As a divorced father whose child lives with her mother…if I ever had to hear “I want to keep things as normal as possible and you not being here is part of that”. I think I’d suffer cardiac arrest on the spot. Talk about some cold hard truth for Don to absorb.
Without a doubt, saddest scene. Probably because it's the first time Betty feels allowed to be completely authentic and it turns out that her values go beyond the superficial, far beyond. I've always seen that so it felt bittersweet to see that finally relayed to the fans who hated for so long that she actually was never a bad person.
+M22 That's one way to put it, but by the same token, death has a way of getting people to focus. She still was a horrible mother in many ways. After all, she never would have fallen for Don if she too wasn't deeply damaged.
RetroGuy76 I think it's a hard decision as Betty's reasoning was that she watched her mother die and couldn't deal with it and didn't want her children to go through that. I known that to also happen in life - the parent dying or surviving wants to protect their children from that and doesn't give that opportunity. However, as you said not knowing leaves them without being able to prepare and say goodbye. Some people need that closure for themselves. You stuck between a rock and a hard place here. I don't think you can ever get it right. The sad thing was her children who were of age knew anyway. So regardless she didn't get want she thought she wanted. Bobby broke my heart there.
Love the sudden yet subtle transition of the tone in this scene. Don first speaks to Betty as an ex-husband who is upset that vital information is being kept from him and is concerned for the well being of his kids. However, he then realizes that Betty is right. He drops his guard and suddenly the young man who had fallen in love with Betty emerges and tearfully tells her "Birdie."
I adore what this scene says about the complexity of human relationships. Despite all their ups and downs, "birdy", "I know". A comment on the nature of human connection. After such richly colorful history, there remains a deep level of care. A care so deep and ingrained, almost nothing undermines it. While two people may fall 'out of love', there is still love for one another. Humans care. And even the biggest surface-assholes are still human.
The acting! January's voice, the vulnerability and how her middle america accent comes out when shes more emotional than normal. ALso, they are talking to dead air. the actors are doing their scenes on a phone, not even playing off the other actor. SUPERB!!!
Jon Hamm said that the actors always came on set for one another’s phone calls. In this scene he and January were talking to one another on set and in the final phone call with Peggy, he and Elisabeth were actually on the phone because she was out of town.
If you can anticipate the performer's choices the performer isn't acting well. Mr Hamm (sp?), isn't remotely caught acting, thereby I assume you are delibarately being pretentious.
Ingrid Dubbel I know this way late but this isn’t even Hamm’s fault. Like, in any way. He just reads and acts the script given to him. He has to say and do specifically what’s scripted 95% of the time. If you have an issue, take it up with whoever technically writes scripts for movies, idk lol
Within the story, the entire Coke ad Don comes up with in the end was an ode to Betty if you watched the whole show. Betty was the Coke girl in the first season. The commercial was shot in Rome, which was her favorite place when she was a model, and the last special time they had together before their marriage fell apart for good. By the time Don went back and all of it was put together, Betty would have most likely have passed away. It was like Don saying 'I love you' in the best way he was capable.
@@Ferchovicente I think Don could love, and did in many ways. We never saw their early relationship, but I'm sure he loved Betty when they met based on how they both talked about it. He loved Meagan as much as he could -- and the way he tried to be different in that relationship than he was with Betty showed it. He loved Anna like a mother, and he did love his kids, even though he was a poor father. His problem was that he was too damaged to be able to express love properly, and because of it pushed those he loved away. he could feel love, but didn't know how to "be" in love. not that it excuses any of his behavior... something something, men will literally found multiple advertising agencies rather than go to therapy. but that's my 2 cents.
@@Ferchovicente Don had never been shown love bc he was raised by abusive dysfunctional ppl who saw him as a burden. The entire 7 season series is literally his search for genuine connection and love (something he’s knows how to mimic but not something he’s ever known on a real level). It’s all he’s ever wanted. That small smile at the end…. He’s learned that the only road to intimacy is total honestly and vulnerability. Don does learn to love in the end… that’s the entire point of the show.
@@jesbair-hill Nope, Don was a disaster as a human being, the smile at the end of the season is because now he knows he can't love anyone but he's at peace, he was born to love in different ways and he can't love just one, he just wanted inner peace because the demons of the past. He didnt even cry for Betty, not a single tear drop. She was the mother of his children, his wife the woman of his life.
"Birdie..." That one word had more history & love than anything he had with anyone else. He never did right by her & neither did this show. The best scenes have always been the emotional ones between/about Don & Betty. The carousal speech, the letter where he asks for her forgiveness, when he breaks down & tells her about his past and now this.
***** Lol what? He tells her everything he's ever told her is a lie, that she doesn't even know his real name, there's another woman he's paying living expenses for, that he has essentially spent every day deceiving her- and this after years of cheating & emotional manipulation- and you think she was despicable? What's wrong with you? She even tried to put her anger aside to comfort him when he cries in what was probably one of the worst moments of her life. She had the power to ruin his life & be justified in doing so after what he put her through but instead she keeps his secret and actually lies to the FBI to protect him. A man who had done nothing but lie to her & betray & humiliate her, time after time. But she was the one who was horrid to him?
Lana banana People give Don every pass in the world, no matter what he says & does but cannot muster any empathy for Betty, a product of her time & upbringing. It's quite telling. But there are more & more people who are realizing that Betty was a great character
***** LOL "adultery aside". Because that's such a small thing. And you cannot compare her sleeping with that guy after years of him cheating on her. They were separated, Don was off fucking everything that moved & Betty did that so she could force herself to believe the scales were even & then go back to him. She didn't even sleep with Henry, she- unlike Don- stopped herself. She told Don to his face she wanted a divorce & left him. She DID comfort him, go back & watch the episode you have so much to say about. She owed him absolutely nothing yet she showed him compassion after a decade of his lies & manipulation. She tried to live with it but he snapped the last bit of trust she had in him. What was she supposed to do, stay with him even when she no longer loved or trusted him? And like I said, she had a chance to get even when the FBI came knocking & once again, she protected his secret- at risk to herself, her husband's reputation & her new marriage- when she didn't have to. And what did he give her that she wanted? Because what she wanted was a husband that was faithful & gave a shit about his family. But she was supposed to accept everything because they had a house and money? (Which he hid from her.) Betty was not Megan, she wasn't some struggling secretary when she met Don. She was a financially independent educated model who had a degree (far more than Don had) & could quite literally have any man she wanted. And now she was stuck with a man who refused to let her be anything but a wife & mother. She didn't owe him shit in terms of gratitude for what he'd "given" her.
