You've probably never heard of it, but there's a zombie series on the BBC that's miles better than The Walking Dead, and it's coming back for its second season on May 10th. I was skeptical that any show or movie could do anything different with zombies by now (let's face it, the subject is totally overdone) but this one is actually pretty good. It's a post-apocalyptic world where you have to live among the undead, which has essentially become a treatable disease so that families can get their loved ones back- but of course they're somewhat altered, with their new appetites, sleep disorders and other, ahem, "symptoms" affecting how they function. It should be easy to catch up with this one, since the first season only consisted of three episodes last year (seriously, I know BBC shows are different, but three episodes, really?), but what little was aired was a pretty interesting show. Check it out.
David Letterman to Hang it Up in 2015
It's been a long time coming, but the great David Letterman has announced he plans to retire sometime next year, after 33 years in late night television. He made the announcement tonight on his show to his studio audience, which promptly gave him a standing ovation, as the inimitable late night host's stepping down will mark the end of an era, the last with ties to Johnny Carson's Tonight Show influence. Dave was a disciple of Carson, who remained his idol forever, but he himself was the defining comic voice of a new generation and an influence on every single current voice in late night, from Jon Stewart to Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, Craig Ferguson, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon. He remained the best at what he did (and still does, at least until 2015), and the only talk show host who can conduct a decent interview, in my opinion, with everyone from celebrities to politicians. His years on NBC with his original Late Night show from 1982 to 1993 were inspired, weird, freshly original comedic anarchy that really didn't have much to do with Johnny Carson's traditional style and were an invention all his own, one that will likely never be repeated. Here's his retirement announcement, airing tonight:
Of course now, the questions will swirl over who will take over the show, with the most popular names at the moment being Stephen Colbert, Craig Ferguson and even Conan O'Brien (who would really be poetic justice, once again taking over from Dave in his return to network tv, but it seems unlikely to happen at the moment). It'd be nice if CBS were to at least consider a woman, but seeing as the most likely choice there is someone like Chelsea Handler (ugh) I'd honestly take almost anyone else. I'd actually love to see how Colbert would handle a late night show where he'd have to be himself and not his character- something tells me he'd be great in that slot.
RECAP: Justified 5x12 "Starvation"
Fantastic episode tonight, as it took a while, but Justified is finally on a roll again. Tonight, we open with Wynn Duffy in his trailer desperately trying to convince Yoon's gang that Boyd is dead, and that he killed him himself, right after Boyd blew up Mr. Picker. Needless to say they're less than convinced, even as Duffy tries his snarky best to tell them that he shot him twice in the chest, once in the brain. The leader tells him that Yoon wants the "skin" of someone in revenge and tells Duffy he's got till sundown the next night to get them Darryl Crowe. Duffy promises and they leave quietly. Darryl meanwhile is knocking on the hotel room door of Duffy's henchman Mike, but then breaks it down and beats the guy to a pulp, demanding to know where Boyd's dope is. Safe to say the dude is going to break.
Boyd meets up with Duffy at the trailer, who immediately called him after the mexicans left, and the two plot a scheme to get out of their predicament. Turns out the bodies of the crew the Crowes shot back in Mexico turned up and Yoon wants revenge. Duffy tries to assure him that he told them Boyd was dead and they're in it together, but Boyd knows right away that Duffy's just trying to save his own ass in case something does happen to Boyd and he doesn't know where to find the dope. Duffy then gets a call from Mike but before he can answer it, all three marshals barge into the trailer, threatening to impound it for expired tabs. Raylan and Boyd exchange their classic witticisms, but Raylan tells them both they're going to help them get Darryl for shooting the chief. Boyd is dubious but Raylan threatens him with a grand jury indictment for the "file" they've got on him that details all his crimes over the years. Boyd laughs that they would wait all this time to spring such a thing on him but Raylan is now a by-the-book cop who's playing his reserved cards (in honor of Art, it seems to me). And then the trailer is in fact impounded, to Duffy's hilarious dismay.
