The AMC drama wrapped its season 5 finale on a lonely note Sunday.
(…) Avec la saison 5 qui s’est accomplie malgré quelques tensions (entre AMC et Weiner) n’ayant rien à voir avec l’histoire elle-même, Matthew Weiner réussit une métamorphose que l’ont a rarement vue à la télévision. Cela appartient certainement en partie à l’intelligence, à l’intuition et sans doute au courage (…)
What follows, then, are five quick thoughts about the episode, which saw some financial naughtiness from Lane Pryce, the return of Paul Kinsey and the kind of sexual chemistry that could power a medium-sized city for several years.
There might be better Mad Men episodes to come, but at this point I’d say Lady Lazarus is the episode Matt Weiner should win an Emmy for writing. He’s truly in command here and he’s touching on so many longtime Mad Men truisms – including the main one, existentialism – that he makes it look effortless. In fact, it’s almost as if Weiner is toying with the people, like me, who deconstruct each episode.