Mad Men: Season 6

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AMC | Season Premiere Date: April 7, 2013

Starring: Vincent Kartheiser, John Slattery, Kevin Rahm

Summary: The sixth season begins with a two-hour premiere.

Creator: Matthew Weiner

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure

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Season 6 Episodes

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S6:E13. In Care Of
Air Date: June 23, 2013
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S6:E12. The Quality of Mercy
Air Date: June 16, 2013
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S6:E11. Favors
Air Date: June 9, 2013

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David Hiltbrand

Apr 4, 2013

The sumptuous two-hour opener to Season 6 is a remarkable piece of work--beautiful, provocative, and deep. It's an unexpectedly exquisite distillation of the show's themes and aspirations. Read full review

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Curt Wagner

Apr 5, 2013

Unlike Season 5's two-hour premiere, which easily could have been edited to half its length, every minute of Sunday's episode feels necessary, checking in with all our favorite players and dancing with Weiner's favorite theme, death. Read full review

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Verne Gay

Apr 5, 2013

Terrific start to the 6th. Read full review

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Chuck Barney

Apr 8, 2013

Season 6 jumps ahead in time and launches with a beautifully written, contemplative two-hour opener called "The Doorway." Read full review

Melody Baetens

Apr 5, 2013

The suits are louder, the sideburns are longer; aside from that, the season-six premiere proves to be classic Mad Men with plenty of vice (maybe more than before, at least more pot), long hours at work and lots of questions. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Apr 5, 2013

Even at its most ponderous and indulgent, Mad Men casts a mesmerizing spell, and that's true throughout this less-than-satisfying but intermittently intriguing chapter. Read full review

Hank Stuever

Apr 5, 2013

Mad Men is that rare thing that can be as infuriating as it is perfect. I’ve gone back and forth (and hot and cold) on it as much as a critic can; I warmed to it last season but feel a familiar chill this time. Read full review

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JCouch777

Oct 19, 2013

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. In my eyes, the series best season. I loved seeing how the characters grew even more. Seeing the impact of MLK's assassination affected the community is one of the season most memorable moments. With more flashbacks to Don's childhood we can see deeper into his character and start to see where his actions are coming from.… Expand

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leonerdo

Jun 3, 2013

The show is top class entertainment with great ingredients whether we are talking writing, directing, acting, music, fashion, history. You name it.

I love how every season brings me equal anticipation. I fear skipping a minute because I know I will miss a great line or some little detailThe show is top class entertainment with great ingredients whether we are talking writing, directing, acting, music, fashion, history. You name it.

I love how every season brings me equal anticipation. I fear skipping a minute because I know I will miss a great line or some little detail about some fictitious character that for some strange reason is of great importance to me. It takes a great deal of genius to stretch fiction this far within one's own immigration. This is suddenly the time and place you badly long for although you are not from the Mad Men generation neither you lived in New York City.

I enjoyed seeing how the characters grew in their roles, some to the most unexpected demeanours. I make a special mention of how a new Pete Campbell emerges from the sleaze that he wore flawlessly to this likeable character with this occasional outburst of morality and social intelligence. I admire how the writers and cast are playing with our sense of judgement and it is very difficult to have a favourite character in this show.

It would be an impossible to say praises to the cast in few words but I can say that the choice of actors is masterful. Jon Ham has certainly fulfilled his mission on earth by bringing to life the legacy of a Don Draper. That this pure power. The list goes on and on: Peggy Olson, Betty Draper, Joan Harris, Roger Sterling, Lane Pryce, Megan Draper, Lane Pryce, Trudy Campbell, Ted Chaough, Bert Cooper, Ken Cosgrove, Harry Crane, and a very long list of unforgettable characters

The urge to write this review is predominantly to say that it is too early to close the curtain on this show. It still has a great deal of steam and because it will leave an obvious void in the TV landscape.

This is what I call "Bravo TV"… Expand

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DSingh

Apr 7, 2013

Mad Men`s heart of darkness remains as beguiling and poignant as ever!

