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Mad Men: The Essentials

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This route keeps every episode in the catalogue.

Mad Men has no filler in the usual sense - it is a character show where the plot is a by-product, so the 'weak' episodes named in rewatch lists are the quiet ones, and the quiet ones are the show. One published list names 'The Milk and Honey Route' as skippable; it is the penultimate episode and it carries Betty's diagnosis. Watch it in order.

For a first-time viewer. There is no shortcut and the show would not survive one.

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Where the story lives

Who is Don Draper?
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What the children see
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The other women
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Who owns the agency
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The world outside the window
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