Please do character & film analysis on the tv show MOM. I think it teaches us a lot and I would love to see the character analysis. Love your channel btw

Does anyone know what happened to Betty Draper and her relationship with Henry Francis?

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thank you. it's all crystal clear to me now hahahahahaha

Balance is the key to everything

From The Westside With Love You made me laugh

Plus he slept with with Betty when married to Meghan iirc.

Solution: Don needs a harem. ;)

Ouch, what did Betty do to you? She was glamorous, intelligent, rebellious in her youth until she was repressed by the image obsessed Don, who forced her to be a homemaker. Megan was young and seemingly modern, but she wasn't perfect...she seduced Don, played a role until they were married. Don is infatuated with her all of season 5, until he realizes she is not the ideal he wanted in the season 5 finale. After that, he pulls away from her and is cold and disconnected. You're right that he went looking for someone different than Megan, though. He wanted her to be a warm, motherly, and mature figure, and she turned out to be very different than that. When he withdrew from the relationship, he went searching for someone who filled those aspects.

This is the first great one ive seen. the other ones judt describe the plot of the show

This and the breaking bad ones are amazing.

Should someone tell Megan to get screened?

@@Unownshipper Nah.

So did his stepmother

pretty sure they all died of luekemia as well, no? definitely rachel did, betty's cancer spread to her lymph node. luekemia is interesting in that the body is essentially killing itself from whats supposed to protect it. maybe theres something to that.

@@powfoot4946 profound, never thought of it that way.

I still don't understand what you're talking about.

Very true something as powerful as sex, let alone sexual trauma like the one Don wen through, can have a very negative affect on a person's life long term

Somehow I feel like he was never looking for sex but looking to fill the void of love in his heart that his mother never had the chance to fill.

For Don, I think connection, love and sex are all mixed up in a big repressed ball of confusion.

Sex as a self deprecating release is actually a topic I've been studying a lot during these past few years, and you are correct. The early-in-life normalisation of sexual conducts plus a strong PTSD (from childhood+wartime) create a intimacy-avoidant, over sexualised, afraid of vulnerability, facade-creator person such as Don himself. He is all act and no authenticity. All a well put act done to conceal his true, vulnerable traumatized self. Gosh the writers are geniuses!!!!!

I don't think Betty "needed" him either. She was not left as a wreck after Don (in fact she left him) and she was getting her life together when cancer struck.

DreamOfTheRebel Nooo Betty always had the mentality of a child (just look at her relationship with Glenn, for exemple) because she was always sheltered by her family. Then she jumped right into creating a family with don and when she divorced him, she instantly married another man (can’t remember his name). She was never alone, or not a long enough period of time, to learn independence. I won’t say « she needed » don but she surely always put her happiness in the hands of others. Don loved having a little puppet i swear

DR. Faye

He would have fucked it up with Rachel, just like he did all the others. She was better off without him

@@ninagru901 Betty had the mentality of a child because she was never allowed to grow. She went from being at her fathers house with a strict mother, to a college student and young model and immediately into being an oppressive mans wife. Let’s not pretend as if Don had no role in her emotional dependence of him; he very deliberately maintains the dynamic between them. He doesn’t give her space to grieve her mother, scolds her when she’s starts having panic attacks because of it and when he finally lets her see a psychiatrist it’s only under his intrusive supervision. Don literally keeping tabs on everything being discussed during her sessions with her through his secret phone calls with the psychiatrist was the perfect way to show how little independence he let her have. Even in her most intimate of emotional moments when she’d try to deal with her emotions, Don wouldn’t let it be beyond his control. And the contrast in her marriage with Don and Henry was extremely great. She did the very opposite of letting Henry control her emotions. She stood up for herself (albeit in an extremely juvenile manner in the beginning) but she tells him very clearly that she won’t be told what to say or think because ‘she’s been married to a man like that before’ and with that sort of independence she eventually takes charge of her life, goes to college again when her children grow older and it’s no coincidence that that’s when we actually see her have emotional growth. She goes from being hyper fixated on Sally’s looks and choices to telling Don that Sally needs to have independence to grow.

thanks for sharing your perspective, I really liked your comment

i felt the same way when I saw that episode EVERY TIME 💔💔💔

Faye refused to accept his children and wanted nothing to do with them but his second wife embraced them.

