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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
survival of humanity which becomes the duty of a taxicab driver
The Fifth Element is a 1997 science fiction film directed by Luc Besson starring Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich, Ian Holm, and Chris Tucker. Mostly set in the work of the twenty-third century, the film's central plot involves the survival of humanity which becomes the duty of a taxicab driver (and former special forces major) named Korben Dallas (Willis) when a young woman (Jovovich) falls in to his taxicab. On learning of her significance, Korben must join efforts with the girl and a priest (Holm) to recover six mystical stones which are key to defending Earth from an imminent assault of pure wicked and destruction.
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1 Plot
2 Cast
2.1 Major roles
2.2 Minor roles
3 Production
4 Reception
5 Home video
6 Soundtrack
6.1 Track listing
7 Spin-offs
8 References
8.1 Notes
8.2 Bibliography
9 Outside links
[edit]Plot
Every six thousand years together with a planetary alignment, a "Great Evil" appears whose purpose is to destroy all life. In preparation for the next appearance in the 23rd century, a group of aliens called the Mondoshawan (pronounced "Mon-do-SHEE-wan") arrive on Earth in 1914 at an ancient tomb that is being excavated, to extract the only weapon able to defeating the Great Wicked, a collection of six stones representing the classical elements and the Fifth Element (hence the title) which conjugates the other six in to organic life. After taking the weapons, claiming that they are not safe on Earth, as "war is coming", the Mondoshawans present a key to their human confidant, a priest, and tell him to pass the information provoking their mission through future generations in preparation for the Evil's arrival.
In 2263, the Great Wicked appears and destroys a Federated Army space battleship. When the Mondoshawans try to deliver the Elements back to Earth, they are ambushed by another alien race, the shape-shifting Mangalores, who were recently devastated in a conflict with Earth. Federal scientists can recover a portion of the Fifth Element and use a reconstitution tool to recreate it, whereupon it takes the kind of an apparently human woman named "Leeloo" (Milla Jovovich), described as "the ideal being." Leeloo, frightened of her unfamiliar surroundings, escapes from the scientists and arrives in the care of taxi driver Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis), a former major in the Federated Army's Special Forces, by crashing through the roof of his taxi cab. Dallas then delivers her to Priest Vito Cornelius (Ian Holm), the current holder of the Mondoshawans' knowledge, and his apprentice, David (Charlie Creed-Miles). Dallas, Cornelius, and his acolyte David help Leeloo recover, though Dallas is forced out of Cornelius' apartment before learning her purpose. Cornelius learns from Leeloo that the six Elements were not carried by the Mondoshawans, but in lieu entrusted to Diva Plavalaguna, a singer currently acting on a luxury space liner at Fhloston Paradise, and that Leeloo must recover the stones from her. Meanwhile, rich industrialist Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg (Gary Oldman) has tried to gain the stones as urged by communication with the Great Wicked. After learning that the Mangalores' assault on the Mondoshawans was unsuccessful in recovering the stones, Zorg betrays and kills them, whereupon the surviving Mangalores pick to seize their revenge and gain the stones for themselves.
General Munro (Brion James), Dallas's former superior officer, appears at Dallas's apartment and tells him that they has been recalled to the Army so they can travel to meet the Diva because the annual Gemini Croquette Contest has been rigged to permit Dallas to win. The meeting is interrupted by the arrival of Cornelius and Leeloo. Dallas, learning of Leeloo's need, offers to help, but is knocked out by Cornelius, who steals his winning tickets and departs with Leeloo. Dallas accepts the job from Munro and travels to John F. Kennedy Interplanetary Airport, intercepting Cornelius, David, and Leeloo before they board their flight and escorts Leeloo. The Mangalores and Zorg's assistant (Adrian Thaws) are rebuffed by the ticketing agent when they try to pose as Dallas. Cornelius instructs David to prepare the temple and then sneaks onboard the passenger spaceplane before it leaves.