At the women's prison, Ava is called out for a visitor, which turns out to be Raylan, in their first scene together in quite a while. He comments on her hair, but tells her he wants her to pressure Boyd into cooperating with them to get Darryl. Ava flat out refuses unless he can get her released, which he says isn't an option. She then tells him she and Boyd split up so she can't help him and Raylan threatens her with possibly telling the guards not to protect her, but Ava brushes him off and leaves. She's a newly hardened woman with all that she's had to go through in the slammer, as Raylan notes. At Mike's hotel, Duffy and Boyd encounter a sorely beaten man, who confesses that he told Darryl the dope was with Boyd's guys, which sparks an idea in Boyd's head. He plans to send both the marshals and the mexicans to the spot where the dope's planted, so they can fight each other to catch Darryl in the act. Duffy agrees to it and asks what Boyd's role will be, and Boyd answers that he'll do what he does best. The next scene is him walking into the marshal's office and announcing that their "savior" has arrived. Awesome.
That was all before the credits by the way. When we come back, Boyd is waiting to cooperate with the marshals as they commiserate with Vasquez over what he might ask for in return. Rachel remembers that Ava's locked up and they all figure he might ask for her release, which Vasquez claims is possible. Raylan goes in to talk to him and first confiscates his phone before asking him what he wants. Boyd says he's newly single, which means that he just wants a clean slate and for them to shelve his file. Raylan is amused that he hasn't changed after all and more or less agrees to it. Boyd then goes on to tell the marshals where to find Darryl, at the spot where the heroin he of course had nothing to do with is currently hidden. Raylan balks at getting Darryl on felony possession but in a conference with Vasquez, Rachel and Tim, they all agree they should take the opportunity presented. Boyd tries to take credit for his brilliant plan but Rachel insists he's coming with them.
On a back country road, none other than Dewey Crowe (was wondering what happened to him) comes barreling back into town as his broken down shitty car runs out of gas, leaving him stranded for the moment. At the prison, Penny and Ava are walking through the courtyard when the white supremacist gang comes up to them and stares Ava down, before sauntering off. Back at the bar, Karl and the new bartender guy walk in to find Darryl pointing a gun at them, asking about the dope, and he shoots the poor new guy in the leg, which makes him hobble over in pain, crying out again about his horrible job. Darryl now comes back into Audrey's having gotten the information, to find a medicated Wendy passed out on the couch. He wakes her up to ask how she's doing, but she's pretty self-pitying, upset about Kendall, who's now in custody at the juvenile detention center. Darryl tells her she's got to pull herself together, as they've got a new chance to make the money to hire the best attorney for him, and like the slimy little rodent he is, he then tells her where the dope is and that it's her job to go and pick it up. Wendy refuses but Darryl tells her it's their only shot or they're finished.
Back at the prison, Ava has rounded up her new followers and is doing her own preaching, less about God and more about how it's their job to watch out for each other on the inside and stick together. They seem into it, but the scary Nazi gang walks by and talks about how she took out a guard. The sister of Boyd's pal, the one who beat her up originally, doesn't buy her toughness though, and thinks they can get to her as payback for Boyd putting her brother in intensive care. Dewey is now stealing gasoline from an old lady's car, and when she comes out and sees him doing it, he first tries to trick her into giving him some food, but of course even this elderly woman is too sharp for Dewey Crowe and pulls a shotgun on him, chasing him off the property. Wendy pulls up to the abandoned barn where the dope is, willing to do Darryl's dirty work for him and walks in, as the marshals and Boyd monitor from a nearby van and wonder what's going on. Wendy almost opens the fridge where the stash is, but suddenly thinks better of it and leaves- but it's too late, as Raylan confronts her at her car and arrests her, taking her to the van despite her protestations. He then tells Boyd Plan B is for him to wear a wire while he gets Darryl to confess to Art's shooting, and Boyd mouths off for a bit at this idea until he sees the mexicans pull up and changes his mind, now willing to comply.
In the van he calls Darryl and arranges a meet as only he can (Tim revels at his "silver tongue,") while back in prison, Ava talks to a new friend about how the women in the place need to look out for each other more, as all of them are in there mostly because of men (looks like she picked up at least some of Judith's ideology after all). Penny goes to the bathroom, but while she's gone Ava sees one of the Nazi women come back with a bloody knife and she rushes to the bathroom to find poor Penny dead on the floor. As the marshals drive back to Audrey's Wendy berates Raylan for trying to destroy the rest of her family as Raylan bites back that she won't let herself see that Darryl's the guilty one and she keeps protecting him in spite of herself. Wendy insists she's got no choice. At the prison, guards come in and take away the woman who killed Penny, while Ava's new friend asks her if she snitched. Ava says no, but it's clear that won't be the feeling in the cell block as her situation has deteriorated once again.
