#9. Mad Men
(Final Season)
The merits of dragging the final season out over two years is debatable. Imagine the mega-season composed of only Part One and Two’s best episodes. Despite the grumbling, ‘Mad Men’ has always been and will always be on the THE greatest dramas of all time, helping define the Golden Age of TV as we know it. Free of all romantic commitments, Don was free to exercise his demons once and for all in the California sun…or try to, at least. The first three episodes might gotten off to a slow start - ghost of Menken’s past -, but Matthew Weiner had a few tricks up his sleeve with the final selling-out of Sterling Cooper. Now Mccann-Ericsson slaves, Don, Roger, Peggy & Co. are faced with the ultimate decision: adapt, die, or storm out like the Queen B you are - talking to you, Joan. ‘Person to Person’, the already-iconic series’ finale, Don hugs it out in yoga pants as we are given the perfect blend of the definite - fortune’s lookin’ up, Pete; Peggy strutting through the hall with those hangover shades - and the ambiguous - we could debate the bleakness/hopefulness of Don’s final choice until the end of time. Goodbye, ‘Mad Men’. Thanks for gifting up these stories and buying us all a Coke.
(Final Season)
The merits of dragging the final season out over two years is debatable. Imagine the mega-season composed of only Part One and Two’s best episodes. Despite the grumbling, ‘Mad Men’ has always been and will always be on the THE greatest dramas of all time, helping define the Golden Age of TV as we know it. Free of all romantic commitments, Don was free to exercise his demons once and for all in the California sun…or try to, at least. The first three episodes might gotten off to a slow start - ghost of Menken’s past -, but Matthew Weiner had a few tricks up his sleeve with the final selling-out of Sterling Cooper. Now Mccann-Ericsson slaves, Don, Roger, Peggy & Co. are faced with the ultimate decision: adapt, die, or storm out like the Queen B you are - talking to you, Joan. ‘Person to Person’, the already-iconic series’ finale, Don hugs it out in yoga pants as we are given the perfect blend of the definite - fortune’s lookin’ up, Pete; Peggy strutting through the hall with those hangover shades - and the ambiguous - we could debate the bleakness/hopefulness of Don’s final choice until the end of time. Goodbye, ‘Mad Men’. Thanks for gifting up these stories and buying us all a Coke.