While boarding the flight, Dallas meets interstellar radio persona Ruby Rhod (Chris Tucker) who will be his escort for the trip under the terms of the contest. On arrival at Fhloston Paradise, Dallas is taken by Ruby to prepare for the show while Leeloo waits near the Diva's quarters in order to retrieve the stones from her after her performance. The Diva's show is interrupted by the Mangalores and the Diva is fatally shot in the stomach. Dallas learns from her dying words that the Diva has hidden the stones inside her body. After they dies, Dallas extracts them, giving them to Ruby to hold while Dallas defeats the Mangalores and saves the remainder of the passengers and crew. Leeloo can defeat the Mangalores that tried to pillage the Diva's quarters, but Zorg, having flown himself to Fhloston, shoots at Leeloo in the Diva's quarters, wounding her and forcing her to retreat. His actions lets him take the case they believes contains the stones while beginning a time bomb. The bomb is detected by the liner's security systems and an emergency evacuation of its passengers commences. When Dallas goes to recover Leeloo, Zorg finds the case to be empty. They re-enters the abandoned liner as Dallas, Leeloo, Cornelius, and Ruby leave it on Zorg's ship. Zorg can cease his bomb, but one of the defeated Mangalores activates a bomb they brought along, killing Zorg and destroying the liner.
The six return to the temple on Earth as the Great Wicked rushes towards the planet. There, Dallas finds Leeloo disillusioned and reluctant to perform her role, having observed that in spite of all efforts made on their behalf, humans appear compelled to destroy themselves. As the protagonists arrange the stones in the temple to form their weapon, they are briefly baffled by their ignorance of the weapon's operation, but David accidentally discovers that each stone is triggered by the presence of the classical element to which it corresponds: water for the water stone, fire for fire, earth for earth, wind for wind. Dallas then confesses his love for Leeloo, embraces her, and kisses her. At this realization that love is worth saving, Leeloo finds the inspiration to release the weapon's "Divine Light," causing the Great Wicked to become dormant as a brand spanking new moon in Earth's orbit. Later, the President and General Munro go to the reconstitution lab to congratulate Dallas on his successful mission, but they and Leeloo are unavailable, despite the president's assertion that they is in a rush. Viewers then see Dallas and Leeloo having sex in the resurrection chamber.
[edit]Cast
the true death
This episode positive started off with a bang. As well as a bite. As well as a splat. & the squeal of a wolf getting run the hell over. "You positive picked a dumbass time to call me bitch, bitch!" Debbie spit at Sookie, as he held Ms. Stackhouse, Tara & Alcide at gunpoint. As it turns out, Alcide might actually be the one true ultra-sensitive neutered man-beast on this show, & not Bill (who is much come full circle & become "undead awesome"). At least Bill turned a human in to a vampire when they was forced . Alcide is apparently filled with a lot self-loathing that they would not even have a wolf-kid with Debbie. What does they have against wolves? Except for the a-hole ones who have been working for Russell, cannot they be, you know, creatures? With some being lovely & some being bad? Werewolves are not exactly thought about unholy abominations like vampires. Bill's primal bloodletting of Sookie is a pristine example of how dangerous vampiric instincts can be. Wolves appear to be tame be comparison.
I still don't see why Jason's so hung up on Crystal & I am afraid I must admit, sheepishly, that it's to do with the casting. Sometimes when Lindsay Pulsipher's got her mouth closed he looks like she is got one of those toothless elderly men mouths. I do know that the show centers around rednecks & semi-educated rednecks in Louisiana, but Crystal comes off as "outdoorsy." Which is the term I am using in lieu of saying that he seems dirty & smelly. I didn't feel that "spark" between her & Jason & it is delaying my ability to buy Jason's obsession. Of coursework I could chalk it up to his overly-consistent bone-headedness. "I seldom thought I was one time clever to get depressed" was a spot-on line. I do like Jason & Hoyt as roommates. & I also appreciate when Jason actually comes off as charming around the opposite sex, like Hoyt's persistent date, in lieu of a turnip.
- HBO
Sam's infiltration in to the world of dog-fighting was sweet. This whole angle has made his storyline infinitely more fascinating. I love that as they peel back the layers of the tumbledown Bon Temps world of prejudiced hillbillies it becomes both more deplorable & more inviting. I still feel like Sam's getting "long conned" by the whole relatives. Possibly it is because I refuse to think that Tommy has become sympathetic. Part of me will always see him as an ungrateful whelp.
