Thanks to Netflix, we've zoomed into 1965, present time on Mad Men, and the result is that our Netflix moments have been pooled and then leased to AMC on Sunday evenings. It's better than thinking about going to work on Monday. On the other hand, when you're a couple seasons behind with a DVD in hand you can put off thinking about going to work in the morning till it's almost time to go.
Having insides made of tissue, I thought the volume of alcohol consumed by Don Draper in Seasons 1, 2 and 3 was enough to render implausible his satisfactory work-a-day functioning, not to mention the after-hours meandering and philandering. But what do I know? In Season 4, he picks up the pace before, in the last episode, climbing out of the bottle to get engaged to his secretary, who is hot and half his age. Does that sound familiar? His partner Roger Sterling pulled the same stunt, and now, a couple seasons later, the mist is out of Roger's eyes and he finds himself married to a woman who's been written out of the script.
Betty, Don's ex, is missing from whole episodes as well. She's going down, down, down. Personally, I think it is condign punishment for marrying a Republican operative. She lies in bed, unhappy and alone, in a scene "balanced" by one in which Don and his secretary gaze deep, deep into the eyes of the other. No wonder Betty looks so sad! Meanwhile, Peggy and Joan and Dr. Faye Miller, the spurned psychologist, are not amused by Don's triumph. I say: "Hang in there, ladies." Don, too, is apt to be de-misted. "It is the future generation that presses into being by means of these exuberant feelings and supersensible soap bubbles of ours."
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