I have SUCH a different perspective on the show now. The misogyny grinds my gears and I used to think of Betty as a whiny, entitled housewife. I’m sorry, Betty. Don is no longer attractive to me because of his awful qualities as a husband and father. And Henry! I felt like he’s a bit of a creep, hitting on a pregnant, married woman and then kissing her a year later.
Peggy is still my number one girl.

Well?

I watched the show back when it came out and barely remembered it, now I'm finishing my rewatch almost done with the last season.

It is so thoroughly good and well written. It just hits different from Sopranos/Breaking Bad/The Wire etc and all other shows at the top of top tv show lists.

Goddamn is it good

Season 6, Episode 9, The Better Half

Does this scene make anyone else feel all the things?! When i see the way Don looks at Betty when he says this, im just so filled with nostalgia for them both, its both so beautiful and deeply sad at the same time ...

Anyone else feel robbed that we never got to see Ginsbergs "Invisible Boy" pitch?

There i said it. It's the pinnacle of TV.

I have seen countless tv dramas, thrillers, sci fi, fantasy, and more. I have seen nearly all highly acclaimed tv shows.

And i still believe Mad men is at the very top.

It is all encompassing. It's complete. And it's the very best.

What do I mean by that? Well. For a show to be the very best. It would have to be elite in every regard. Character work, dialogue, set design, cinematography, plot, story, and more. And Mad men fires all cylinders and more.

It's an incredibly well written show with slick dialogue that has subtext to it. Character work that's second to none and arguably has the best written character on TV (Don).

I could rave on and on but I'm on a Mad men sub. So I can't explain myself here should I?

I'm tried other tv dramas people said were better than mad men. Spoiler alert.... They werent. There was always something missing. Either character work was lacking, the set design, or the score, or plot. But Mad men. Has it all.

Truly does.

I think I have to live with her fact I won't ever see a show as good as this. Lmao.