2:09 - "Birdie." 2:21 - "I know." There's so many ways to interpret this scene. That long silence is almost as if they are reconciling over everything they've gone through. Realizing that in the end they loved each other and should have been together all this. Or perhaps Don is finally apologizing for all the wrong and pain he's caused her and she's forgiving him at the end.
Definitely agree on reconciling over everything. But I don’t think it’s either A or B i.e. they’re not thinking they should have been together; nor is Don apologizing and Betty’s forgiving him. Rather it’s reflecting on their shared history and life together (the ups and downs, the kids, etc). They’re making peace with each other knowing her time is limited; and expressing their love and care (without saying it). Beautiful scene.
I don't think he's apologizing and I don't think they're thinking they should have stayed together. Rather its just an acknowledgment that despite the failings of both of them, Don especially, at the end of the day there was love between them. Maybe there is some forgiveness there, but I think it's more that Betty doesn't have to forgive him to look through the bullshit and acknowledge her love for Don one last time.
It’s so interesting seeing Betty so certain of her decisions and needs in this moment, after spending so much of the series being really fragile and unpredictable
I've always felt that made her illness that much more tragic. She had finally come into her own, in this conversation alone we see in her a maturity and self-assuredness that she hadn't had for most of the show/decade/her adult life.
Don always loved Betty best. He treated her like garbage, but in his messed up way, he loved her best. He fulfilled his obligations with Megan but can you imagine him talking to Megan like this? With that kind of pain?
I lost all respect for Meagan when she brings another woman into their bed. How disgusting. You would NEVER see Betty do that. Meagan was okay. Too easy for my taste. Easy come, easy go. She hit on Don first.
Say what you want about Henry Francis, but Betty was always Don's ride or die woman (kept his secrets etc.). The fact that Don cant even physically say goodbye to her is shown in his restrained "Birdie....". That he is about to lose another woman who truly knew him just adds more to the tragedy that is being Don Draper.
What? Not really, Betty never knew the truth about Don for 10 years, & when she did, she acted horribly & instead of understanding him, she broke their family & got divorced. Even Sally knows more about her father at the end of the series than Betty.
I love Betty, but I'm sorry no she didn't keep his secrets. She didn't know the majority of the time and then she tried to start issues with Don and Megan by telling Sally to ask Megan about Anna, Don's first wife hoping Don hid it from Megan as well.
Beautiful, heart-wrenching scene. I couldn’t help but think of the slide show of family pictures Don showed to Kodak when pitching the ad for Carousel way back in season 1. The snapshots documenting Betty and Don’s courtship, their wedding, the birth of their kids, raising a family, a New Year’s kiss. Now here these two people who built a life together sharing what they both know is their last contact ever on a collect call from miles away, Betty begging Don to allow her to live out her final days in a manner that she’s grown accustomed to - without him. So much of this show is about connection, connecting a brand or a product to consumers. The struggle to connect with others or even who we really are. This show is an absolute masterpiece. Evocative, entertaining and moving.
Soooo absolutely gut-wrenching scene, we can all agree. BUT did you know that this mirrors the 2nd episode of season 5 where Betty has a cancer scare when her doctor finds a lump on her thyroid. When she can't find Henry, she immediately calls Don. He calls her "Birdie" on the phone call, after which she says "Say what you always say." Don says, "Everything's gonna be okay." And now, in this very last episode, Don is not only conveying his deep love for Betty, but is unable to say his mantra -- what he always hopes is true -- because he is realizing that thing's aren't under his control. But Betty is finishing his sentiment saying, "I know," because by knowing she's dying, she has at least some control as to what happens before she dies. It is such a small detail, but so deeply ingrained in these characters' stories, and that's why this show is so unbelievably good..
My ex wife and I have been divorced for thirteen years now. We have two beautiful daughters who are now 21 and 20. I still care very much for my ex wife because, above all else, she’s the mother of my children. I can’t even imagine anything of this magnitude happening to her. I pray that I go first because I know for a fact that I won’t be able to cope with life without her.
Betty was a product of her time and upbringing where you hid the bad for the sake of your children. She desperately tried to do right by her kids, unfortunately it was based on values she didn't even question. That's how we all are in a way and if nothing, that deserves compassion for the character. The acting and writing here are so genuine and real. You sense the weight of history and the richness of their connection, complex as it is. That's how marriages, especially broken ones are.
Omg this scene is brutal and has such deep emotional resonance...When Don says "Birdie" it is literally peering into his soul and the regret and pain for what could have been with he and Betty. I always felt that Don and Betty's interactions after season 3 and their divorce always had this longing for each other and what they had. The relationships with Megan and Henry always seemed artificial in comparison.
Betty you are eternal! Let us say goodbye to Betty and follow this great and very underrated actress into the future of her acting career. Epic show. Unforgettable.
Say what u will about Betty’s character but “Bets” was always a “lady” even at her worst moments. From always answering the phone the proper old school way “Draper residence” ....to her etiquette and home making skills. Don was gonna be hard pressed to find a partner like her despite her personal shortcomings. He had flings and such but Betty also held Don down in many ways thru out the series that no woman was going to do like her. She actually had a lot of pride and respectable qualities that women now could admire. Don is arguing because he really can’t imagine his life or his children’s lives without her strong presence, he knows he’s not gonna be strong enough to hold them together.
She made a very good point. I always though Don should be there, until Betty mentioned that the norm was him not being there. Sad day for Don, and Betty isn't as dimwitted as I thought.
Betty wasn't dim witted at all. She was an anthropology major. She spoke Italian fluently. She went back to college for masters. She was very well educated and very intelligent.
@@miseendriste6337 yea idk why some people think a pretty woman especially old fashioned would be dumb she’s very intelligent but couldn’t really find purpose due to society norms
Don's face when he calls her "Birdie." How Betty develops or slips back into her Mid Western accent. So sad. Watching it right now made me tear up.,..💔
This scene is proof that Don Draper wasn’t a total narcissist. He was a damaged and flawed human being who had a conscience and a beating heart underneath the messed up stuff he did.
I really hated this scene, not because it's emotional, but because it sends a brutal stab through the heart in a twisted way depending on how you take it. Betty did not deserve to go out like that. I constantly watch the series here and there when I have free time, and as I watch I think of the bullshit that Don put her through, which she reluctantly endured. As much as I love the character of Don Draper, I feel he should have been the one who was diagnosed with cancer. At the end of the day, he is someone who wants to be put out of his misery...
Arther botolii, I'm not referring to cancer, My comment is talking about just life itself. The comment poster doesn't like the fact that Betty suffers till the end, but with all the bad don's done he comes out unscathed. I shouldn't of used the word "always" though.
The writers just took Betty and made her suffer throughout and finally destroyed her... she was just a naive, sensitive girl, and a hopeless romantic, who didn't get to fully realise anything. It might be a bit of a stretch, but she's almost like a 'modern-day' Fantine. I always sympathised with her, even though obviously flawed - or maybe because of that.