Dewey returns to his favorite two hookers, asking for the gifts he gave them before he leaves the state ("again?" they ask incredulously). They lost his stuff of course, but their new client comes out of the toilet wearing Dewey's necklace, which he demands to have back. The guy shoves him down and Dewey puts up a fight, surprisingly managing to actually overpower the dude and take his necklace back. As Boyd walks into Audrey's with the bag of heroin, a newly confident Dewey peers around the corner and unwisely decides to make a play for the drugs himself. Oh, poor dumb Dewey. Boyd meets Darryl inside and sits down at the table with him, attempting to get him talking as the marshals listen in. Suddenly, just as Boyd brings up Kendall, Dewey charges in with two guns pointed at them, demanding they turn over the heroin. Boyd and Darryl stare at him in disbelief and annoyance on Boyd's part, as Raylan instead gets Dewey on tape, bragging about murdering Wade Messer and taking possession of the dope. As he does so, he's of course confronted by the marshals as he storms out of Audrey's and immediately arrested.
As Dewey is hauled into the back of a police car he expresses shock that they heard everything he said and Raylan gives him some last advice to stop talking about himself in the third person. Advice that of course, Dewey doesn't understand. So long, Dewey. It's been...well, it's been something. Ava calls Raylan to come back and see her, which he does, and she tells him she's changed her mind and will talk to Boyd if he can just get her out of there, but Raylan has to tell her it's too late, that Boyd already helped them and she missed her chance. She's stunned and asks what he got in return, but when Raylan tells her about the clean slate thing, she's confused. He tells her he'll do what he can to get her a safer situation but leaves her pretty depressed.
Back at the marshal's office, Darryl is now in custody along with Wendy for intending to pick up the dope but it's a charge that will never stand, according to his lawyer, since of course he didn't touch the bag. Raylan comes in and Boyd asks for his phone back, but Raylan's distracted by the Darryl situation, determined to nail the guy however he can. He and Vasquez go see Judge "Hammer" (Stephen Root in a welcome return appearance) to ask him to sign off on a last case scenario, which he doesn't want to do, but Raylan and Vasquez insist this is now their only option. When Raylan walks back into the office, Boyd again demands his phone but Raylan brushes him off, telling him he didn't help them and they're proceeding with the indictment based on his file. Boyd doesn't believe it, but Raylan tosses the file at him, now bristling with anger at the dead and suffering left in Boyd's wake (probably thinking of Ava now too). Boyd tosses Raylan's own actions back in face, accusing him of murdering Nicky Augustine, which seems to bring Raylan to a frosty silence, as Rachel and Tim don't believe that and defend him. But Raylan then hands Boyd his phone and walks off, as Boyd calls Jimmy and tells him to hide the last of the dope, warning him that storm clouds are gathering. Jimmy says he will, but we then see that he's being held at gunpoint by the mexicans as a tear runs down his cheek.
The last scene of the episode reveals Raylan's big play, as Vasquez tells Wendy, Darryl and their lawyer that Kendall will now be tried as an adult for the attempted murder of Art, which carries a life sentence of 40 years. Wendy is devastated and protests, while Raylan coldly takes the credit for this action, as Darryl stares him down with a dark and threatening look. Well, it's almost here everybody. Next week we'll find out what happens with Boyd, the Crowes, Raylan, Art and whether Ava will ever get out of prison now that Boyd has seemingly abandoned her. I can't wait.
TRAILER: "Fargo"
I can't wait for this one! Yet another new show this spring, but this is a can't-miss. The Coen Brothers are producers and their classic Fargo has been turned into a 10-part FX miniseries with a great cast, including Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman, Colin Hanks, Kate Walsh and Bob Odenkirk. Starts April 15th:
RECAP: SNL 3/29 "Louis C.K."
