Hello fellow TV watchers! This is the inaugural post on what I hope to be a slightly more focused attempt at blogging than my previous efforts – with a steady schedule and constant topic and everything! For those that have never read recaps, TV reviews, or your standard TV blogger, I would like to point to Alan Sepinwall at Hitfix.com – previously of the New Jersey Star Ledger – as a primary inspiration. I read his blog steadily, along with a few others like Myles McNutt and the great crew at the AV Club, who combine two of my favorite activities: TV and snark.
The aim of this specific entry though is to begin my re-watch of one of the all-time great series. As it stands, I would put Mad Men among fantastic dramas like The Wire, Breaking Bad, Lost, West Wing, and Deadwood. I first watched it about two years ago before enrolling in grad school. At that point, only two seasons had aired, and I could not get the DVDs from Netflix fast enough as I raced against the premiere of that third season.
Since then, the fourth season has wrapped, with tense negotiations at AMC and the fifth season set to debut next March. In that interest, I’ll be trying to review two episodes a week to get through the first four seasons and be ready for the new episodes come Spring. Some weeks depending on my schedule, I may cut it back to one, but I’ll try to let people know via Twitter (Josh2blond) when that’s the case. Without further ado, grab your whiskey neat and let’s dive into the 1960’s and the world of Don Draper.