I don't think Faye was that great looking and the right person for Don. She was a great listener though, but for that you can pay someone. Betty and Meghan are way better looking.

A 1 Faye hadn’t any experience with children, it’s not that she rejected them, it’s more that she didn’t know how to connect with them. People always expect women to have that « maternal instinct » and when they don’t (because that’s something you need to LEARN) people think they simply don’t want to be « nice » to the children.

DreamOfTheRebel i wish they would Have mentioned Joan in this video! She’s so underrated and a lovely character.

Anna was the best one

and Faye

Mar1lyn When he cried after Anna died I honestly cried as well. He loved her in a different way than all the others. She was almost a maternal sort of figure to him, which may seem sort of weird, but he always seemed to be comforted by Anna and he actually cared about what she thought of him. When he told Peggy that “she was the only person who ever really knew me” (in reference to Anna) Peggy replied with “Not the only one”.....but she was wrong. She thought that Don meant that Anna was the only person who ever saw him for the man he truly was...but in reality he meant that Anna was the only one who truly knew “Don” as Dick. Even in that moment, Don was living a lie. It’s truly heartbreaking. Don was so afraid of being his true authentic self that he forgot who his true authentic self really was. When Anna died, the tiny shred of Don that was still “Dick” died with her. Their relationship was, in my opinion, the most pure. Anna loved Don for who he truly was. She loved “Don”. She knew he was truly Dick....and she loved him anyway. Don always seemed like a lost little boy inside a grown and handsome mans body. He was almost pitiful in that aspect.

@@laurenquinn877 you just described exatcly How i felt about this, thank you for that.

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He was on The West Wing as one of Sen. Matthew Santos' advance men, Ned Carlson.

His character is named Leonard. It has been pointed out elsewhere on KZfaq that Leonard is an anagram for Real Don. He’s another mirror...

The Lie And Promise Of The American Dream

Yeah, I don't need another video telling me that Don Draper is trash. I want to talk about Lane.

Rosie Jackstone we need that

Sadly he hanged out after the graphite core exploded... no, wait...

Rosie Jackstone yes please!

The trouble with smart women is that eventually they figure you out. And if you're not the sort who wants an honest existence you gotta avoid them.

@@FreyaEinde Well, if you look through the Mad Men analysis, there have been constant references being made to Don subconsciously trying to wreck his fake image. Maybe he sought out women who were smart because he didn't have the courage to come clean on his own yet.

@@FabalociousDee I think it's like a game of chicken to see how clever you are. To leave out clues and see if they'll catch on. Makes it more thrilling and Don is a thrill chaser too. I don't think it's a bid to have somebody get closer I think it's just more self punishment however delayed.

@@FreyaEinde It IS self-punishment. Self-sabotage. No, he wasn't doing it for intimacy, I agree with you there.

@Carrie McClure Preach sister!!!

Paully808 Don is a classy womanizer.

I liked the female characters in Dexter too. Deb, Rita, Laguerta, Astor, Lumen... (I’m not mentioning Hanna, because she marked the complete downfall of the show). All the women in Dexter’s life were complex and interesting. From damaged Rita, to his relationship with his step sister. Breaking bad has strong females, but as much as I love the show, they failed to make the women likeable. You never rooted for them. But Skyler, Marie, Jane, Lydia and Andrea felt like very real characters and not just an idealistic idea of a woman.

@@alepolait8951 The Sopranos too.

Nice observation

He’s attracted to the light but then immediately wants to put it out. Not at all uncommon.

I’m not sure I would call Betty independent.

