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Mad Men: Season Three in Twitter-sized bites
I made this last stretch of July busier than necessary by settling in to watch the third season of Mad Men in nine nights. Via my Twitter account (@thegoldenyear), here’s a quick review of an excellent, moody season of dystopian 1960s America, in 140-character bites:
- How long ‘til Sterling Cooper’s principals chafe under British rule? Bet Kinsey takes to their expanded vocabulary, though. #MadMen ep S3.01
- Wonder whether Sal first thought that was a fire alarm going off in his pants. #MadMen ep S3.01
- BTW, I dig the theme playing during the Maypole Dance scene in which Draper first sees Miss Farrell. Lovely tune. #MadMen ep S3.02
- “I’m Peggy Olsen, and I want to smoke some marijuana.” Har har. #MadMen ep. S3.03
- For all its glacial pacing, #MadMen eps are stuffed to the brim! Peggy smokes up, Don meets Connie Hilton, Joan plays accordion in < 25 mins. #MadMen ep. S3.03
- Kiernan Shipka was terrific last year as Sally Draper. Apparently she’s been promoted to series regular this year. #MadMen ep S3.04
- Joan’s No Dull Moments speech! Don’s Jai-Alai mis-toss into Hooker’s ant farm! #MadMen ep S3.04
- Betty Draper is 31 as she gives birth to Eugene on June 21, 1963. Four days before George Michael (Wham!) is born, btw. #MadMen ep S3.05
- Lois cuts the British down a peg! Rare Joan-Don moment, post-bloodbath! Sally gets Barbie, Betty gets sullen! It’s all in #MadMen ep S3.06!
- The only thing funnier than a Roger Sterling one-liner is that zippy Who’s On First? interplay between Pete and Peggy. LOLz #MadMen ep S3.07
- Don gets pwned. Hilton backs him into a contract and then he walks into a motel room shakedown. #MadMen ep S3.07
- Bad as Hilton and those teens beat Draper, it’s Bert Cooper who buried him. This show has the best damned monologues. #MadMen ep S3.07
- Betty and Don in Rome: our lone glimpse of what they presumably were before #MadMen “began.” Young, fetching, beautifully rendered. ep S3.08
- Sal Romano is just about the most star-crossed lover, ever. Brutal truths, from 1963 America. #MadMen ep S3.09
- Henry Francis has a rat face. Peggy Olsen has a duck face. What casting: Henry *is* a rat; Peggy’s sleeping with a Duck! #MadMen ep S3.10
- Christ, Betty finds the desk key and the world goes to hell. This show is a series of furious, hateful explosions. #MadMen ep S3.10
- 3 episodes of last year’s #MadMen to go. IIRC, they were astonishing. Past and present decimated; the future laid wide open in 3 T.V. hours.
- Hamm is incredible in the big Don-Betty showdown scene. Three years waiting for this, and it’s note-perfect. #MadMen ep S3.11
- Amazing. Don’s been such a brazen turd since day one, but I feel terribly sorry for him once his house of cards falls down. #MadMen ep S3.11
- I mean, that’s acting. Writing. Directing. Whatever, the whole kielbasa. Friggin’ great episode. Hamm better get his Emmy. #MadMen ep S3.11
- Bless you, Duck. A booty call beats watching Cronkite’s Kennedy announcement. #MadMen ep S3.12
- “I want to work! I want to build something of my own!” - Don to Bert. And the ball’s set in motion. #MadMen ep S3.13
- Betty became a churlish, world-class dick, even allowing for Don being Don. January Jones did fantastic work all year long. #MadMen ep S3.13
- Isn’t the last 30 minutes about as supercharged as T.V. gets? Once Pryce fires Don, Rog and Bert, it’s a mad sprint. #MadMen ep S3.13
- And Joanie is the icing on the cake. Second she walks into Sterling Cooper? It’s on. IT’S ON. #MadMen ep S3.13
Wow. That finale was a total mindfuck. Matt Weiner’s blown his baby to pieces. I have no idea where they’re headed, but it’s apparently around Thanksgiving 1964, or about 10 months later. Paul Kinsey and Sal Romano aren’t featured in any promotional materials, so we’ve presumably lost a few familiar faces. Dudes, I’m pumped for the Season Four premiere tomorrow night.
