Mad Men has raised the stakes again!
The last two episodes of Mad Men have blown my mind. I am still trying to process the insane turnaround that occurred after the lawnmower incident – that was a brilliant little piece of insanity. Then this week’s episode made me hate Don Draper just a little bit before I saw him emasculated by Cooper in the last 5 minutes. Part of me said, “It’s about damn time,” while the other part of me was kinda disappointed that Don isn’t bulletproof after all.
Matt Weiner said in an interview that this season is about “Who is Don Draper?” and so far rather than one answer they have provided several: tenderhearted father, asshole boss, slightly pervy drug user, good/bad husband, and now – fully bound and contracted employee. What will happen the rest of this season is anybody’s guess, but I hope to see the various threads of the Don Draper question woven together into something vaguely man-shaped