@@LibbyLou123444 if I'm right, when they first met Betty was working as a model, living in the city in a flat with other friends, she went to college, had a degree probably and even lived in Italy and can speak Italian,...but their marriage took thid freedom from Betty, forcing her to stop working and being a housewife. I always thought that Betty wasn't meant to be a housewife or a mother. She was meant to build a more carefree and independant life.

@@LibbyLou123444 I never said Betty was his type. But as @Aylin pointed out she (actually) always was but then she decided to suppress that part of herself. She never allows herself to be herself so the suppressed part is the opposite of his type, which is the point.

Lol 😂

I agree and i think Rachel gets to much attention here. She really wasn't that important in the end. She was just another mirror to Don. An illusion of an ideal women who is like him and would accept him despite everything. Even if he married her it would probably end like with Megan. The relationship with Betty wasn't always pretty but it was real. Megan said in one episode all Don cares about is his work, his messed up kids and his ex wife. And i think she was right.

They make an entire video about Betty if you haven't seen it

Excellent points!

I agree with you ! it's a great video but Betty was not like the other women on the show; I think Meghan ended up more like this type than Betty. In Season 1, we saw a very unhappy Betty Draper who wants to believe that she had it all - a handsome and rich husband, beautiful children and a beautiful house but she and Don were both unhappy. Viewers tend to forget about Season 1 Episode 6 when Betty told to Don how she spent the day waiting for him because she needed him and missed him badly. I always come back to this episode every time, as this scene sums up how much Betty loved and wanted Don Drapper during their marriage that she even accepted routines and spent her day alone just to have his attention at night for a few minutes. Viewers also tend to forget that Don oppressed Betty during their marriage and ruined her chance to restart modeling. Betty was a sad woman and she didn't know how to deal with her feelings which made things worse for her. Don didn't know how to deal with her department or he didn't want to; he simply ignored them. People blamed her for leaving Don when she learnt about his true identity and this is unfair. She accepted Don's affairs with other women, lived a reclusive and lonely life when she was married to him and viewers wanted her to accept the fact that her husband lied to her about his true identity for years! It is mentioned in the show that Betty knew that Don did not come from a wealthy family when marrying him and that's why her father did not liked him. She already supported a lot during their marriage and this was too much, actually she did keep his secret when Don was under investigation. After their divorce, they gradually became friends and there were scenes that showed Don later regretted neglecting her when she saw her happy with Francis. Their last sex scene means their goodbye by pretending they had one. They were not made to marry and marry, but to be lovers and friends.

I think the great love of Dick's life is Don, the person he wants to be

And roger

@@hannah6034 This. 👍🏾

He hated himself

Huh. I always thought that he hated himself.

Or the melancholic brunette

Nooxh17 She’s actually a decent person because she really pumps the brakes when she realizes he’s married but she is honest about how she didn’t want to know.

Rachel truly was the complete woman. Smart,beautiful, and compassionate. She loved him and he could not step up. Not because he was married but because he was not emotionally mature. But he was smart and he knew...she truly was the on who got away. I loved her. I also loved Betty but for other reasons. That is another post.

Rachel was my favorite love interest on the show

That's an "unpopular opinion?" Lololol ok...

Only because he wasn't brave enough to become the self that she inspired. It would have been a lot of work, and it would have required a heroic amount of truth and vulnerability. He wanted that, desperately, but chose the easier route and lost it all. That's why he thinks of her as " the one".

Mogli Kattenbracker same

You should it’s on Netflix

LoL same

you gotta watch it haha

For real. only watched the first season but have watched almost all of their break downs lol

Omg I haaaaaaated the teacher so much despite not having any ill feelings towards any other of dons secret mistresses

@@iFruit96 right?? She really rubbed me the wrong way. It was quite amazing how their affair came to an end after Don was so ready to just up and leave with her. When he asked Rachel to run away with him I did believe it had a good reason. When he chose this woman I really didn't see anything there except that she was the opposite of Betty when it came down to a free spirit. She also gave off that sense of entitlement, like she is the ONE. Come on.

