After an interminable 17-month absence, our TV screens are about to see the welcome (make that very, very, very welcome) return of Mad Men, on Sunday night from 9 to 11 p.m. eastern time.
If you’re a fan of the show as I am, the wait has been too damn long, caused largely by creator Matthew Weiner and AMC unable to reach a deal for many months and then AMC’s decision to wait until 2012 to give the show an air date. Me thinks this dispute involved a lot of hot air, but the result is that Weiner has an end date for the show (after season seven and we’re about to begin season five) and, with any luck, we’re done with all the crap so the wait won’t be so long next time.
I was pretty disgusted with Weiner and AMC for a while there during negotiations, but never lost my passion for the show – which is surely one of the best on television. Ever. Every character is so layered and complex that they are never boring and the show continues to take risks. Like Don and Betty.
They’re mad, bad, and dangerous to know. And we couldn’t live without them. (In fiction, that is.)
