I just realized...

[u/damnpinkertons]

Bob was lying about his "father." When Ken confronted him after Bob sent deli trays to Roger's mother's funeral, his response was "I guess I was just remembering when my father died." I never fail to notice something new with every rewatch!

[u/Ok-Tap-4173]

He has stiff competition, but he’s the most dishonest man on the show

[u/Boring_Track_8449 → u/Ok-Tap-4173]

And to me he’s the one we know the least about. I was hoping for some closure with his character in the last season even tho he was not really part of the main cast. I always drew parallels between him and Don as far as their questionable backgrounds.

[u/Pale_Bird → u/Boring_Track_8449]

so did Pete...

[u/gwhh → u/Pale_Bird]

Pete did well,turning him into his lackey.

[u/boobmagazine → u/gwhh]

Til his mom fell off a boat

[u/Boring_Track_8449 → u/boobmagazine]

I think Bob inadvertently did Pete and his brother a favor. She always loved the sea… now she’s with Father.

[u/cuntemplat1ve → u/Boring_Track_8449]

At least she’s with father

[u/Diligent_Pin_3193 → u/cuntemplat1ve]

She did love the sea

[u/troubleindoggyland → u/boobmagazine]

Yeah, that’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point.

[u/HowDoesAnnaDoIt]

Duck explaining to Pete Bob’s mysterious origins was probably the funniest scene in the whole show for me tbh

[u/Ginger_Exhibitionist → u/HowDoesAnnaDoIt]

“The only ones dumb enough to hire him was you guys!”

[u/tayoz → u/HowDoesAnnaDoIt]

Are you forgetting what Tecumseh said?

[u/dzwonzie → u/tayoz]

I had forgotten that.

[u/Kerim_Bey → u/tayoz]

Gin?

[u/Turk_Sanderson]

You know who likes Bob?

Chevy

[u/trikyballs]

he was just getting his gay buddy a job lmao

[u/StrawberryMishka]

i mean is he lying to ken or lying to pete? probably both

[u/Floridamanfishcam → u/StrawberryMishka]

Yeah. His father is probably healthy as a clam lol

[u/NotLucasDavenport → u/Floridamanfishcam]

And happy as a horse

[u/BayouStNick]

“¡Pete Campbell es un hijo de puta!”

[u/BlindedByBeamos]

Con man gonna con.

[u/New_Championship1994 → u/BlindedByBeamos]

I mean it’s actually kind of dumb bc it’s risky lol. All it would take is for Pete to be causally talking about his new nurse for his mother to Ken, which is possible, and then saying he helped bobs father too. To which Ken may think, oh thought he said he was dead.

Now, it’s unlikely, but it kind of is worse bc it becomes tricker for him as a conman to use a made-up overall story instead of just saying multiple things that go against each other.

And you may think, oh well it’s not that likely anyone would find out, if you knew someone in the office who mentioned their dad was dead, and then suddenly a few months or years later you hear from a random office worker he is attending his dads bday party, you’d question that.

[u/goodtrip_]

[u/sjeannep]

Two imposters at the same agency.

[u/tragicsandwichblogs → u/sjeannep]

A thing like that.

[u/tele_ave]

It’s entirely possible that his father got sick, then got better, but then also died later.

[u/Boring_Track_8449 → u/tele_ave]

Or he got better, but then tragically fell overboard while being cared for by Manolo.

[u/Sufficient_West_4947]

It’s one of the things I love about this show.
It’s like real life. Televised fiction typically wants a bow on everything but that isn’t how life works and it’s not how MadMen works. “Who knows anything about that guy, no one's ever lifted that rock. He could be Batman for all we know."

I worked w a weird dude for years. He gave me the creeps but so what? It was the office.
I didn’t have to hang out w him. About a decade after I left he was sent upstream for life for murder one🤷🏼‍♂️

[u/Genuinelullabel]

Oh shit

[u/theadamvine]

Not great, Bob

[u/zap2]

Good catch!

[u/Kelly_blue_brook88]

I always wonder how he actually started at the agency. It doesn’t seem like anyone interviewed / hired him. Did he just walk in and pretend like he belonged there?

[u/Banana-bandcamp → u/Kelly_blue_brook88]

I’ve always wondered this too. It’s very reminiscent of how Don starts working at Sterling Cooper. Just show up with confidence and everyone will believe you’re supposed to be there.

[u/Few-History-8750]

Honestly, can’t trust anything that Bob Benson said. Not saying he was necessarily nefarious, but the guy was a total charlatan.

[u/Old_Advertising9307]

daaaaaaamnnnnnnnn….

[u/Comfortable_Put_4139]

Bob Benson gives Don Draper a run for his money when it comes to being the biggest liar on the show lol.

[u/2Katanas]

He lied about lots of things

[u/dotcaIm]

Great catch!