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m_elders

Nov 27, 2013

Season 6 of Mad Men had some excellent, memorable scenes. The season especially picked up during the second half, with episodes The Crash and In Care Of being some of my all-time favorite Mad Men episodes. The episodes didn't seem as focused as episodes of previous seasons. Let meSeason 6 of Mad Men had some excellent, memorable scenes. The season especially picked up during the second half, with episodes The Crash and In Care Of being some of my all-time favorite Mad Men episodes. The episodes didn't seem as focused as episodes of previous seasons. Let me expound: In previous seasons, an episode would follow multiple story lines, and at the end of the episode you could look back and realize that they were all connected somehow, perhaps symbolically. Season 6 has less of that, but it's still there occasionally. Overall, I believe season 6 was an excellent season, worthy of the Mad Men name, and set a grand stage for the final season. I'll leave my review with a prediction about the end of the series: Don Draper jumps out of his office window to his death, making the intro sequence not only an excellent metaphor for the series, but an accurate representation of reality.… Expand

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toliverjohn

Jul 26, 2013

I have watched Mad Men from the start. It has been a long, painful process to watch Don Draper find himself. The sets ring true to the time. I lived through that era and everything looks real.

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A_Northerner

Jul 11, 2013

Another consistent season, from one of TVs landmark shows for quality. Well written, directed and acted once more. However, despite keeping up with its own level of excellence, this was not my favourite season of Mad Men. Themes are revisited, a new mistress for Don, another drug-fuelledAnother consistent season, from one of TVs landmark shows for quality. Well written, directed and acted once more. However, despite keeping up with its own level of excellence, this was not my favourite season of Mad Men. Themes are revisited, a new mistress for Don, another drug-fuelled episode, trips to the West Coast, Pete loses a parent and the season doesn't feel quite as fresh as others have.

As always the show manages to amuse me greatly, with some smartly written exchanges between Harry and Pete, Pete and Bob, Roger and Bob and Pete and anyone else to be fair. Despite not featuring as prominently this season, Pete came unstuck and appears to be following Don's footsteps, only in a more amusing fashion.

Circumstances conspire to give Don a new bull to butt horns with in the form of Ted Chaough. His arrival brings an influx of characters that provides the writers an injection of new dynamics to play with that might have been needed as at times the main cast have started to become slightly predictable.

Despite featuring the assassinations of Bobby Kennedy and MLK and the backdrop of riots in New York, season six was not as dark as the previous season, there was too much humour for that, but the show remains a complex, dark beast straddled by many unhappy characters and anti-heroes. For me the season culminated on the up as Don found a sense of terribly mis-placed honesty, following a moody descent into unhappiness that saw him lose his mojo at home and most shockingly at the office, that may just have been the end of the Draper dynasty at SCDP.

Only one more season to go. How much will set in California?… Expand

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Venusian

May 24, 2013

I am probably ruining the popularity flow here but I am not feeling Mad Men as much as had in the past 5 seasons. I have been a devoted fan up until the start of season 6. I am getting a little tired, as someone else wrote here, "of the Mad Men formula". I think the demise of my interestsI am probably ruining the popularity flow here but I am not feeling Mad Men as much as had in the past 5 seasons. I have been a devoted fan up until the start of season 6. I am getting a little tired, as someone else wrote here, "of the Mad Men formula". I think the demise of my interests also stems from the ability to feel like the story line is going somewhere. I think this is the end of Mad Men for me and I must say with great sadness, "It has been a really great ride".… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 7.5

83
- Season 7.5 Overview
  Air Date: April 5, 2015
Season 7

85
- Season 7 Overview
  Air Date: April 13, 2014
Season 6

88
- Season 6 Overview
  Air Date: April 7, 2013
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  S6:E13. In Care Of
  Air Date: June 23, 2013
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  S6:E12. The Quality of Mercy
  Air Date: June 16, 2013
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  S6:E11. Favors
  Air Date: June 9, 2013
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  S6:E10. A Tale of Two Cities
  Air Date: June 2, 2013
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  S6:E9. The Better Half
  Air Date: May 26, 2013
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  S6:E8. The Crash
  Air Date: May 19, 2013
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  S6:E7. Man With a Plan
  Air Date: May 12, 2013
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  S6:E6. For Immediate Release
  Air Date: May 5, 2013
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  S6:E5. The Flood
  Air Date: April 28, 2013
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  S6:E4. To Have and to Hold
  Air Date: April 21, 2013
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  S6:E3. Collaborators
  Air Date: April 14, 2013
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  S6:E2. The Doorway Part 2
  Air Date: April 7, 2013
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  S6:E1. The Doorway
  Air Date: April 7, 2013
Season 5

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- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: March 25, 2012
Season 4

92
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: July 25, 2010
Season 3

87
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: August 16, 2009
Season 2

88
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: July 27, 2008
Season 1

77
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: July 19, 2007