"The only vampire a vampire can trust is the vampire they made," Eric shared with Queen Sophie-Ann, right before they bled her human & learned Sookie's secret. A statement like that makes it all the more clear why Eric is so determined to rescue Pam. & so what was the giant secret? what is Sookie? Well, for those who have read the book series, or who were friends with a blabbermouth, you already knew. But the remainder of you, who live & die by the TV series alone, y'all got to find out that Ms. Stackhouse is...well, you didn't get a firm answer yet, did you? What you got was Sookie visiting a soft-lit Dove bodywash commercial & meeting up with a telepathic British dream mate, before "The Nothing" (aka Bill, or a vampire who wishes to steal her light) came in & cast cloud over their frolicking. It was lovely to see Jason declare himself "un-responsible" as Sookie's next of kin. "Come on y'all cease cussin' at her," Lafayette said as they backed Jason & Tara away from Sookie's bedside before they became unexpectedly, yet suitably, poignant & poetic.
King Russell is definitely the best part of this season, & I love that they now gets to erupt in to fits of anger and/or merry mania. I am still not positive how they designs on conquering all of mankind, but I was one time happy to listen to his "survival of the fittest" speech under more combative circumstances. I have seldom been clear about who runs the "vampire legal method." All we have ever gotten as a figurehead is Nan Flanagan & he always appears to be under-attack from right-wing humans on TV talk shows. If the Magister's law is the legal method that he advocates, then it seems archaic for a females who is trying to show that vampires are not a threat. It also must mean that the humans in charge are allowing vampires to have their own method of justice. Now there is a TV show. Human cop/Vampire cop. Thunderheart style. "Meet your new partner."
I expect the remainder of TV to take notes from True Blood on how to describe a actual wedding ceremony. With threats, torture, declarations of obliteration & inevitable, sweet decapitation. That is some hardcore romance right there.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
actress was using methamphetamine
Actress Maia Campbell is best known as Tiffany from the sitcom In The House, which also starred LL Chilled J.
On March 3, 2009, a narrative accompanied by photographs appeared in the gossip weblog Bashhh, alleging that the troubled actress was using methamphetamine and sleeping on Venice Beach.1
Troubled Maia Campbell
Rumors about Campbell's drug issues and erratic behavior in Hollywood began to surface soon after In The House was cancelled, in 1997. Suggestions that her issues stem from a mental disease apparently derive from the best-selling novel 72 Hour Hold.2
Campbell's brother was Bebe Moore Campbell, a best-selling novelist who died of brain cancer on November 27, 2006. Plenty of of her books contained a common theme of mental disease, and 72 Hour Hold is about a brother dealing along with her daughter's bipolar disorder. Before her death, Moore Campbell said that the story was based on the struggles of a member of the relatives.2
occasion was designed by Tom
R&B singer Alicia Keys married Swizz Beatz (actual name Kasseem Dean) on July 31, 2010. The marriage took place at private residence on the Italian island of Corsica.9 In the weeks leading up to the marriage, there was speculation over the date and whether it would happen on a yacht.10 Pics from the private ceremony were released online the following day. Keys wore a one-shoulder, Grecian-style dress designed by Vera Wang. Swizz Beatz wore a white tuxedo jacket, a ruffled pink shirt and black tuxedo pants. His wardrobe for the occasion was designed by Tom Ford.11
Keys, who was 29 years elderly at the time of the marriage, is expecting her first child with Beatz. They is divorced and has two children, both boys. At the time of the marriage, Kasseem Jr was 3 years elderly and Prince Nasir was 9 years elderly.12 13
Beatz' son Nasir Dean (Prince Nasir) attended the marriage. Also in attendance were Bono (from the band U2), fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger and Queen Latifah.14 The actual ceremony was reportedly conducted by Deepak Chopra.15
After the marriage, Swizz Beatz, age 31, updated his Twitter account with the message: "Wowwwww." The next morning they tweeted, "It's a new day :) I feel like a Nas and Diddy Song :) love y'all and blessing."16
Sookie Stackhouse
Sookie Stackhouse is a fictional character from Charlaine Harris's Southern Vampire Mysteries novels. He first appeared in the book series, & later in the TV adaptation True Blood. The book series is a first-person account of Sookie's life as a barmaid & telepath in the town of Bon Temps, Louisiana. The first book in the series, Dead Until Dark, won the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Mystery in 2001. Portrayed by Anna Paquin in the show, the character appears as the main character in the first episode of the series called True Blood.
