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Mad Men: Season 4
  • Network: AMC
  • Series Premiere Date: Jul 19, 2007
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5
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Metascore
92 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 30 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.8 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 177 Ratings

Your Score
10 out of 10
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  • Summary: Season four continues with Don Draper's divorce from his wife while the new agency Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce begins business.
  • Genre(s): Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 30
  3. Negative: 0 out of 30
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    100
    What is not surprising at all about the fourth season of one of television's elite series is that Weiner continues to explore what it means to be human.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    100
    To paraphrase one of the great ads from the glory days: Between love and Mad Men lies obsession.
  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Paige Wiser
    100
    You should feel nervous before any great date, and Don never disappoints. He'll make you feel like you are in on the joke with the innest in crowd on television. Anything these ad men are selling, I'll buy.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 36
  3. Negative: 3 out of 36
  1. alison
    10
    multilayered, complex, intelligent, entertaining, creative. leaves you thinking. the best show on tv. ever. my only complaint is that it has a short season.… Expand
    • 4 of 4 users said yes
  2. conschobhar
    10
    Astonishing. Mad Men excels on every level. It achieves what hitherto I've only experienced in opera... questioning my very existence and shaking me to my very core.… Expand
    • 7 of 8 users said yes
  3. Ravenous
    0
    Mad Men is poorly written, it spews continually lackluster dialogue, and it struggles with one boring plot line after another. The show boasts quite the cast, but this only underscores how poorly the writers have done in utilizing the talent at their disposal. When it first came out I was intrigued, and subsequently watched several episodes, but it didn't take long to come to the realization that there is simply no "there" there. Short of the somewhat unique premise of the series, there is absolutely nothing about this show that warrants the attention it is getting. Are people really so shallow that they fall for this sophomoric, gimmicky drivel? When I heard that it was actually winning awards I couldn't even believe by ears. Mad Men is every bit as trite and pathetic as our modern movies and music. Style over substance, nothing more.… Expand
    • 3 of 27 users said yes

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