Mad Men - Season 5 Site

If you’ve only watched Mad Men once, go back. Watch Season 5 again. Notice the cracks in the walls. Listen to the silence between the words. And try not to flinch when the elevator doors close.

It won the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series. It gave us "Zou Bisou Bisou." It broke our hearts with a Jaguar door handle. If you are rewatching Mad Men , do not skip Season 5. It is the season where the dream ends, and the hangover begins. Mad Men - Season 5

Business-wise, Season 5 is about the pursuit of the Jaguar automobile account. The pursuit takes the partners to London, to racing tracks, and finally to a seedy hotel room. To land Jaguar, the partners must make a Faustian bargain with the sleazy Herb Rennet (played by Mark Moses), a dealership owner who will only vote for SCDP if he gets to sleep with Joan Holloway. If you’ve only watched Mad Men once, go back

A major through-line is the characters' reaction to the rapidly changing world. While Roger Sterling attempts to embrace the new era (famously through LSD), Don Draper increasingly feels like a man out of time, unable to connect with the evolving zeitgeist as he once did. Passion vs. Skill: Listen to the silence between the words

Under the direction of series creator Matthew Weiner and cinematographer Christopher Manley, employs a distinct visual language.

Feeling unappreciated by his American partners and financially crippled by the British tax system (and his father’s cruelty), Lane makes a fatal error: he forges Don’s signature on a $7,500 bonus check to pay his debts. The crime is petty, but in the world of the firm, it is treason.