Wrapped Up A Series

 Over the weekend, I finished up the seven-odd seasons of 'Mad Men'. Eight observations.

1.  Yeah, I admit....I'm a decade late (it started as a series in 2007 and ended in 2015).  There's various shows I just never caught (being overseas).

2.  This Dan-guy?  If you go by the show....he must have smoked two packs a day....consumed half-a-bottle of booze daily....and had sex with 300-odd women.

3.  As much as they claim it's a drama....for me...it was 25-percent humor, and a  fair  amount of 1960s fashion styles (stuff I admire).  That 1969 style was a five-star fashion.

4.  You need to push yourself through the first four episodes, and the series catches on 'fire' in early season two.

5.  Last season and ending?  It was a five-star last season, and one of the few times of a series that carried it's weight to the end.

6.  This Betsy-and-Glen dynamic?  Weirdest story-line, where the 12-year old Glen is giving Betsy (the mid-30s wife of the main character) all the signals of some hyped up and imagined romance.  

7.  The constant buy-out scenario for the company?  The theme comes up almost yearly in the episodes.

8.  You really need to watch an episode nightly to really get to the full understanding of the script.

If you have never watched 'Mad Men'...it's worth viewing.