The middle drags but the season ends spectacularly. 2010-07-24

Reviewer: Pekinman

I don't have cable tv or satellite or any of that over-priced stuff so I have to wait, sometimes a long time, for the dvds of a series like Mad Men to become available for sale. I had a mixed reaction to seasons 1 & 2, still do, but with season 3, which I have just watched, I am beginning to become a Believer.

In the middle of this third season the going got rough and I got really even more bored with Don Draper's goat-like sex drive than I was in the previous seasons. But now I begin to see the stage being set for season four. (What follows is a spoiler so don't read on if you haven't seen the third season) I suppose that Don will marry that neurotic school teacher with the alcohol problem and the weird brother. Don reverting to blood type after his front was blown when Betsy finds his secret box of old photographs with his true identity that was hidden to her for their entire marriage.

This marital folderol all takes place during and after the assassination of JFK. That episode, I think it's around no. 7 in the season, is harrowing and great television. It brought back all the memories. I was about Sally Draper's age at the time.
It's wonderfully scripted and the side stories are kept moving along as well. The only drags were the love scenes between Don and that teacher, who I HOPE he doesn't marry, and I hope he gets back with Betsy if only the spoiled little bitch would Get Off It. She's annoying but she's not as annoying as Suzanne Farrell, the manipulative victim/teacher.

Anyway, it's an outstanding season, much better than seasons 1 & 2. So, I am fully onboard the Don Draper juggernaut and look forward to the release of Season Four. I am as addicted to this series now as I am to Rome. And they are the only two television shows I've become addicted to since the early years of Saturday Night Live.

Mad Men 2010-07-15

Reviewer: janne

Mad Men is probobly the best TV drama so far - it's a gas to see Jon Hamm in his role as Don Draper - he's brilliant!.

Great series - $10 on iTunes for the whole season! 2010-07-12

Reviewer: Aaron Peacock

Why buy this for $30 when you can get it right now for $9.99 on iTunes - just did it this weekend & I started watching minutes later.

Mad about this show 2010-07-04

Reviewer: M. McCluer

Mad Men is at once traditional and innovative, stylish and shocking, playful and austere, comical and brooding. It is a show that prides itself on combining seamless writing and amazingly effective character development, and it displays the same historical acumen and attention to detail that has made all of Matthew Weiner's projects into roaring successes. Mad Men is no exception, except that this particular show doesn't hang its hat on gratuitous sex or violence (though they occasionally appear anyway and fantastically enrich the plot), but rather exists as the purest of addictions, an indulgence for the soul.

One of Best Series on TV 2010-07-04

Reviewer: John Ason

Character development is excellent and takes many turns. Writing is consistently good and it intertwines current events from 50s and 60s into the story line. After watching Season 1 and 2 on DVD, bought Season 3 on DVD and will watch Season 4 on AMC. Recommended to baby boomers who grew up in 50s and 60s since younger people may not be familiar with many of the products that they try to market.