I've been hearing a lot of negativity towards the
Mad Men season finale so I thought I would come to the defense of poor Matt Weiner (he only has a couple million a year to console himself, folks, leave the man alone).
Granted, the season finale wasn't anywhere near as good as last year's epic finale, but don't you think we were all asking a lot of Weiner to live up to that lofty standard? After all, Seasons 1 & 2 didn't exactly have phenomenal endings either (do you actually remember them? I had to look them up).
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A kinder, gentler, more family-friendly
Don Draper? No thanks. We want
emotionally-abusive, brash, mildly-
alcoholic Don Draper please! |
I think the problem everyone is having is Don Draper is at his best when he's a miserable wiseass who takes pleasure it telling people off. In the finale, though, he's a jovial family man who, in the end, did what was best for his family (translation: boring television). Many people I've talked to are concerned that that is the direction they're going to take Don's character but I would suggest otherwise.
Mad Men thrives on downward spirals. Thinks about it, Don is in one every year. The problem is, Don also bottoms out near the end of each year, so Weiner has to find a way to bring him back up. Last year, it was the new firm. This year it's a new wife.
The important thing,
Mad Men fans, is that early in the next season, Don's new marriage will start falling apart at the seams and he'll be back to verbally bitch-slapping people by episode two. Mark my words. Remember what Doctor Lady said in the finale: "You only like the beginning of things, Don."
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