- Network: AMC
- Series Premiere Date: Jul 19, 2007
Mad Men
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Universal acclaim- based on 305 Ratings
- Starring: Vincent Kartheiser, John Slattery, Elisabeth Moss
- Summary: The second season of the multi-Emmy-nominated series picks up two years ahead in 1962 where the questions left hanging in season one are slowly answered.
- Genre(s): Drama
- Creator: Matthew Weiner
- Season 2 premiere date: Jul 27, 2008
- Episode Length: 60
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Positive: 20 out of 20
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The writing is a real thing of beauty - from the aforementioned nuance to searing workplace witticisms and pitch-perfect tone from a multitude of characters.
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The premiere jumps the series from 1960 to 1962, but it plays coy with most of last season's cliff-hangers, including the whereabouts of Peggy's son with married exec Pete Campbell (played with oily brilliance by Vincent Kartheiser). It's quite a tease, but the debut proves Mad Men is as smart as ever
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The vintage look carries a potent, contemporary kick. Here's the rare series that lives up to the advertising hype.
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Far from devolving into soapy Madison Avenue pablum, Mad Men is painstakingly building its way to genuine greatness.
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Based on the first episode of the second season, "Mad Men" is still one of the best series currently on television, if not the best.
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Mad Men relies on its talented cast to communicate the unspoken, to get across the emotions and thoughts that roil just beneath the surface. I'll admit, there are times when I know I'm supposed to intuit something but I'm not completely sure what it is. And that's OK.
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There is little in the way of "action"--it is possibly the slowest, most deliberative show on television, which is one of the things that makes it so lovely and mysterious.
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Positive: 17 out of 21
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