I like Mad Men, but I’m not sure why. It’s so slow moving and so not a lot happens. It all happens beautifully though – everyone looks fantastic and the 60’s period costumes and sets are gorgeous, especially the female character’s dresses. This season saw some major events as 1963 moved on to the assassination of JFK, a memorable episode that answered ‘where were you when…?’ for most of the characters. One of the more memorable occurrences this year was when a runaway ride-on lawn mower was driven across the Sterling Cooper office, slicing off a man’s foot and spraying all around with blood. It was horrific and oddly very, very funny. Completely out of left field, but it still felt very ‘Mad Men’.
The female characters are my favourites – little Peggy Olson and her adventures in the big city are great, though I’m not so sure about her relationship with ‘Duck’; Joan is a Ms. Fix it, always on hand to help out, even when feet have been detached, although she was a bit sidelined towards the end of the season when she left Sterling Cooper; and Betty Draper, long-suffering wife of Don Draper/Dick Whitman. Betty has had quite a journey this year. She almost started an affair, then found out about Don’s lies and the truth about his past, including his real name, his dead brother, and his ex-wife. So then she decided to embark on the affair and divorce Don – this all led to some fantastic scenes with Don, who’s life and career quickly unravelled over the course of 2 or 3 episodes. The final episode of the season was a real tour de force, packed with more incident that the preceding episodes put together as the partners of Sterling Cooper quit to form a new company, taking some of their staff with them. I can’t wait to see the next season, this one has been great. I hope Sal is back next time, as he was unceremoniously sacked for refusing a male client’s advances. It’s a shame that Don was not more forward thinking when he let him go. Maybe the new company will need an art director like Sal?
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