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Thoughts on the premiere...
It makes me sad that Betty is becoming such an awful character. I started off liking her a lot in the first season. But she really has lost it and become very selfish and childish. Even though Don was not faithful to her and wasn't around enough, which obviously isn't ok, when he was home he was a good father an a kind husband. She didn't leave him because of the infidelity (which she was never 100% sure of), she left him when she found out he came from a poor family. She's a snob and she treats her children like pets. When they amuse her (like baby Gene does) she treats them well but when they annoy her she pushes them away (sends them to bed, gives them to Carla, tells them to go watch TV, etc). I'm still holding out hope for her to grow up, come to her senses and become a better person, but I don't know if it will happen. In the mean time - poor Henry. He got a lot more baggage than he bargained for.
Nonetheless, I would do terrible, terrible things to get the chance to raid Betty's closet.
Don seems like he's not in a good place right now, and I feel bad for him. The scenes between him and Betty, Sally and Bobby were so sad, particularly for me as a child of divorced parents (though mine were much more civil and adult about it!). Sally seems so much more grown up now... I can see teenage drama on the horizon with that one. Getting to see more of her personality will be interesting - like in the episode when Grandpa Gene dies. Anyway, in terms of Don - I think one of the great things about this show is that they can take someone who on the surface is so unlikeable (philanderer, absentee husband/dad, selfish and arrogant in many ways) and make him a very well-liked, well-respected character. It's interesting that now that he's actually on the market he's really lost his game, though.
Peggy is turning into such a badass - I love it. Although when she was sassing off to Don about the agency's reputation, that seemed uncalled for. I still secretly hope they'll end up together. She challenges him (like Rachel Mencken did) and it's good for him. She's also not the typical bimbo he steps out with. They would be such a great power couple!
I'm still annoyed by Pete. Something about him just makes my skin crawl. I wish they had left him at Sterling Cooper.
I love that Joan has her own office! But what's going on with her eyebrows?
And did they try to spice up the premiere by giving Roger 3x the offensive one-liners of any other episode? That felt cheap.
All in all I'm stoked for the season. I read on Perez that the numbers for the premiere were much lower than anticipated, though... hopefully things will pick up steam.
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