Mad Men’s Season Finale and Season Six: Sneak Preview

Most Pop Culture Has AIDS posts are born from drunken late-night bar conversations, whether between me and David Simon Cowell back in the day, me and the homeless Chicago alcoholics I now spend time with, or DSC and the homeless Peruvian alcoholics he entertains. Sometimes, though, posts are inspired by instant messages from one cubicle to another a few feet away — desperate electronic cries for help as our souls slowly die. This, from Arriaga Pizzoza and me, is such a case.

One of the great things about Mad Men is Matthew Weiner’s nearly insane level of secrecy. He’s a famous spoilerphobe, and won’t give out even the most basic details about upcoming episodes and seasons, including which year they take place and whether or not certain actors and actresses are still under contract.

That’s why it’s a big scoop for PCHA that we’ve learned what’s going to transpire not only in the season finale on Sunday, but in the entirety of next season.

The Audacity of Smoke: Mad Men’s Daring Fifth Season

* I think this may be my worst post title ever. I’m pretty confident. If you have any alternate suggestions, please feel free to leave them in the comments.

David Simon Cowell has written about the Curse of Season Four, which Mad Men survived with aplomb last year (or whenever the hell season four actually aired). However, what Mad Men is achieving this season is essentially unprecedented in television history. For those great dramas that have survived the fourth-year curse, season five has proven to be even more problematic.