With Mad Men season 4 now in the books, I find myself more at a loss than ever before. Mad Men season finales are always terrific, and every year they set up cliff hangers that leave us pining for its late summer return. In past season finales we've been left to mull over unwanted pregnancies, marriages, breakups and the uncertainty of the ad agency. In the season 4 finale, we've experienced all four. When the lights went out on season 4 with Don and Megan in bed together (I still can't believe it) the show left so many things up in the air that it physically hurts we won't be able to pick back up with these stories until next July. I wrote a few weeks back that Mad Men season 4 may be the best season of the series yet. After seeing the events that transpired in the ensuing weeks I stand behind that statement. But the reason Mad Men season 4 is so exceptional is because of all that came before it paved the way for a great season. Would we really be as interested in Don Draper's fall from grace if we had never seen him give that fantastic "carousel speech" in season 1? Would the ice queen Betty has become be as hard to watch if there wasn't a season when we were actually rooting for her? Would Joan's decision to keep her baby be as powerful if we hadn't seen the hell she's been through in her marriage?
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