Mad Men's Back!

At last! The premiere of Mad Men's 7th and final season (or season 7A if you will!).

I love TV! And if you love cable as much as I do, you're pretty damn excited about tonight:

• Game of Thrones
• Mad Men
• Silicon Valley

And BTW, if you're not watching Mike Judge's Silicon Valley, you should. It pokes fun of Silicon Valley (duh!), gurus like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, Palo Alto, & tech nerds. If you loved Mike Judge's Office Space, and I know you did (37 pieces of flair, Peter Gibbon's quest to do nothing, Milton's red stapler), you'll love this. 

Oh, hell! It's Sunday. Click below and enjoy with your Venti Non-fat Chai Tea Latte.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvkmsI54ss4

I digress. Back to Mad Men...

Off the top of my head (no editing), here are some predictions and hopes for the final season(s).

• Pete and Peggy come full circle & reunite. Not because I like the alliteration, but because they're very much alike & have been attracted to each other since the very first episode. [Oh, their child will not appear!]
• There will be a lot of ugly 70's clothing. Should be fun to pick apart. 
• Don Draper lands on his feet. He always does. I disagree with most people who think the opening credits telegraph Don's demise. 
• The season will be beautifully filmed as usual.
• The writing/vision will be tighter than season 6. Why? Robert Towne, the brilliant Chinatown screenwriter, is now a consulting producer. Course that means Weiner will have to loosen his Vulcan death-grip on the show. 
• More Roger Sterling! John Slattery isn't directing any episodes this year (or Jon Hamm). That means more Roger one-liners! And that is always a good thing. 
• Megan and Don won't divorce. They should. But I think the predominantly white, male writers & producers get a hard-on when she's around. They'll want to keep her on the show. 
• Matthew Weiner will do something unexpected with the ending that will dismay many viewers. Relax! Just sit back and enjoy the ride.