Todd VanDerWerff joins Luke De Smet and Myles McNutt for this special Mad Men season three recap podcast, produced in conjunction with TV on the Internet. The three spend just under an hour talking about the season finale, the season as a whole, their favorite moments of the season and where the show can go from here.
If you like this edition of TV on the Internet, you can find more episodes on iTunes. You can also check the show out at Podcast Alley, Podcast Pickle or the TV on the Internet blog.
Here's a direct link to the episode.
The entirety of the episode is dedicated to discussion of Mad Men's third season. If you have not seen the season, we spoil absolutely everything, up to and including the finale's final shots, so you may want to listen until you've had a chance to see the season in question.
Clips are from Mad Men (ep: "Shut the Door. Have a Seat," script by Matthew Weiner and Erin Levy).
We hope to have a transcript up in this space sometime this weekend, so keep checking back.
House contributing editor Todd VanDerWerff is the publisher of the pop culture blog South Dakota Dark and co-host of the podcast TV on the Internet. His writing also appears at The AV Club and Hitfix.
House contributor Luke De Smet is a freelance writer and disgruntled warehouse stock boy from Edmonton, Alberta, where he is regular contributor to SEE Magazine. Follow him on Twitter or check out his blog Bring Me Back a Goat.
House Contributor Myles McNutt is the author of television review blog Cultural Learnings.
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I have to share in the love, Todd, of "My Old Kentucky Home." I just rewatched a couple of early season three episodes, and looking back on it after seeing the finale, I'm realizing how great it is. It was one of the episodes that really brought on the criticism of the show being slow moving, which is funny considering it introduced us to both Connie Hilton and Henry Francis, two hugely important characters this season (even if Connie mostly disappeared on us.) The scene with Connie is a great introduction, of course, and watching that moment where Henry Francis asks to touch Betty's pregnant stomach is particularly illuminating of his intentions and desires, and kind of creepy when you jump ahead to the shot from the finale with Betty, Henry and baby Gene together.
Beyond that, it's also one of the most well-structured episodes, thematically (up there with "Seven Twenty Three", which I think you mentioned too) and that strong thematic thread (about performance and artifice, etc.) really lets it stand on its own as well as, in retrospect, setting up a lot of what comes later in the season. I think this is a testament to how well-structured Mad Men is, though not everyone feels that way, I guess, since it seems some people weren't very pleased with this season until things really kicked into gear with "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency."
And further, it's one of the funniest episodes ("I am so high," and of course Roger's hilarious and horrifying blackface performance.) And then there's Sally reading to Gene, a further glimpse into the dynamics of Joan's marriage, Pete and Trudy's dance (my personal favorite scene, probably), and I could go on. Truly a great episode and I almost want to say best of the season, so I appreciate the mention.
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