Comments on: Mad Men Season 2, Episode 9: Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later Than You Think)

By: Roxanne

Roxanne — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:07:11 +0000

I have to bone-up on my Dante.

By: Joel

Joel — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:57:49 +0000

@Roxanne: Philadelphia = purgatory. It’s where Don is banished existentially to explain the failure of his marriage to his daughter, and where Freddie will likely be banished corporeally, to live out his working years in obscurity.

@Carte: Interesting…

By: Roxanne

Roxanne — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:56:25 +0000

“Philadelphia” gets mentioned twice in this episode. Wassup wit dat?

By: Carteb4 Dhorse

Carteb4 Dhorse — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:59:55 +0000

Loved your analysis. Just wanted to say, I know Matt Weiner and he’s not into the classics, he may have heard about them (cliff notes?) because he seems to have read very little and absorbed a lot. I don’t know how he does it, but he knows things about people and has a more interest in where they’re from etc, than intellectual or dramatic theory. Also, I’m pretty sure he writes every word of the show. That’s what the other writers say anyway…