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Well, actually, I have not seen ANY of these episodes, and I've actually seen only a small handful of previous episodes. I have, however, enjoyed MOST of what I have seen, and I can look forward to watching the series from the beginning, seeing as how I have Season 1-4 of this series in my rather substantial collection. I would like to submit a suggestion to the producers if they intend to continue with this series into the substantial future. As far as I can tell, this series is essentially about an advertising agency that is constantly in turmoil. Accounts are always being horribly mishandled or flat-out-lost due to incompetence or stupidiy. Department heads who have no idea of how to get a decent job done. Secretaries whose libidoes are supercharged. Anyway, about the title format.... I'd change the M in Mad to black and have AD stay in red, seeing as how the company is usually 'in the red', anyway. I hope they continue the series and bring in some new people to add a new, fresh angle to the festivities. That young woman with the Donna Reed hairstyle.... isn't that Zoey from The West Wing? MZRead full review
I concur with the review that said "... season 4 left me wanting for more of a story line. It spiraled down to meaningless sex, too many cigarettes and too much drinking. ..." Yeah, definitely far too much drifting away from good writing, and from the business and the glitz of the previous seasons. And these (shallow and airheaded) people are now always creating *so* many problems for themselves that it's hard to have much empathy or sympathy, either one. They keep making bad decisions and making losers out of themselves. Kind of surprising, in light of it's still the '60s, there are still numerous America corporations making products here in the USA, people are very prosperous. I'm not pleased with the direction that Matt Weiner has chosen to take this season. I'd like to see more emphasis on work and advertising, and less of a show about slackers and their sordid and downward-spiraling personal lives. The writing just isn't as detailed or as good in Season 4. Cost-cutting is apparent. (So far, Season 5 is even worse: darker and veering 'way far off into a litany of personal problems. 5 is on my Do Not Buy list, so far.) One of the disks in this Season 4 set has chatter and rumble, too. That makes my negative experience complete, haha. I bought all of Seasons 1 - 4 while Mad Man was on hiatus between Seasons 4 and 5. I had never watched the series until I happened to catch it on AMC on Sunday mornings. Had I watched Season 4 on TV first, I might not have bought the DVDs.Read full review
From the first day I watched a barrowed copy of seasons 1 through 3, I have to admit that I'm "hooked" on the series; having lived through the time that the series was based on (1960) a little bit of nostaglia has been brought out about this series. reminds one of the days back then-before the big push for Cigarette warnings, business meetings conducted with a drink on one's hand, and how America went through chapers in its history is portrayed in this series; This series shows how it was back then and could be a lessson for all in the future, casuse we come a long ways in how our american lifestyle......It is indeed worth every cent one will pay to watch.
Season 4 of "Mad Men" is where Don Draper and company finally leave the early 1960's and enter THE SIXTIES -- Beatles, Feminism, Vietnam, etc. Unlike earlier seasons that spanned roughly eight or nine months of a single year, Season 4 begins in November 1964 and continues to the fall of 1965. Initially it appears Don's big gamble from Season 3's finale has paid off. His breakaway ad firm Sterling-Cooper-Draper-Price is pulling new clients (including Honda) into its slick new offices and is already winning an award for an innovative commercial. Freed of his unhappy marriage, Don can now play the field. But Don is miserable, drinking more and paying hookers to slap him around. Season 4 is about Don in hell, getting everything he thought he wanted but realizing his soul is dying. And so against the backdrop of this increasingly volotile year, Don has to try to revive that best part of himself. Jon Hamm is great as always, portraying Don in subtle shades that show he is neither a saint or a sinner, just a gifted man trying to be worthy of those gifts and sometimes failing. Another standout this season is Elisabeth Moss as former secretary-turned-copywriter Peggy Olson, who grows as Don's confidante. The two of them turn in heartbreakingly superb work in the season's best episode, "The Suitcase." This set is worth its asking price for that episode alone. Rest assured, it has the usual generous bells and whistles including two commentary tracks on every episode and additional short films about the period, my favorite being on the marketing of the Ford Mustang. If you're a fan of complex storytelling with superb attention to period detail (clothes, decor, music), this is must-have.Read full review
Not Don Draper, but isn't there something just "oh my GOD" about Hamm? This series (who can say more about it) evokes something in me--I was a child in the 60's, so the Draper's daughter is who i can relate to the most in this. I've seen the whole thing, and gone back and seen the "extras". Mad Men was done right; written right (thank you everyone involved) and the costumes and sets are just incredibly done. It was a joy to watch and experience & I cried when it was over (it was like leaving a part of my life that i'd left behind decades ago). I just didn't want to leave it and mostly, i just wanted to be there, again, experiencing it. Yes, again.
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