Mad Men (TV Series) Time Zones (2014) User Reviews

The Beginning of the Hermit Don Countdown

[TheFearmakers · 7/10 · 26 October 2019]

Season Seven, meant to be the last season, is a long and winding road, and Don's path to find himself, and it starts here. Almost feels like a first episode of a new season. Then again, with Don and Megan in California, it's setting up the final season, which also makes sense.

One thing that stands out and is a lot of fun: Don and Pete, together in L.A., and we get to see them hang out a bit this time i.e. Don, visiting his wife, doesn't join a band of millionaire gypsies.

But the Neve Campbell special guest shot seems like just that. It's on a plane but somehow feels like The Love Boat.

Getting set up for the finale

[tforbes-2 · 10/10 · 15 April 2014]

By now, many people have been turned off to this show. I admit I am not happy with how it often went, especially in Season 5; the following season was a better one.

Owing to the fact that I currently have no cable TV, I downloaded it through iTunes. And I admit the Season 7 opener is a great start to the home stretch of this series, when we may well see thing culminate, for better or worse.

Though it is clear Don has made some peace with his past, it is clear things are slipping away. He has to use Freddie Rumsen as a front to pitch his ad ideas. For Peggy, her career path is coming at a price that is taking its toll. And we see other changes in the main characters as well.

I can clearly tell we ARE being set up for something. What it is, no one knows as of now, but it should be an interesting ride.

Time Zones with an Extended Layover

[mfleck-280-68286 · 6/10 · 14 April 2014]

It seems like the last episode of Mad Men was years ago, even though it was about 10 months since we last saw Don, Joan, Peggy, Roger, et al. This episode spends considerable time re-establishing the characters and where they find themselves in life. Despite being an avid follower of the series, I admit I was a little lost trying to connect the end of last season to the beginning of this season. And halfway through the episode, I assumed that I had watched a full episode and was surprised I still had 30 minutes to go (translation: moving a bit slow.)

That being said, I am convinced that this episode's sole purpose was to prepare for launch into the final season's good stuff. We see that some time has passed since the season 6 finale and the characters have adjusted to their new lot in life. We don't need to know the specifics of what happened in this gap of time, and I'm certain that the remaining episodes won't bother, as the details are not important.

However, the pace of this episode could have picked up by compressing the "where are they now" scenes to that first half when I thought it was over, and moved into establishing some more interesting plot lines. I'd expect that the next few episodes will be off and running, since there's a lot of ground to cover before the series' end.

7.1 A Major Disappointment **

[edwagreen · 4/10 · 13 April 2014]

I was quite disappointed with the first episode of this new season. The episode appeared to be totally disconnected and you might even experience a difficult time in trying to follow this.

Don is out in California as his wife's career may finally be taking off. We basically see the difference of California living as opposed to that of the west and east. Still, no tan are the Californians as it's still January.

Roger and his daughter try to reconcile their differences. The daughter really opens up, but Roger really can't see why he has to apologize even though he does for his actions.

Peggy lets her hair down.