Hi TARQUIN - stick with it - the season starts slow with a few gems in between - but ohhhhhhhh man - the pace quickens toward the end and the finale will have you wishing there was another 13 episodes left in the season. JMHO

You think you're disappointed? Imagine how Guy Mackendrick must feel.

Cheers Mate!

Tarquin,
Do not fret - I too felt that the show was incredibly fragmented but please keep in mind that all things happen for a reason and that the show will move along more quickly. I don't want to give too much of season 3 away since y'all across the pond and elsewhere have not viewed the new season yet. Let me just say that season 3 is all about change and the changes are not big - they are H-U-G-E.
By the way I do think that the first episode of Season 3 was a little tedious. "Love Among the Ruins" was by far the best episode of the season - it really explored the idea of what it means to be a daughter in the 1960s and the issues of the "sandwiched in phenomenon" that we see today -- Women taking on the role of care taking of their children and parents and working outside the home. Ofcourse Betty had help from Carla. Peggy is experiencing life as a working girl and sees that she can't act like one of the boys (she really should have taken Bobby Barret's advice from season 2) but knows that her career is not the only thing that can sustain her. Finally we hear from Roger's daughter and her take on his "child bride" Jane. You have to laugh out loud when she and Joan come face to face - afterall Joan could have been Jane and Jane well could have been fired. I think this show can be seen as part 2 of "The Maidenform" episode from Season 2 . The Maidenform episode focused on the dicotomy of how men see women (Jackie Kennedy vs. Marilyn Monroe), but 'Love among the Ruins" shows the second side of women and family. Good things come to those who wait. We have many British drama shows through Public TV - those shows move quite slowly but quality far exceeds the pace. Just wait things will make sense by the end of the season.

The characters in Mad Men seem to have a unique spatial tone in the narrative. The episodes are not fragmented, though the scripts and artful presentations vary. There is not a mysterious double subtext.

hey UK hang in there - season 3 does get off to a slow start, but there are some great gems along the way! I promise the finale will not disappoint - it will have you wishing there were another 13 episodes! JMHO

All I can say is just hang on to your hat; it does start a bit slow but it is well worth it. Season 3 rocks!

Tarquin,
Do not fret - I too felt that the show was incredibly fragmented but please keep in mind that all things happen for a reason and that the show will move along more quickly. I don't want to give too much of season 3 away since y'all across the pond and elsewhere have not viewed the new season yet. Let me just say that season 3 is all about change and the changes are not big - they are H-U-G-E.
By the way I do think that the first episode of Season 3 was a little tedious. "Love Among the Ruins" was by far the best episode of the season - it really explored the idea of what it means to be a daughter in the 1960s and the issues of the "sandwiched in phenomenon" that we see today -- Women taking on the role of care taking of their children and parents and working outside the home. Ofcourse Betty had help from Carla (her housekeeper and the family's surrogate caretaker). Peggy is experiencing life as a working girl and sees that she can't act like one of the boys (she really should have taken Bobby Barret's advice from season 2) but knows that her career is not the only thing that can sustain her. Finally we hear from Roger's daughter and her take on his "child bride" Jane. You have to laugh out loud when she and Joan come face to face - afterall Joan could have been Jane and Jane well could have been fired. I think this show can be seen as part 2 of "The Maidenform" episode from Season 2 . The Maidenform episode focused on the dicotomy of how men see women (Jackie Kennedy vs. Marilyn Monroe), but 'Love among the Ruins" shows the second side of women and family. Good things come to those who wait. We have many British drama shows through Public TV - those shows move quite slowly but quality far exceeds the pace. Just wait things will make sense by the end of the season.

Hi Tarquin, Hyacinth and Richard Bucket are looking for you!

Seriously, though, just have a little patience...Season 3 just gets better and better. It is a little slow moving at first, but hang in there. You won't be disappointed!

Well, Tarquin, I agree with everyone.....good things come to those who wait....you'll see, at the end of the last episode you'll be cheering!

Hi there, We have just seen "the fog"here in Ireland, and I was perplexed as to what was wrong with the prison guard and his wife as they passed Don in the corridor. At first I thought the baby must have died then I saw a program on RTE regarding a barbaric medical procedure performed on women in labour with breach pregnancies. It was called a Symphysiotomy which was very painful and often left the mother with severe complications for the rest of her life. The practice was discontinued in favour of caesarian section in most western countries in the forties and fifties but continued in Ireland for many years later due to the domineering influence of the Catholic Church, which taught that caesarian section would ultimately lead to contraception, which was banned in this country till the late seventies.Any other answers to this mystery. And why the Irish music at the end of episode one when Don returns from his trip? Was this a reference to JFK - Perfect family hiding infidelities?

If you've learned anything from watching the first two seasons, it's that the structure of the whole season is usually only unveiled to you once you've seen all 13 episodes. While I will say that season 2 remains my favorite one thus far, to say that the third is flawed in some way is hogwash - all of the seeds have already been planted for what a mind-blowing second-half. In fact, 3 of the last 4 episodes are already among the most highly rated on IMDB.

What was that quote Cooper gave: "You can never trust the Brits."?

Tarquin, I am also English and I'm sorry but I totally disagree; right from the off, Season 3 was as mesmerising as ever. Even if nothing much happens in an ep, the characters, the dialogue, the atmosphere are still compelling. When has MM ever been action packed apart from lawn mower moment and Don's flashbacks anyway? I know I'm posting this after S3 has aired in the UK and hopefully you will have changed your mind by now!

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