You took the words right out of my mouth. Couldn't have summed it up any better. One thing to say or perhaps ask, maybe the writers did it deliberately because sometimes int he real world good/innocent people suffer from start to end?
LyleDeYounges You summed it up perfectly and I really can't imagine anyone other than January Jones playing this role which maybe unfortunately for her is that proverbial " Role of a Career "
Makes me think about Season 1 when people were complaining that Mad Men would influence people and make more folks smoke.... With the way this series killed people via cigarettes I don't think MORE smokers is something this show will cause at all.
For season one the smoking looked pretty cool, but they also had Don and Betty waking up with smoker's coughs in the morning. I used to smoke, and I remember this phenomena well.
People are definitely influenced by celebrities they admire or look up to, there's no debate there. When I was 19-20, my man-crush Brad Pitt influenced me to smoke because I thought he was the coolest guy and he was in my favorite movie of all time, Fight Club with a cig in his mouth in every other scene. Its not preposterous to say that a show like MadMen would bring back smoking, they made it look too cool.
I think there's a point though where you need to put the responsibility for people doing things on those people themselves - no matter what a show makes look good or bad, the whole point in being sentient is that people should be responsible for their own decisions.
Plainly they still deeply loved one another......Betty saying "Don Honey" @1:44 and then when Don say's "Birdy" @2:09 and the following silence and tears from both.....yep, they still loved one another deeply.
when one watches this scene for the first time, and you see Betty walk weakly over to the phone and coughing as she js, you can tell that she really had no more than a few months of life in her. heartbreaking.
It's the perfect final conversation for Betty and Don. They have one last classic argument, they're both too proud and in their own way admit that there was always a bond between them deep down once upon a time.
Only 4 women touched the heart of this man: Ana Draper, Betty Draper-Francis, Sally Draper and Peggy Olson, and touched his heart because they are the only ones who got his true self and look through him. Each of them means a different kind of love in a tormented man's life. They are also the only ones who got his tears.
The most devastating thing about this is the one he probably loved most is dying just as he’s coming into himself enough to be the kind of man she deserves.
@monokhem She's flawed but don't forget she's the one who had to put through the most shit. She wasn't meant to be a mother but she was forced by the societal norms to be a house cat. Don was an absent father and a cheating husband who always put her down and shot her self esteem and gaslighted her and breached her privacy by secretly talking to her therapist. She STRUGGLED and fought to break free from that abusive marriage and she deserves commendation for that. Granted she was a bitch to Sally but those incidents were isolated moments of frustration. Remember that when Sally got her first periods, Betty is the first one she runs to. That's because at the end of the day, despite her flaws, she's a good mother. People hate on her and make quick judgements based on her flaws while forgetting that she represents ALL of us. She represents the futility of our lives, our frustrations, our incapacity to break free but also our little victories of ultimately breaking free. Betty is the character that is most easy to empathized with in the whole show.
Bekfust I thought the end of Season 5 with the song You Only Live Twice was a brilliant season ender. Miss the hell out of this series. Maybe Mad Men 1980s for about 20 episodes a few years from now.
Just finished watching the show, I know I'm a bit late. This was one of my favourite scenes by far. Always liked to see those two together, despite everything. Their deeper connection was evident and nicely shown here, with the subtlety it deserved.
Annant Raunkali What you say is true and the people that don't get January Jones are missing that. Although there is one word you missed and the word you needed was GREAT in front of acting !
Looks at that drab room, it's not for a woman who has lived her life getting every material thing she could ask for. But that's how death is, it creeps up, and takes away.
betty isn't a monster AT all!! she actually has more empathy and concern for others, than any character(except Anna of course). Don has issues, come on we live Don( the main character and focus) but smart people see the good in Betty!! she must be a hopeless romantic, INF-P, empathic, sensitive soul, much like myself. the problem with humanity is seeing people and things as they actually are, not how it is presented to you. Good Job January Jones. this role had the cards staked against you yet you blew me away! I just love how you stayed in character and ever so lightly taunted the deeper meaning. the epitome of a good wife and lady in the 50/60's. hats off!!@
I've heard people critique JJ's acting, but she was perfect as Betty. There's another poignant time where she calls him after their separation, she needs reassuring (I don't remember what for) and he says, "Birdie ... it's going to be OK".
Unlike popular opinion I always felt that don actually loved betty and she loved him too. Both were fractured persons that's why couldn't save their relationship. But that time when he goes and meets anna. She makes him realize his luv for betty. He writes a heartfelt note and betty let's him in the house. Another serious confession he makes to anna abt how betty found out abt his secret. Anna says she broke your heart. Both the times don was seriously talking abt betty.. That's life.. U realise too late who was important in your life..
Such a powerful scene..truth is we love people for who they are despite their flaws,even though they can't be how we want them to be in our lives. Even Don's character while having all those affairs genuinely loved some parts of those women and really saw what's beautiful in them. That's why Peggy's character was so important because it clearly showed what kind of person Don really was.
Betty understood Don/Dick better than most of the woman in his life, it's funny that the blondes in Don's life do understand him better: Anna and Betty, the brunettes: Rachel, The Beatnik, The Waitress and Megan were him trying to fill a mother void since his stepmother was a brunette and he always wanted some approval from her but never got it, the one thing I will always love about Betty is that even when she finds out about Dick Whitman and who Don really is and even when she's most angry at him she never ever uses his past against him, she's married to a senator and if Don's past would have come out then Betty's marriage to Henry would've been at risk, but she kept his secret to her grave, she could have ben the bitter ex wife but no she rises above that, yet people berate Betty for being too perfect, she was a product of her time, she was still a decent human being
i think what's really devastating is the idea that in a way, don killed her - no, not directly of course. but his work on the ads for the cigarette industry was extremely important for his career, and betty died of lung cancer. really, really heartbreaking. brilliant writing all around.
don only loved two people. anna and betty and he lost both to cancer. i believe betty truly only loved don as well. she cared about henry and loved him in her own way but she never loved him like she loved don.
The brutal truth We've all been there I think this show can connect with many people many problems no matter where you're from...still one of the best shows I've ever seen
+alejandro espinoza - No, we all have NOT been there, though many men have indeed been barred from their children's lives. Men are waking up to the fact that having children with a woman, only to have her ban him from their lives using feminazi-inspired laws is no way for a man to live. Go Your Own Way my brothers. Don't be that guy.
I'm not talking about HIS situation, but we've all been in a situation where something bad happens, and you learn and/or realize there's an unfortunate truth to your life that you wish wasn't true....we've all had our hearts broken with the truth....no matter what the situation is....love, family, work, school, what ever....
