Over at Empire Magazine I reviewed the Mad Men season five opener. So head on over there to read the full article…
Accompanied by a widespread, everywhere-you-look publicity blitz, the long-overdue fifth season of AMC’s Mad Men finally sauntered back onto our screens after an agonising 18-month absence. But like Don himself, who often arrives at client meetings late before rescuing them with a seductively-persuasive pitch, it was worth the wait. Despite rumours of budget disputes (which allegedly affected fellow AMC tentpole The Walking Dead) and contract negotiations with creator Matthew Weiner, the two-hour premiere “A Little Kiss” delivered a confident and typically-classy reminder of what we’ve been missing. Spoilers, like shots of Jon Hamm’s Don Draper staring pensively out his office window, will certainly follow. Continue reading…
