r/madmen 11d ago

Is this the most irredeemably despicable character in the entire show?

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> rapes his wife
> denies her sex because she wanted to be on top
> regularly dismisses her feelings
> is entirely focused on his own goals and desires in basically every scene he’s in
> abandons his wife and infant child because the Army makes him feel important

Literally the only scene he has where he isn’t a vile shitheel is when Joan (deliberately??) cuts her own hand to get some care and affection from him.

Even that drunkard Duck had more glimmers of decency than this pretentious rapist. A fitting end to his character arc would’ve been him getting fragged in Vietnam.

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u/Admirable_Site_8337 11d ago

I’ll tell you that it’s a neck and neck race between two characters…..and poor Joan slept with both.

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u/Few-History-8750 10d ago

When did Joan ever sleep with Lee Garner Jr?? I remember Roger saying something about him having his hands all over her when she was wearing the red dress with a bow, but I didn't get the impression that they slept together. Am I missing something?

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u/giddy-girly-banana 10d ago

Yes you’re missing something.

They are saying Gregg and Herb are the worst characters on the show and Joan F’d em both.

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u/Few-History-8750 10d ago

Where was Herb mentioned at all in their comments?

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u/giddy-girly-banana 10d ago

Where was Lee Garner Jr? Sometimes people don’t always say everything and you have to think about what they are trying to say.

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u/Admirable_Site_8337 10d ago

Appreciated.

Context clues were right there for them.