Sookie is the protagonist of the story, & the series depicts her every day life as he matures & leaves her sheltered life in small town Louisiana. He starts the books as a barmaid who is a telepath; there is & a focus on the every day life of modern vampires, such creatures having recently "come out of the coffin". Sookie has lots of experiences with such vampires, as well as others in the supernatural community, including shape-shifters, fairies & werewolves. In the TV show Sookie is introduced in True Blood as one of the local residents of the fictional town of Bon Temps, Louisiana. He lives along with her grandmother, & is in close contact along with her brother, Jason Stackhouse.
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1 Relatives life
2 Telepathy
3 Living situation
4 Romantic relationships
5 Platonic relationships
6 Tv portrayal
6.1 Season 1
6.2 Season 2
6.3 Season 3
7 Bibliography
8 References
[edit]Family life
According to the novels, Sookie's telepathic powers manifested in the coursework of her childhood, & her parents initially thought about her to be mentally ill, going as far as to take her to a psychologist to "have her brain scanned every other month." However, Sookie (who is the narrator of the books & tales) mentions one incident when her brother asked her to "listen" in on a business meeting to discern the true intentions of a feasible client. He told her brother the man intended to cheat him, & her brother took her advice, indicating his unsaid belief in her telepathic ability. Both Sookie's parents died in a water when he was four, leaving her & her older brother, Jason, to be raised by their paternal grandmother.
As the series begins, Sookie describes herself as somebody with small living relatives. One of her few relatives is a great-uncle, but he has not seen him since he was a kid, because he had molested both Sookie & her cousin, Hadley, when the girls were young.
Sookie lives along with her grandmother well in to her twenties & they maintain a close relationship until the grandmother is murdered by a serial killer.
Finally, it is revealed that fairy blood runs in her relatives through her father's lineage. This might be part of what makes her pretty to supernatural creatures ("supes") & vampires in particular.
In the eighth novel, From Dead to Worse, Sookie meets her great-grandfather, Niall Brigant, who is a powerful fairy prince, & the grandfather of her friends, the fairy twins Claudine & Claude. It is also revealed that Hadley left a young son, Hunter, who is now two. He also possesses telepathic abilities. The origins of the telepathic ability are not clear, although an unrelated character states that it is not a fairy trait.
[edit]Telepathy
Sookie's telepathic abilities manifest when he is young. In her hometown of Bon Temps, lots of people think Sookie to be mentally unstable, while others deny the fact that he can read people's minds. Sookie says that people's thoughts are not formed in complete sentences, but in minimal words & pics. He describes some people as "broadcasters," meaning that their minds are simple to read.
Besides using telepathy to read minds, he can also communicate with other telepaths & use her power to perplex people. He makes use of her power to generate a vibrant noise that causes the killer (Drew Marshall/Rene Lenier) pain & makes him disoriented, sensations that confuse him while he is chasing her. Sookie also makes use of her ability to communicate with another telepath (Barry).
According to Sookie, both physical & eye contact make an individual's mind simpler to read. The minds of humans are simpler to read than other beings, though this varies depending on the individual. Sookie only gets impressions & emotions from supernatural beings unless the individual is intentionally broadcasting. Vampires are believed to be impossible for Sookie to read—which is partially why he begins dating vampire Bill Compton—but he finally gets occasional glimpses from them also. He keeps these glimpses a secret from everyone, however, as he is satisfied the vampires would kill her in the event that they knew.
The TV adaptation of the novels suggests telepaths are of extreme rarity. perplexing to the "supes" is an apparent immunity that Sookie has against supernatural powers of mental manipulation, such as the vampires' glamouring ability & Maenads' insanity infection.