A lame episode for SNL's return tonight, hampered by a bunch of very bizarre, odd skits that mostly didn't work. Which is unfortunate, because Louis CK proved a game host, just like he was the last time he was here, but that was a vastly better written episode.
COLD OPEN: The opening tonight's pretty good, with President Obama encouraged to do a bunch of random, social media stunts after the success of his Beyond Two Ferns appearance. Kate's Justin Bieber shows up again, which garners cheers from the audience on first glance.
MONOLOGUE: Louis CK comes out and gives a great monologue, as to be expected (I particularly loved his God rants). Sadly it will all be downhill from here.
BLACK JEOPARDY: A Will Ferrell-less Jeopardy sketch (the first one since that era?) with Kenan as host, Sasheer and Jay as contestants, and Louis as Mark, the white African-American studies professor who hasn't got a clue, of course. This one has some laughs in it, but is too long. Still, upon retrospect it looks way better than the rest of the night.
BOSS BABY: NOOOOOO! Why? WHY did the bring this back? Oy- Beck returns as the man baby but to zero laughter from me. It's just as painful as before, as far as I'm concerned. I'm actually stunned to see this sketch return, since it means that someone must have liked it? Who? Who are those people?
JOS A. BANK: Short ad for spills on horrible suits from JoS. A. Bank. It's alright, but nothing special.
WEEKEND UPDATE: A terrible Update tonight, which continues to prove me right about Colin Jost being an absolutely nothing performer. Seriously, this guy was a writer and that is clearly ALL that he is. He makes Cecily look a hell of a lot better by comparison, but it's like they pulled in some random Joe off the street to deliver these jokes. He's got no presence, no charisma of any kind. I fully expect them to deal with this problem when the season's over, because Weekend Update is the most important spot on SNL and he's ruining the whole segment for me now. Jay shows up as Stephen Smith to talk about the NCAA, but it's one of his rare misses, and oddly, he's the only guest tonight.
MR. BIG STUFF: Aidy, Cecily, Kate and Sasheer are a girl group on a street corner that serenades Louis when he wanders in asking for directions. He's funny, and I guess the bit is ok, but again, nothing to write home about.
DOCTOR'S OFFICE: Pre-recorded skit about Louis in the doctor's office, asking to be examined for a Darth Vader toy up his you-know-where. This one starts out funny, but the punchline to this premise kind of kills the joke.
PAJAMAS: Very strange skit that has Louis and Vanessa as detectives sing-talking to each other in what looks like a period setting (a noir maybe?) about whether to have sex after solving their mystery. I can't for the life of me figure out what this is spoofing, although Louis is funny in some of his deliveries. Weird one.
DYKE & FATS: Short taped intro to a 70's cop-style show about two female cops (Kate and Aidy) in the title roles. Really not funny enough for all the work they put into it though.
CHRIS FOR PRESIDENT: Another pre-taped bit with Kyle as a punk high schooler running for class president and promising crazy stuff. Pretty mediocre.
ROMANTIC SPEECH: The last bizarre skit of the night, with Louis as an odd duck named Dave, who's trying to win his girlfriend (Aidy) back with random, weird promises and strange, off-kilter phrases. Nope, didn't like this one either.
So that's it everybody. The night started off somewhat promising but was weighed down by a pretty abysmal second half. I'll give it a C- for Louis' monologue alone, but I would have preferred a 90-minute stand up act of just him, frankly. With any luck next week with Anna Kendrick will be better (but don't get your hopes up). See you then!
