Mad Men: Lady Lazarus (2012)
Season 5, Episode 8
7/10
Pete's Affairs Are Always So Cliche
20 August 2021
Ugh, the girlfriend/lover of Pete, who is cute as all young girls are on this show, is such a forced, contrived character in what's a set-up right out of a porn. Pete's friend mentions he has a young lover and then a second later the guy's cheated-on wife winds up with Pete and they have sex after meeting five minutes ago. Lame. Megan's story about juggling dreams is a lot better. But Pete is better left to business plot-lines since he's great while working. The lover boy he just ain't...

Then when Pete goes to the girl's house, where his subway friend lives, it's supposed to be suspenseful, like he might get caught, but since the guy has hardly been on the series, why would it even matter? They're basically putting priority on two characters that mean nothing to the show and putting them in with Pete... it's like when a show attempts a spinoff or something...

And as a lifelong fan of The Beatles Revolver, why on earth would Megan tell Don to play the most insanely psychedelic song? I can think of other brilliant songs from that album that he might have enjoyed, such as Eleanor Rigby or Taxman or... anything but that mess that you need to be on acid to enjoy.
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