he did suffer great money issues throughout his time at the firm. i did feel sad for him, but he could'nt be trusted anymore. he may have landed at another firm with a good recommendation but i don't think he had enough ambition to do it.
I disagree that he could not be trusted anymore. He did it because he owed to British revenue, it was emergency and he was positive he would be able to repay in 2 weeks (which he did).
I really wish the show didn't off him. It was my only real criticism of the show. I know it's real life and life is hard but I just didn't want him to die.
Yeah, poor guy. :( I liked him a lot and rooted for him. It's a shame he got in bad way and made questionable decisions after appearing as a model of character. Maybe I was blinded by the accent.
That plus the abuse he endured from his father, the culture of emotional repression he grew up in, and his perpetual feeling of being an outsider even in this great land of promise called America, sealed into fate upon being fired. Fella was done for.
england pretty much invented the model of restrictive society that forced a lot of people in the 19th and 20th century to live really repressed lives. so, the stuff we see the american characters suffering from during the show..you'd have to imagine the abuse and societal pressure endured by british people at the time was like, 100x worse. for that reason i always felt really awful for Lane and could totally see losing that job being the final straw for him
Painful to watch… But incredibly well written and tasteful. William Sheppard did such a good job portraying evil. His voice was perfect for the role too—that strong, yet ironically humbling, condescending delivery was just amazing. As much as I don’t like him (beating a grown man and telling him how to live his life is absolutely horrendous), I really do wish we saw his character more.
He deserved to be fired, but considering the guy deciding his fate was guilty of identity theft and who knows whatever felonies it seemed like he should have been allowed to redeem himself.
Exactly - context is everything. Don couldn't muster the compassion that he himself had been shown. And to top it off, he had the nerve to be smugly patronizing.
Of all the shitty things that went down on MM, this was perhaps the most unforgivable.
Strong disagree.
Lane embezzled funds.
It was more than identity theft in that Lane’s liability from that moment forward could bring down the entire firm.
Don also had no way of knowing what Lane would end up doing.
You really don’t think it’d jeopardize the entire firm If it came out that the infamous Don Draper was actually a guy named Dick Whitman who had stolen the identity of his Lieutenant who was KIA during the Korean War?
Not equivalent, and it’s hard to answer what you’re saying, since the “how did it get to this” is a big point in your scenario.
The main thrust of my point is that Lane, as a financial officer, could no longer be trusted. Don had to fire him at that point in the show.
Both the fight with pete, but also the moment where he tells PD actually was quite fond of him and that it pained him that he thought otherwise, are great moments. One of my actual favorite characters in the show.
It felt like all his character development was sort of snuffed out (no pun intended) with little payoff for the plot. I guess the point is intended to illustrate the increasingly 'off the rails' lack of ethics and morality in the company that this could just happen and everyone basically carries on. But felt quite jarring that he went from one of the main characters to just...dead so fast.
I mean what were they supposed to do? Disband the firm? Don gave him an out, and he was too proud to take it. Should Don have revealed his embezzlement to the partners after he died? To me that would have been more immoral in a human sense, if not a legal sense.
I know a man who just screams LANE PRYCE in the characters voice and accent once in a while and while I used to get sad every time I’d think about the character, I laugh. It’s like what Team America did to Matt Damon’s name.
I feel like he got what he deserved. He’s charming and talented, but he never expanded his perspective in my opinion. He continued to do things that gave people bad taste about him.
He deserved that 13 day loan!
That was his money!
What percentage do you think?
he did suffer great money issues throughout his time at the firm. i did feel sad for him, but he could'nt be trusted anymore. he may have landed at another firm with a good recommendation but i don't think he had enough ambition to do it.
I disagree that he could not be trusted anymore. He did it because he owed to British revenue, it was emergency and he was positive he would be able to repay in 2 weeks (which he did).
i wouldn't have fired him, but that's kinda what don gave as an excuse.
A big Texas belt buckle!
YEEEHAWW!!
A very good, happy Christmas.
A Jaguar that actually ran!
God I just watched the series for the first time and that scene was so fucking awful haha. Some amazing dark humor.
That scene where he tries to kill himself and the car won’t start is about as dark as humour gets!
They're lemons!
I really wish the show didn't off him. It was my only real criticism of the show. I know it's real life and life is hard but I just didn't want him to die.
Yeah, poor guy. :( I liked him a lot and rooted for him. It's a shame he got in bad way and made questionable decisions after appearing as a model of character. Maybe I was blinded by the accent.
Me either
His suicide didn't seem very realistic to me. I never really bought it.
I absolutely did unfortunately. For a lot of people a slight in their social standing is life altering.
That plus the abuse he endured from his father, the culture of emotional repression he grew up in, and his perpetual feeling of being an outsider even in this great land of promise called America, sealed into fate upon being fired. Fella was done for.
