COMMENTARY: Mad Men Season 2 Pre-Season

I'm going to start Mad Men Season 2 soon, probably today. I wanted to write a quick post about this, which seems to take place about 1 year after last season's finale.

It's been 18 months or so since I watched the season finale, and it wasn't my favourite finale ever. In fact the penultimate episode was leagues better, and should have been the finale in my opinion. "The Wheel" just felt a bit like an epilogue.

But, to recap what happened in it:

• Pete brings in a new account through his father-in-law. This gets him recognition from Bert Cooper. However it also puts him under pressure to have a child with Trudy.
  
• Peggy gets a job as a copywriter. Pete Campbell is not impressed. Hours later, she gives birth to his baby.
• Don finds out Adam is dead. He is overwhelmed by past memories of him and Betty, and collapses in sadness. Betty reveals that she knows about Don's affairs. Carlton/Francine and Harry are also having marriage problems.
  

In the penultimate episode, well that was the one where Duck was hired, we found out the truth about Don's military past, Don and Rachel break up, and Harry cheats on his wife with Hildy. Slightly more eventful I think! Well anyway plenty of steam for season 2, which apparently is set 1 year after these events.