[edit]Living situation
Sookie lives in the house left to her by her grandmother. While accidents & a fire leave the house in frequent need of repair, Sookie takes great pride in her home. Not long before Hurricane Katrina, Sookie takes in a housemate, a witch named Amelia Broadway, who was once her cousin Hadley's landlady. Amelia's witch mentor, Octavia Fant, later joins the household as well.
He supports herself by working as a barmaid at a local bar, Merlotte's, which is owned by local shape-shifter Sam Merlotte, & by occasionally utilizing her telepathic talents for the local group of vampires headed by Eric Northman. As the book series progresses, he works with vampires even higher up in the hierarchy, including the monarchs of several states. Despite her hard work, he constantly has funds worries.
In her free time, Sookie reads, suntans, watches tv, & occasionally attends local footy games. While Sookie's telepathy leaves her feeling incapable of getting a higher schooling (he is unable to concentrate when taking tests due to all of the other students' distracting thoughts), he is shown to be a bright & resourceful young woman. He also considers herself to be a great dancer, loves to expand her vocabulary along with her word-of-the-day-calendar, & appears to be more articulate than most of the Bon Temps residents.
[edit]Romantic relationships
Harris describes Sookie as a tanned, blue-eyed, & curvy blonde. Although he is young, fit, & good-looking, Sookie does not have lots of suitors until he meets Bill Compton. Being able to read her date's minds is a large turn-off & her reputation as a weirdo doesn't make her pretty to ordinary men.
Sookie finds herself interested in dominant men with supernatural abilities. Vampires & other "supes" are harder to read than humans, so being around them gives Sookie a refreshing break from the constant noise of other people's thoughts. Vampires appear immune to her ability.
Because of this relaxing blankness, Sookie can experience her first romantic relationship with Bill, a vampire. He introduces her to the complexities of vampire society in the United States. This leads to lots of difficulties for Sookie, & he experiences critical moments of doubt about their relationship: after he murders her child-molesting Uncle Bartlett, after he sustains injuries due to being involved in vampire conflicts, & after Bill abandons her to chase & kill human terrorists in Living Dead in Dallas. His infidelity together with his maker, vampire Lorena in Club Dead leads Sookie to break things off, but the final blow to their relationship is when Eric Northman, his boss, forces Bill to reveal to a shocked Sookie that Bill was ordered by the Queen of Louisiana to court her in order for the Queen to gain her loyalty. Though Bill swears that he did fall in love along with her over time & still does feel for her, a devastated & depressed Sookie tells Bill he is banished from her life.
At various points in the series, Sookie finds herself interested in other "supes," such as her boss & long-time mate Sam Merlotte, a true shape-shifter who can turn in to any animal he wishes. Sookie & Sam kiss over once, but Sookie is worried about the effect it would have on their business relationship — which is important to her because he is the only boss he has not had to quit on after reading his mind — so he has not pursued him further. He goes on a mission with the werewolf Alcide Herveaux & they are mutually attracted, but other people in their lives prevent involvement: Bill Compton & Alcide's violent ex-girlfriend Debbie Pelt. Werepanther patriarch Calvin Norris tries to court her, but they never create a relationship.
Sookie comes to look after the vampire sheriff of Area 5, Eric Northman in Dead to the World. Under a witch's curse, Eric's memory is altered which leaves him vulnerable & more pretty to Sookie than his ordinarily crafty self. At one point the amnesiac Eric offers to leave his position of power to be along with her. When the curse is removed, he forgets the events in the coursework of his amnesia & regains his memory from before the curse. He returns to his deep entanglement with vampire power politics, & their relationship appears to finish.
Sookie briefly dates the famous weretiger Quinn, beginning in Definitely Dead. However, that relationship becomes strained after he & his brother disappear at the beginning of From Dead to Worse. Sookie ends the relationship when he realizes Quinn will always put his half-sister Frannie & his traumatized & mentally unstable father ahead of her. He realizes this after his involvement in a takeover of the Louisiana & Arkansas vampire territories ends in the deaths of various Louisiana vampires he knows, the Queen of Louisiana, Sophie-Anne LeClerq who had already lost her legs.
