Mad Men Finale season: Shocking Revelations

For Mad Men six seasons, we've seen Don blow deadlines, alienate or fire clients, hobo out to California on a whim and spend entire days in movie theaters and bars. He chews out underlings -- the ones he actually notices -- in a cavalier fashion and he often treats his partners as annoying encumbrances.

Sure, he's often brilliant enough to make his pain-in-the-ass qualities bearable, but he's erratic as hell. He's been known to intimidate colleagues and even family members into putting up with his worst antics. He has a memorable glare.

None of Don's usual strategies and tactics worked in the fantastic season finale of Mad Men dvd australia. In a short but effective scene, the partners of SC&P finally sent him to bed without supper. No cookie for you, Don Draper!

Alcohol is a mainstay of life on Mad Men

Alcohol is a mainstay of life on Mad Men, consumed from morning to night; infidelity has found its way into almost every corner office; and marriages fall apart almost as soon as new ones kindle. Mad Men dvd australia may have drawn in its audience with the irresistible appeal of nostalgia, but its raw portrayal of the past doesn’t leave room for rose-colored glasses.

America loves Mad Men. Its plots reach back in history, before cellphones and computer screens, to a time when working at an ad agency meant making the most of briefcases full of paper, easels and portfolios. The schmoozing is on full-blast as suit-clad men (and a few women) bend all the rules for a chance to gain the next best client.

But unlike similar shows that portray the '60s as "the good old days," the show doesn’t skimp when it comes to portraying the humanity and sometimes-dire reality of the Mad Men lifestyle. Add that to the life-altering events that surrounded racial integration, a boom in the women’s rights movement and, of course, the sexual revolution, and you’re in for some stressful plots.