# Mad Men returns tonight. Anybody care? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 13, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-returns-tonight-anybody-care/686044 "2014-04-13T21:53:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-returns-tonight-anybody-care/686044/1 "2014-04-13T21:53:28Z")
I can’t even remember what was going on in the last season or who all the players are at this point. Also, _Nurse Jackie_ returns tonight on SHO. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-returns-tonight-anybody-care/686044/2 "2014-04-13T21:59:39Z")
Didn’t Don lose his job after fouling up a big presentation? Might he be heading to California? I like the show, but the episodes aren’t the kind that demand or reward repeat viewings. That means I forget from one week/year to the next what’s going on. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-returns-tonight-anybody-care/686044/3 "2014-04-13T22:04:52Z")
I can honestly say that I don’t remember last season much at all. I don’t have cable, so plan to do an iTunes season pass as usual. Perhaps I’ll watch the last two episodes of last season to get familiar again. Writing that, I can honestly say, for whatever reason, that I’m not really looking forward to the new season. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-returns-tonight-anybody-care/686044/4 "2014-04-13T22:11:59Z")
I am somewhat looking forward to how they conclude Mad Men but it was never quite as essential viewing as critics made out. It’s ultimately a slow-burning, decent budget soap opera. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-returns-tonight-anybody-care/686044/5 "2014-04-13T22:27:22Z")
I care! I care! And so does my SO. What will befall Don Draper? I am not ashamed to admit I like the show either. I am also a Bon Jovi fan. And I was listening to Def Leppard the other day at work BY CHOICE I’ll have you know. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-returns-tonight-anybody-care/686044/6 "2014-04-13T23:46:13Z")
I care too, enough to be annoyed that this season is being stretched out over two years. I agree it’s a high-brow soap opera, and I’m just fine with that. Here’s [a useful refresher](http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/mad-men-refresher-everything-you-need-to-know-about-ev-1562216759/all)on where everyone was up to when we saw them last. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-returns-tonight-anybody-care/686044/7 "2014-04-13T23:47:50Z")
I do! I’m really excited and wish there hadn’t been such a long hiatus. But I do love this show, though I admit I hate seeing Don becoming the older generation. I loved it when he was the epitome of suave and coolness. ---
**Author:** ![Implicit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Implicit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Implicit)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-returns-tonight-anybody-care/686044/8 "2014-04-14T00:06:51Z")
I don’t care. I gave up on the series halfway through last season and really dislike the idea of spreading out this season over two years. When it eventually shows up on Netflix I might watch the series finale. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-returns-tonight-anybody-care/686044/9 "2014-04-14T00:10:54Z")
Well, _I_ care. It isn’t a soap opera, though it has elements of a soap opera. (Like Peggy’s baby. there are people out there inventing long-winded scenarios about that damn baby. It’s done, it’s out of the picture, it won’t be coming back!) I really enjoy reading Tom & Lorenzo the week after a show, it’s amazing the meaning they find in the fashion. ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-returns-tonight-anybody-care/686044/10 "2014-04-14T00:12:38Z")
> [@lisiate](#): > > Here’s [a useful refresher](http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/mad-men-refresher-everything-you-need-to-know-about-ev-1562216759/all)on where everyone was up to when we saw them last. I completely busted up when I saw the picture of Pete Campbell. Absolutely perfect and priceless. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-returns-tonight-anybody-care/686044/11 "2014-04-14T00:37:11Z")
I… care? I plan on watching it but the jerking around of the audience for the sake of potential Emmy wins just pissed me off. I lost a lot of enthusiasm from that alone. My wife is out tonight and I readily volunteered to wait until it was on OnDemand to see it with her, foregoing the “see it the moment it’s live” experience. A year or so ago that would have felt like a sacrifice, now it was just “eh, sure hon”. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-returns-tonight-anybody-care/686044/12 "2014-04-14T00:39:36Z")
I’ll be watching. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-returns-tonight-anybody-care/686044/13 "2014-04-14T01:00:55Z")
I’m interested in it. The quality hadn’t dropped off too much, and it seemed they were focusing less on the “Don Draper is an imposter” storyline that I find kind of boring. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-returns-tonight-anybody-care/686044/14 "2014-04-14T02:52:38Z")
Since I don’t have cable anymore, where and how soon can I go somewhere on the internet to watch tonight’s episode? ---
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-returns-tonight-anybody-care/686044/15 "2014-04-14T02:58:38Z")
_shrugs_ ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-returns-tonight-anybody-care/686044/16 "2014-04-14T03:23:08Z")
Oh, man. Really? I thought _this_ season was the end! I could’ve sworn this was the second half of the last season. Jesus, I guess I dreamt it. Yes, I am ready for Mad Men to be over. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-returns-tonight-anybody-care/686044/17 "2014-04-14T03:43:13Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Since I don’t have cable anymore, where and how soon can I go somewhere on the internet to watch tonight’s episode? I have to ask my SO, but I think it was $23 for the full season from netflix, or was it I-tunes? Anyhow, we always watch it on Monday nights because that is the soonest we can get it. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-returns-tonight-anybody-care/686044/18 "2014-04-14T11:14:21Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > I have to ask my SO, but I think it was $23 for the full season from netflix, or was it I-tunes? Anyhow, we always watch it on Monday nights because that is the soonest we can get it. It’s $22.99 for the Standard Definition Season Pass on iTunes. I don’t have cable, so I go the Season Pass route as well. Sure, I’m a day behind, but no big deal. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-returns-tonight-anybody-care/686044/19 "2014-04-14T14:23:53Z")
I, also, care. I think Mad Men is a very well done show. While I do love (LOVE) Breaking Bad, I think Mad Men has it beat. I enjoy the slow moving narrative, which to me make the payoffs more interesting (I also enjoy soccer, so consider that as well ;)) Though, I lack cable anymore, so I have bought the season from Amazon. I am as well annoyed that AMC seems to be doing this part 1 and part 2 of finale seasons. Though I guess it nets the viewer… a few extra episodes? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-returns-tonight-anybody-care/686044/20 "2014-04-14T15:12:44Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Since I don’t have cable anymore, where and how soon can I go somewhere on the internet to watch tonight’s episode? It’s available on Amazon Prime today for $1.99. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-returns-tonight-anybody-care/686044.md?page=2)