In the eighth novel, From Dead to Worse Eric recalls the events that occurred while he was under the amnesia curse, & both he & Sookie are uneasy about what his restored memory might mean to how they relate to each other. Due to multiple blood exchanges, Sookie discovers that he & Eric have a blood bond that lets them feel each other's emotions. This bond makes Sookie uncomfortable with the access that Eric has to her mind, & he seeks to discover a way to weaken the bond.
In the ninth novel, Dead & Gone, Eric Northman tricks her in to a vampire marriage to him for her own protection. He's strong feelings for Eric. At the finish of the book, Sookie's great-grandfather, Niall, tells her that, “The vampire is not a bad man, & he loves you," but he leaves before specifying which vampire he meant, leaving Sookie filled with doubt.
In the tenth novel, Dead in the Relatives, Sookie admits that he is in love with Eric, & he admits the same to her. They appear to be involved in a actual relationship although Sookie contemplates the future of their relationship.
[edit]Platonic relationships
Sookie's mind-reading ability appeared more like a curse than a gift to her while he was growing up, & so he struggled to make & retain friends. He is, however, able to become friends with the elegant & daring Tara Thornton & the good-looking but dim JB du Rone in the coursework of high school; he maintains these three friendships in to adulthood.
As an adult who is better able to shield herself from the thoughts of others, Sookie becomes better able to establish additional friendships with people like Sam Merlotte, the witch Amelia Broadway, & supernatural beings like Eric's second-in-command, the vampire, Pam. & though he's never called them friends, he worries about Bubba the vampire & fellow mind-reader Barry the bellboy as well.
Sookie considers fellow barmaid Arlene Fowler to be a mate in the coursework of their first few years working together at Merlotte's. This changes when Arlene joins an anti-vampire organization & Arlene finally betrays Sookie to them.
[edit]Television portrayal
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In the HBO series True Blood, based on the The Southern Vampire Mysteries, Sookie is portrayed by Academy Award-winning actress Anna Paquin.[1]
The third season of True Blood began airing on June 13, 2010.
See also List of True Blood episodes.
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[edit]Season 1
In Season 1, Sookie meets Bill Compton, the first vampire to visit Bon Temps since vampires 'came out of the coffin'. He is instantly drawn to Bill, as he is to her. After Bill is killed by the Rattrays & is saved by Sookie, the three bond over their curiosity about each other. Bill quickly deduces that Sookie is over human & Sookie discovers that he cannot listen to Bill's thoughts.
The following night, the Rattrays come for revenge on Sookie (Unusual Love). They would have beaten her to death, but Bill intervenes. He saves her life, but Sookie is badly injured so Bill gives her his blood which heals her. After he is healed, he begins to have sensual dreams about Bill, which is a side effect of consuming vampire blood.
Paquin at an event
Sookie & Bill continue to get to know one another. One night, he goes to Bill's house in order to give him the phone numbers of some vamp friendly contractors & he is confronted by two vampires, Malcolm, Liam & Diane. The vampires terrorize her & try to bite her until Bill states that 'Sookie is mine'. After this assault, Sookie is terrified & worries about her safety, & he decides not to speak to Bill any more. When he tells her Gran about her decision, her Gran points out that Sookie is not enraged at Bill but is in lieu afraid because for the first time in Sookie's life, Sookie cannot tell what somebody thinks of her. Sookie & Bill then become friends.
Sam Merlotte, who has always had a romantic interest in Sookie, takes advantage of the stress in her relationship with Bill by asking Sookie out on a date. He takes her to the Descendants of the Glorious Dead [of the Civil War] meeting at the Bon Temps church, & then out for pie where he kisses her. After Sam yells at her for dating a vampire, Sookie takes a cab home, arriving home later than planned. He arrives home & sees blood on the kitchen floor. Sookie then turns on the light & sees her Gran dead in the kitchen, the victim of a violent knife assault (Sparks Fly Out). Bill arrives in time to comfort her & Sam follows soon after him, a situation that causes tension for all two of them.
