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[Besticus Maximus]

I finished Mad Men. I wasn't too impressed at the end of season 1 but I warmed up to it. Obviously or I would've dumped it. I think it's one of those shows that needs to be seen twice. It's not as immediate as the other big shows like The Sopranos or The Wire. The biggest criticism I have is what they did with Betty. They really wasted that character. I thought she was going to have some really weird story lines, but in the end all they did was make her fat, give her bad hair, make her frumpy, then make her thin and blonde again. It was a shame. She could have been a lot more. The ending was smart. He was lost then he found himself and sold out the hippies to advertise Coke. Noice.

They were spinning wheels a bit by the end but I love this show second only to the sopranos. Betty is a fascinating character and January Jones in mad men is the hottest woman I've ever seen tbf. Don never topped her.