Remember an earlier episode?(possibly Season 1)Every time a door closed, another door opened, and visa/versa. Ponder that philosophy for a moment. Can doors, and doorways be portals figuratively, as well as literally, allegorically,.....metaphorically? And, is the doorman the gatekeeper for such?
This season 6 premiere is about new beginnings, as much as it is about open doors of opportunity and closed doors compared to those that should remain closed, and/or, paths that we should or shouldn't take, in comparison to things that just occur. These decisions are often blink of an eye, good or bad.
If you think Roger is boring in this episode, pay closer attention, and really listen objectively during his therapy sessions, and notice when, how, and why he finally breaks down in tears.
But, first, let's go all the way back to the beginning where someone has apparently collapsed. For all we know it could be Don, because we only hear Megan gasp with horrible fear as that scene closes like a telescope and then reopens to a lovely beach scene. Is Don actually dreaming? Is he dead? Is he in a coma? Is this his heaven? Well, for now he's close enough, on a beach in Hawaii, with his radiantly beautiful wife, but, he's reading a book we wouldn't expect to see him reading at all. And, we don't find out until the end of this episode why he was reading that book. As more lovely Hawaiian paradise scenes unfold, furthering the possibility that this is all some weird dream, we realize that Don hasn't spoken one word of dialogue. In fact, it's several minutes into the episode, during a bar scene, when a fellow G.I., on leave, knows a serviceman's cigarette lighter when he sees one, and finally coaxes Don to speak, and obligates Don to stand-in at his impromptu wedding.
Back in snowing, cold, NYC, it's no accident that a set of double doors opens for Megan and Don to approach the lobby on the way to the elevators when we finally see it had been the doorman that collapsed, apparently some considerable time before their Hawaiin departure, as their wardrobes immediately change between the quick scene cuts.
Meanwhile Betty continues to reemerge as a mother. Somewhat better for a neighbors' estranged daughter than her own Sally, currently. Betty is rising above her previous depressions. As Don steadily slips back? Notice how Don & Betty are rarely balanced at the same time, and usually at odds, whether apart, or when they were together.
It's great to see Peggy succeeding, and appreciated, and recognized with more genuine appreciation for her triumphance in crisis mode than what had may have only been a mere gesture with her predecessors, and obviously more level headed than the always belligerent Burt Peterson. Her new digs are quiet and empty, but she took a lot of SCDP with her, including Stan, her old office chum, via telephone at least, for now.
This season 6 premiere is about new beginnings, as much as it is about open doors of opportunity and closed doors compared to those that should remain closed, and/or, paths that we should or shouldn't take, in comparison to things that just occur. These decisions are often blink of an eye, good or bad.
If you think Roger is boring in this episode, pay closer attention, and really listen objectively during his therapy sessions, and notice when, how, and why he finally breaks down in tears.
But, first, let's go all the way back to the beginning where someone has apparently collapsed. For all we know it could be Don, because we only hear Megan gasp with horrible fear as that scene closes like a telescope and then reopens to a lovely beach scene. Is Don actually dreaming? Is he dead? Is he in a coma? Is this his heaven? Well, for now he's close enough, on a beach in Hawaii, with his radiantly beautiful wife, but, he's reading a book we wouldn't expect to see him reading at all. And, we don't find out until the end of this episode why he was reading that book. As more lovely Hawaiian paradise scenes unfold, furthering the possibility that this is all some weird dream, we realize that Don hasn't spoken one word of dialogue. In fact, it's several minutes into the episode, during a bar scene, when a fellow G.I., on leave, knows a serviceman's cigarette lighter when he sees one, and finally coaxes Don to speak, and obligates Don to stand-in at his impromptu wedding.
Back in snowing, cold, NYC, it's no accident that a set of double doors opens for Megan and Don to approach the lobby on the way to the elevators when we finally see it had been the doorman that collapsed, apparently some considerable time before their Hawaiin departure, as their wardrobes immediately change between the quick scene cuts.
Meanwhile Betty continues to reemerge as a mother. Somewhat better for a neighbors' estranged daughter than her own Sally, currently. Betty is rising above her previous depressions. As Don steadily slips back? Notice how Don & Betty are rarely balanced at the same time, and usually at odds, whether apart, or when they were together.
It's great to see Peggy succeeding, and appreciated, and recognized with more genuine appreciation for her triumphance in crisis mode than what had may have only been a mere gesture with her predecessors, and obviously more level headed than the always belligerent Burt Peterson. Her new digs are quiet and empty, but she took a lot of SCDP with her, including Stan, her old office chum, via telephone at least, for now.