Mad Men?

Why I like this show. I can’t remember if I’ve had this conversation, but here goes. The folks at Mad Men take their time in telling a story.  They let the characters breathe. Not all shows do that. Some shows try to wrap it up in a nice little bow. Eric, a friend of mine at work and I had a conversation about this past week’s show. We discussed how they put so much into the details of the show. They have so much in the small details (I think all details are small, that’s why they are details).  I also like that no character is free from sin. I’m not talking about small sins I’m talking about big mama sins.

The scene I remember the most from this past week is when the “Draper” is in the kitchen with his wife. She has just confronted him with the pictures of his previous life. She begins to ask him to explain himself.  It is at that moment that you see Don Draper breakdown.  Don Draper the ad man has nothing to say. We then cut to the final scene where he goes trick or treating with his kids. He walks up to a door with them and the neighbor looks at his children and tells each of them who they are.  The neighbor then looks at him and says “Who are you supposed to be?” fade to black.  That my friends is good TV… no great TV.