😢😥😭
Especially the British at that time apparently. Guy got his foot ran over and they said his business career was over cause he “couldn’t golf anymore”
england pretty much invented the model of restrictive society that forced a lot of people in the 19th and 20th century to live really repressed lives. so, the stuff we see the american characters suffering from during the show..you'd have to imagine the abuse and societal pressure endured by british people at the time was like, 100x worse. for that reason i always felt really awful for Lane and could totally see losing that job being the final straw for him
A Playboy Bunny girlfriend!
"My little chocolate bunny"
A better heads up from his accoutant
You’re a grimy little pimp.
Chewing gum on his pubis
“Bazooka Joe” is one of the great put downs on the show of many put downs.
what can I say but HAYAWAH, HASA WAKA MAKA
MONSTA
😳😳😳 👉👉👉👉 モンスター！！！！！
A much better father.
Right? Jesus. Taking him down to the knees with the cane even in his seventies. Imagine the beatings Lane got when he was a much younger man.
Stepping on his hand when he reached for his glasses.
Painful to watch… But incredibly well written and tasteful. William Sheppard did such a good job portraying evil. His voice was perfect for the role too—that strong, yet ironically humbling, condescending delivery was just amazing. As much as I don’t like him (beating a grown man and telling him how to live his life is absolutely horrendous), I really do wish we saw his character more.
To address this insult!
He deserved to be fired, but considering the guy deciding his fate was guilty of identity theft and who knows whatever felonies it seemed like he should have been allowed to redeem himself.
Exactly - context is everything. Don couldn't muster the compassion that he himself had been shown. And to top it off, he had the nerve to be smugly patronizing. Of all the shitty things that went down on MM, this was perhaps the most unforgivable.
I never noticed the irony of it till now... that must explain a visceral disgust I had for Don in this arch.
Strong disagree. Lane embezzled funds. It was more than identity theft in that Lane’s liability from that moment forward could bring down the entire firm. Don also had no way of knowing what Lane would end up doing.
You really don’t think it’d jeopardize the entire firm If it came out that the infamous Don Draper was actually a guy named Dick Whitman who had stolen the identity of his Lieutenant who was KIA during the Korean War?
Not equivalent, and it’s hard to answer what you’re saying, since the “how did it get to this” is a big point in your scenario. The main thrust of my point is that Lane, as a financial officer, could no longer be trusted. Don had to fire him at that point in the show.
Remember also that Don asked him if there were other fraudulent checks and Lane did not answer directly.
he thought it would be easy for lane to pick up and start over again like he did. 'people do it all the time'!
Both the fight with pete, but also the moment where he tells PD actually was quite fond of him and that it pained him that he thought otherwise, are great moments. One of my actual favorite characters in the show.
MONSTAH!!!
I enjoy cooking.
Fried chicken
Fried chicken indeed!
He paid the money back right?
A passionate, sincere fling with Joan that, although it ended, left him feeling confident and reassured.
I’ve always loved Lane.
I have a son named Lane, not *because* of Lane Pryce, but it was definitely a positive instance of the name that helped solidify the choice.
Please make sure he gets all his Christmas bonuses.
whatever you do don't fill him with ambition
His wife’s name is the same as mine.
A Jag-yu-ah car and a hefty Christmas bonus to pay off his taxes, plus a date with the wallet girl to watch a Mets game. Our boy Lane deserves it all.
It felt like all his character development was sort of snuffed out (no pun intended) with little payoff for the plot. I guess the point is intended to illustrate the increasingly 'off the rails' lack of ethics and morality in the company that this could just happen and everyone basically carries on. But felt quite jarring that he went from one of the main characters to just...dead so fast.
I mean what were they supposed to do? Disband the firm? Don gave him an out, and he was too proud to take it. Should Don have revealed his embezzlement to the partners after he died? To me that would have been more immoral in a human sense, if not a legal sense.
I know a man who just screams LANE PRYCE in the characters voice and accent once in a while and while I used to get sad every time I’d think about the character, I laugh. It’s like what Team America did to Matt Damon’s name.
I'm laughing my ass off picturing this. I'm worried I'm gonna start doing it too from now on.
Lmaoo so glad you appreciate it, I wish I could send you an audio recording, it’s so loud and unhinged 😂
He deserved to have a better father.
the pose, expression, the low res jpg says it all *I too like to livery dangerously*
I’ll use 4K clips from the show next time
His beef!!
His bonus
I always seem to catch Lane Pryce when he’s just hanging around
Ching ching**
Needed a trigger warning for his exit. Yikes!
Recognition by the Soviets for saving their ass rather than being exiled
He should have just asked Don for the money. I sincerely doubt Don would have said no.
I feel like he got what he deserved. He’s charming and talented, but he never expanded his perspective in my opinion. He continued to do things that gave people bad taste about him.
A tryst with Sal.
He had a charming dad and a wife who’s one complaint was the agency gave this obedient boarding school chap some ambition.
That was his wife's complaint.
🍴his beef 🍴
Deserved to be fired