
I adore Mad Men, and I’ve followed it fervently throughout its three seasons. Sure, the show’s had its highs and lows, but it remains one of the most consistently exciting hours on TV. So, what to do, now that season three has ended? Where to look for our weekly dose of classic sartorial splendor, rapacious ad agency maneuverings and domestic ennui? Hell, what to do with an extra hour on Sunday night?
For starters, you could read back through Slate’s coverage of Mad Men season three. The ongoing conversation among Julia Turner, John Swansburg and Patrick Radden Keefe offers three fresh sets of eyes on the season’s events. It’s fun to start from the beginning and re-experience all that speculation, elation and disappointment anew. The Slate Crew also made plenty of predictions, both astute and far off the mark, and it’s amusing to read them when you already know which is which. Finally, read it for the details. It turns out I missed quite a few subtle points that add interest to the antics at old Sterling Coop, but Julia, John and Patrick picked up on plenty of them (with a little help from Slate readers). Highly recommended.
I’ll say this three times, though: spoiler warning, spoiler warning, spoiler warning. Don’t read the commentary for episodes you haven’t seen, unless you’re comfortable knowing what happens.
If you’re part of the legion of Mad Men fans who watch the show for its impeccable styling choices, you can get your men’s clothing fix from a new web show I’ve been meaning to tell you about:
It’s called Put This On, and it’s produced and hosted by Jesse “The Sound of Young America” Thorn and Adam “Lonelysandwich” Lisagor. You might think these two wisecrackers wouldn’t take clothes seriously, but you’d be wrong. Jesse and Adam explore menswear from the basics to the finer points in lovingly-produced 10-minute videos. The first episode covers denim, with a visit to an old-school jeans shop. More episodes are forthcoming — you can support their first six-episode season via Kickstarter — but for right now, fashion tips and snappy clothing finds abound at the Put This On blog.
No TV show with new episodes still airing can fill the Mad Men gap, but I’m enjoying the heck out of Nathan Fillion’s performances in Castle. It seems that somewhere between seasons 1 and 2, the writers figured out that the show works better as a comedy and a showcase for Fillion than an actual crime drama. It’s fun stuff.



























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