TRAILER: "Silicon Valley"
Well, here's another one to add to the ever-growing list of shows I'll be watching this spring. Mike Judge's new show about the nerds living and working in Silicon Valley has gotten some pretty fantastic reviews, the best early word on a new comedy series in a long time. Since Office Space is one of my favorite movies ever, I have to give anything from Mike Judge at least a look, no matter what it is. Silicon Valley premieres April 6th on HBO, the same night as Game of Thrones and Veep:
RECAP: Justified 5x11 "The Toll"
Really good episode of Justified tonight, as a tragic incident takes its toll on the marshal's office, and Boyd is as much of a badass as he's ever been. We start off with Ava scrubbing the blood off her arms in the bathroom, trying to wipe away the aftermath of Judith's murder, as Penny watches out from the sidelines. The two go back into the cellblock as a drill goes off and guards storm down the halls, presumably looking for the killer, as Judith's body is found. The inmates get down on the ground while Ava wipes the last of the blood away quickly before anyone sees. Meanwhile at the bar, Boyd pays the hooker who secured Albert for him last week, while admitting he didn't get what he wanted from him. The hooker offers to do something for him in return for the payment and Boyd appears to consider it, but then gets a phone call from Duffy, requesting a meeting face to face. Boyd then turns down hooker Teri, but not before taking a cigarette from her despite not being a smoker (and you know that's going to come into play later).
Art is with Alison, to take her into protective custody, and while she packs her bags they chat about Raylan, with Alison revealing that she knows Art punched him out a while back. Art confesses that he sees Raylan as a kid he has to punish, and then as they head out the door, suddenly shots are fired at them. Art pushes Alison to the floor and shoots back, but in the ensuing shootout, he gets hit in the gut, and starts gushing blood everywhere. After the credits, Raylan is driving Art's never before seen wife to the hospital as she makes solemn chit chat about Winona and his daughter (who remains nameless, I just realized). But soon Mrs. Art wants to know why Raylan wasn't there to protect her husband and Raylan has no answer. As they arrive at the hospital, Tim and Rachel are there as well, and the doctor takes Mrs. Art away as we see that her husband is in critical condition and remains unconscious. Raylan discusses who might have been the culprit with Tim and Rachel, as Alison didn't see anything, and Raylan's familiar seething anger makes a return appearance. Tim and Raylan think it was obviously Darryl, but Rachel thinks it could be revenge from Theo Tonin. They find out that Darryl ran immediately, which convinces Raylan that Darryl did it. Rachel says Ed Kirkland is being brought in from Detroit to run the investigation and will finger the Tonin theory, so they have to follow his lead. As she leaves, Tim tries to cuddle up to Raylan's dark side and suggests they go after Darryl before Kirkland gets there, saying he'd do it for Art, but Raylan seems to acknowledge that Art wouldn't want that, and walks away.
At the bar, Karl and Jimmy meet with Boyd to discuss his upcoming meeting with Duffy, and Boyd knows it's unlikely he leaves the meet alive. Karl and Jimmy try to dissuade him from going, but he says he has to and makes Jimmy promise to hide the dope in a place he won't know where it is, as insurance, and also to take care of Ava with the nurse in case he doesn't come back. Raylan comes into the office to find Alison sleeping on the couch, where he explains to her that she'll be taken to a hotel the next day until they can establish she wasn't the target or find the shooter. She tearfully apologizes for Art, but Raylan assures her it wasn't her fault. Raylan then goes to sit down with Ed Kirkland, asking to join the hunt for Darryl, but Ed says he wants Raylan there to be his "right-hand man" in the office as they pursue the thought that it was a Tonin action. Raylan reveals that Art's ploy to keep people close to him was the right hand strategy and Ed confesses that Raylan shouldn't be out on the streets so as not to endanger the investigation. Raylan is pissed, but then Vasquez walks in the room to say Tonin confessed and is willing to finger the shooter.
At Duffy's, Boyd comes in to greet him, Picker and Catherine Hale, whom he notices immediately as he mouths off to everyone in classic Boyd fashion. Picker questions him about losing the half the dope and Boyd blames the Crowes, although he can't say where they are because Darryl took off after Art's shooting the night before. He then volunteers that he himself doesn't know where his half is and they're unlikely to ever see it if he's killed. Hale then starts questioning him, and Boyd realizes she's the widow of a jailed businessman, but is alerted that Hale is the one to decide if he should die. Boyd takes a cigarette out, but then cops storm the room to arrest them all as Boyd jokes about the hotel's deadly serious non-smoking policy.
At the marshal's office, Raylan is very skeptical about Tonin fingering Picker, especially without a deal. He goes to confront Picker, who's being held in holding, as Raylan demands a name from him about Art's killer. Picker pretends to be sorry about it, but denies that he did it, as Raylan agrees that he probably didn't. He again demands to know who did do it, as Picker hedges, but then offers up Darryl's name. Kirkland walks in the room to ask where Crowe might be, but Tim pulls them out of the room to confirm the hotel camera tells them Picker didn't do it, as Wendy calls in and will only talk to Raylan.