After Anna died this was the longest female relationship he had. Even after the divorce they had moments of admiration for each other and Betty not selling Don out about his past showed she still loved him.
Such a bookend as this series was winding down. The interplay here vs how these characters were in the early episodes is like the last bit of a watered down drink. Began like a king and queen in their own minds. Ending rather crushed by the world around them
Don can never say the THREE WORDS, when his heart really means to: Him pressing down his hand on Peggy's at the end of The Suitcase, and him Birdie to Betty. The only two moments on the show that he 'said' I LOVE YOU, with his full heart. I underestimated Betty, and only at the end, like Don, did I come to understand that.
There is something about this moment that made me love this show. I don't if that has something to do with the chemistry between the two actors or it had some sort of realism in that scene. Other than that, I love this scene so much. I know they went on their separate ways in a dirty fashion but they somehow managed to salvage what's left of their bond with one another and say their last goodbyes to each other.
It would have been 100 times greater if Don had later visited her unannounced, and told her how proud he was that she was the mother of his kids.....done properly, the scene would have been talked about for decades.
“Don, Honey” “Birdie…” omg this DESTROYED ME. Sobbing actual tears. Don and Betty always seemed (despite everything) to be passionately longing for one another on some level or another. The relationship got too toxic and dysfunctional after all the trust was broken…. But the anger and resentment couldn’t totally erase the passion and longing that never fully went away. That desire and tension remained in every interaction and was so frustrating to watch bc not only could the characters not totally move on… but the fans couldn’t totally move on either. The marriage with Megan just seemed like a total rebound relationship and never felt authentic. I can’t remember which episode it was but at some point in season 2 Betty says to a friend “sometimes I think if I don’t have Don to hold onto and keep me rooted to the ground… I’ll just float away”. I never forgot that. Much later in one of the final seasons Betty calls Don after a health scare (before she calls her husband Henry) and asks “Don, please say the thing you always say when things are bad” and he says “Birdie, everything is going to be OK”. He really was an anchor for her and continued to be for the rest of her life… just like she said in season 2. 😭😭😭
I think that phone call was suppose to mirror the scene of Betty confronting Don about the Bobbie affair in S2E8. Betty: “You never say you love me.” Don: “Yes, I do. You know I do.” Don: “Birdie...” Betty: “I know.
*Bye, bye Birdie,*
*It's awful hard to bear*
*Bye, bye, Birdie*
*Guess I'll always care*
Yeah I thought of that too!!!!
Maia Prehn foreshadow???
This show is art.
Oh, Jesus.
Good call
As a divorced father whose child lives with her mother…if I ever had to hear “I want to keep things as normal as possible and you not being here is part of that”. I think I’d suffer cardiac arrest on the spot. Talk about some cold hard truth for Don to absorb.
You mean he wasn’t around after she whored?
@@user-qx5nk6qg2b When he whored, you mean?
@@user-qx5nk6qg2bHah, you’ve clearly never watched Mad Men.
@@user-qx5nk6qg2blmaooo no shot youre taking dick whitmans side
'Don honey' and 'birdie' - devastating acting. What a beautiful dialogue. Saddest scene in Mad Men?
Saddest scene for me is still when Don learns about Anna's death. Sal's final scene was really rough too. Such a great series.
Without a doubt, saddest scene. Probably because it's the first time Betty feels allowed to be completely authentic and it turns out that her values go beyond the superficial, far beyond. I've always seen that so it felt bittersweet to see that finally relayed to the fans who hated for so long that she actually was never a bad person.
Made me cry all over again.
+M22 That's one way to put it, but by the same token, death has a way of getting people to focus. She still was a horrible mother in many ways. After all, she never would have fallen for Don if she too wasn't deeply damaged.
RetroGuy76 I think it's a hard decision as Betty's reasoning was that she watched her mother die and couldn't deal with it and didn't want her children to go through that. I known that to also happen in life - the parent dying or surviving wants to protect their children from that and doesn't give that opportunity. However, as you said not knowing leaves them without being able to prepare and say goodbye. Some people need that closure for themselves. You stuck between a rock and a hard place here. I don't think you can ever get it right. The sad thing was her children who were of age knew anyway. So regardless she didn't get want she thought she wanted. Bobby broke my heart there.
"Birdy" Ughhh. Devastating. Amazing show
+Clark Kent Yes. Just that one word said so much. That's how it is when you have a marriage and a history between you. Very well done scene.
Puts _Bye Bye Birdie_ into perspective, don't it?
Love the sudden yet subtle transition of the tone in this scene. Don first speaks to Betty as an ex-husband who is upset that vital information is being kept from him and is concerned for the well being of his kids. However, he then realizes that Betty is right. He drops his guard and suddenly the young man who had fallen in love with Betty emerges and tearfully tells her "Birdie."
oh god. too much there.
That weak "Birdie" from Don destroyed me the first time I saw this.
Ahhh man... Yeah... That dude me in too! I had flashes of all the earlier times..... Ugh! Kills me it's over... But glad it ended when it did
William McCormick her silent sob, too
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yeah fucking heavy shit
« Destroyed » by a fictional story, and doesnt give a sh*t about poverty, homelessness, antisocial behaviour... [ i.e : reality]. Seems legit.
“i want to keep things as normal as possible and you not being here is part of that” BRO 💔💔💔💔
i am still very teary
oEZ7 💪🏻
Truth. He would suck as 24/7 dad
I adore what this scene says about the complexity of human relationships. Despite all their ups and downs, "birdy", "I know". A comment on the nature of human connection. After such richly colorful history, there remains a deep level of care. A care so deep and ingrained, almost nothing undermines it. While two people may fall 'out of love', there is still love for one another. Humans care. And even the biggest surface-assholes are still human.
I love your comment. Absolutely well done.
@@animalfinatic9366 Like this Mad Men scene.
@h s Please explain
I can relate to what you said so much even if things fall out there is still a level of care great post
It doesn’t feel that way today. Not at all today.
The acting! January's voice, the vulnerability and how her middle america accent comes out when shes more emotional than normal. ALso, they are talking to dead air. the actors are doing their scenes on a phone, not even playing off the other actor. SUPERB!!!
Naw. They were actually present for each other's calls on-set.
Yeah either they were actually talking through the line, or the other actor was on set.
Jon Hamm said that the actors always came on set for one another’s phone calls. In this scene he and January were talking to one another on set and in the final phone call with Peggy, he and Elisabeth were actually on the phone because she was out of town.
I knew he was gonna call her birdie.. I knew it. superb acting
If you can anticipate the performer's choices the performer isn't acting well. Mr Hamm (sp?), isn't remotely caught acting, thereby I assume you are delibarately being pretentious.
