Mad Men - Season 7 Part 1 - The Beginning - [S7 Part 2 begins April 5th]

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The last seven episodes of Mad Men’s split final season, will debut on April 5 at 10 PM, AMC announced at the top of its TCA session. “What an incredible journey this has been,” Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner said. “I take great pride in what the entire Mad Men team was able to create episode after episode, season after season. We sincerely thank the fans for joining us on this ride and hope it has meant as much to them as it has to us.”
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It seems somewhat appropriate a poster named Bertram Cooper is sharing that sentiment.

I agree completely. If a show is really good, I don't want it to run forever. I want it to wrap up nicely. The worst thing to happen to a good show is to run until you make you wonder why you're still watching it.
 
Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't want another season. I just hate to see a thing that I love end, even if it's the right choice.
 
BobbyRoberts said:
I do.

In fact, I wanted it to end last year LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE, instead of being split in two for stupid-ass gimmicky marketing reasons.
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This. No better way to kill momentum than to run 7 episodes and take a year off. I'm so irritated with AMC for this still.

In any case, I can't wait to finally see how this ends, especially considering it's been filmed and locked away for a year.
 
Cornballer said:
- Sepinwall's live-blog of the Mad Men panel at TCA

The final seven episodes will run on consecutive weeks and the finale will be on May 17th.
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When Weiner looks back on the show, how does he see it as a legacy series, where it never really fell into a ball of flames? "That's nice of you to say, that's not for me to say," he says, admitting there are moments everyone doesn't like about their work. "Because I'm surrounded by great people, I feel very satisfied with a lot of what we did. I'm super-proud of the fact that we did not repeat ourselves... It's so subjective. If you want to ask, 'Do I feel good about what we did?' Yeah, for 92 hours of it, I think it's got a very high level of execution. I think the acting was consistent and surprising, the directing. I think the writing was always experimental at times. Considering on an academic level that the show doesn't have a genre. But honestly, going back to the job question, whatever we did to allow us to let them keep us working all the time, that has been mysterious. That has been the greatest satisfaction." Everyone working on the show was very smart, "And by the end of the show, I don't think anybody was around who people didn't like, except me. It was a work environment that was based on satisfying ourselves, and I'm not gonna lie, getting recognition did not hurt." So can he put it down and let it go? "I don't think I'll ever let it go." He recalls Hendricks and Moss's first scene together, the first time he saw them walking next to each other, "And you're having a psychotic experience, of something being realized. You guys know how long this thing existed, I carried it around for so long. And I've never gotten over that." He thinks on all the people who have been with the show from the start. "It is a very special creatively satisfying experience. The part that you can't leave alone is, 'How greedy am I gonna be? Do I expect this to happen again?"
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User33 said:
What, no not at all. Seasons 5-7 have been far worse than the first four. Season 6 in particular wasn't very good.
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I've never seen it that way. I just think people have to convince themselves that almost every show has a (sometimes arbitrary) point where it's no longer as good. Season 7 has been amazing so far; I far prefer it to much of season 2 where I found myself incredibly bored with some of the side storylines.
 
Don/Betty breaking up and then Don's second marriage with Megan changed the tone of the show. I'm sure this was largely intentional - the structure of the character's relationships is supposed to be different as the 60's wear on - but there's something about the defined gender roles and separate work/office spaces of season 1-3 that make them more compelling for me. Partly that's because the structure is gradually collapsing, (we know) for good, and can't really be held against the show. I still think series 4-7a are miles ahead of most other TV, and most of the main characters have been excellent to follow. Pete and Peggy especially - two characters with more to them than the leads of most shows, where I get a sense of not just how they change, but what they think about how they've changed. Of the characters who joined after season 1, I cared for Lane more than Megan. I can't even put my finger on why she doesn't hold my interest.

Look forward to the ending arc, and even more, watching the complete work through from start to finish.
 
I don't think any season has been out and out bad, but 6 was the only year where I thought they were really spinning their wheels.
 
I thought power struggle during the sixth season was fascinating to watch. I thought season 5 became too soapy for it's own good and generally it felt like writing took a hit after a prolonged break, but past that Weiner recovered back to his older level.
 
Dany M said:
All the seasons have been great. I never finish a season or an episode thinking it was poor.
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Same. I really think this show is incredible throughout. Gonna miss the hell out of it, I think it's the best show ever made.
 
Been rewatching Mad Men over winter in preparation for the last season...so many great moments. I fucking love Bert <3

"This is medievil"

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Cornballer said:
The final seven episodes will run on consecutive weeks and the finale will be on May 17th.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. FUCK!

I have to be at a damned wedding that day in NY, my wife's brother is finally getting married after 35 years of living at home. UGH.

I'd rather watch Mad Men.
 
AlphaSnake said:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. FUCK!

I have to be at a damned wedding that day in NY, my wife's brother is finally getting married after 35 years of living at home. UGH.

I'd rather watch Mad Men.
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so watch it. Priorities, yo. If they don't understand then they are fucked.
 
I feel for you people who have been watching this show every week. I started watching it for the first time right before Christmas and caught up to the end of 7pt1. This show is such a slow burn that you want to put on the next episode right away. Maybe I'll rewatch the series while I wait for the second part of the season.
 
User33 said:
I think that's a cop-out explanation. In the end we were left with a season which retreaded themes that were done much better in previous seasons and suffered as a result.
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I don't know, it felt the same but much more tired and pathetic especially in regards to Don. It was important and worth it just for final bit with his kids and his old house.
 
-Pyromaniac- said:
so watch it. Priorities, yo. If they don't understand then they are fucked.
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Her brother already ruined our plans to have a late honeymoon and my 30th bday in Europe by having their wedding on the 17th. Now I have to tell her the finale of the show is on the same date...she won't take well to that news.
 
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