Harry Crane is sleeping with his secretary and fights with Joan to keep her hired Megan gets a love scene on her soap opera, and her boss and co-star propose group sex with her and Don Stan works in a sealed room on the Heinz Ketchup account. This season six entry is where the show most resembled the melodrama of Megan’s soap opera. Written by Erin Levy directed by Michael Uppendahl. “To Have and to Hold” (Season 6, Episode 4) Also, Mad Men is the last show where you want to hear Z-grade fat jokes, even if they’re coming from a character you’re meant to hate.ĩ0. This episode, which introduces her and her irksome husband, Jimmy, hasn’t aged well because of these facts. Neither sultry enough to convince the audience of her appeal nor smart enough to match him, she was a narrative ploy to alert Betty to Don’s infidelities. Written by Matthew Weiner and Rick Cleveland directed by Lesli Linka Glatter.īobbie Barrett was Don’s worst mistress. Mad Men was never good at dealing with religion and this episode’s lacklustre attempt to deal with Peggy’s guilt combined with an irritatingly earnest performance from Colin Hanks as Father Gill make for Mad Men’s darkest hour.ĩ1. There’s no better showcase for this than “Three Sundays,” which follows Don, Betty, and Peggy over the course of three consecutive Sundays and their various personal mishaps. There are no bad episodes of Mad Men, although the show did stumble on occasion and look more like a pretentious melodrama than a legitimately great show. Written by Andre Jacquemetton & Maria Jacquemetton directed by Tim Hunter. The following contains spoilers for all seven seasons of Mad Men. The following is a ranking of every episode of Mad Men ever filmed, in ascending order. I’ve now updated the list to include the final seven episodes. I posted a version of this list on April 3rd, right before the first of the final episodes premiered on April 5th. I liked some episodes more than I remember, certain missteps seemed harsher in retrospect, and the all-timers like “The Suitcase” only look better the older they get. It was a rewarding experience, deepening my admiration for the show and it deepened my enjoyment of the final seven episodes, helping me to view them in the light of all that came before.
Right before the final half season of Mad Men premiered, I rewatched the first six and a half seasons of the series. It’s also an amazing story, the Great American Novel figured as a seven season period drama. The heir apparent to The Sopranos, the show turned AMC into an industry powerhouse, ushered in the current wave of 1960s nostalgia and redefined our culture’s fashion and style. Mad Men is one of the 21st century’s foundational shows.
The final episode of Mad Men premiered on Sunday, May 17th, bringing with it “The End of an Era,” as per AMC’s marketing campaign for the final half season.
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