It's perfect.
@@ingriddubbel8468 Don't be an ass. It really takes very little effort not to be one.
Ingrid Dubbel I know this way late but this isn’t even Hamm’s fault. Like, in any way. He just reads and acts the script given to him. He has to say and do specifically what’s scripted 95% of the time. If you have an issue, take it up with whoever technically writes scripts for movies, idk lol
@@allbottledup9513 improv is a thing
Within the story, the entire Coke ad Don comes up with in the end was an ode to Betty if you watched the whole show. Betty was the Coke girl in the first season. The commercial was shot in Rome, which was her favorite place when she was a model, and the last special time they had together before their marriage fell apart for good. By the time Don went back and all of it was put together, Betty would have most likely have passed away. It was like Don saying 'I love you' in the best way he was capable.
Never caught this connection! Thank you
Nah Don didn't love anyone
@@Ferchovicente I think Don could love, and did in many ways. We never saw their early relationship, but I'm sure he loved Betty when they met based on how they both talked about it. He loved Meagan as much as he could -- and the way he tried to be different in that relationship than he was with Betty showed it. He loved Anna like a mother, and he did love his kids, even though he was a poor father. His problem was that he was too damaged to be able to express love properly, and because of it pushed those he loved away. he could feel love, but didn't know how to "be" in love. not that it excuses any of his behavior... something something, men will literally found multiple advertising agencies rather than go to therapy. but that's my 2 cents.
@@Ferchovicente Don had never been shown love bc he was raised by abusive dysfunctional ppl who saw him as a burden. The entire 7 season series is literally his search for genuine connection and love (something he’s knows how to mimic but not something he’s ever known on a real level). It’s all he’s ever wanted. That small smile at the end…. He’s learned that the only road to intimacy is total honestly and vulnerability. Don does learn to love in the end… that’s the entire point of the show.
@@jesbair-hill Nope, Don was a disaster as a human being, the smile at the end of the season is because now he knows he can't love anyone but he's at peace, he was born to love in different ways and he can't love just one, he just wanted inner peace because the demons of the past. He didnt even cry for Betty, not a single tear drop. She was the mother of his children, his wife the woman of his life.
"Birdie..." That one word had more history & love than anything he had with anyone else. He never did right by her & neither did this show. The best scenes have always been the emotional ones between/about Don & Betty. The carousal speech, the letter where he asks for her forgiveness, when he breaks down & tells her about his past and now this.
not to forget the scene with them in their empty kitchen where he tells her he's getting married. that scene is just so... ugh
***** Lol what? He tells her everything he's ever told her is a lie, that she doesn't even know his real name, there's another woman he's paying living expenses for, that he has essentially spent every day deceiving her- and this after years of cheating & emotional manipulation- and you think she was despicable? What's wrong with you? She even tried to put her anger aside to comfort him when he cries in what was probably one of the worst moments of her life. She had the power to ruin his life & be justified in doing so after what he put her through but instead she keeps his secret and actually lies to the FBI to protect him. A man who had done nothing but lie to her & betray & humiliate her, time after time.
But she was the one who was horrid to him?
thebooky161 i'm so happy you see the great side of betty, a side most people don't seem to see. She was my favourite female character
Lana banana People give Don every pass in the world, no matter what he says & does but cannot muster any empathy for Betty, a product of her time & upbringing. It's quite telling. But there are more & more people who are realizing that Betty was a great character
***** LOL "adultery aside". Because that's such a small thing. And you cannot compare her sleeping with that guy after years of him cheating on her. They were separated, Don was off fucking everything that moved & Betty did that so she could force herself to believe the scales were even & then go back to him. She didn't even sleep with Henry, she- unlike Don- stopped herself. She told Don to his face she wanted a divorce & left him.
She DID comfort him, go back & watch the episode you have so much to say about. She owed him absolutely nothing yet she showed him compassion after a decade of his lies & manipulation. She tried to live with it but he snapped the last bit of trust she had in him. What was she supposed to do, stay with him even when she no longer loved or trusted him? And like I said, she had a chance to get even when the FBI came knocking & once again, she protected his secret- at risk to herself, her husband's reputation & her new marriage- when she didn't have to.
And what did he give her that she wanted? Because what she wanted was a husband that was faithful & gave a shit about his family. But she was supposed to accept everything because they had a house and money? (Which he hid from her.) Betty was not Megan, she wasn't some struggling secretary when she met Don. She was a financially independent educated model who had a degree (far more than Don had) & could quite literally have any man she wanted. And now she was stuck with a man who refused to let her be anything but a wife & mother. She didn't owe him shit in terms of gratitude for what he'd "given" her.
2:09 - "Birdie."
2:21 - "I know."
There's so many ways to interpret this scene. That long silence is almost as if they are reconciling over everything they've gone through.
Realizing that in the end they loved each other and should have been together all this. Or perhaps Don is finally apologizing for all the wrong and pain he's caused her and she's forgiving him at the end.
its like in that moment, don is wishing he could undo all the harm he's done.
Wow, I always thought of it as the former. Just relieazed now it could be pretty much the latter! Thanks.
Definitely agree on reconciling over everything. But I don’t think it’s either A or B i.e. they’re not thinking they should have been together; nor is Don apologizing and Betty’s forgiving him.
Rather it’s reflecting on their shared history and life together (the ups and downs, the kids, etc). They’re making peace with each other knowing her time is limited; and expressing their love and care (without saying it).
Beautiful scene.
Wow, I interpreted it as the latter and not the former. Great acting on their part!
I don't think he's apologizing and I don't think they're thinking they should have stayed together. Rather its just an acknowledgment that despite the failings of both of them, Don especially, at the end of the day there was love between them. Maybe there is some forgiveness there, but I think it's more that Betty doesn't have to forgive him to look through the bullshit and acknowledge her love for Don one last time.
It’s so interesting seeing Betty so certain of her decisions and needs in this moment, after spending so much of the series being really fragile and unpredictable
I've always felt that made her illness that much more tragic. She had finally come into her own, in this conversation alone we see in her a maturity and self-assuredness that she hadn't had for most of the show/decade/her adult life.
Don always loved Betty best. He treated her like garbage, but in his messed up way, he loved her best. He fulfilled his obligations with Megan but can you imagine him talking to Megan like this? With that kind of pain?
I lost all respect for Meagan when she brings another woman into their bed. How disgusting. You would NEVER see Betty do that. Meagan was okay. Too easy for my taste. Easy come, easy go. She hit on Don first.
@h s they see you trollin....they hatin...😂
@vibhu sharma Did he ever love Anna! He could 100% let his guard down, and, well, literally let his Dick out.
