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Mad Men - Season 6 - Sundays on AMC

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Jackben

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bitch I'm taking calls.
Don't do it chained, you are missing out on really important shit in-between. 4 and 5 might not be everyone's favourite seasons but they have some excellent episodes that set up slow burning plots for this new season.
 
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Axiology

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ChainedMaster said:
Guys I have a dilemma. I'm just about to finish season 3. I will probably just have started 4 when this season premieres. Mad Men isn't so much about spoilers as it is about how things got there anyways, right? It would be okay if I watched this premiere....right?
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Definitely do not skip seasons.

First, there are definitely some big plot points you'll be missing out on if you do, to the point where things will seem comically different after those two seasons of lost information.

Second, given that this is a show that is less about straight plot points and more about the growth of characters and their motivations I would argue that there's even less appeal to skipping ahead, just because you'd be missing out on a whole bunch of moments and nuances you can't really catch up on with Wikipedia. And that's really the point of watching in the first place.
 
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- NY Times: Nationwide Insurance Teams With ‘Mad Men’
- NY Paley Center announces that their April 23rd panel with the cast & Weiner will be live streamed
As that instantly iconic shot at the end of Mad Men’s fifth season—the principals of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce arrayed in an undefined new workspace, facing out onto an uncertain future—faded to black, the familiar sweet ache of anticipation again took root in the show’s devoted fans. Our long wait is finally over as the heralded series returns for its sixth season, and The Paley Center for Media will convene a panel of Mad Men’s cast and creative team, including creator Matthew Weiner and star Jon Hamm, to discuss all aspects of the peerless television drama.
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ChainedMaster

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Wooow I just got to the part where Don fires Sal and refers to him as "you people". I no longer like Don. So messed up. But I guess you have to remember this is how it was back then.
 
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Cornballer

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- HitFix Interview: 'Mad Men' star Vincent Kartheiser discusses a maturing Pete Campbell
- NY Mag: Mad Men’s Elisabeth Moss on Peggy As the New Don, Top of the Lake, and Orgasm Acting
- Slate.com: I'd Like to See Don, Obsolete and Lonely in 1983
- Digital Spy: 'Mad Men' Elisabeth Moss Q&A: 'Peggy is the yin to Don's yang'
- Zap2It: 'Mad Men' Season 6 interview: Elisabeth Moss on Peggy's new role, Don Draper's lessons and job security
- Esquire: Everything We Know Is Wrong: Why we love Mad Men
- Denver Post: "Mad Men"season 6 looks back and finds current U.S. anxieties



Reviews:
- KC Star: Megan, Peggy and Joan: ‘Mad Men’s’ daydream believers
It’s beautifully executed television, but its inhabitants haven’t learned many new tricks since we left them, and only a shattering dramatic moment or two will keep Season 6 from feeling like the the same old ground.
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- Detroit News: 'Mad Men' two-hour season premiere answers questions but creates more
The season-six premiere proves to be classic "Mad Men" with plenty of vice, long hours at work and lots of questions.
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- Buffalo News: "Mad Men" opener is maddeningly paced
The opener is far from riveting and doesn’t give Pete Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser), Joan Harris (Christina Hendricks or Betty’s husband Henry (Christopher Stanley) enough to do. It seems proud of slowly teasing the audience with more style than substance, knowing that those viewers who have fallen in love with it over the years won’t mind terribly.
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- Philly.com: 'Mad Men' returns with puzzle or two
Two hours can be a long time for a show that's not heavy on action sequences, but "The Doorway" does eventually take us somewhere. When the final piece of the puzzle is locked in, expect the picture to look completely different.
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Cornballer

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BertramCooper

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Bladenic said:
Now? Pretty sure a lot of people hated her during S5 (me included). There was nothing interesting about her in S4 either but she was hardly in it.
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I find Megan very interesting.

She's one of those frustrating people who is extremely talented at many different things but not content with her current status - and probably never will be because of the way her father raised her.

She's an interesting contrast from Betty, who bottles up emotions until they explode. Megan doesn't pull any punches when it comes to how she's feeling.
 
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Cornballer

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- Zou Bisou Bisou for all of you (youtube of the scene)
- CNN on the set of Mad Men (interviews, video)
- THR: 'Mad Men' Season 6 Primer: Where the Show Left Don Draper, the Agency and the '60s
- NY Mag: 18 Mad Men Anachronisms Spotted by the Internet
- The Atlantic: Will the '70s Be as Unkind to Don Draper as They Were to Real-Life Mad Men?

