Mad Men 6x03 Reaction
Added 2026-01-31 23:29:41 +0000 UTC
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What makes Mad Men great is that the portrayal of these characters are very realistic and so with Sylvia, that is a real portrayal… some people know what they’re doing is wrong and try to talk themselves through the guilt they’re feeling… despite knowing that they really dont want to stop. I’ve seen a lot of Sylvia’s in real life. Hell Im sure I’ve been Sylvia (as a man) before. The portrayal is excellent… I always liked her character the most out of all Don’s mistresses.
Mack
2026-02-18 23:52:35 +0000 UTCIm sorry I know we cant condone Don’s cheating but the scene with him tellin Sylvia, “you want to feel shitty up until the point I take your clothes off” was some fly ass shit talking.
Mack
2026-02-18 23:29:44 +0000 UTC3 polar bears died so you could have a robot argue about a tv show for you...
Kev
2026-02-04 14:32:59 +0000 UTCChat GPT: is pete on mad men evil? “Evil” is probably too strong—but Pete Campbell is definitely a walking bundle of entitlement, insecurity, and bad choices. Pete isn’t a cartoon villain. He’s more like a painfully realistic guy who thinks the world owes him something because of his name and education… and then gets angry when it doesn’t deliver. A few things that shape how people read him: He’s selfish and manipulative a lot of the time, especially early on. He’ll betray coworkers, leverage power, and cross ethical lines if it helps him get ahead. He feels perpetually humiliated, and that resentment curdles into cruelty. Pete often hurts people because he feels small, not because he enjoys being cruel. He does have a conscience, which is key. Unlike some characters on Mad Men, Pete actually feels guilt and shame—he just doesn’t always know what to do with those feelings. He grows (unevenly, messily). Over the series, you see him become more self-aware and occasionally decent, even if he backslides. So: not evil. More like toxic, privileged, emotionally stunted, and sometimes awful—which is kind of the point of Mad Men. Pete is what happens when ambition outpaces character. If you want, I can compare him to Don, Roger, or Harry and rank who’s actually the worst 👀
Robert
2026-02-04 00:21:04 +0000 UTCmad men in their soap opera bag with this one
on crip ...
2026-02-02 07:05:00 +0000 UTCI love the little smirk Roger has as he watches Don purposefully bomb the Jaguar pitch, just enjoying seeing the sabotage in real time.
Darrach
2026-02-01 16:25:15 +0000 UTCThe rape episode was the turning point. They actually explain this very thing in that reaction (why they found him endearing in the beginning, despite him always being terrible). It would've been interesting to see how their feelings evolved without the rape.
Jamie
2026-02-01 15:58:07 +0000 UTCI'm curious who you would say is more reprehensible than Pete (Don?)
Jamie
2026-02-01 15:28:01 +0000 UTCI swear their hatred for Pete boils down to the fact that his looks have declined considerably over the course of the show. There are several characters who are more reprehensible within the office.
Jay- Esque
2026-02-01 14:40:42 +0000 UTCYes! Best single moment of the episode.
tilden katz
2026-02-01 12:46:00 +0000 UTCIt's similar in "The New Girl", such a heavy contrast between how he treats Peggy and how he treats Betty. Also "Christmas Waltz", how he treats Joan and how he treats Megan.
Kev
2026-02-01 10:50:22 +0000 UTCTrudy laying down the law is a scene I could watch all day, I love how flabbergasted Pete is. The revelation that it's the appearances that Trudy cares about is a great one, I joked with another patron about this a while ago when LM was like "Unlike Betty, Trudy would not stand for cheating and would immediately leave him if she found out", only for that to not be the thing she cares about. Amidst this season opening with cynicism is Pete cheating so soon after that poignant self-aware monologue in the S5 finale. You would think that he actually took something from that scene, but instead he has already reverted back to his old ways so casually. That's the ironic part, the affair that he probably thought of the least, that he just did because it was there, is the one that leaves him standing there dumbfounded as Trudy destroys him. He had a conscience and a chance, but he ignored it and that karmically contributes to why his punishment here is so immediate and ruthless. If he had just quit while he was ahead, which he showed signs of being able to do, maybe things would be different. He had a chance to give up his vices, but he couldn't help himself and it happened to be the one thing his wife would no longer tolerate.
Kev
2026-02-01 10:23:06 +0000 UTCI like the unspoken moment where Don lets Joan have his office for a bit to drink and be alone.
Kev
2026-02-01 10:19:13 +0000 UTCSylvia is very Catholic, despite the adultery. So yes she felt bad when consoling Megan but then when Megan brought up feeling relieved about having a miscarriage that made her turn cold and it's why she said what she did, even urging Megan to listen to her guilt. In a twisted way, Sylvia probably lost some of the guilt in that moment because here is Megan also committing "sin" by having complicated feelings about a miscarriage.
Kev
2026-02-01 10:18:24 +0000 UTCThere needs to be a study done on how Pete has exactly the same flaws he had in the first episode of the series, but somehow they were completely enamored with him in the beginning of the show, for at least two seasons.
Kev
2026-02-01 09:41:43 +0000 UTCI think the joke about Sylvia sending money to their kid (note: joke) was about Arnold not knowing how she spends her money and/or saying she is too soft on their son, who probably likes his mom more than his dad.
Kev
2026-02-01 09:36:16 +0000 UTC“He has more loyalty to the beans than to his wife” is such a perfect summary of Don’s character. I've always been fascinated by how he has such a sense of justice and loyalty to the clients, is the one who speaks up against dropping Mohawk etc, yet he takes none of that home with him. It's like he's completely compartmentalized the cheating as something that does not count.
Sebastian
2026-02-01 08:03:10 +0000 UTC
