But to any newbies: When I started watching I thought it was merely interesting until about halfway through the first season, then I realised I love it. Persevere, watch it in order, it's a slow burner.
Yeah, this is pretty much my experience too. Basically I was watching it to bask in the glory of Joan and gradually got into the surrounding plotlines.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 03:34 (twelve years ago) link
R u one of those ppl who sits around watching AMC dramas all nite, tweeting abt how AMAZEBALLS they are?
― HOOSy woosies (history mayne), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 08:37 (twelve years ago) link
Walked by a Banana Republic tonight. The big poster in the window asked me if I am a Betty.
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 02:08 (twelve years ago) link
Well?
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 02:30 (twelve years ago) link
I don't really think there's an answer. I think the significance is in asking the question.
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 02:39 (twelve years ago) link
uch, you're such a Betty.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 02:42 (twelve years ago) link
Keep getting BR MM collection ads in my FB feed ATM.
That's a lot of abbreviations.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 03:05 (twelve years ago) link
Do they have a "Are You A Pete?" poster
― Number None, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 12:18 (twelve years ago) link
Banana republic really on the cutting edge with this mad men collection
http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=77&threadid=66393
― Aerosol, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 14:16 (twelve years ago) link
So when does this actually start?
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 03:05 (twelve years ago) link
via wiki: "The fifth season is scheduled to premiere on March 16, 2012."
crap, I was hoping it was sooner :(
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 03:07 (twelve years ago) link
can't wait! i don't remember exactly when it's supposed to start, but sometime this Spring, right? if only there was an internet to help determine the answer!
― your pain is probably equal (Z S), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 03:11 (twelve years ago) link
march 2012, sez some place on the internet
― your pain is probably equal (Z S), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 03:12 (twelve years ago) link
I can wait. I think.
― tinker tailor soldier sb (silby), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 04:30 (twelve years ago) link
SPOILER i hear don draper broods a lot next season SPOILER
― Mordy, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 05:04 (twelve years ago) link
read "breeds" at first
― tinker tailor soldier sb (silby), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 05:23 (twelve years ago) link
It has been off the air so long that I barely remember what even happened last season. It's hard to get excited about it.
― Nicole, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
^^^
I assume this season will begin in 1975, it feels like they've been gone so long
― The Uncanny Frankie Valley (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
im sorta not looking forward to this. so sick of don and his bullshit. would be really excited if the next season was peggy-only
― max, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
I'm hoping for a mid-70s setting. I feel like anything 1966-1969 will have inevitable stretches of crushing predictability.
(cue "White Rabbit")
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
it'll be awesome, i'm pretty sure, but yeah, i'm not exactly salivating. it seemed to end on a queasy, foreboding 'happy ending' for don, and i'm not desperate to see the whole miserable second marriage unravel.
― Where Is Reason? (stevie), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
eh when it comes back he'll be divorced again already. and it'll be the year 2030.
― sunn :o))) (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
i wonder if he's quit smoking...
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
march 25.
― reconstituted pork offal slurry (get bent), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 03:07 (twelve years ago) link
Enough time to rewatch S4.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
season premiere will be two hours!
― choucrüt (get bent), Sunday, 15 January 2012 01:20 (twelve years ago) link
Jesus. Not sure how I feel about that.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Sunday, 15 January 2012 02:32 (twelve years ago) link
me neither, but i will watch every last minute of it.
― choucrüt (get bent), Sunday, 15 January 2012 02:36 (twelve years ago) link
no skip the last minute
― tinker tailor soldier sb (silby), Sunday, 15 January 2012 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
The last minute will obviously be Don looking out of a window with a deeply furrowed brow.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Sunday, 15 January 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
It's still my theory that the show's focus will shift from Don to Peggy by the end of its run, so I'm expecting that to really begin happening this season. *crosses fingers*
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 15 January 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
the first 45 minutes will a recap of the last 4 seasons because everyone forgot
― your pain is probably equal (Z S), Sunday, 15 January 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
last time on Mad Men
"wow don congratulations on your wedding. who is your bride?"
"oh uh. i forget her name"
― Mordy, Sunday, 15 January 2012 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, January 15, 2012 11:04 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
...I see so little reason for this..??
― NO NUTRITIONAL CONTENT (kelpolaris), Sunday, 15 January 2012 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
cos Don is super boring
― Number None, Sunday, 15 January 2012 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
for us, maybe. for so much of the rest of the viewing public that watches this show it almost needs a personal qualifier on my part that he's the main dig.
― NO NUTRITIONAL CONTENT (kelpolaris), Sunday, 15 January 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
i love don.
― zverotic discourse (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 15 January 2012 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
http://cdn.wg.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/crying-draper.jpg
― zverotic discourse (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 15 January 2012 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
i don't know. i just find *any* of the characters as continually interesting as don, even if he is predictable. i'm sort of past the point of being fascinated by don's actions and more look to how shit will all end up for him. i know he's gonna continually make some bad choices, and i think the writers here are smart enough - e.g., not 19yr old creative writing class depravists - that they wouldn't end the series on some woefully awful note, like him offing himself or whatevs. i don't know. at least i'd like to think it's beyond that.
― NO NUTRITIONAL CONTENT (kelpolaris), Sunday, 15 January 2012 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
the series should end with don faking his death and subsequently wandering the earth helping people out & going on adventures. kinda like the hulk. "you wouldn't like me when i'm...mad"
― Lana Ballantine (latebloomer), Monday, 16 January 2012 09:05 (twelve years ago) link
amc confirmed that s5 is set in may 2003
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Monday, 16 January 2012 10:10 (twelve years ago) link
it follows don and peggy's grandchildren as they team up to solve mysteries
― Mordy, Monday, 16 January 2012 13:26 (twelve years ago) link
I think the gap has been too long for me. I tried reading episode summaries of the last series and had to think far too much to remind myself who some of the characters were.
― Sugary pee is not normal (aldo), Monday, 16 January 2012 15:03 (twelve years ago) link
Is there a reason why the gap has been soooo long?
― Aesop Rizzle (a hoy hoy), Monday, 16 January 2012 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
some of the sopranos gaps were this long
― Mordy, Monday, 16 January 2012 15:12 (twelve years ago) link
Don't really understand how this level of ennui has set in really. Still looking forward to this.
― Matt DC, Monday, 16 January 2012 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
i don't think the ennui is entirely from the gap between seasons but more from how lethargic + disappointing the last season was
― Mordy, Monday, 16 January 2012 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
Perhaps we're due for another good one (1, 3, 5...)
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 16 January 2012 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
S4 > S3.
― Matt DC, Monday, 16 January 2012 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
I really liked the last season. Certainly better than 3.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Monday, 16 January 2012 16:05 (twelve years ago) link