Don walking away from the filming set is peak photography, cinematogrophy, whatever you want to call it. For me it solidified the show as an all time masterpiece.
This was the best season ending of the series. This is Don raw and uncut, and he knows who he is at the end as he walks away from his last attempt of perusing the family he thought he needed. Sinatra's you only live twice is the cherry on top.
The first time I saw Don Draper I thought he was the perfect description of James Bond from Ian Fleming's books (not the one from the movies). This scene was a gift.
This is the best season in my opinion because this was the only season Don was ever faithful to his wife. The shot on 1:45 shows him walking out of the light and going back to the darkness, The next scene is on a bar which is also a dark place to be. The final scene where he is asked if he's alone and gave the girl his iconic narrow piercing gaze further signifies that he's back to his darkness. atleast this is what I think the ending signifies. This show is one of the greatest.
@@ahmetbey8346 Cheating is seen as immoral, so it’s quite logical. Perhaps that person has even been cheated on her- or himself And, at the end of the day, our decision on what season is good or even the best is based on subjectivity, so preferences, experiences and morality all play a role
Nah best season by me and many is season 4 don was at his peak, no wife or girlfriend and had free roam. Sorry your stupid idea of cheating is irrelevant to the show
I have to write a comment because it's one of my favorite scenes in Mad Men. The scene is incredibly successful in reflecting the character's moods. It brings a slightly uncomfortable tension along with a deeply bitter smile. Megan...she's not a "birdie" for Don to hold. He knows this and it makes him more lonely despite all the people around him.
01:51 How he gets away from the scene... walking with over self confidence, while that beautiful music's starting to resonate, is mind blowing!! At that very moment, you wish you could be in his shoes ! The centre of attraction should be his wife on the scene, but actually Don is taking over the whole thing ! just WOW ! That scene will always gives me goosebumps ! The suits, the attitude + the music probably reminds me of James Bond and I guess that was the intention. It's a shame that guy is not English because he could have been an excellent one !!!
Never actually tried pictured Jon Hamm as 007. He would be perfect! Very much the Roger Moore type. Oh, and that final song was actually an OST from a Bond film, if I'm correct.
@@njorogan according to Weiner, whole Madmen visual style was influenced by Hitchcock’s North by Northwest with Carry Grant. And rumour has it that Carry Gran’s looks was type Ian Fleming pictured as James Bond. Jon Hamm fits both.
@@njorogan It was. You Only Live Twice, released in 1967. What's interesting is they referred to the spoof Bond movie, Casino Royale, which was released a few months before, in the cinema scene between Don and Peggy. You can hear Herb Alpert's tune playing before the scene cuts.
When Don sees the showreel of Megan he realises she's not a Betty, she has talent and will be a big star, and he will get left behind. So him walking away from the film set and into the darkness with "you only live twice" playing is genius. He did live twice, first as Dick then as Don, first with Betty then with Megan. He realises he's always going to be unfulfilled, so on he goes to the bar to cheat some more. Is he alone? Yes, but that's ok because he won't be when he's with her friend. It isn't until season 7 that we see true, satisfying growth of Don Draper
Don thought Megan loved him. Shared his love of advertising. Loved his children and they loved her too. Whatever hole he is trying to fill he enthusiastically thought he had filled with Megan. Then he realises that they don’t have all that much in common. She might love him, but not enough. When he won’t give her the audition he finds her at home drunk and depressed. It occurs to him that he is not enough. Just being with him isn’t enough. His urge to feel loved and understood isn’t being satisfied. So back to his old ways he goes. _u/VoxPop1878_
I liked what came after, but this season definitely felt like the show reaching a thematic climax. And this finale was perfect. The shot of Don checking out / walking away from his marriage…
She's enjoying her work life, everyone around her is enjoying dating or marrying a new partner, but to her it just seems kind of animalistic, confusing and a bit unsettling.
Don or James Bond epitomize the popular masculinity of the 1960's, birthed from the fires of WWII, Korea and an early Vietnam, when men cried only inside a foxhole while shooting and being shot at. At home, their trauma unresolved, they turned inward, sullen, detached, cold, quiet and longing, drink in hand, smoke in lungs, and a dark, lonely stare into the void, yearning for a love yet to be understood.
