TV Ramblings: Mad Men S4 E1

Mad Men Season 4 Episode 1 'Public Relations'
Mad Men is back, all is right with the world. Love this show and it's great to have it back. The performances were spot on, the costumes were great, the color, the sets, all lavish and lush looking, per usual.

So we pick up about a year after the events in the season finale. The new agency is up and running and struggling. Don is Don. He doesn't seem to be enjoying that bachelor life, nor did he enjoy married life either. The season is young. Don gets his agency in a bit of a jam with a bad article in the paper. He's got to make it right, which he finally does much against his will. Basically he's mopey. I like seeing Don suffer.

I'm not gonna recap the whole episode, just gonna write what I liked about it.

One of my favorite characters is Betty. I was in agreement when she left Don, he lied to her and was a bad husband in the sense that he wasn't true to her. When she found out the truth about who he really was, that was the last straw. What I didn't agree with was her running off with another man, that's not going to end well. That said, it was really hard to like her in this episode. I'm always supporting her, even when she grabbed Sally's pony tail and locked her in the closet. I like that Betty is a mess, she married to soon and had kids to soon. If she was brave enough to follow her true self instead of trying to fit the mold, wife/mother/perfect housewife and just continued to be a model and run wild, she'd be far happier. I'm looking forward to seeing her new marriage crumble. That's kinda mean but I'm not feeling the smuck she married. On a shallow note, Betty looked stunning.

Joan! Not enough of her in this episode. Joan is always fun to watch. Pete and Peggy were them usual selves. That phone call that Peggy made to Don, I need bail money was hysterical. Is it just me or are Don and Peggy soul mates?

Gotta run, baby crying.