"Like the best pay-cable shows, Mad Men is a showcase for its sparkling ensemble, which means that some of the best scenes happen during meetings and at parties. But by now, we all have our favorites (more Sal, more Joan, more Peggy!), and for this viewer, the isolated Betty Draper made for a maddening third-season emphasis, less mysterious than simply blank. Huge things happened to her...but whether it was Weiner’s instructions or something stuck within Jones’s performance, Betty stayed dead at the roots, a petulant Hitchcock Barbie even at her most exposed." - Derrick from Bookmarklet

I'm behind an episode. I'll try and watch it before Sunday's finale. - Derrick

i couldnt get into it, sadly. beautifully shot, decently acted but it wasnt that interesting to me. i've spent years watching sci fi, fantasy and this and that. i've even loved shows like deadwood and rome. maybe mad men is too close to modern life? i dunno.. - Terry O'Fee

Mad Man is a weird show. I enjoy it, but don't always understand it. It's like a crazy, off-kilter parallel world. Very heavy on metaphor and akin to literature in some ways. It makes you think, that's for sure. - Derrick

It's the 60's. Been there. No need to live through them again. - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

Weiner has said that he feels he's been "training" his audience. Very small details, on the face of it, take on large, metaphorical meaning when "de-coded". I've watched an episode and gotten nothing from it... then it brews for a while, and I get a stream of insights and "ahh!" clicks and such. I think it's a deft, almost subterranean show. - T. Brent, technopeasant