Mad Men is one of those shows that has received a great deal of critical acclaim but has yet to receive the corresponding number of viewers (see also: Arrested Development). Because it received so much hype and won awards last year I decided to put it in my Netflix queue and see what all the talk was about. I admit it took me a few episodes to get into it but by the end of the first season I was hooked. I am by no means a professional TV critic so while I agree with the critics this time my general standard for watching a TV show doesn't usually involve their opinion. Instead a TV program will stay on my watch list if I can answer 'yes' to the question "does it keep me entertained?" (see: The Bachelorette)I'm entertained by Mad Men for several reasons: I love the clothes, the history of the era, the advertising, most of the characters, and of course all of the drama. I enjoy reading recaps and opinions of each weekly episode on Monday mornings and have found my favorite to be this one. While I loved reading recaps of The Bachelorette for humorous purposes, the Mad Men recaps are always filled with things I missed or more information on the subsequent world events happening during that time period.
If you have yet to tune in to Mad Men I suggest catching up by watching a YouTube video that recaps the first two seasons in 3 minutes here and then jumping into the third season (we're 2 episodes in). Of course you could always wait and watch the first 3 seasons on DVD and then watch the fourth season in real time; however, the sooner more people start watching the sooner I have more people to discuss the show with and let's be honest, that's half the fun of TV... so start watching!
2 comments:
Just bought Season's 1 and 2. Thanks a LOT.
Yay! Yay! Yay! I'm so glad we can start discussing, you are going to love it!
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