Post 4: My favorite TV show.


Mad Men is my favorite TV show, I have watched it several times, because its historical accuracy, makes me feel like I am entering the world of the 1960’s.  Mad Men is about an advertising agency on Madison Avenue during that decade. Oh man, how many things can happen in that advertising agency! (Sterling Cooper at the beginning and SCDP in later seasons). 


Don Draper is the main character, a man who isn´t the person he says he is. He stole a dead man´s identity during The Korean War, his real name is Dick Withman. During the whole series, he tries to forget his horrible childhood, by creating the identity of a successful man, based on the name of this dead person. Peggy Olson, according to some people, is the real main character. She is the representation of the rising women during the sixties. She started as a secretary, but her talent made her end up as a copy chief.




My favorite episode is The Suitcase (S04E07), which is one of the most acclaimed episodes, it´s even Elisabeth Moss´ (The actress who plays Peggy) favorite. It was meant to be a “bottle” episode, but the interaction between Don and Peggy is so well written and acted, that ended up turning this episode into an iconic one.




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