Mad Men — “For Those Who Think Young”
“Sex sells.”
“Says who?”
Mad Men is back with a vengeance and (at least after one episode) hasn’t missed a step. You know you’re watching a great television program when a season gets underway without spelling out exactly what had transpired in the interim. Here, we’re (possibly) years in the future (er, past) and just flung back into these characters lives, having to a do a lot of the between-season leg-work ourselves. The show is so character based, now that we know the players the series’ creators have almost limitless room to explore.
It appears that the chief explorations this season are 1) the notion that Sterling-Cooper is slowly, steadily, becoming obsolete as new, younger, talent starts making waves in the industry and 2) Betty (and by extension Peggy) have a new sense of empowerment.
Brilliant, brilliant stuff.
Tags: AMC, Mad Men, season premieres
