One last mad fling…

Critiqued for its sexist representation as much as it is celebrated for all that is ’50s cool, TV drama Mad Men will see its curtains close when season seven draws to a finish come mid-May.

Despite the series having been packed with all manner of despicable male characters – in the workplace, around the house, on the social circuit – Mad Men has proven to be a huge success with male and female audiences alike.

A proverbial collective sigh can be sensed since this will be the last time we’ll see the complex lives of Don, Peggy, Roger, Joan, Betty and Pete and their rivals and varied love interests criss-crossing like crazy.

Even entertainment magazine Variety noted that the closing run continues to “grapple with the central ad agency’s shifting internal dynamics as well as examples of brazen sexism”.

Sexist or not, we still find lead man Don Draper dead-sexy.  Lisa Andrews

‘Mad Men: The End Of An Era’ airs Mondays express from US at 3.30pm and 8.35pm on Showcase. The final episode airs May 18.