Mad Men viewing diary

Over a decade after its premiere, I finally began catching up with Mad Men by covering the first season as a first-timer's viewing diary. My coverage ran from the spring of 2018 to the spring of 2022. (revised March 2022)

SEASON ONE (1960)

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (episode 1)

Ladies Room (episode 2)

Marriage of Figaro (episode 3)

New Amsterdam (episode 4)

5G (episode 5)

Babylon (episode 6)

Red in the Face (episode 7)

The Hobo Code (episode 8)

Shoot (episode 9)

Long Weekend (episode 10)

Indian Summer (episode 11)

Nixon vs. Kennedy (episode 12)

The Wheel (episode 13)

SEASON TWO (1962)

For Those Who Think Young (episode 1)

Flight 1 (episode 2)

The Benefactor (episode 3)

Three Sundays (episode 4)

The New Girl (episode 5)

Maidenform (episode 6)

The Gold Violin (episode 7)

A Night to Remember (episode 8)

Six Month Leave (episode 9)

The Inheritance (episode 10)

The Jet Set (episode 11)

The Mountain King (episode 12)

Meditations in an Emergency (episode 13)

SEASON THREE (1963)

Out of Town (episode 1)

Love Among the Ruins (episode 2)

My Old Kentucky Home (episode 3)

The Arrangements (episode 4)

The Fog (episode 5)

Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency (episode 6)

Seven Twenty Three (episode 7)

Souvenir (episode 8)

Wee Small Hours (episode 9)

The Color Blue (episode 10)

The Gypsy and the Hobo (episode 11)

The Grown Ups (episode 12)

Shut the Door. Have a Seat (episode 13)

SEASON FOUR (1964 - 65)

Public Relations (episode 1)

Christmas Comes But Once a Year (episode 2)

The Good News (episode 3)

The Rejected (episode 4)

The Chrysanthemum and the Sword (episode 5)

Waldorf Stories (episode 6)

The Suitcase (episode 7)

The Summer Man (episode 8)

The Beautiful Girls (episode 9)

Hands and Knees (episode 10)

Chinese Wall (episode 11)

Blowing Smoke (episode 12)

Tomorrowland (episode 13)

SEASON FIVE (1966 - 67)

A Little Kiss (episodes 1 & 2)

Tea Leaves (episode 3)

Mystery Date (episode 4)

Signal 30 (episode 5)

Far Away Places (episode 6)

At the Codfish Ball (episode 7)

Lady Lazarus (episode 8)

Dark Shadows (episode 9)

Christmas Waltz (episode 10)

The Other Woman (episode 11)

Commissions and Fees (episode 12)

The Phantom (episode 13)

SEASON SIX (1967 - 68)

The Doorway (episodes 1 & 2)

Collaborators (episode 3)

To Have and to Hold (episode 4)

The Flood (episode 5)

For Immediate Release (episode 6)

Man With a Plan (episode 7)

Crash (episode 8)

The Better Half (episode 9)

A Tale of Two Cities (episode 10)

Favors (episode 11)

The Quality of Mercy (episode 12)

In Care Of (episode 13)

SEASON SEVEN, PART ONE (1969)

Time Zones (episode 1)

A Day's Work (episode 2)

Field Trip (episode 3)

The Monolith (episode 4)

The Runaways (episode 5)

The Strategy (episode 6)

Waterloo (episode 7)

SEASON SEVEN, PART TWO (1970)

Severance (episode 8)

New Business (episode 9)

The Forecast (episode 10)

Time & Life (episode 11)

Lost Horizon (episode 12)

The Milk and Honey Route (episode 13)

Person to Person (episode 14)