Wanna get high???

So i watched this week's episode of Mad Men with both my parents. This was a first this season, and hopefully not indicative of an evolving trend (need my own place!). Anyway, I liked tonight's episode. There was a lot going on, strange for this show, and it was pretty funny. Without further ado, let's dive in...
After watching a lot of True Blood and The Wire, I have a fond appreciation for opening theme songs and credits. Mad Men definitely offers a unique and entertaining opening credits, even if I may not totally get it. The whole black and white thing definitely means something, as do the actions during the opening, but it goes way over my head. Regardless of whether i get it, I definitely enjoy it. It's like part of the show and I couldn't imagine skipping it.
Some other memorable openings include Scrubs. When i used to watch the show on DVD, i wouldn't skip over this part, as it felt like part of the process. Fans agreed, since when they altered the opening in season two there was a mass protest amongst fans who were put off by the elongated version. The song is appropriate, the splicing works well and the joke at the end with the backward x-rays is amusing enough for a throwaway gag i've seen over and over.
The Simpsons has a widely recognized theme, which underwent a major overhaul. I can't remember why, and you can look it up on wikipedia if you want, but the Simpsons recently changed their opening. The clip is longer and tweaks the original actions too. I like the change. My brother doesn't. Too bad the show itself isn't as debatable now, because everyone can agree it basically stinks...
Both of these sons are in sharp contrast to Lost's opening, which is short and abrupt, but somehow very poignant and meaningful. Can't explain it beyond that, except to say I love it.
Oh yeah, but True Blood has the best opening song of anything on television right now. Except maybe Burn Notice, which I think is the biggest joke ever. First of all, they explain the show every time in the opening credits. Second of all, "a trigger happy ex-girlfriend" is an amazing line. Finally, there's an inside joke with me and my friends from school where i butcher one of the lines from the opening. "MICHAEL! Someone needs your help." (I guess you have to be there...)
But to the actual show we go...
Love how much the pregnant ladies smoke and drink. Kids were tougher back than because it was an endeavor just to make it out of the womb alive. Now kids are coddled. No wonder my generation is full of pussies.
The ladies in this episode steal the show. Primarily Peggy and Joan. First is Joan, who has a silent war with a former secretary, hosts a dinner party and plays her squeeze box.
In regards to her tension with the now Mrs. Sterling, I'm totally in Joan's camp. Not sure why they're feuding still, but Joan is definitely in the right. Joan's dynamic with her fiance freaks me out. I'm literally afraid for her all the time when she's around her loose cannon of a fiance. This guy is just in love with his image of Joan and totally doesn't get her, so when he sees something he doesn't get he freaks out, which is when i get scared. I don't know how long she can keep him in check before he does something awful again.
As for Joan's playing of the accordion, i was very moved. Wasn't too confident she was actually singing though. Oh well, it doesn't really matter.
"I'm Peggy Olsen, and i want to smoke some marijuana." If i smoked weed I would totally say this all the time. Peggy, who stepped up her game in last week's episode, by having sex like a man, made furhter inroads into the man's world. She smoked some grass, put her secretary in her place and excelled at her job. So proud watching Peggy wage a one woman feminist movement on her own.
I real liked how accurately this episode captured the drug dealer and drug buyer dynamic. It was so awkward how that guy tried to be their friend, and how the Sterling Cooper employees had to pretend to want him around. Why do drug dealers think people like them? I mean this guy was pretty chill, but they just wanted drugs!!!
"Fred Armisen is the luckiest guy in the world." That was my mom's reaction after learning about Fred's relationship with January Jones, who plays Betty on Mad men. Not sure what she meant...
It blows my mind that Sally would have been about my dad's age when this story takes place. Speaking of Sally, I think a spin off is coming with her, Carla, Gene and the often seen, but rarely heard, Bobby. Sally reads to gene. Bobby plays with his toys. Carla yells, "dinner." If it's on AMC, I'd probably watch it...
The surprise of the night was the rug pete Campbell cut out on the dance floor with his wife.
I'll let my mom's description of events describe the scene, starting from shortly before he and the little lady start dancing.
"Pete has had some moments where he hasn't been a deuchebag... They took a class...Danceathon, class of 1961... the precursor to Greece."
Followed by my dad saying, "JUST WATCH THE SHOW!"
Don doesn't seem comfortable with anyone anymore. He and Roger used to have a pseudo friendship, which ran deeper than his doings with anyone else on the show, but it seems to have been exposed as the meaningless thing it always was. I'm worried about those two. they're normally so much fun to watch together, but after Don bitch slapped him tonight, I wonder...
Until next week...
Oh yeah, in a pitiful attempt to get comments, your thoughts???