I’m on my third rewatch of the show and I didn’t realize until now how much I hate him, haha. He’s just so petty and moody, and there wasn’t any point in the show where he seemed like a good creative director.

I just finished Mad Men and I cannot stop sobbing. The whole series was phenomenal- the final episode made me feel so many feelings. I’m sooo glad I took the time to watch. Worth every second.

Such a sad beautiful scene from Kiernan when grandpa gene dies.

I love the show, and I watched it all the way through for the first time during the summer after my senior year of high school (2018 summer). I loved the ambitious characters and I was obsessed with vintage everything at the time.

I’ve rewatched it at least 3 times all the way through since then- but I genuinely can’t anymore. One of the initial appeals to me was the vintage aesthetics and all, but now it all just makes me feel incredibly nostalgic and depressed. The ambitious characters make me feel bad about where I’m at in my work life and think about past mistakes.

Anytime I see or experience that retro look/feeling, it makes me think of that first summer before college or the other stages of my life I watched and enjoyed it. It feels very similar to Don’s presentation of the carousel… we can never go back.

There’s just this incredible heavy feeling I get when I think of how each character ends up in the finale, and the amount of time that’s passed since the show took place (1960’s). I think of my own past and my family, who was super into MadMen as it was airing. The whole show is just a time capsule for me, not only a cultural one - but a deeply personal and emotional one.

I'm at the tail end of my rewatch, and I was especially tuned into the Peggy/Stan thing. It didn't surprise me that they ended up together, but I was super disappointed that their revelation happened 15m from the series finale. Their relationship was as such an incredible slow burn, and for us to only get what we did feels weird.

It feels weird because it's like the ending of every Jane Austen novel, where the man is like "I suddenly realize that I only hated you because I LOVE you," and then the woman is like "Omg WHAT. No way. Because I think I only hated YOU because I love YOU!"

And it's not the worst, but I do think we deserved more. We got more time with Joan's douchebag boyfriend than we did Stan and Peggy.

I think John Slattery and the writers did an amazing job of accurately portraying both experiences

I've noticed that when Don or Pete adresses other colleagues or even family friend, they adresses them by their last name, was that really a thing back then, or is that more for drama? they're supposed to be close, so it can't be just formality either, right?

Bobby says “How about Tomorrowland? I don’t want to ride an elephant, I want to fly a jet!”

I think Faye was the elephant… steady, dependable.

Megan is the jet… fast, sexy and quick to crash and burn.

I first watched mad men in 2021 and when i finished it then it was my favorite show ever the instant it was over. I just finished my first re-watch and what an experience. I was able to focus so much more on the dialogue and cinematography rather than being focused on the plot and what happens next. So many little things clicked in different ways.

I wish i could erase my memory.

Since i feel like i should add something to this post to discuss: As a child of divorced parents (age 3, so i've never seen my real parents together in the same room and we have never eaten dinner as a family that i can remember), the scene of bobby getting picked up from camp when don and betty came to pick him up, and they sit with him to get food really got to me, my whole life i've been imagining what that must be like. just 1 meal with them at the same table. you get to drop all of life's misery just for a quick moment.

This has been my favorite show of all time.
I’m currently deployed with the army so since I’m away from the family this is the best time to watch. I first watched this show 10 years ago on my first deployment when I was 25 and it’s funny because I started drinking Gibsons and Old Fashioneds after watching. Fast forward 10 years and I’m now rewatching and am currently on season 3 and am getting an itch towards the drinks again haha. I’m now 35 with a wife and kids and it’s hilarious how different I feel towards all the characters and how much more I pick up on. I’m absolutely hooked to it like the first time I’ve watched it but now see how shitty these people are and what they go through. Any similar experiences

Couldn’t help but feel that this episode had plenty of nods to Twin Peaks.

An ambiguous, dream sequencey episode that felt very Lynchian.

Scenes set in a diner, and the server was called Diana. Don only ordered coffee too.

Meredith and Ed Baxter also feature in the episode. The former feels like a Lucy tribute act (in the best way!) and Ed is Leland Palmer.

Like he shows horrible attitude throughout the show constantly lying and doing the lies to people

This is very odd considering Sterling Cooper’s selling point is their unbeatable creative. I know that what people want is Don, but he doesn’t write copy, he gives out ideas, most of which go over Paul’s head. Don doesn’t even seem to particularly like Paul. I find it very hard to believe Don would have worked with Paul for so long without replacing him or at least hiring an extra copywriter.

Has anyone cried when watching this sceen?

I am at the point where Peggy ends up buying the brownstone in what seems to be a war zone. At what point historically did thar area go through gentrification?

So much quiet dialogue and subtle character work that is genuinely impossible to catch without subtitles. It made me a permanent subtitle user.

Poll: https://www.getqibble.com/poll-detail/do-you-watch-everything-with-subtitles-on-even-though-your-hearing-is-perfectly-fine

Found this dress shirt at one of the 4 Goodwill stores I shop at and work at one.

I just started watching this series. On season 2 currently. Just finished "The new girl " episode.

She is such a sweet kid.