change is good

Season 4. Finally. After a year of eager anticipation--and a little crying in the corner of my darkened room due to withdrawal--Mad Men has returned. I for one feel much better; physically, emotionally, and spiritually.


The first episode took us to 1964, a year of change. Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce (SCDP), the rebel agency Roger, Bert, Don, and Lane (RBDL) started at the close of Season 3, has been up and running for a year. Betty has officially divorced Don and is now happily married--well, at the very least, married to good 'ol Henry Francis. Don is living all by his lonesome in a bleak-looking apartment in Manhattan. And Ken Cosgrove, that tall drink of water with a talent for writing, is nowhere to be found. Yes, the times they are a changin'.

But rather than go through giving you a full recap of the season starter, I thought we'd do something a bit different. Let's be honest. If you're actually reading this blog, you've already watched the episode. Now, for those of you who don't know, this is actually a bi-coastal blog. One of us lives in California, the other in New York. Often what we do--particularly with Mad Men--is send each other Immediate Reaction Emails. For the sake of the blog, I am going to now refer to them as IRE's. So, to mark the blessed occasion that is the return of Mad Men, I give you a mashup of our IRE's:

IRE #1:

LOVED IT. LOOOOOOOOVED IT.

Also, hate betty hate betty hate betty hate betty hate betty hate betty hate betty hate betty hate betty hate betty hate betty.

Peggy's new hair is nice, though she's gotten a bit cocky, no? And since when does she wear eye shadow to work? And WHO is the wannabe Don Draper part-time art guy?

Where's tall drink of water Cosgrove?

Glad Allison's back, and glad Joan has her own office--please tell me her husband is a medic in Vietnam.

The Sally Draper incident at the dinner table was soooo awkward. Hate betty...and loved what the mother-in-law said about her.

IRE #2:

Ok I thought it was a tad slow but I think that every year...continuing on...


I see Betty is still a huge beeyotch. I really can't stand her anymore. I hope Sally goes on a rampage. Btw, KIERNAN SHIPKA looks like she's aged quite a bit!

Henry is starting to grow on me hahahaha. He and his mother.


Agreed on Peggy's hair. First thing I noticed, lol.

Cosgrove was in the credits so I am hopeful for his eventual return.


Don + prostitute = sigh. he's so messed up!

Roger had some line about VD that made me laugh.


Was I the only one who was thinking of John Hamm's ham with all those canned ham scenes???

Well, there you have it. Our immediate reaction to a season we've been waiting almost a year for. Can't wait to see where it goes.