The Golden Age is over… not sure what we call this. It's kind of the niche programming era. No matter what you like, there is a show that will last 5 seasons for you.

She was the best secretary Don ever had! She's definitely landing on her feet.

I disagree with that. Felina was a natural ending. Peggystan and Joan on her way to becoming a media mogul feels EXTREMELY forced.

Someone at McCann wrote the ad. They had the Coke account. In your head, you may think it was the creative director there (like in real life) but in the Mad Men world presented here, it was definitely Don. The smirk and "ding" says it all.

Don definitely wrote the ad but I don't like it. I don't like that he found peace and had the greatest idea of his career right after being on suicide watch. That's too quick of a turnaround. Too jarring.

Mad Men was never a subtext show. It's all right there on the page. Congrats to Don for coming up with one of the greatest taglines in advertising history but it should have been you, Peggy. It should have been you.

It just really bothers me that he went from suicide watch to his greatest professional accomplishment in 6 minutes of TV time. We should all sit on a California hillside and hum.

OMG Don creates the iconic Coke ad because he went to a California retreat and found peace? WOW! Look, there is no way a man as broken as Don found peace and harmony in about 6 hours. This episode is his nadir. He has had a lot of rock bottoms over the years but it really bothers me that he "oms" and smiles and…

I feel Mad Men does well with critics and emmys because it's in a sweet spot for a lot of the critic/emmy voters who are nostalgic for the past. I think Mad Men is a good show but it's still been overrated pretty much from the start. Weiner is a heavy-handed writer - which he got from David Chase during his time with…

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I think we'll get that answer tonight. #FreeNina

Stan will be heavily involved no matter what. Maybe this show will go into some alternate future where the KGB just straight-up wins. OK, not really, but I don't think we'll ever get much beyond 1985 in the timeline.

Martha thread! How soon until Martha points that gun at Clark and yells, "Tell me who you really are!!" I bet she shoots him this season but it's just a flesh wound. Maybe Elizabeth can do some impromptu surgery on him.

I am so excited for the mail robot focused episode next week.

The finale this season is titled after a specific date - I won't spoil it here but that gives some context. I don't expect the Americans to go much beyond '85 even with 5 seasons.

FX loves the show and expects 4 or 5 seasons. If it can get a couple major Emmy noms this season, I'd bank on 5 seasons. It was near the top of sooooo many critics lists last year that I have to believe this is finally the year it will break through the Emmy wall. I'm really hoping for best drama and Keri Russell. Not…

Well said. There was a large percentage of Breaking Bad viewership that had no desire to see Walt punished for his wide swatch of destruction. I was more ambivalent towards Walt and was just happy to be along for the ride. I don't want it to end "well" for P&E and don't really think that's reasonable anyway. They…

I disagree about Mad Men not having Emmy moments. Episodes like the fantastic "The Suitcase" were written EXCLUSIVELY for Emmy noms. That episode was like a biography about a famous person with a debilitating disease with a December release date.

Agreed. I think there's a possibility that it ends poorly for one of them and one of them escapes into the night and starts a new life. Phillip could defect, like you said. I think that's one of the best parts of this show: NOT knowing how it will turn out. I think Stan has to unmask them at some point but what does…

I really hope this is the year The Wire finally gets nominated.