POLL: MAD MEN: Which tier?

[emdasher]

I love this show and am psyched for the season 2 premiere tonight (it starts in about 20 minutes here). I don't have "The Wire"-level expectations for this, but I hope there are other FOTs who are eager to chat about the show here.

[Fido]

I'm there. I've heard just enough praise for it that I'm in for this season, having missed the boat on the last one. Like you, emdasher, I don't have shoot-the-moon expectations, but the show's proponents are agog about it. I was just gonna start a thread asking who's into the show, and is it all that, etc. etc., when I discovered your thread.

[todd]

Is it bad that I'm only considering watching this show because of the hubba-hubba redhead posted in Chinatown?

[erika]

If you're just starting to watch the show I strongly suggest you check out season 1 first... just because there are some things in the plot that you might not get otherwise.

(And no, Todd. That's not wrong. Even I have a crush on her.)

[jbissell]

I'm almost done with season 1 and it's really great. It took me a little bit to get used to the period touches, like everyone smoking everywhere (even the doctor in the examination room) and the general disregard for women.  Jon Hamm as Don Draper is one of the better leading man performances I've seen on a tv drama in the last few years. The supporting cast is really great as well.  

[emdasher]

Though the redhead is tempting, my heart belongs to January Jones as Don's wife.

[Forrest]

This is one of the only shows left that I follow, and I thought tonight's episode was great. With no Wire and no Sopranos, this is as good as it gets.

[AllisonLeGnome]

I'm most of the way through Season 1 and it's great. I just accidentally read some spoilers  from episodes I haven't seen yet in the newspaper, though. 

[gravy boat]

This is one of the only shows left that I follow, and I thought tonight's episode was great. With no Wire and no Sopranos, this is as good as it gets.

Second this.  I think show is actually better than the Sopranos and would have loved to see it in its r-rated, commercial-free glory.

[Fido]

This is one of the only shows left that I follow, and I thought tonight's episode was great. With no Wire and no Sopranos, this is as good as it gets.

I miss them too. Why did The Wire have to end?

And The Price Is Right is only on in the morning, so now it has to be Mad Men.

[jamesp]

I'm a fan and DVRed last night's episode, so I'll have to check it out today. For those of you with Comcast digital cable who don't have the DVDs, the first season is available on Demand until August 10. I think they're also putting all the new episodes each week too, and it's definitely worth checking out.

I love Christina Hendricks on the show and think she's gorgeous, but I saw her doing the talk show rounds this week and think she's much more attractive as the bitchy Joan Holloway.

[Joe Rogaine]

Though the redhead is tempting, my heart belongs to January Jones as Don's wife.

January Jones was great in Tommy Lee Jones Three Burials film from a couple years back.

[B_Buster]

Really? She was in that? I can't even remember. Maybe because Three Burials (or as I now refer to it: Weekend at Bernie's in Mexico) was a snooze.

[yesno]

I like this show, and I haven't seen the new episode, but there's no way it's in the same league as Wire, Sopranos, etc.  It's a tier 2 awesome show, like Rome.

[ericluxury]

The jury is still out on that, yesno (or at least my jury is). If this show improves over season 1 then it will definitely become a tier 1 show. Its definitely much better than Rome.