The Greatest TV Show: Spoilers Ahead…

Early this morning, around 3 am, I finished Mad Men. Mad Men is a drama series following New York ad man Don Draper throughout the 1960s. He goes through his late thirties and into the mid-life crisis era of life with his marriage, kids, home life, job, and friends. It’s a seven season show and I started it about three months ago. This show isn’t about businesses and affairs and sexist men and under appreciated women, but it’s about growth, then decay, then TRANSFORMATION and REVISION! This show works on so many different levels: Dialogue, storylines, scenery, culture, and everything else that made the 60s exponential. This show is inspiring for me in all aspects of my life—especially for my writing. After watching the series finale, I was in shambles that my new favorite show—for which helped me on so many levels—was ending and it would never be the same after a rewatch. Don Draper had so many problems that he never expressed because it was the norm for men to never express their feelings out loud. Don mimics the great writers of the 20th century who never shared their feelings except in their writing. The show is over and now I have some writing to do. This show will be the foundation of my new book of stories talking about the lives of so many different people and characters. I love this show. I tip my hat to Jon Hamm.