First Click: Mad Men vs. cynical man

I’m going to take a risk and tell the internet that I like something. Ready?

I thought the season finale to Mad Men was brilliant and consider the complete series to be the pinnacle of television achievement to date.

I woke up at 4AM to watch it via a convoluted setup that required a DNS remapping service (I live in Europe) and a 7-day free Sling TV trial (which I now have to cancel). I spent the last few weeks rewatching all the old episodes in preparation. Clearly, I’m a fan, and I’m not ashamed to say that I had to dab my eyes as the credits rolled one last time.

Convinced the finale was a home run, I decided to celebrate the achievement on Twitter. Boy, was that a mistake.

Twitter hated it because everything is awful — the world...

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First Click: Mad Men vs. cynical man