Mad Men is such a weird anomaly of a show. It's simultaneously a relaxing nostalgia trip through a glorified version of the 60s, and a dramatic deconstruction of the era. It's a plotless character-driven slice of life, that also happens to boast some of the craziest plot twists I've seen in a show. These paradoxes feel they should make Mad Men feel like a disjointed mess, but it's not, it all meshes together into a drama that feels like one of its kind. Here's my ranking of its episodes:
- Shut The Door, Have A Seat (S3.13)
- Waterloo (S7.07)
- The Suitcase (S4.07)
- Nixon Vs Kennedy (S1.12)
- In Care Of (S6.13)
- Person To Person (S7.14)
- The Other Woman (S5.11)
- Guy Walks Into An Advertising Agency (S3.06)
- The Wheel (S1.13)
- The Gypsy And The Hobo (S3.11)
- Time & Life (S7.11)
- The Gold Violin (S2.07)
- Tomorrowland (S4.13)
- Meditations In An Emergency (S2.13)
- Commissions And Fees (S5.12)
- The Milk And Honey Route (S7.13)
- My Old Kentucky Home (S3.03)
- The Flood (S6.05)
- The Strategy (S7.06)
- Signal 30 (S5.05)
- The Chrysanthemum And The Sword (S4.05)
- Red In The Face (S1.07)
- Hands And Knees (S4.10)
- The Phantom (S5.13)
- A Night To Remember (S2.08)
- Favors (S6.11)
- Seven Thirty-Three (S3.07)
- Shoot (S1.09)
- Public Relations (S4.01)
- The Mountain King (S2.12)
- Field Trip (S7.03)
- Indian Summer (S1.11)
- A Little Kiss: Part 2 (S5.02)
- Wee Small Hours (S3.09)
- Man With A Plan (S6.07)
- At The Codfish Ball (S5.07)
- The Grown Ups (S3.12)
- Lost Horizon (S7.12)
- 5G (S1.05)
- The Good News (S4.03)
- Long Weekend (S1.10)
- Out Of Town (S3.01)
- For Immediate Release (S6.06)
- Waldorf Stories (S4.06)
- Blowing Smoke (S4.12)
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (S1.01)
- A Little Kiss: Part 1 (S5.01)
- The Benefactor (S2.03)
- The Quality Of Mercy (S6.12)
- Six Month Leave (S2.09)
- Christmas Waltz (S5.10)
- To Have And To Hold (S6.04)
- Three Sundays (S2.04)
- The Summer Man (S4.08)
- The Monolith (S7.04)
- New Amsterdam (S1.04)
- The Rejected (S4.04)
- A Day's Work (S7.02)
- The Hobo Code (S1.08)
- Chinese Wall (S4.11)
- The Doorway: Part 2 (S6.02)
- The Arrangements (S3.04)
- The Forecast (S7.10)
- Lady Lazarus (S5.08)
- Severance (S7.08)
- The Color Blue (S3.10)
- Flight 9 (S2.02)
- Collaborators (S6.03)
- Mystery Date (S5.04)
- The New Girl (S2.05)
- Love Among The Ruins (S3.02)
- The Better Half (S6.09)
- Time Zones (S7.01)
- Far Away Places (S5.06)
- Marriage Of Figaro (S1.03)
- The Doorway: Part 1 (S6.01)
- The Fog (S3.05)
- The Runaways (S7.05)
- The Beautiful Girls (S4.09)
- Christmas Comes But Once A Year (S4.02)
- The Inheritance (S2.10)
- Souvenir (S3.08)
- Dark Shadows (S5.09)
- Babylon (S1.06)
- New Business (S7.09)
- Maidenform (S2.06)
- Ladies Room (S1.02)
- A Tale Of Two Cities (S6.10)
- The Jet Set (S2.11)
- For Those Who Think Young (S2.01)
- The Crash (S6.08)
- Tea Leaves (S5.03)
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