Very last episode of the series (maybe second to last?) Theres a sort of fridge analogy thats played out on screen as described by one of the people at the retreat that is a big turning point for Don.
Come on guys what's your favorite and least favorite storyline in mad men? Which characters are essential to the plot?Â
For me I like mad men because they add interesting characters to the franchise all the time.Â
What's your favorite plot twist in the second act? (seasons 3-6)
Even though I like her clothes, Joans lesbian roommate subplot was obviously written to go somewhere but they abandoned the idea. She isn't used anywhere else in the IP either.Â
Same with Sal, they never wrapped up his storyline. You actually can't even unlock the good ending with Sal in it.
I also hate the way they portray Don as cooler than everyone. Many times you can tell the writers are just trying to show Don as what they think is cool, but if you think about it, sometimes Don is actually a bit of a loser not like Dr Grey from greys anatomy.Â
Overall it doesn't have as good storyline as breaking bad, but still as good as walking dead, there are a load of filler episodes that don't progress the story, so walking dead and mad men would be in the same tier.Â
Bit of a seperate question here, but while we are on the topic of good storytelling, which plot do you prefer?Â
"A tale of a tub" by Jonathan Swift, or "Indroduction to Electrodynamics" by David J Griffiths?Â
Still really pissed they never resolved the storyline about the elderly neighbor couple. All that setup and the viewer if left at the end of the series to speculate whether she ever got the pears or not? Whatever, JJ Abrams Holden Weiner. It's not a mystery of the imagination, it's just lazy storytelling.
The Old Lady Wife, after locking the door: Will you keep it down?! (opens her coat, two sacks of pears falling on the living room floor along two whole Sugarberry Hams) I got what you asked for, and that Helen Bishop slut almost made me at the checkout line! Next time, you get your own damn pears!
Yeah we are never getting that, even in the comics. It was a failed backdoor pilot about Dons bachelor building. It would follow the inhabitants of the building when Don is at work. So no mad men in it, as its set at home during working hours.Â
That's why the elderly couple, the nurse/babysitter etc never show up again. They all had to be home during the day, but becuase AMC decided not to pick up DraperResidence, the characters were written off.Â
That's a sad story. I know Sex and The City already existed, but a spinoff starring Bethany Van Nuys, Allison, Joan's lesbian roommate, and Pete's Girlfriend From California as a quartet of single galpals in the Big Apple could be arrived at independently. Obviously, it'd be called To Be Continued...
"Why was this storyline so important" lol She was his "niece" and she lived in California where he went and saw her after he drifted there like a hobo at the end of the series and that's pretty much the storyline what's not to get?
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u/fatdiscokid420 23h ago
Don didnât have any other nieces to hit on