THATS NOT LOVE IDIOT
That sounds nothing like love. Sounds like manipulation. No wonder why so many divorces in USA. Nobody know what love is. 😂
Say what you want about Henry Francis, but Betty was always Don's ride or die woman (kept his secrets etc.). The fact that Don cant even physically say goodbye to her is shown in his restrained "Birdie....". That he is about to lose another woman who truly knew him just adds more to the tragedy that is being Don Draper.
I thought she (knew) he wanted to say I love you but couldn't
What? Not really, Betty never knew the truth about Don for 10 years, & when she did, she acted horribly & instead of understanding him, she broke their family & got divorced. Even Sally knows more about her father at the end of the series than Betty.
I guess being Don Draper is worst than have a few months to live
I love Betty, but I'm sorry no she didn't keep his secrets. She didn't know the majority of the time and then she tried to start issues with Don and Megan by telling Sally to ask Megan about Anna, Don's first wife hoping Don hid it from Megan as well.
@@asianprick7164 if you think his motivation was pussy the whole time...you missed A LOT. 🤦♀️
Beautiful, heart-wrenching scene. I couldn’t help but think of the slide show of family pictures Don showed to Kodak when pitching the ad for Carousel way back in season 1. The snapshots documenting Betty and Don’s courtship, their wedding, the birth of their kids, raising a family, a New Year’s kiss. Now here these two people who built a life together sharing what they both know is their last contact ever on a collect call from miles away, Betty begging Don to allow her to live out her final days in a manner that she’s grown accustomed to - without him.
So much of this show is about connection, connecting a brand or a product to consumers. The struggle to connect with others or even who we really are. This show is an absolute masterpiece. Evocative, entertaining and moving.
Soooo absolutely gut-wrenching scene, we can all agree. BUT did you know that this mirrors the 2nd episode of season 5 where Betty has a cancer scare when her doctor finds a lump on her thyroid. When she can't find Henry, she immediately calls Don. He calls her "Birdie" on the phone call, after which she says "Say what you always say." Don says, "Everything's gonna be okay." And now, in this very last episode, Don is not only conveying his deep love for Betty, but is unable to say his mantra -- what he always hopes is true -- because he is realizing that thing's aren't under his control. But Betty is finishing his sentiment saying, "I know," because by knowing she's dying, she has at least some control as to what happens before she dies. It is such a small detail, but so deeply ingrained in these characters' stories, and that's why this show is so unbelievably good..
That adds really beautiful context honestly
My ex wife and I have been divorced for thirteen years now. We have two beautiful daughters who are now 21 and 20. I still care very much for my ex wife because, above all else, she’s the mother of my children. I can’t even imagine anything of this magnitude happening to her. I pray that I go first because I know for a fact that I won’t be able to cope with life without her.
Introduce us to your daughters, old man
You'll be fine...your kids are grown up..trust me you'll be fine.it would be hard if the kids were young
You are a good man. That brought tears to my eyes. May God bless and keep you and yours.
@@fabricioface You’re not good enough for them.
I'm so sad to read this, I don't know why ☹️
Betty was a product of her time and upbringing where you hid the bad for the sake of your children. She desperately tried to do right by her kids, unfortunately it was based on values she didn't even question. That's how we all are in a way and if nothing, that deserves compassion for the character.
The acting and writing here are so genuine and real. You sense the weight of history and the richness of their connection, complex as it is. That's how marriages, especially broken ones are.
And you’re cute
Betty also grew up in suburban Philadelphia. And so many things about Betty made me remember those times.
This scene crushed me. Wonderful writing and acting to be sure.
It's so real. Pulled back, almost underwritten and underacted. Just amazing.
January should have gotten an Emmy nomination
She did
I feel like this is just her being normal.
Worst actor on mad men
@@OhHeBustin Shut the fuck up
16 years old have no clue about acting... Have never been in a theater or read piece. Just because someone is crying, "acting is good" :D
Omg this scene is brutal and has such deep emotional resonance...When Don says "Birdie" it is literally peering into his soul and the regret and pain for what could have been with he and Betty. I always felt that Don and Betty's interactions after season 3 and their divorce always had this longing for each other and what they had. The relationships with Megan and Henry always seemed artificial in comparison.
Good actors. Hamm has always brought it, but Jones really combined that debutante voice with the reality of the story. Good scene.
I like when they talk softly to each other and then they yell and then soft again.
Betty you are eternal! Let us say goodbye to Betty and follow this great and very underrated actress into the future of her acting career. Epic show. Unforgettable.
Say what u will about Betty’s character but “Bets” was always a “lady” even at her worst moments. From always answering the phone the proper old school way “Draper residence” ....to her etiquette and home making skills. Don was gonna be hard pressed to find a partner like her despite her personal shortcomings. He had flings and such but Betty also held Don down in many ways thru out the series that no woman was going to do like her. She actually had a lot of pride and respectable qualities that women now could admire. Don is arguing because he really can’t imagine his life or his children’s lives without her strong presence, he knows he’s not gonna be strong enough to hold them together.
I totally agree. Her composure and etiquette was astonishing, even through all the tough situations she found herself in she always kept it together
She made a very good point. I always though Don should be there, until Betty mentioned that the norm was him not being there. Sad day for Don, and Betty isn't as dimwitted as I thought.
But she did not mean to pain Don by pointing out that reality.
Betty wasn't dim witted at all. She was an anthropology major. She spoke Italian fluently. She went back to college for masters. She was very well educated and very intelligent.
@@miseendriste6337 yea idk why some people think a pretty woman especially old fashioned would be dumb she’s very intelligent but couldn’t really find purpose due to society norms
Don's face when he calls her "Birdie." How Betty develops or slips back into her Mid Western accent. So sad. Watching it right now made me tear up.,..💔
Brilliantly acted and written.
This scene is proof that Don Draper wasn’t a total narcissist. He was a damaged and flawed human being who had a conscience and a beating heart underneath the messed up stuff he did.
He literally is who cares dont try feeling bad for him f him
Narcissist know wat theyre doing and he dies idc about his upbringing he knew wat he's doing and intentionally is doing it
I really hated this scene, not because it's emotional, but because it sends a brutal stab through the heart in a twisted way depending on how you take it. Betty did not deserve to go out like that. I constantly watch the series here and there when I have free time, and as I watch I think of the bullshit that Don put her through, which she reluctantly endured. As much as I love the character of Don Draper, I feel he should have been the one who was diagnosed with cancer. At the end of the day, he is someone who wants to be put out of his misery...
I completely understand your stance, but this scene just goes to show how life is, the good ones usually always suffer.
well no, we see a lot of times in mad men that the good ones don't always suffer. it is just that cancer doesn't give a shit
Arther botolii, I'm not referring to cancer, My comment is talking about just life itself. The comment poster doesn't like the fact that Betty suffers till the end, but with all the bad don's done he comes out unscathed. I shouldn't of used the word "always" though.