Grieving for her grandmother, Sookie is unable to keep the thoughts of others out of her head, forcing her to listen to how the whole town thinks that its her fault her Gran died, & how they think Bill killed her. After her grandmother's funeral, he seeks Bill out for comfort & the three have sex for the first time (Cold Ground).
After their night together, Sookie feels more able to cile
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‘Christmas Comes But Once a Year
“Mad Men” is airing its Christmas episode in August whether you like it or not. Tonight, they revealed which SCDP employees (and which creepy Ossining residents) deserve to be on the lovely list, and which of them ought to expect a lump of coal in their stockings. Spoiler alert: there's much more of the latter than there's of the former.
Don’s storyline, unsurprisingly, revolves around his relationships with a trio of females. At the top of the hour, they sits in his office as his secretary, Allison—a holdover from Sterling Cooper, for those keeping score—goes through his mail. Among the envelopes is a letter addressed to “Santa Claus, c/o Don Draper.”
It’s from Sally; as they writes, ““Bobby thinks this is going to the North Pole, but they ought to keep up the roos [sic].” Don asks Allison to select up the presents Sally names in the letter, although they can’t buy the one thing Sally wishes over anything else: for Don to be at their elderly house on Christmas morning. Allison clearly is not getting paid to do this job.
Next on Don’s agenda is a gathering with a few representatives from the Motivational Research Group, a newfangled organization that promises to cause an marketing revolution by harnessing the power of psychology. Among the reps is Dr. Faye Miller, a nice-looking blond who apparently was the first to come up with the idea of showing a “carefree gal in white pants” in ads for feminine hygiene products.
Faye has everyone gathered in the conference room take a check, a survey about their backgrounds that’s supposed to reveal powerful information about what they “really require, in lieu of what they say they do.” On finding out that the survey asks questions like “How do you feel about your sister?” Don promptly exits the room.
The next day, Don’s awoken early by the dulcet tones of anyone hammering something in to a wall. It’s his across-the-hall neighbor, a petite nurse named Phoebe, who’s preparing for her office Christmas party. The hospital has to throw its shindig early, they explains, because in the coursework of Christmas and New Year’s, they’re “overrun with suicides.”
The neighbors run in to each other again that night, when Don stumbles home and she’s outside her apartment, cleaning up. They walks in to his apartment after they manages to open the lock, and somehow, they immediately tumble down onto his bed. Though Don half-heartedly tries making a move, Phoebe resists, gets up, and takes his shoes off for him. Her sister was a drunk, they explains, so they knows what to do in this situation. Great, more daddy issues.
SCDP’s own office Christmas party takes place soon after the hospital’s. Though Lane had originally strong-armed Don and co. in to throwing something small, understated, and cheap, it turns out that Lee Garner Jr. is going to make an appearance at the party. That means the agency has to put on a lovely show, since—as Sal learned the hard way—Garner is by far their most important client.
The resulting soiree isn’t a a full-on debauchery, but it comes close. Illustrators and secretaries are making out in plain view of other guests. There’s a conga line, led by Joan. Garner fundamentally forces Roger to don a Santa costume, then takes humiliating Polaroid pics of the SCDP employees sitting on his lap. (“Sorry, sorry, sorry,” mutters Harry as they poses.)
Don, though, appears to be having a tranquil time, barring some awkwardness borne out of hanging around a group of couples. When they decides to call it a night, they heads in to his office—and gets followed by Faye. But to Don’s surprise, she’s not there to knock boots. In lieu, they wishes to know why they didn’t take her diagnostic check. There’s some banter, Don manages not to say anything incriminating, and finally they leaves him with words that are either comforting or stinging, depending on your interpretation: “I know the holidays are hard in your situation, but don’t worry. You’ll be married again in a year.”
For the second time this episode, Don staggers back to his hip Greenwich Village apartment. But this time, they can’t flop onto his bed because they left his keys at the office. After futilely knocking on Phoebe’s door, they finds a pay phone and gets Allison to say she’ll run his keys over. (“He’s pathetic,” gripes new worker Joey when Allison says she’s going to be late to meet him and a few other late-night revelers.)
