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Take home all 13 episodes of Mad Men: Season 3 with this release featuring bonus materials fans won't have to be sold on. Extras include full-length audio commentary by show creator Matthew Weiner and the cast and crew on all episodes, a documentary on slain Civil Rights Activist Medgar Evers entitled Medgar Evers: An Unsung Hero, "Clearing the Air: The History of Cigarette Advertising," "We Shall Overcome: The March on Washington" (featuring Rev. Martin Luther King's historic "I Have a Dream" speech), and "Mad Men Illustrated," which introduces viewers to the artists whose works are featured on the show. Exclusive Blu-Ray materials include "Flashback 1963," an interactive timeline of the people, events, and inventions that defined that pivotal year in American history.
 
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Just get it!
on March 9, 2011
Posted by: Gean
from Los Angeles, CA
Like the others have commented, it's a great show. It's an addiction, really. Feenin' to get home from work so I can watch 1, 2 or sometimes even 3 episodes a night. It's that good. You know the synopsis ...set in the '60s around Madison Ave - the big player in the economy at the time, shows the changing social mores. I'm not from that era, but it's pretty interesting to watch - all the smoking, drinking, harassment, discrimination, politics, etc. But the characters are the real drivers here. Highly recommend it!
What's great about it: Story, Characters, Blu-ray
What's not so great: Nothing
I would recommend this to a friend!
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The debut season of Matthew Weiner's intense and stylish drama follows the lives of Madison Avenue advertising executives (so-called "Mad Men") in 1960. The series centers on Don Draper (Jon Hamm), the dashing and brilliant creative director for ad agency Sterling Cooper (Season 1 accounts include Richard Nixon's presidential campaign and, appropriately, Lucky Strike, given the cigarettes are smoked in nearly every scene). Don's charms extend well outside of the boardroom and into the bedroom: The married man has a free-spirited lover, Midge Daniels (Rosemarie DeWitt), who's his polar opposite, and a second mistress, Rachel Menken (Maggie Siff), a client whose independence challenges Don's views on women. Don's wife, Betty (January Jones), meanwhile, dutifully fulfills her role as housewife. But when she develops a mysterious ailment that causes her to lose feeling in her hands, she's sent to a psychiatrist to work through her problems. Over at Sterling Cooper, new secretary Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss) tries to adjust to life in the boys club with guidance from seen-it-all bombshell secretary Joan Holloway (Christina Hendricks). Young account exec Pete Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser) also has his eyes on Peggy and quickly begins pursuing her, despite his upcoming nuptials. There's even more bad behavior at the office from skirt chasers Ken Cosgrove (Aaron Staton) and Paul Kinsey (Michael Gladis), loving but imperfect Harry Crane (Rich Sommer) and stuck-in-the-closet art director Sal Romano (Bryan Batt). Partner Roger Sterling (John Slattery) does little to set an example for his employees as he happily indulges in an array of vices and an affair with Joan. Senior partner Bertram Cooper (Robert Morse) is mostly out of touch with the staff, preferring to remain within the sanctuary of his giant office. In the midst of this workplace frivolity, Don learns that the picture-perfect life he's created for himself could be threatened by a secret from his past.
 
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Believe the hype!
on February 11, 2011
Posted by: Gean
from Los Angeles, CA
After hearing all about Mad Men the past few years, I finally decided to buy all three seasons (during Black Friday 2010 at 9.99 each for blu-rays). Finally got around to watching the first season and wow, it's worth it. There were times I was watching 2-3 episodes a night. It's that good. Highly recommend it. It's pretty interesting to see a period piece, and see how things were so different 50 years ago in America. I'm going to try and finish seasons 2 and 3 before they start airing season 4 on tv. Otherwise...might just have buy season 4!
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I would recommend this to a friend!
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