Mad Men

Mad Men

Episode 6: Babylon

Mini-Review

By: Carlos Uribe

Mad Men is a show about people who work in the advertising agencies in the 60's. It currently airs on AMC.

Spoilers Ahoy!

This episode is the first that doesn't end with family, although it is included in the ending montage. It does end with the personal lives of the characters. While the episode didn't focus completely on Don, it did place a large emphasis on the relationships he has with his wife, Rachel and Midge. This episode reveals that Joan and Sterling are not only sleeping together but it also introduces Sterling's family problems. The episode also explored Peggy's potential in the episode when she impresses the men at a brainstorming session. It also explores the themes of judaism in the period as well as individuality. The episode is good throughout, even though it doesn't really grab you until the very end. That song provided a perfect montage that made me want to see what's going to happen next-even though I wasn't actually interested throughout most of the episode. A large problem with this series is that it's finding a hard time to being addictive television but it is taking steps in the right direction. It merely needs to speed up-the first season is about half over and I could care less about most of the characters. That's not good.