Mad Men is a period television drama about the Ad Men who worked on Madison Avenue in New York in the 1960's. Mad Med airs on AMC and was the Best Drama Emmy winner for four years in a row.
While watching Mad Men season 3, in which the ad company, Sterling Cooper is sold to to a British company it seemed that the series took a deviation in focus and direction from the previous two seasons. What was missing in Season 3? I feel a main part of what was lacking in the Sterling Cooper office was the the vivacious acting of Christina Hendricks and the character of Joan Holloway. In the first two seasons, Joan is an integral part of the office at Sterling Cooper. In Season 3, she has left the office to get married and be a housewife. Luckily for us at the end of Season 3 Joan is brought back to the off-shoot office of Sterling Cooper Draper Price. The season finale of Season 3 works to redeem the entire season. No wonder they brought Joan back to the office--they needed her and she need them. Besides, the show is much stronger with Joan as a more central that peripheral character.
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