Alienor I liked him with Dr. Faye as well. She was such a great intellectual match for him.

@@brotherdandy Absolutely, she was like a breeze of fresh air. The way he ditched her for Megan really hurt to watch. Don "fell in love" with Megan the moment she treated his children in a very relaxed manner, Faye just had a different relationship to children, I think in the long run it really wouldnt have worked out, she wouldnt have been happy with him. I was so happy to see the actress in Stranger Things, she is GREAT.

Sorry but Faye got on my fucking nerves. For all her smarts she behaved like a groupie and set herself up for that. Making yourself readily available and always so forgiving to a man like Don? Where is your backbone. He cost her her JOB. And for what? He didnt even realize thats what he did! She was weak and thats why they didnt last.

PumpkinEskobarr Don is actually Cersei Lannister Lol

Yes she exudes masculinity. ..even more than Don.

@@edienandy haha that’s crazy I’m just watching game of thrones right now !

I love Rachel too. She was just classy. She seemed a bit prissy at first but she also called him out where he needed to be called out. Beautiful, educated woman, her Jewish background and faith gave this real depth to her character... she was my favorite

Agree

Lol

... But he can make an exception if they really have that zing factor

Krystof Dayne Yes. Specially for somebody who literally works to deconstruct people’s physche and she her self knew how it would end.

Hmm. Re Dr. Faye, you can definitely begin disinterested and watchful and change your mind. During that season, I think she was one of the first relationships to pull him out of the depressed cycle of prostitutes and feeling very low about his single life. She looked a bit Betty-ish even. She was more of an appropriate love and that’s why the Megan shocker was both disappointing and hilarious. Getting back to women who resisted him though: what about Joan? She was a lesser platonic friend to him and he admits she scared him! Don knows how to play the field. He goes after women who are obviously interested in him. Doesn’t hurt that he’s handsome and charming. But the woman who resist him at first may be burying their attraction, which as an expert playboy, he can read and still pursue. Hence he has greater success than say, Pete Campbell who is more obtuse with chasing women.

@@laurend9829 Well yeah I get that and I'm not saying it doesn't make any sense for Dr. Faye to be interested in him, but I still think nobody can be that much of a master playboy that they _always_ have success and it would, imo, have been good for the show and for the character to, for once, not be successful at all despite multiple attempts. Because that can, of course, happen. Sometimes, women are simply not interested but for Don the message always seemed for akin to, the woman is not interested _yet_ .

Lauren D Regarding Joan, the ladies from The Take have made the point that she was Don’s female counterpart with a sibling rivalry dynamic. Also, considering that Joan was Roger’s mistress before Don joined S.C. He knew better than to go after her. Likewise, he was warned that Joan should be the one person he shouldn’t cross. This, to me, implies that a plutonic boundary was established between them that developed into their contemporary story dynamic. Alternatively, Paul Kinsey dated Joan??? People mistake her catty interaction with Shiela during the party as casual racism. When in fact, it’s a lingering remnant of emotional attachment to Paul and her frustration with his countercultural image.

Krystof Dayne I always saw Joan as his platonic female friend. She wasn't into him that way.

C. S. O'Loughlin o shit

Mind. Blown.

Wow great catch!

Very insightful

Ken was a GI? when was that mentioned? got a episode link?

Pretty sure he didn't fought in any war. ..they (Pete, Ken, Harry,Paul) were too young for that.

I liked Kenny as well and I did not realize that he was the only one that was faithful. I do not think he was gifted in advertising, but definitely in writing. A standard running gag throughout the whole series is Ken saying these stupid lines during meetings that could kill the deal. I think Ken was successful in the accounts field because he was a likable guy. Like Roger once said, "half the time this business comes down to I don't like that guy!"

@@theartofwar7806 He was a gifted accounts man, don't fool yourself...Remember when PPL said Ken had the rare ability to make clients think they didn't have any needs at all!!! They chose him over Pete, who was also really talented.

