Mad Men

It's so hard to be rich and successful. I wouldn't know from experience but thankfully we have Mad Men. The show is about a group of young advertising executives in the 1960s. Don Draper is rich and powerful he has an ex-model for a wife, two kids, a big house, a dog, several mistresses, an endless supply of booze and everything else that goes along with the American Dream.
The problem, of course, is that Don knows the American Dream is a lie, he helps create the lie every day at work.
If you ever wanted to watch a show about the ennui that sits at the heart of America, well, here it is.
This show is great and wonderfully boring. I know your thinking how can it be great and boring at the same time well in every episode, nothing much happens. I mean, think about it, he's an ad exec in New York. They're not exactly tracking down criminals in every episode, saving sick people in a buzzing emergency room or representing the downtrodden in court.
But boring equals great. Because instead of standard plot each episode delves a little deeper into the emotional lives of the characters. It's a show about the lives we tell ourselves and how we rationalize away decency and goodness in favor of a bigger car or a larger salary.
You can have it all kids, the trick is living with yourself when you get it.

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