Reviews:
- The Atlantic: 'Mad Men' Contemplates Its Own Death
I imagine most of you will be pleased with Sunday's premiere, gorgeous and thoughtful as it is, though I wonder if some of the themes might be a little too urgent, not quite buried enough. I've become so inured to being made to dig dig dig through the show's layers of metaphor and subtext to get to the theoretical heart of the matter, that seeing it rest pretty plainly on the surface as it does in these first two hours was admittedly a little jarring. But maybe a little openness is a good thing for a show that is winding toward the end. All the elusiveness of the seduction done, Mad Men can now bear its true self to us, before it's gone forever.
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- Sioux City Journal: 'Mad Men' returns with plenty of new direction
Sunday's opener is a good starting place. Weiner introduces new characters, sets up the era and gives you a good primer to the dynamics at SCDP. He also plants those seeds that are bound to bear fruit when the series ends next year.
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BenjaminBirdie

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keep WHAT under wraps though. I agree with what Sepinwall said (I think it was him who said this), Weiner is making it seem like these people are going to rabidly write up spoilers without his control, and not only that, but being so controlling he's almost implying that this show is the type of show that it's simply not. This isn't walking dead lol, there isn't a whole lot to spoil here. It gives the impression that this is the kind of show with twists and surprises and suspense and crazy things happening, but it's really not 99% of the time.

Also I'd almost maybe MAYBE maybe CONSIDER defending Weiner if we didn't already know for a fact that the guy is pretty whiny and controlling in general. He has a history. I love him for his work but he needs to cool it.
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I'm on the other side of this. Mad Men doesn't have spoilers like other shows, so EVERYTHING is a spoiler. I didn't want to know ANYTHING about where people were or end up and all these "Spoiler Free" reviews gave away a zillion things about them.

Do they not realize that "Spoiler Rules" are different for a show where people aren't getting fucking shot every week?

JESUS, DUH.
 
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BenjaminBirdie said:
I'm on the other side of this. Mad Men doesn't have spoilers like other shows, so EVERYTHING is a spoiler. I didn't want to know ANYTHING about where people were or end up and all these "Spoiler Free" reviews gave away a zillion things about them.

Do they not realize that "Spoiler Rules" are different for a show where people aren't getting fucking shot every week?

JESUS, DUH.
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but they don't even want to spoilers what happens to these characters. They just want to discuss the episodes overall, which they can't seem to do...like at all. So they're stuck beating around the bush like a bunch of idiots lol. Most of these articles seem to be very general articles about the show or retrospectives on previous seasons. I'm not saying I am on any side really, like I said, I don't care myself, I'm indifferent. BUT, I see where they are coming from and I won't pretend like if I wasn't in their position I wouldn't be annoyed with it, especially when it's a show you love.
 
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Ignatz Mouse

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Then don't send them screeners and tell them they can't say shit lol. Just don't send any screeners at all.
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They can live with the rules, or wait to post a review.

That's not hard to understand.

They can also use the extra time to write a more thoughtful review and post when the episode airs.
 
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- Onion A|V Club review
This is still one of TV’s best shows, still moving confidently and at the height of its powers, filled with great characters and terrific storytelling. It’s been on the air long enough now to have a rich, complicated history of its own, and watching it all spool out—both as it happened and in the changed visages of the characters—continues to be one of TV’s chief pleasures.
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Steelyuhas said:
Complex's shitty tumblr gif and hilarious captions recap is great.
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The gifs are so awful that it's kinda funny.
 
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f0rk

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They keep misusing the one time Don actually is really sad on events where he's just angry.

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What kids think this looks good seriously.
 
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Linius

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Been busy watching this show the last few months and last week I finished season five so I can finally enter this thread and discuss the new season. And boy, this must be my favourite show that is still running at the moment. Kicked Breaking Bad off it's number one spot for me.

Luckily I didn't had to wait as long as most of you for season six :p
 
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Linius said:
Been busy watching this show the last few months and last week I finished season five so I can finally enter this thread and discuss the new season. And boy, this must be my favourite show that is still running at the moment. Kicked Breaking Bad off it's number one spot for me.

Luckily I didn't had to wait as long as most of you for season six :p
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you are a wise man

i marathoned the whole show for the first time before season 5 aired.
 
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Krauser Kat

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some reason i stopped half way through season 5 last year. I got busy or something. Just finished the rest of the season. Jesus, that was fuck all awesome. Don in the Dow chemical meeting gave me goosebumps. Thats the motherfucker i fell in love with in season 1. IM glad hes back.

The continuous shot of him walking out of the sound stage is one of the best shots of tv show ever.

Reunion with peggy, is so sweet. I love their dynamic.
 
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