I love Kenny. He was confident and relaxed. I will probably go back to the show to see Kenny again since Netflix pulled the show when I was halfway through season 4

For the first 4 seasons it was

Definitely. Mad Men kind of ruined all other shows for me haha, I keep comparing them to MM. The Americans almost came close though.

I jump between Mad Men and The Sopranos as my favorite show. Both are well written and have so many great characters.

Season 5 was the funniest season. S6 is so meh, probably I was pissed off that Peggy slept with Ted.

Beautiful.

Their relationship was always interesting. They were so similar in a lot of ways. Both ambitious (they wanted the perfect life) both coldly intelligent, both childish and self-absorbed. Ultimately, I think it's those similarities that allowed them to understand each other, even though they knew they should never be together. For the both of them, being loved was the worst way to get to them. Don with Megan, Betty with Henry.

If only you would able to do it yourself...

she was cold distant harsh and mean to her children.

Betty is a terrible mother. She is emotionally manipulative towards Sally and is cruel to bobby. Also she isn't loyal, she cheated on Henry and he didn't deserve that.

I agree Betty was trapped, by the values she was raised in, by the era's zeitgeist, and ultimately and most of all by her mind. All characters on mad men, and all us people in general, are trapped in a way, in our own mind and way of thinking, but for Betty's misfortune the particular world of ideas she had been inherited, was the most rigid of all the other characters on the show. "She always had a tragedy about her" Mat Weiner had said. Trying her best, despite little opportunity for fulfillment, is a key observation, and a very very sad and difficult thing, internally. Betty was though my friend.

Im sure there are men who will bring you happiness.

I'm sure (or hope) you can find your own happiness without a man...

Personally I don't think my sad brunette self would go for Don

3, she's also a pivotal woman in Billions.

Didn't like her either, to be honest.

I get what the show tried to do with her, but man that story line just did not work. Ultimately I guess tracking her down was the excuse to get Don to head west again.

I hated that part, ugh. His interest on her made no sense.

I recommend Mad Men a lot, but when they ask me what is it about, it is hard to tell without make it sound shallow (with all the romances) and political (with the 60's racism and sexism). Maybe I should firstly recommend these videos.

@@FixMe1995 Don't. This videos are full of spoilers, naturally.

Just re-watched the entire season on Netflix and it was glorious! Definitely do it!

I just finished watching MadMen for the first time, I watched the last episode just a couple of hours ago!!! And let me tell you, it was absolutely AMAZING!!! I kinda knew already that it was going to end this way, but still, it was just perfect! It’s not that common, that a show has a good ending!! So it’s extra special!!! Xoxo Sophieeee🥰🥰💕💕

Me too!

I was searching for someone who said this, I was so surprised they didn't mention her much

The only good character on the show is McKay.

Knives Millions Lexi, Ethan, Fezco......

Knives Millions um fez and lexi

Definitely

I think Don loved Peggy like a daughter or maybe as a better version of himself. That scene where they dance to “My Way” leaves me in tears every time.

Peggy became his work wife after Anna Draper died

You should really give it a shot. It's a little hard to get into but once you get three episodes in you'll get hooked.

It is without a doubt one of the best shows ever made. Ever.

It's brilliant and def requires a viewing

That's why I never listen to advices. ..only we know what is best ourselves.

Jen Lindley maybe Sal too?

Fuck it, just do one video for all the other Mad Men (Harry, Sal, Paul, Ken, Lane, Duck, Bert, Henry, Stan, Michael, Ted) What do all these characters mean in the larger story of Mad Men?

@@coconutqueenii That would be amazing!!!

@@queenemma5823 Sure, I wish they did at least a short video for minor characters...

Ken Cosgrove, please!

Yes it was.

I didn't hate them but I found many of the scenes with her mistresses tedious, except for Rachel's and all the women in season 4.

I second that!

He was an absentee father. Which is why he knew not to fight Betty on the kids living with Betty's brother and his wife. He wasn't fit for being a father.

DontHatemusiK It’s so sad but so true.