I’m really gonna miss “Mad Men.”
But I’m glad that it’ll be back in the summer of 2008. Something to look forward to, along with finding out whether Willie Randolph will still be managing the Mets.
Anyway, last night’s finale was plenty intense: Don finally showing some emotion (learning the fate of his brother, returning to an empty house) was a satisfying breakthrough. And Betty’s first tentative steps away from being a submissive housewife was a nice touch as well.
But the pregnant Peggy (and she didn’t know it?) storyline was right out of grade-Z soap opera. Peggy sure has looked porky the past few months — and I guess it’s been about nine months since she had that late-night tryst with groom-to-be Pete, so it wasn’t a total surprise. But can’t “Mad Men” do better than that? (You just know that Peggy is gonna give away the baby when next season arrives, the better to focus on her new career as junior copywriter.)
All I can say, it’s gonna be a lot more fun in ‘61.
(And very cool was the shots of the wrap party. I always wondered what the actors looked like as their 2007 selves, not their 1960 characters, and now I can rest peacefully)
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Hi. I am in total agreement with you. This series has really grown on me. Here it is Thursday night a week later, and I just switched the channel to AMC, in hopes of watching it again. Did not want it to end, and would definitely watch the reruns. AMC, are you listening, do you care?
When I first began watching, my least favorite character was Don Draper. Somewhere along the way, though, he became my favorite. I think the night he crawled into bed with his son is when I changed my mind about him for sure. I love the little unexpected parts of him, from giving Peggy some real ad copy work to instinctively sensing the ugly character of Pete, to always asking in meetings "what do women want?" Yet, he's so cold to Betty. I hope they peel that back next season, and show him trying to connect with her, before it's too late.
Then, there is the part of him who is pure genius at what he does. That Kodak Caroussel presentation scene was one of the best scenes in TV I've watched in ages. Just gorgeous.
Now, all I have to keep me remembering is Amy Winehouse music. Well, not totally bad. :)