Mad Men Series Finale
Light spoilers, sorry. But as we like to say around here, Never lose an opportunity for a teaching moment. If you haven't seen it, have no intention to see it, assume you'll never see it, reconsider. To enjoy this last of the Mad Men season, the AMC Mad Men Series Finale , you really don't need to know very much about what happened previously. You probably should know that Don Draper ( Jon Hamm ) is the mind behind several brilliant television ad campaigns in the sixties and seventies, that he does it all effortlessly, usually under the influence of bottle after bottle of Scotch, and yes, he suffered a dysfunctional upbringing and has secrets, other identities. You might need to know that his ex-wife Betty ( January Jones ) is a survivor of an era that objectified women and defined the parameters of their success. Not that this era is over, or that she has ever been a warm and fuzzy stereotypic mother. All of the women in this show, for all seven seasons, are the second-cl...