hollyb6885]

Daniel Treadwell Yikes

[@oooh19]

@@hollyb6885 yea but she got it in the last season not this season

[@noname-qw9td]

@@oooh19 that doesn't matter though- she could've gotten cancer two seasons ago yet it still continues to hit the same as it's a continuation in the storyline.

[@wadyano]

in real life she was pregnant. in the show there were suspecting she might have thyroid cancer which was behind her weight gain.

[@dasikakn]

“Stick to mediocre, you’ll sleep better”. Stan is hilarious!

[@hollyb6885]

I loved the Michael Ginsburg character. Too bad he went crazy.

[@henrypeters5291]

He transported himself to the future and became Ron La Flamme

[@arjunrathaur7973]

I agree.

[@joshuapatrick682]

Ginsburg is the real tragedy of this show..he had such potential as a character and they squandered it into some strange bit. They set him up so good in season 5 only to have him fizzle out into nothing. A Real shame…

[@xDamage69]

its because the actor wanted out for other job

[@vanillaaudio185]

@@xDamage69he chose that superstore show on ABC nobody watches

[@Nicebitoftucka]

I never got the impression Roger supported Pete. Roger was all about trying to fire Pete in season 1

[@JbodMC]

Roger is talking out of his ass here.

[@Frogman1212]

It's a retcon. You notice them upon multiple viewings. Like Joan and Roger in season 1 just started doin the dirty deed, when it was revealed in episode 4 or 5. 'Waldorf Stories' in season 4 retcons this, having Roger and Joan in a relationship before Don even works at Sterling Cooper. Even Don growing up in a whorehouse is a retcon. In season 1 we see Dick as a kid in a room which could easily be the farmhouse. In season 5's "Signal 30" Don says he "grew up in a place like this" while he is in a whorehouse for business reasons. Which probably just references the fact that his mother was a prostitute, and he was raised by a woman that was not his blood with a brother that was half his blood. This is very indecent and shameful in more sophisticated areas at the time. But then in season 6 (having Don finally start cheating again although he basically did in season 5 a couple of times) we get the origin of Don's sexuality, playing off of the line from the previous season, and using the old house we first saw Dick in as a child, which didn't get used for the later flashbacks in season 1 (and I think 3?) where we see Dick as a kid. Actually the later flashbacks showed Don moving to Mac's after his dad died but it still wasn't a whorehouse until season 6, where they also retcon how old Don was when he moved. Looking maybe 14 or 15.

[@ryanrab2]

What an episode.

[@DisappearingBunny]

Different people say different ages for Meagan, how old is she really? I've heard 20, and 25, and 26?

[@yaydoggies]

Probably mid-late twenties but sounds like Betty was just exaggerating here.

[@oooh19]

@@yaydoggies yea Betty wasn't even old herself! both women were very different but it's individual taste as well as age groups.

[@bethdale3082]

26

[@dasikakn]

Those days you were over the hill if you were 30.

[@oooh19]

@@dasikakn yea but Betty still was beautiful and served up great style! Age nothing but a number!

[@Zipblockgory]

Great episode, much better than the season premier.

[@XxMyLameUserNamexX]

I remember watching this episode and thinking that Megan was such a bitch for thinking that Betty just wanted to call Don.Betty was scared and she couldn't find Henry. Is it so bad for her to get comforted by her ex husband?

[@paolagrando5079]

It's a tricky situation. If you have a stable and mature relationship between your partner and your ex it can work but let's be honest the majority of times, in real life, that's not the case. We lack communication, the good one even less.

[@mphrdldn]

When that girl backstage sais she would do what Brian Jones asked, I wonder how many people knew how he treated girls like that? I loved his image and musicianship but he was a womanizer who beat many of them, including Anita Pallenberg.

[@Jo5ue1]

So Betty leaves Don for Henry?

[@romicor9]

Yes, she does. They were in the middle of a marriage crisis, but Henry was the reason she wanted the divorce. And the way Don finds out about her affair is not the most pleasant or ideal one.

[@animalfinatic9366]

Betty leaves Don because he is Don.

[@RKOunion]

No. Roger and Pete was great. Perhaps it dragged at parts, but it was great premiere overall.

[@helene02184]

"insane" lol that's putting it mildly

[@jessicavictoriacarrillo7254]

Did Matthew Weiner ever relate to Betty this way?

[@Zipblockgory]

I didn't think it was that great, but this episode was much better IMO.

[@wadyano]

i think she left don because he wouldnt keep his pants on

[@MistaRowland]

Uh this episode sucked. Premiere was great.