Mad Men Season Five - Review

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Ethan Griffin
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Mad Men Season Five

This season is full of drama and action, they have taken away the slow-paced episodes and thoroughly detailed storytelling and replaced it with more action. It’s still Mad Men but a lot is happening this season and many secondary characters get a chance to dazzle us with outstanding performances.

Primary characters are shining as bright as they can, especially that now we know each one of them too well to let go of any out of character drama. I have enjoyed this season as much as the rest, but I missed the normal pace of how things go in this series.

I know some people will disagree because it makes it harder to continue watching the show, but believe me, the more you watch, the better it gets with this thing.

One of the biggest events that takes place this season is showing all our characters monstrous sides when trying to convince Joan to prostitute herself for a client named Jaguar. The agency was in trouble and they needed to pimp her to get some money flowing. It’s a very important event because first of all, it’s true.

Many women that were having promising careers in the 50s and 60s were not only discriminated but also harassed and abused to be able to survive as independent women. They even all go on with the decision of not caring about Don’s objection and disgust.

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This season, Don seems to be very happily married to Megan. A woman he doesn’t seem to be in love with, but still enjoys her company because she is a beautiful, young, fresh blooded woman who has ambitions and dreams that suit Don Draper’s image.

We get to see a lot of Megan this season, like when she saved Heinken by coming up with a brilliant idea that did not last for long but worked! There’s this specific scene where she performs for Don a beautiful, sexy, and romantic French song in front of everyone.

This had me thinking that Don, even though appears to be very modern and open-minded, is just an old-fashioned man who’s trying to appear to be otherwise because he seems to enjoy Megan but doesn’t want her to pursue her dream career as an actress.

Pete and Lane get in an actual fight at the office, but Lane, this season, was amazingly sad and depressing. He was in a financial crisis and lied about the surplus cash in the company and messed up with a check.

He was pushing Joan to go for Jaguar hoping this would cover everything up but ended taking his own life at the end of the season. Which made sense for the character, but resulted in a really dark episode.

There were many other interesting events happening this season, like Roger taking LSD which was beautifully made, and the effect was so smooth and realistic you will absolutely love it.

But that wasn’t the most fascinating thing, it was when Roger wanted to keep that feeling, he tries to feel it again and the LSD trip made him think and understand more about his feelings towards Jane which resulted in a logical divorce.

And Peggy leaving the company to take another job offer that will give her more money, which is also another logical decision for the character but revolutionary for the show.