Based on the way Don’s season is going — he’s on such a downward spiral — it seems like Dr. Faye can deconstruct Don and then potentially be the person who helps him build himself up again.
Again, I can’t really say... It’s interesting from a psychological standpoint — obviously we have to get to our most bottom point to really bounce back and see results. Sometimes, like if you get out of a bad relationship, you feel like Dresden after World War II, completely flattened. You rebuild on that foundation but you’re hopefully better but in a different way. That seems to me like a really fascinating exploration, to see what is bottom — you know, what is bottom for anybody, or what is bottom for Don. How do you get back out? I love watching those kinds of stories.
I almost think it would be cool if Don pursued Faye — even if nothing happens romantically or sexually it seems like a cool dynamic between the two characters.
I hope so. I think so far, what we’ve seen is that they seem equal and she’s really able to confidently stand her ground. I thought something interesting in the last episode was when he calls her in after the focus group. He said something like “You can’t tell how people are going to behave based on how they have behaved. I think that’s such an interesting thing — can people change? You know, going back to ‘Who is Don Draper?’ Can Don Draper change? Do people really change deep at the core, or are they still hiding and pretending to change? I think that ties into the whole marriage issue, too, that whole point about the past not dictating the future. Faye never said anything to those women in the focus group like ‘Do you see yourself getting married?’ She just talked about beauty rituals and routines. But everyone talks about wanting to get married. And that whole notion hasn’t really changed since 1925. It’s a multi-billion dollar industry — weddings, relationships, self-help books…
IS FAYE GOING TO KILL DON DRAPER?
I don’t know!
