Get The Strategy

CUSTOMER REVIEW



I have loved this show every season but that said, last season left me a little bit cold. This season, however is off to an excellent start. It is a fresh beginning for many of the characters some relocating to L.A. Some to Detroit, business is booming. Don, who is still on his paid leave of absence from the agency is living between New York and L.A. where Megan has set up shop. He still keeps his toe in the water by commissioning Freddy to do freelance work for the agency that he creates. Megan's flamboyant new agent has landed her a part in an NBC pilot.She is still dealing with the aftershocks of her miscarriage and as always is frustrated with Don for whom work always comes first. Actually, second he is still making advances on any attractive woman when she's not around. One woman even asks him if his wife would take exception to his coming on to her and he replies that his wife already knows he's not a good husband. Peter has also moved to L.A. And has traded in his gloom and angst for the California sunshine as N.Y. Transplants to the west coast are wont to do. Back in New York Joan(played by the superlative Christina Hendricks) is still struggling to be taken seriously by her male peers. She is attempting to convince a long time client not to go to in house advertising, at first he takes her less than seriously, but eventually she ends up saving him his job. Both Joan and Peggy are struggling with success as modern woman of that time all must have. It provides a fascinating contrast to the privileges enjoyed by sexist males of the era and really highlights the large cultural shifts of that time. Roger sterling is discovering with another new young lover, that free love exacts a price, his bed has become a revolving stage.The production values, as always is top notch even if this was not the most aesthetically pleasing period. I was born in 1969 so watching these details fascinates me. It makes me feel quite old that at that time men like Don Draper still wore hats!