‘Mad Men’ season 7, episode 7 preview: ‘Waterloo,’ Jon Hamm, and the midseason finale
What is coming up on the next “Mad Men” episode? Well, you are not going to find out too many details about it in true show fashion … save of course for what we can tell you in this article.
The title for this hour is “Waterloo,” and if you are looking for an overt connection between this and the show, you’re going to have some trouble finding it. This is the final episode of 2014, so many of these stories that you are seeing in between Don’s rocky marriage, the Burger Chef situation, and Roger’s family life may finally come to a head. You can see some of this hinted at in the short synopsis below:
“Don is troubled by a letter; Peggy may seek a new future on a risky venture; Roger receives a phone call; Pete and Cutler butt heads.”
We would say something more here about the promo that aired after the episode tonight, but in this case there really is no reason since it was all old footage from the season so far. AMC found a way to make their promos even more vague and useless! The largest question that we have is whether or not creator Matthew Weiner will treat this episode like it something different knowing that we will not have another episode for a very long time, or if he will throw us a bone and give us something more, given that we want to have something further to be excited about. He doesn’t operate like any other showrunner, and thanks to that, this is uncharted waters.
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Aaron
May 20, 2014 @ 11:16 pm
I want to see Don, Pete, Peggy, and Roger start to take over again. Land clients, pitch the hell out of clients and win them over. I personally think they all need to be around eachother because they all have broken family situations. Hope they all come together and start to knock down Lou and Cutler. I personally think Roger or Sterling will die before the end of the entire season next summer. Lou needs to go, and take Cutler with. It will be very interesting if Burger Chef is very impressed by Peggy’s pitch. This will aggravate Lou, because Peggy and Don came up with the idea, and this would signal that those two are great when they work together and respect each other as equals. I’m not fully convinced yet that Don considered Peggy and equal yet. I cannot wait for Sunday
Dardenelle
May 19, 2014 @ 12:43 pm
Waterloo was Napoleon’s final battle where he lost the French empire. It came shortly after his “comeback” following his first exile on Elba. Don has returned this season after his own exile from the firm. Title suggests he will be pushed out permanently this time and the trailer hints he will leave New York for good to go to California.
Aaron
May 20, 2014 @ 11:08 pm
I sure hope that doesnt happen.
Bryan R.
May 19, 2014 @ 6:32 am
Something big will happen. Just don’t know what.