Last night's episode of
Mad Men was a lot of things: illuminating, kinky, awkward, frustrating, and heartbreaking. I guess same old, same old for this show — but something about last night was a bit more intense, a touch more raw than the previous episodes this season. Maybe we're just at a place in the story arc of all the characters where, as Bobbie put it, "the gloves come off."
A lot of the characters in the Mad Men universe had moments of self-reflection: Don at the end of the episode, after another intense encounter with Bobbie, gazing at himself in the mirror; Pete taking a good look at himself in his own mirror after a night with a model.
Whoa — big episode of
Mad Men this week with all of my favorite characters getting a good amount of screen time. One of my favorite characters from last season makes a return and we learn a whole lot about what happened to Peggy a while ago, including how she managed to keep her job after going through her secret ordeal.
I don't know about you, but there were some heart-stopping, high drama moments for me in this week's episode.
Although
Mad Men seems like the most-talked about show on television right now, that wasn't always the case. In fact, even despite early critical acclaim, the show flew under most people's radars during its inaugural season last Summer on AMC. Slowly but surely, the time capsule straight out of the '60s gained a following — one that apparently included a lot of
Emmy voters.
It's officially time to start counting down to the season two premiere of
Mad Men July 27. If my
preview clips and photos weren't enough, AMC is giving you one more (free!) chance to either catch up or get aquatinted with the show by airing a marathon of the first season all day Sunday starting at 12:00 p.m. EST (check local listings!).
With
Mad Men already a critical hit and
Breaking Bad getting good buzz, AMC — yeah, the M still stands for movie — is looking for another series hit.
The network announced this week that it has added
two dramas to its development roster for next year. Both projects sound intriguing and quirky, a hallmark of the network's forays into TV so far:
- Ice sounds a little like The Sopranos if Tony Soprano imported diamonds instead of whacking mobsters.
Hooray: The second season of the dark, gripping and insanely clever AMC series
Mad Men now has
a premiere date of Sunday July 27 at 10:00 p.m. (9:00 Central). And commence countdown.
Seeing every single
Oscar-nominated movie before the Feb. 24 ceremony might be a tall order, but seeing the five best picture nominees. That's doable.
Forget your image of AMC as the stodgy channel of old black-and-white movies. Now, the cable network is bad and mad.
I'm talking, of course, about
Breaking Bad and
Mad Men, which take over the channel's Sunday night lineup starting tonight.
