Mad Men Roundtable: “Public Relations”

And finally, as Myndi mentioned, when Don is not a married man, dinner and drinks with a woman doesn’t have an assumed ending. Now, it’s old fashioned dating, just like everyone else. Had Bethanny gone to dinner with a married Don Draper, that date ends at the Hilton. Now …it ends with a handshake and a “call me.” Yikes.

AMC, Mad Men, and creator Matt Weiner took a huge risk last season with burning their story to the ground and, essentially, opting to build it back up from scratch, but if Sunday’s premiere was any indication, it won’t matter.