Monday, March 26, 2012

Let the MadMenness begin!

Have you seen it? Don't tell me what happened! I have to watch it On-Demand so I didn't get to see it last night... know what it is? The only other show I am quite mad about other than 'Key West'... What is it you ask? You have to have heard by now-- it's been all over the press and won two Emmy's. But better yet, the critical reviews have been fabulous. The American Film Institute awarded it best television series in 2007,8, 9 & 10 and the Television Critics Association named it the best television series in 2007. Its genius lies in not being a Hallmark Family show with a "lessons well learned." When Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield said "Don Draper's a quintessential fool... Every American wants a clean slate, but nobody wants to lose what they've got... Don Draper, as the greatest of scam artists, the one who never fails to seduce the rubes, is also the biggest sucker of them all... this guy believes in Hollywood happy endings... and if Don Draper falls for his own promises, what hope is there for the rest of us?" he nailed it. That's is in a nutshell. Don Draper has a little bit of our whole schizophrenic society inside of him. So tonight I am going to be watching (drum-roll please!)
 In case you haven't seen it, you might want to borrow the first four seasons from your local library or rent it from itunes or Netflix (I assume they have it). If you jump in now you'll have missed a whole bunch of the story that just won't make the madness complete.
 But just as a little teaser I will remind you that when we last saw him, Don Draper was in bed with a dark-haired woman whom he barely knew. She was his stand-in secretary after the old (and I do mean old!) one passed away, sitting at her desk (yup, you can't kill anybody off any funnier but still sad than that!). After the nanny was unceremoniously dumped (by his bitch of an ex-wife!) he invited her to California to watch the children while he completes some business. The attraction was obvious and by the end of the trip he had given her an engagement ring he had been given by... well, that's all part of the backstory that you will want to catch up on.
So will the two virtual strangers get married?
Will his ex-wife decide she wants him back, dump her new husband and make a play for her soon-to-be-married-ex-husband?
And what happened with Jane?
Is she keeping the baby?
Will she renew her relationship with Roger (her former ex-lover boss?) 
And what about Don's daughter? How will she survive the dysfunction? (probably just like all of us from dysfunctional homes did)  
How will the madness go on???
I don't know! I have to go watch and see!
 
So what are you watching? Anything as gripping as the advertising men of the 60s? 

13 comments:

  1. I've been watching The Walking Dead but it's over now :(

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    1. I watched that too and enjoyed it but Mad Men is my first love on AMC.

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  2. Still on Season 4 at the moment. Can't wait to see what is going to happen.

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    1. It's a very eventful season!!! You'll enjoy it!

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  3. I may be the only person on the planet who has not seen a Mad Men episode. We're planning to rent the earlier seasons this summer when the temps hit 100+ degrees in Phoenix and there's nothing to do on a Saturday but stay inside. :)

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    1. Nah, there are others but you are missing something!

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  4. I have this series on my list of things to dive into (as well as another called "Justified").

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  5. I LOVE Don Draper! Such a great series - and I love the costumes on the ladies! Betty Draper such a lady and yet not... ;-) Hope you are well my dear, its been awhile but I'm getting back into le blogging again. xox

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    1. Glad to hear it. I've been missing you in the blogosphere!

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  6. As a premise I was put off but I got nagged enough by my friends I started watching it, lacking Tv reception I use Netflix, and have found the series to be remarkably intriguing. Complicated and suspenseful the only way to see it is episode by episode from the start.
    Cheers

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  7. I've seen a bit of it, long ago, but really need to start from the beginning & watch it all!

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