‘Mad Men’ Scores Most-Watched Season Finale; ‘True Blood’ Premiere Slightly Down

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• So it looks like Peggy is going to continue to be on the show, right? (I hope so)

  Why did Don revert back to his old ways? Not complaining at all, just wondering what the motivation was.

  When is Weiner going to bring back Sal and satisfy the fans? I think there’s more to explore in that character, especially in the 70s.

  Discussion? Thoughts?

  Comment by Questions — Monday June 11, 2012 @ 1:24pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • We really don’t know if Don went back to his old ways, and we won’t know until next season. What we saw was a woman asking if he was alone. We never heard his reply. However, earlier in the episode he did say something about how when you help someone they succeed and move on. So the question is, will Don give in to his fear that Megan will eventually move on and leave him by having affairs as he did in the past?

    Comment by Joyce — Monday June 11, 2012 @ 2:10pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Well, Megan had to use Don to get that commercial and proved herself not to be a serious actress. Don used to be in awe of Megan but now she’s in a subordinate position just like Betty. The purity of the relationship is gone.

    Comment by Nathan — Monday June 11, 2012 @ 2:41pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • There was never in “purity” in Don’s relationship with Megan. Give me a break.

      Comment by Rosie — Friday June 22, 2012 @ 8:41am PDT  Reply to this post

• When all is said and done, it’s the finest show on TV. By a lot.

  Comment by Brad — Monday June 11, 2012 @ 1:24pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Agreed. It has ups and downs, but they’re always pretty interesting.

    Comment by E — Monday June 11, 2012 @ 1:27pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Absolutely…nothing comes close.

    Comment by Truthteller — Monday June 11, 2012 @ 2:29pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • Breaking Bad is superior and this was the worst season of Mad Men. Will not win the Emmy.

      Comment by I — Monday June 11, 2012 @ 2:58pm PDT  Reply to this post

      • So you have the worst taste ever. Good to know. This is by far the best season yet.

        Comment by Um — Monday June 11, 2012 @ 3:43pm PDT  Reply to this post

      • I don’t even like Mad Men (mainly because of Betty, it’s a relief to see her backburnered) but objectively, this was the best season yet (not just because of less Betty hah) and deserves to win over Breaking Bad or Justified (which frankly is distant competition this year). Not up to speed on the other likely nominees – Game of Thrones, maybe Boardwalk Empire?

        Comment by scifi_fan — Tuesday June 12, 2012 @ 11:53am PDT  Reply to this post

• Does anyone know when the next season of Mad Men is going to air? I hope the movie Matthew Weiner is making doesn’t get in the way of his writing/plotting of the next season.

  Comment by Daniel — Monday June 11, 2012 @ 1:26pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Such a stellar season of Mad Men… but a disappointing finale episode. Lane’s death (totally predictable for weeks now) and Peggy’s departure probably should have wrapped up the season. Still, some closure is a nice thing. I’d watch these characters talk for an hour over a box of cereal. But after the rifle reference at the beginning of the season came out of nowhere, Pete’s destructive behavior… many of us were expecting something like fireworks there for the finale. A little let down by this last hour, but thanks to Matt Weiner anyhow because I adored the season otherwise. Fat Betty and all.

  Comment by Shakes Spear — Monday June 11, 2012 @ 1:59pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Curious how the penultimate ep of The Killing did last night. It was a great episode. Can’t wait until next week when everything will come together. Hope it gets picked up for a third season and goes to one case one season format.

  Comment by jasie — Monday June 11, 2012 @ 2:17pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I can understand why Mad Men ended on a more quiet note, although it felt like the final two episodes could have wrapped the fifth season in a two hour “event”. All during the season, it seemed as time was affecting the entire cast, but in the end where Don had an opportunity to swing, it proved that (time) did not completely erode his youthful powers. I would think that the same applied to Pete, Peggy, Roger; that almost everyone in the firm had yet another chapter in their careers and life. Of course Lane tried for a new chapter, but he had encountered a crisis in which he felt he could not bounce back from and start again.

  As for the Killing Season Three, if you brought back James Badge-Dale and his fellow castmates from Rubicon, and you renamed Linden and Holder as Mulder and Scully, I doubt if the series would miss a beat; it would still have the same dull pace with not so interesting details. Honestly, the focus now is not who killed Rosie, who turned out to be a not so compelling personality, but how can you bring this show back from the brink.

  Comment by Nid — Monday June 11, 2012 @ 5:02pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I have the oddest feeling that Matt Weiner was trying to use Season 5 of “MAD MEN” to match the way in which Season 2 of “BOARDWALK EMPIRE” ended . . . with a great deal of shock, violence and angst. And yet, I don’t think he managed to achieve this goal at the same level that Terence Winter did for “BOARDWALK EMPIRE”.

  Comment by Rosie — Friday June 22, 2012 @ 8:40am PDT  Reply to this post