+Retro Oh shut up, creeper, You have disturbing issues re: women.
she just smoked too much and her system couldnt take it
The writers just took Betty and made her suffer throughout and finally destroyed her... she was just a naive, sensitive girl, and a hopeless romantic, who didn't get to fully realise anything. It might be a bit of a stretch, but she's almost like a 'modern-day' Fantine. I always sympathised with her, even though obviously flawed - or maybe because of that.
You took the words right out of my mouth. Couldn't have summed it up any better. One thing to say or perhaps ask, maybe the writers did it deliberately because sometimes int he real world good/innocent people suffer from start to end?
LyleDeYounges You summed it up perfectly and I really can't imagine anyone other than January Jones playing this role which maybe unfortunately for her is that proverbial " Role of a Career "
Um ... a Fantine insensitive to how the lower 98% live.
My dad cried. I came close (the show's ending made me cry upon reflection, simply because of how genius it is).
1:43 "Don honey..."
+Matt G. Yea thats the real conversation. They care about each other so deeply yet so much restraint. Its bitter sweet
Beautiful.
First there was Anna Draper, then we had Rachel, and then Betty. All three died of cancer.
Makes me think about Season 1 when people were complaining that Mad Men would influence people and make more folks smoke.... With the way this series killed people via cigarettes I don't think MORE smokers is something this show will cause at all.
For season one the smoking looked pretty cool, but they also had Don and Betty waking up with smoker's coughs in the morning. I used to smoke, and I remember this phenomena well.
People are definitely influenced by celebrities they admire or look up to, there's no debate there. When I was 19-20, my man-crush Brad Pitt influenced me to smoke because I thought he was the coolest guy and he was in my favorite movie of all time, Fight Club with a cig in his mouth in every other scene. Its not preposterous to say that a show like MadMen would bring back smoking, they made it look too cool.
I think there's a point though where you need to put the responsibility for people doing things on those people themselves - no matter what a show makes look good or bad, the whole point in being sentient is that people should be responsible for their own decisions.
And dont forget Bettys Mom died of cancer at the start of the series.
Plainly they still deeply loved one another......Betty saying "Don Honey" @1:44 and then when Don say's "Birdy" @2:09 and the following silence and tears from both.....yep, they still loved one another deeply.
"Birdie", oh, god. The tears.
Heartbreaking Don & Betty forever.
These two belonged together, always.
when one watches this scene for the first time, and you see Betty walk weakly over to the phone and coughing as she js, you can tell that she really had no more than a few months of life in her. heartbreaking.
It's the perfect final conversation for Betty and Don. They have one last classic argument, they're both too proud and in their own way admit that there was always a bond between them deep down once upon a time.
Only 4 women touched the heart of this man: Ana Draper, Betty Draper-Francis, Sally Draper and Peggy Olson, and touched his heart because they are the only ones who got his true self and look through him. Each of them means a different kind of love in a tormented man's life. They are also the only ones who got his tears.
I always thought he shared a special bond with Joan as well. The were alike on a very different level.
One of the most honest and brutally beautiful moments in television history.....
They'll never be another mad men
January Jones was robbed of an Emmy
The most devastating thing about this is the one he probably loved most is dying just as he’s coming into himself enough to be the kind of man she deserves.
monokhem may I ask why?
@monokhem She's flawed but don't forget she's the one who had to put through the most shit. She wasn't meant to be a mother but she was forced by the societal norms to be a house cat. Don was an absent father and a cheating husband who always put her down and shot her self esteem and gaslighted her and breached her privacy by secretly talking to her therapist. She STRUGGLED and fought to break free from that abusive marriage and she deserves commendation for that. Granted she was a bitch to Sally but those incidents were isolated moments of frustration. Remember that when Sally got her first periods, Betty is the first one she runs to. That's because at the end of the day, despite her flaws, she's a good mother.
People hate on her and make quick judgements based on her flaws while forgetting that she represents ALL of us. She represents the futility of our lives, our frustrations, our incapacity to break free but also our little victories of ultimately breaking free. Betty is the character that is most easy to empathized with in the whole show.
@@miseendriste6337 holy shit you make me want to rewatch this show
We all know what was left unsaid after that "Birdie". What an emotional scene.
Easily the saddest episode of mad men, but also easily the best of all time. Even the suitcase couldn't beat this one in my opinion
+TheAlmightyBassist What about the Carousel episode?
Bekfust I thought the end of Season 5 with the song You Only Live Twice was a brilliant season ender. Miss the hell out of this series. Maybe Mad Men 1980s for about 20 episodes a few years from now.
Just finished watching the show, I know I'm a bit late. This was one of my favourite scenes by far. Always liked to see those two together, despite everything. Their deeper connection was evident and nicely shown here, with the subtlety it deserved.
Acting is expressing most while doing least. The writing and actors just prove this point in this scene. So touching
Annant Raunkali What you say is true and the people that don't get January Jones are missing that. Although there is one word you missed and the word you needed was GREAT in front of acting !
Looks at that drab room, it's not for a woman who has lived her life getting every material thing she could ask for. But that's how death is, it creeps up, and takes away.
wow this scene and chemistry between them
betty isn't a monster AT all!! she actually has more empathy and concern for others, than any character(except Anna of course). Don has issues, come on we live Don( the main character and focus) but smart people see the good in Betty!! she must be a hopeless romantic, INF-P, empathic, sensitive soul, much like myself. the problem with humanity is seeing people and things as they actually are, not how it is presented to you. Good Job January Jones. this role had the cards staked against you yet you blew me away! I just love how you stayed in character and ever so lightly taunted the deeper meaning. the epitome of a good wife and lady in the 50/60's. hats off!!@
Betty, is good about not showing her true feelings. That silent anger caused the cancer, I would think.
This scene made me cry.
I thought about this scene today and got really depressed.
Pray you never have to have a phone call like this. Heartbreaking.
I've heard people critique JJ's acting, but she was perfect as Betty. There's another poignant time where she calls him after their separation, she needs reassuring (I don't remember what for) and he says, "Birdie ... it's going to be OK".
January was so very underrated as Betty.
I believe she’d come from a doctors appointment. It was another health care. Thyroid.
Unlike popular opinion I always felt that don actually loved betty and she loved him too. Both were fractured persons that's why couldn't save their relationship. But that time when he goes and meets anna. She makes him realize his luv for betty. He writes a heartfelt note and betty let's him in the house. Another serious confession he makes to anna abt how betty found out abt his secret. Anna says she broke your heart. Both the times don was seriously talking abt betty.. That's life.. U realise too late who was important in your life..
