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Mad Men - Season 6 - Sundays on AMC
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shadyspace
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Season 6 was way better than 5. Way too much Megan in S5. S4 remains GOAT.
This scene by itself destroys any argument people who think Don is an irredeemable scumbag has. Such a showing of vulnerability and truth to your still very much young kids about the man you truly are is such a show of love and implicit trust towards ones children. I wasn't shared that moment of reality about my own father until much later in life.
Ultimadrago
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The series is such an entertaining blur for me, I can't split the seasons apart in my head. All I know is that there was
way too much Meg in S5.
Looking forward to this coming season!
way too much Meg in S5.
Looking forward to this coming season!
Yep. First three seasons > latter three seasons. Having said that, I thought S6 was a really good return to form after S5, which was the show's weakest season.
KolosLazar16
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S4 was easily the best. 4>3>2>1>6>5
Holy shit. People don't like S5?
That was easy an A season. Signal 30, Far Away Places, The Other Woman, Lady Lazarus were all easy 10/10 episodes.
4 > 1 > 5 > 6 > 3 > 2. Every single season rated at least a 9/10.
S5 was great imho, S6 was too disjointed and I didn't like some of the subplots.
KolosLazar16
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Poimandres
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Season 6 > Season 5 for me. I thought season 5 was pretty weak honestly.
Awesome.
Great commercial
Dion Blaster
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Season 5 had the best scene I though, was that where the "Only Live Twice" finale was?
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Leona Lewis
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I agree that S5 has some throwaway sub-plots (Megan's utterly vacuous professional crisis, Pete and the emotionally vacant Gilmore Girl...seriously, who did she screw to get that role?)...
...but it reaches some heights that are unquestionably series highs. The whole stretch from "Mystery Date" to "Signal 30" (still the series' finest episode) to "To Far Away Places" is flawless television, and then the incredible "The Other Woman" on top of that.
S6 is more consistent overall, minus "The Crash" (the drugs in the office travesty), which is probably the series low other than "Tea Leaves" really. But the season as a whole leaves less of an impression because so much of it was (deliberately, to be fair) a retread of earlier character beats from previous seasons.
Not that it matters, anyway, because all the seasons are 9/10+ anyway. Even Season 2 and Bobbie Barrett's desiccated sex hole
...but it reaches some heights that are unquestionably series highs. The whole stretch from "Mystery Date" to "Signal 30" (still the series' finest episode) to "To Far Away Places" is flawless television, and then the incredible "The Other Woman" on top of that.
S6 is more consistent overall, minus "The Crash" (the drugs in the office travesty), which is probably the series low other than "Tea Leaves" really. But the season as a whole leaves less of an impression because so much of it was (deliberately, to be fair) a retread of earlier character beats from previous seasons.
Not that it matters, anyway, because all the seasons are 9/10+ anyway. Even Season 2 and Bobbie Barrett's desiccated sex hole
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Love the contrasting colors.
metalslimer
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I didn't realize people didn't like the office drug episode so much.
-Pyromaniac-
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I thought it was one of the best episodes of Mad Men ever. I trip balls at anyone that disliked it.
Anyway now that walking dead is over I'm so glad this is back soon. AMC has me by the balls....for now.
Steelyuhas
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Yeah I found that aspect of season 6 frustrating, and lead to it probably being my least favorite season. The finale was so damn good that it manages to elevate the season quite a bit.
Whoa, very cool ad.
Wholeheartedly agree. All of these are some of the best episodes in the show.
4 and 5 were probably my favorite seasons, with everything else being roughly equally good. Mostly, I think 4 and 5 stick out to me because they're the most interesting seasons for Don as a character. When Don's being boring the whole show gets dragged down by virtue of him being the main character.
MidnightCowboy
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It's been a while, but wasn't season 5 the season where Don was boring? He's trying to be clean for Megan and all. In Season 6 he has all the stuff with Sylvia, the summer camp part with Betty, and one of the top 5 dramatic scenes, the Hershey's pitch. That's not boring.
That's what's so interesting, though! Don fucks around all the time. Him cheating on his wife is boring. Him actually trying to be a decent husband and have a happy marriage is new and interesting territory.
Hours Left
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I sort of agree, but some of those season 6 episodes were great. Loved the one with him and Betty at that camp and the Hershey's pitch.
Imagine this turned out to be true (I know I know it won't but it'd be cool)
https://medium.com/sterling-cooper-draper-pryce/e96804523838
https://medium.com/sterling-cooper-draper-pryce/e96804523838
I think S6 of MM and S5 of Justified are similar in that they both need to get their protagonist to a low point, and it's not a pretty ride.
Annoying Old Party Man
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Any other links for that trailer?
I loved the entirety of season 6, including the drug episode (I still think Don's garbled speech is one of the funniest scenes of the entire run). Season 5 was mostly monotonous and trite, most of the subplots were simply bad and very melodramatic (especially Pete's romance), though the closing shot was absolutely stunning and gives me instant goosebumps (montage set to "You Only Live Twice").
Deadly Joker
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I saw this a while back. I've always thought it'd be a cool idea. Kinda funny with the promo pictures in an airport and plane lol.
Wow, this is fascinating. Would be kinda neat if that was what Weiner was leading up to. Probably isn't, but still cool.
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
I liked it plenty. Not just for the goofiness, but for revealing a desperate and obsessed side of Don that's usually buried in 3 layers of mannerisms.
Sapiens
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Nice. Didn't realize they modded you. Deserved just for the Mad Men threads alone.
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
Great quote. Although it isn't as smug seeming in context.
her husband? XD
Khartaiser and Bleidl gone get marry'd.
Also, that subplot was about Pete selfdoubting his role as family man. His dialogue at her bedside is one of my favourites in the entire show. But I guess it's one of those things you have to go through to understand it properly.
HalfBakedProphet
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On episode 5, really enjoying this season so far. I got goosebumps during the Martin Luther King, Jr. episode
Season 5 was strange in that I think it was the weakest season overall but had some of the best individual episodes of the whole series.
Season 5 was strange in that I think it was the weakest season overall but had some of the best individual episodes of the whole series.
CharminUltra
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No doubt the final season(s?) will be amazing and should make up for the dullness of seasons 5 and 6. They have no reason to hold back (at least during the last half). I think the mid-season finale will end in a bang. Can't wait.
Part of me thinks Weiner will end the mid season with a non cliffhanger. Think of a shot of Don going to sleep with nothing hanging in the balance. Just to piss everyone off about the split season.
I hope so.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
The Walking Dead sez hi. Also, Better Call Saul.
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