Why are the early seasons so underrated compared to the later

6 > 5 > 1 > 4 > 3 > 7 > 2

it was acclaimed from the very first season actually. by critics and by viewers.

>>79569222
I mostly meant underrated on /tv/. This board only talks about the later seasons.

I like all the seasons but the early ones had a different feel to them. They felt more serious and less memey

season 1 is about the characters all being set in their ways, they're all very static and comfortable in the ultra-conservative 50's lifestyle. in the later seasons the characters are better developed, they're constantly evolving and changing as their established attitudes are challenged by the shifting social mores of the 1960s. The show got more experimental as it went on, too, which ultimately just makes for a more interesting watch imo.

Mad Men was always great, tho, it was just the rare show that improved as it went on.

>>79568875
Early seasons had a heavier family dynamic. Til Dick went & fucked it up.

>>79569367
>by the shifting social mores of the 1960s. The show got more experimental as it went on

How so?

Do you mean like dead Bert dancing around and singing

>>79569120
Six is a fucking work of art. I've never seen anything that relentlessly depressing on American TV before.

>>79568875
I think that season 3 is the best. Season 1 had that comfy feel, but there was an underlying tension beneath it all. By the 3rd season, the cracks really start to widen and everyone's life starts to fall apart. Plus, it was still the early 60s by that season, before the country changed dramatically in style and identity.

>>79569469
6 is great but what's so depressing about it? It actually had most of the funniest moments of the show.

>the whole office getting high on meth
>Bob Benson weirding everyone out
>Pete has gone from being an eager young kid to a jaded, fat, balding 30 something
>Don slowly losing control as his life falls apart

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Did they deliberately make Don's face more bloated as the show went on to match with his alcoholism, or did Jon Hamm just gain weight

>>79569717
Jon Hamm checked into rehab shortly before the series ended. He might have mirrored Don's alcoholism a little too closely.

>>79569858
What were they actually drinking when they drank whiskey in the show

>>79569454
Roger's LSD trip, surreal dream sequences, etc

>>79568875
No Lane Pryce.

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Way too much Betty

>>79569469
What about season 5?

>>79568875
I was right with you until you tossed in feminism in your argument.

Allowing yourself to have professional ambition above being a secretary is just common sense. Peggy's character is awesome.

>>79569913

Is the bar stocked?
MW: The bar is stocked now, with real alcohol, not water, and —

KS: Onion water [laughs].

MW: [Laughs.] Onion water. Yeah. They can't drink that and act. I don't want to ruin the show for you. I mean. they can [drink alcohol]. I'm not saying that no one's ever done a scene drunk on Mad Men. I will not say that, but most of the time, what you're looking at, what we provide for them, is water.

>>79568875
Glen was at peak creepiness in season 1, every time he came on screen it felt like I'd sat on the remote and accidentally changed the channel to a Twin Peaks re-run

>>79569625

It was speed, not meth.

>>79571907

speed aka amphetamines, which includes meth.

>>79569120
Holy fucking wew are you wrong.

>>79572036
Then post your rankings faggot

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What the fuck was her problem?

>>79573405

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