Such a powerful scene..truth is we love people for who they are despite their flaws,even though they can't be how we want them to be in our lives. Even Don's character while having all those affairs genuinely loved some parts of those women and really saw what's beautiful in them. That's why Peggy's character was so important because it clearly showed what kind of person Don really was.
Betty understood Don/Dick better than most of the woman in his life, it's funny that the blondes in Don's life do understand him better: Anna and Betty, the brunettes: Rachel, The Beatnik, The Waitress and Megan were him trying to fill a mother void since his stepmother was a brunette and he always wanted some approval from her but never got it, the one thing I will always love about Betty is that even when she finds out about Dick Whitman and who Don really is and even when she's most angry at him she never ever uses his past against him, she's married to a senator and if Don's past would have come out then Betty's marriage to Henry would've been at risk, but she kept his secret to her grave, she could have ben the bitter ex wife but no she rises above that, yet people berate Betty for being too perfect, she was a product of her time, she was still a decent human being
i think what's really devastating is the idea that in a way, don killed her - no, not directly of course. but his work on the ads for the cigarette industry was extremely important for his career, and betty died of lung cancer. really, really heartbreaking. brilliant writing all around.
don only loved two people. anna and betty and he lost both to cancer. i believe betty truly only loved don as well. she cared about henry and loved him in her own way but she never loved him like she loved don.
Greatest show in all of Television history.
ever since my ex passed this hits different. the only difference is that I never got to call her for the last time. it is painful.
I'm sorry for your loss I hope you have found a good way to cope
One of the very best moments of the entire show.
It's toasted....
Omg that comment got me good xD holy shit.
I don't know about the whole internet but you've just won mine...
Lmao omg that comment deserves my like
Such a beautifully acted scene from the both of them. “Birdie” omg. Betty was so strong at the end and they did love each other.
Man, it's like the writers had something personal against Betty for the whole run of the show.
The brutal truth
We've all been there
I think this show can connect with many people many problems no matter where you're from...still one of the best shows I've ever seen
+alejandro espinoza - No, we all have NOT been there, though many men have indeed been barred from their children's lives. Men are waking up to the fact that having children with a woman, only to have her ban him from their lives using feminazi-inspired laws is no way for a man to live.
Go Your Own Way my brothers. Don't be that guy.
I'm not talking about HIS situation, but we've all been in a situation where something bad happens, and you learn and/or realize there's an unfortunate truth to your life that you wish wasn't true....we've all had our hearts broken with the truth....no matter what the situation is....love, family, work, school, what ever....
I always loved when Don called her Birdie and that was heartbreaking.
Admit it - you knew that “Birdie” was coming and it still knocked the wind out of you. 😭
After Anna died this was the longest female relationship he had. Even after the divorce they had moments of admiration for each other and Betty not selling Don out about his past showed she still loved him.
The most heartbreaking scene in Mad Men💔
"who answers her own phone?" - what a difference a decade makes
Mad Men’s under-use of Betty Draper after Season 1 is criminal
Such a bookend as this series was winding down.
The interplay here vs how these characters were in the early episodes is like the last bit of a watered down drink.
Began like a king and queen in their own minds. Ending rather crushed by the world around them
I feel so bad for both of them...great acting...
This was January Jones’s best acting scene in the show by far
Maybe the only good one :D after that, she never got a time again and ended up dating a bachelor
fabricioface I think she did a great job portraying a little crazy, immature, perfectionist woman but in a humanly way.
When she says, 'Don, honey...' it just kills me.
There is so much gravity in the realization of his role as a father during this scene it makes me always want to be a good dad.
I love this scene. No one could ever say that Don and Betty did not remain in love, forever..
Don can never say the THREE WORDS, when his heart really means to:
Him pressing down his hand on Peggy's at the end of The Suitcase, and him Birdie to Betty.
The only two moments on the show that he 'said' I LOVE YOU, with his full heart.
I underestimated Betty, and only at the end, like Don, did I come to understand that.
There is something about this moment that made me love this show. I don't if that has something to do with the chemistry between the two actors or it had some sort of realism in that scene. Other than that, I love this scene so much. I know they went on their separate ways in a dirty fashion but they somehow managed to salvage what's left of their bond with one another and say their last goodbyes to each other.
Lol this show.
Don talks with his ex wife who is dying of cancer
*Don lights up a cigarette*
Dramatic, situation irony--where the audience sees and knows what characters don't.
They did Betty dirty.
This show really breaks my heart
I never liked Betty as a character on the show, but her acceptance of her own fate showed more dignity than most of the other characters.
This was a sad moment. Got a knot in my throat. Cried a bit.
Heart breaking scene!
This conversation destroyed me.
Such a great scene.
It would have been 100 times greater if Don had later visited her unannounced, and told her how proud he was that she was the mother of his kids.....done properly, the scene would have been talked about for decades.
The moment Don said "Berdie" and Betty said "I know" 😢
This scene is perfect in so many ways. Shattering. 😭
"Birdie..."
"I know..."
Yesterday was first time I saw this scene... when he say birdie.. damn.
“Don, Honey” “Birdie…” omg this DESTROYED ME. Sobbing actual tears. Don and Betty always seemed (despite everything) to be passionately longing for one another on some level or another. The relationship got too toxic and dysfunctional after all the trust was broken…. But the anger and resentment couldn’t totally erase the passion and longing that never fully went away. That desire and tension remained in every interaction and was so frustrating to watch bc not only could the characters not totally move on… but the fans couldn’t totally move on either. The marriage with Megan just seemed like a total rebound relationship and never felt authentic. I can’t remember which episode it was but at some point in season 2 Betty says to a friend “sometimes I think if I don’t have Don to hold onto and keep me rooted to the ground… I’ll just float away”. I never forgot that. Much later in one of the final seasons Betty calls Don after a health scare (before she calls her husband Henry) and asks “Don, please say the thing you always say when things are bad” and he says “Birdie, everything is going to be OK”. He really was an anchor for her and continued to be for the rest of her life… just like she said in season 2. 😭😭😭
Try watching this after the carousel
efe karamenderes Also the episode when Don comes home and no one is home as he sits on the stairs
@@jetonkrasniqi8762 alright alright enough who's cutting onions here 🥺😣
Efe Karamenderes OH MY GAWD ME TOO!!! Ugh why do we do it to ourselves 🤦♀️
Absolute worst. I cry every single time.
Most amazing female character in so long
Definitely top 5 best looking couples in TV history
I think that phone call was suppose to mirror the scene of Betty confronting Don about the Bobbie affair in S2E8.
Betty: “You never say you love me.” Don: “Yes, I do. You know I do.”
Don: “Birdie...” Betty: “I know.