Mad Men: Wee Small Hours (2009)
Season 3, Episode 9
8/10
So many intense complications and connections to the real world
19 April 2020
Avoiding spoilers, this episode tackles several issues: people cheating and wanting to cheat, someone grappling with their sexuality, someone taking rejection badly and using their power to ruin someone's career, the ethics of taking money rather than standing up to a client who does the wrong thing, a rich, powerful client bordering on megalomania, with a strange mixture of religion and imperialistic endless business growth as a way to spread the joy of American culture all around the world and even into space. What an episode. It was quite disturbing. I felt like I was watching House of Cards. The show certainly wasn't this intense in Season One. I've seen others describe the series as a 'slow burner.' I imagine there's a lot more to come. The way the show writers develop plots and characters is brilliant. As is its relatedness to the real world. We know we're seeing a fictional portrayal of the 1960s and corporate culture, however, there are so many connections to be made to the real world as it was back then, and to today's world too. That's why so many love this show.
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