From NetFlix:

It’s 1960, and ad executive Don Draper (Jon Hamm) rules the roost at
New York’s Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency in this Emmy winner for
Best Drama Series. Living a glamorous existence of never-ending cocktail
hours, worry-free smoking and ego-stroking power, ladies’ man Draper makes
numerous conquests both at work and in his personal life. But the world is
beginning to change, and Draper will have to use all his smarts to stay one
step ahead of the game.

I have just finished devouring Season 1 of “Mad Men” which is certainly one of the best Soap Operas I have ever seen. The great thing about getting the season on 4 DVDs is that you don’t have to wait until next week to continue.

I was a child of the 50’s and 60’s. The re-creation of that era is as I remember as regards the clothing, music, and above all the SMOKING!!!! It is really disconcerting to see a beautiful woman lying on a psychiatrist’s couch smoking. I wonder if all the actors will eventually die of lung cancer. Maybe they “never inhaled”. It is just plain fun watching the ad men try to get around the dangers of smoking.

I never worked in an environment in which the male employees spent the majority of their time seducing the female employees, but I could have been naive. Still the openly macho atmosphere came as a shock.

Was it planned that among the men, only Don Draper and his boss are handsome alpha males whereas the other men are overweight or weak-looking ? Was it planned that among the women Don’s secretary Peggy is the least attractive and most capable ?

Season One ends in a manner that demands Season Two. I can hardly wait for Season Two to come out on DVD.