That was it for Lane. The man who once seemed to stoic and composed was discovered hanging from the back of his office door in the bleak early morning light.
Even when they are taken by slow and heartbreaking sickness, the moment they pass shocks you. The entire episode hinted at his death. Indeed, a long segment of the show was devoted to his attempts at suicide. We knew it was coming and yet willingly stayed in denial.
Surely something would occur, someone would jump in at the last moment and prevent Lane from making such an awful mistake. But then it happened, coldly and calmly. Even after the deed was done, a part of me felt that it was somehow a dream.
That feeling is one we all must face when a loved one passes on. The fact that Mad Men nailed that speaks to the power of the show. Two of those themes were confrontation with hard truths and suppression. The death of Lane touched upon both of them expertly. Lane himself tried to suppress his problems from his co-workers and his family and ultimately himself. When it was too much to take, he decided to end it all. As suicide always is, this act was itself a form of suppression, a refusal to tackle issues.
His co-workers — who were also in the business of avoiding their problems — had to confront his demons as well as their own. It was unavoidable, his lifeless body was hanging there like a personification of their secret pains.
He was forcing others to literally handle it. He first attempted to snuff himself out with exhaust from the new Jag, but that car's engine predictably didn't work. After that darkly comic bit, he hanged himself in his office. It was Joan who discovered that something had gone terribly wrong in Lane's office.
Eventually, and at Don's insistence, Pete, Roger and Don cut him down and laid him on the couch. Lane is the second victim a loose term here of Don's emotional insensitivity. Adam Whitman, Don's long lost brother who was brushed aside by our Mr. Draper, also hanged himself. As expected, the dark developments had fans racing to the internet to blog and tweet their reaction to the events.
One Dow exec perked up his head. Don did not blink. It was all over Korea. I was there. But the important thing is when our boys are fighting and they need it, when America needs it, Dow makes it. And it works. But what is happiness? I want percent. You want all of it.
Meeting over. Ka- blam! Roger, as usual, capped the moment off with the perfect turn of phrase. I doubt it. I think this was all about the full resurrection of the old Don Draper, the angry and hungry Don Draper, the Don perpetually dissatisfied with his life. But, of course, Don did know. Roger and Pete followed, Pete explaining the coroner said not to disturb the body since it was technically a crime scene. Let me just pause to note that Pete was as kind and thoughtful as Pete could possibly be.
It was awful. After his own good day that became a very, very bad one, Don returned home to a scene he least expected: his daughter gone, and Glen, who he barely remembered, in her place, drinking orange soda with Megan. That wily Glen, always sweet on the Draper wives. Do you think Don did the right thing by forcing Lane to resign, or should he given him another chance? Will Joan now step into his place as the financial head of the company? Home Article Mad Men recap: Lane commits suicide.
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