Allison lets Don in and, like Phoebe before her, starts to take care of him. They brings him an aspirin and turns to go—but before they can, Don goes in to Casanova automatic pilot and clumsily scoops her onto his lap. For the second time this episode, Don goes to kiss a girl who’s randomly entered his apartment. And though Allison initially resists his advances (lovely!), they finally relents (naughty!). They go at it on Don’s couch without even taking off their clothes.
The next morning, tinsel and mistletoe are still strewn all about the SCDP offices. When Don comes in, they asks Allison to step in to his office. They looks expectant, but all they says is that he’s grateful that they brought him his keys… and he’d like to give her her Christmas bonus early. Don has apparently been spending much time with hookers and not time with girls who have feelings. Allison has no choice but to accept the cash—$100, which isn’t to erase shame—and get to work, all the while looking as if anyone told her that Santa Claus doesn’t exist.
Don and Allison aren’t the only ones getting busy this episode. Peggy’s cute new fella, Mark, is clearly head-over-heels for Miss Olsen—and he’s also worn out of the fact that the three of them aren’t “doing anything [he] can’t do [him]self.” They thinks that Peggy is reluctant to go all the way because she’s a virgin. Oh, sweet, simple Mark! They also tries to persuade Peggy to give it up using these immortal words of wisdom: “In Sweden, they have sex the minute they feel attracted. And it’s healthier!”
Peggy’s also having trouble at work, where Freddy Rumsen—a.k.a. the man who one time played Mozart along with his zipper, then got fired form Sterling Cooper after getting wasted and wetting his pants—has suddenly reappeared. He’s brought with him an account with potential, Pond’s Chilled Cream. Peggy, still the go-to gal for any lady-focused clients, gets to work with Freddy brainstorming feasible campaigns.
But from the outset, their ideas clash. Freddy wishes to book Tallulah Bankhead for the campaign, or possibly Doris Day. But Peggy thinks those actresses skew elderly. Freddy then proposes a different idea: though nothing makes elderly ladies look lovely, Pond’s can keep young ladies from looking elderly. “If you use Pond’s, you’ll get married,” they suggests. Or “the other way: in the event you don’t use Pond’s, then you’ll never get married.”
Peggy is, of coursework, infuriated by Freddy’s train of thought. They accuses him of sounding “old-fashioned,” an insult that must cut to the core for a middle-aged man trying to play a young person’s game. Peggy regrets her words, though, and apologizes to Freddy after the Christmas party. They, in turn, apologizes for “saying you require to get married.” This leads in to a semi-uncomfortable conversation about Peggy’s love life. They finds herself telling Freddy that they isn’t sure what to do about her fella, since “he won’t leave me alone.”
Freddy’s response? “If you’re going to marry him, you can’t do anything. They won’t respect you.” Then again, Peggy also shouldn’t lead him on: “That is physically uncomfortable, you know. That is not a joke.”
In the finish, Peggy throws caution to the wind and sleeps with Mark. Let’s hope she’s back on the pill! When they’re cuddling afterward, they asks her if they feels different now—a query as loaded as a man asking a trick-or-treating Don, “And who are you supposed to be?”
A kind of affection is also in the air for Sally Draper, who seems to have grown about three feet since Season 3. While shopping for a Christmas tree along with her relatives, they runs in to Glen Bishop—the boy last seen creepily asking Betty for a lock of her hair, then not as creepily trying to console her at the finish of Season 1.
Now, though, Glen’s set his sights on another Draper girl. They tells Sally that they heard her parents got divorced. Well, actually, this is what they says: “I saw your new dad! My mom said that would happen.” Glen starts calling Sally, who confesses to him how unhappy they is. They decides to show his solidarity along with her in a unorthodox way: by breaking in to her house with a mate and trashing the place, smashing eggs on the wall and in Bobby’s bed, shaking out cereal onto the stove, and otherwise causing mayhem.
But Glen doesn’t mess up anything in Sally’s room. In lieu, they leaves behind a token—the twine they had with him on the Christmas tree lot—so that she’ll know what they did for her. That night, Sally goes to sleep cradling the twine in her hand, looking happy for the first time this year.
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