The tie
I am a fail :-) - but what is with the Tie Don had been given and later he gave to Sloan?
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Charlie always wore bow ties. Giving the tie to someone on the staff is the metaphorical passing of the baton to fight for good journalism.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1870479/board/thread/238044265
Sorry, but I don't think so. If it were a bow tie you might be able to make that assumption. Unless you have some link to the show where that is said, I don't buy it. I think the other respondent on the other thread is closer. We just don't know what it meant, but Don and Sloan clearly did. Not everything has to be explained.
I do think it was a bow tie -- the traditional type you actually tie, not a clip-on.
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lskeb3PAA21qhm9aso1_500.gif
At a glance, the tie Charilie's wife gave to Don may appear to be a regular tie, but I'm pretty sure it's a traditional bow tie.
Don felt honored to receive the tie as a "passing of the baton" gesture, but he also felt relieved of the guilt that he felt over his handling of the Princeton story contributing to Charlie's death. Him giving the tie to Sloan was his way to honor Sloan's commitment to the "we just decided to" vision of ACN, but it also was a way to relieve Sloan of her guilt. I thought it was a loving gesture by him to her.
Correct. Not all bow ties are clip-on.
justwrite's second post has nailed it.
It was totally about how Don have felt relieved of the guilt after Charlie's wife spoke to him.
He managed to do the same for Sloan pretending it had been intended for her.
It might be that Sorkin didn't go in to it much but I doubt it was so that something could be left to the imagination. I figured he thought that it was all pretty obvious and it didn't need explaining.
Nice touch to cast the talented Joanna Gleason as Charlie Skinner’s widow. She was in Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) with Sam Waterston, and also appeared in another high caliber Woody Allen film with Waterston in the cast: Hannah and Her Sisters (1986). She played Dirk’s mother in Boogie Nights (1997) and Atty. Jordan Kendall in The West Wing. Both tie scenes were important. Well done.
shareIf it were a bow tie you might be able to make that assumptionThere is absolutely zero doubt it was a bow tie. No possible way you could think it maybe wasn't, sorry but no idea how you missed what it was.
It was his trademark. Being passed down to Don was a gesture of how Charlie felt about him. Those words were even spoken by his wife. Come on, put down the phone when watching TV share
Why would it be anything other than a bow-tie? It was incredibly clear.
Even if you weren't paying attention enough to see that it was a bow-tie, it is obvious from the story and the reaction that it was one of Charlie's ties.
....and bow ties are cool.
It had to be said. ;)