Mad Men Season 2013

[the beav]

OK, I started a new Mad Men thread because I can't find the old one.

I am very disappointed. Not that the plots were ever all that great, but they seem even shallower and less imaginative this time. And worst of all, the sets are getting to the late-60s. Does anyone feel the same way?

 

[jlanger]

It's really depressing this season. Draper is just getting more and more sad.

 

[John Von Wuggz]

I started feeling this way in season 2. Was just hoping it got better.

 

[Toothpick]

There is a lot less happening this season that makes me anticipate the next episode.

In a way it's getting old.

 

[Graybeard57]

I still like the show, but Draper less. He needs to grow up.

 

[gegarrenton]

I think each season has it's own texture. This one is pretty sombre for sure, but I still love it. I feel they are going somewhere with Don's behavior that will play out to the finale of the series next year.

 

[inspiringK]

I realized at season three that this show is just too dreary. Glad to see that's still the case and that I haven't been missing out. It was fun for a while though.

 

[DiG3430]

I love this show, largely due to its time capsule element. Part of what's keeping me glued to this season is that it looks more and more like the late-'60s. Huge cultural events are coming up, like the RFK and MLK assassinations, Woodstock, the Tet Offensive and escalating Vietnam protests. The characters always seem somewhat isolated from this type of stuff in their Madison Avenue offices, but these events might be big enough to actually rock them. If nothing else, we're already seeing the effect Vietnam is having with their advertisements, like Peggy's headphones ad and Broadway Joe on Broadway attempting to take the napalm heat off Dow.

 

[bamafan64]

I would have liked for them to have stayed in the early sixties longer. I would imagine the show is nearing the end of its run before too much longer, so I guess they have to speed things along.

 

[Crixus]

I would have liked for them to have stayed in the early sixties longer.

I have really enjoyed the women's outfits throughout the entire series. As we hit late sixties and possibly early seventies timeframes, we know the clothes are going to take a big tumble. As for the men, the first time I see a full Windsor knot on a five inch wide polyester tie I may just have to throw in the towel.

 

[jb4647]

Mad Men is very similar to The Sopranos because both involve Matthew Wiener. Each season Sopranos would start out slow and people would complain how that season was rubbish, but by the end one would see how the pieces fit and remark what great television it was.

Mad Men is following a similar pattern. Just be patient and all will come to a head. There's a reason why they film all 13 episodes and then air them. They are telling a 13-part story that builds on the prior eps.

 

[jb4647]

Next season is the 7th and final and Wiener has always said it will end when the 60's end. I'll bet the final show takes place in Dec 31, 1969.

 

[the beav]

Mad Men is very similar to The Sopranos because both involve Matthew Wiener. Each season Sopranos would start out slow and people would complain how that season was rubbish, but by the end one would see how the pieces fit and remark what great television it was.

Mad Men is following a similar pattern. Just be patient and all will come to a head. There's a reason why they film all 13 episodes and then air them. They are telling a 13-part story that builds on the prior eps.

I don't doubt that you're right, but I think a good part of the audience watches it primarily for the clothes and sets.

 

[mretzloff]

The season is pretty good so far, but I am starting to dislike Don's character.

 

[Slowhand]

This season hasn't been the best, for sure, but the last episode was one of the best of the entire series, IMO. When Roger is at the top of his game, there isn't a better character. I still love the show, regardless.

Don getting more and more sad is part of the show. If you don't like that, I have a hard time believing you ever liked the show.

 

[Crixus]

As Don is only one of a half dozen or so of SCDP, how was he able to facilitate a merge (on the spot) with Peggy's new company? Surely they can't hoodwink a titan like Chevrolet, so they'll have to follow through with it. Does Don think if he lands Chevy that his partners will merge without a peep? Or is the merge just a big Weiner twist?

 

[SalvadorMontenegro]

a big Weiner twist?

I've only watched the first season: Did they move the show to Cinemax??????????

(30 in four months.)

 

[mretzloff]

I've only watched the first season: Did they move the show to Cinemax??????????

(30 in four months.)

It is still on AMC.

 

[DiG3430]

I've only watched the first season: Did they move the show to Cinemax??????????

(30 in four months.)

Sunday's episode was my favorite of the season so far. Agreed that Roger can be the show's best character when he's on his game. Good to see him making a splash again. And I don't think Don cares what his colleagues will think. They planned to go public without informing him, so he organized a merger without informing them. In the end, it has all the makings of a financially successful move, but one with the potential for all kinds of drama. And that's good for the show's plotlines.

And am I the only one taking pleasure in seeing the downfall of Pete Campbell? Lane punching him in the face last season was pretty epic, but this season has just been a cascade of crap falling on the head of that sniveling twerp, including his wife suddenly showing that she has a backbone made of granite.

 

[gegarrenton]

And am I the only one taking pleasure in seeing the downfall of Pete Campbell?

Nope! I am waiting for him to get hit by a car or something. There are those characters you love to hate, then there are those you just hate. He is the latter.