This is some big news. The first four seasons of the hit Golden Globe-winning AMC series "Mad Men" is coming to the Netflix Instant Queue.
"Mad Men" is one of my favorite shows, and this was only solidified by season four being possibly the best season of a TV series I've ever seen. It's been awful that AMC is holding back the release of season five until 2012, but this will hopefully hold me over until then.
For those unfamiliar with the show, it centers around a 1960's advertising agency on Madison Avenue in New York City and gives insight into how things were run at that time through various social constructs such as gender, racial and marital roles.
Through characters such as Donald Draper (Jon Hamm), Roger Sterling (John Slattery) and Pete Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser), we see this "old boys club" broken down and forcefully evolved by strong female characters such as up and comer Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss) and Joan Harris (Christina Hendricks).
The unique thing about "Mad Men" is the way the show is more about character development than it is about any kind of ongoing plot (don't worry there is a plot though). But to see the way these beautifully played characters change and grow right in front of the audience is masterful and really shouldn't be missed.
So check out "Mad Men" on Netflix starting July 27 and catch up before the next historical season comes out in 2012, or to just relive one of probably the most important television shows in recent history. The only drawback is you may become so obsessed, every advertisement you see will make you think, "Would Don Draper like this?"
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