Catherine Hale is now dragged in to the office to face Vasquez in an odd scene that seems to be set-up for something in the future, perhaps next season. Turns out Hale and Vasquez have a history wherein he prosecuted her husband and accused her of even worse activities than his, like racketeering, conspiracy and murder. She relishes in his disappointment that she's still alive, but that's the most we get on this new front for now. Raylan goes to meet Wendy in a motel, but she correctly guesses that he's got an army of cops behind him, and admits that she's doing Darryl's bidding in pulling Raylan to a decoy spot because Darryl's got Kendall and was afraid Raylan would kill him on sight. She also conveys that she blames Danny's death on Raylan and Darryl's her only brother left. Raylan asks where he really is and we see that Darryl is dragging Kendall directly into the marshal's office, supposedly turning himself in for the shooting.
Wendy is sitting with Kendall in the office now, as Vasquez walks in to question Kendall about something Darryl said to him earlier. Kendall looks ambivalent before he confesses to the shooting himself as Wendy looks on in (possibly fake?) surprise, and Raylan looks immediately stunned and suspicious. At the prison, Ava and Penny worry about the inmates' reaction to Judith's murder, as a group of very scary looking women slowly walk over to her lunch table. But, it turns out they all give her their respective ice cream cups, as it seems Ava is now the queen of the prison. Huh. Good for her? Back at Kendall's confession, Kendall is giving what is obviously a very staged and forced explanation, attributing his motive to his uncle Danny's death, and blaming the marshals, as Wendy cries. He also gives a totally different accounting than the one we saw, so we know he's lying for some reason. Raylan looks dubious as he listens.
Back in Duffy's hotel room, Boyd and the group has resumed their meeting, with Boyd not wanting to waste any time. Boyd again pulls out that cigarette carton, as he smokes one and tells Duffy there's no way he's begging him for his life. He offers him half of his half before they separate, but Picker's furious about that, demanding they kill him. Duffy yells at Pciker to shut up as he and Catherine leave the room, and here comes the most awesome moment of the episode as Boyd tosses his Bond-weaponish cigarette carton over to Picker, which instantly blows him to smithereens, leaving pieces of him all over the room. Duffy and Hale are shocked and covered in blood as Boyd knocks out the guard and swipes his gun, saying what he does know is how to blow things up (great callback to Boyd's roots in the pilot) and again offers Duffy half of his stash as he saunters out the door. Once again, Boyd rules, as always.
At the office, Ed Kirkland is packing up as Rachel asks who's in charge now, while Ed looks surprised that she doesn't know. He hands her Art's pre-existing contract specifying that Rachel take over as interim chief marshal. Aww. Raylan uncuffs Darryl as he listens to his pathetic excuses and then offers up his own theory as to how Art's shooting went down, which was Darryl's personal panic at seeing Art at Alison's, shooting him, and then snatching Kendall and convincing him to turn himself in in his place. Darryl scoffs that Kendall won't get more than few years in juvie, which will toughen him up, while Raylan threatens him over shooting Art, who's the one man who makes a difference to him. Art throws Danny back in his face as he asks if Raylan's going to shoot him, but Raylan says he's not, but he is going to string him up by his own lies and make him wish he shot him. Darryl says time will tell, but the question is who's got more of it as he leaves in the elevator. The last scene of the night is Raylan going back to the hospital to sit by Art in silence, who remains unconscious. I really want to see Darryl go down, but seeing as how it can't be Raylan who kills this guy, I'm thinking it will probably end up being Boyd somehow. See you next week for the penultimate episode!
TRAILER: "24: Live Another Day"
Jack and Chloe return to stop the latest international crisis in the limited event series of 24, premiering May 5th. This new trailer finally shows us a good bit of the new season, as it seems Audrey Raines is back as well, along with her father, now President Heller. I wonder if 24 might make a bigger comeback if this thing is successful, and it ends up relaunching the whole show, to make occasional appearances every few years, or at least until Kiefer Sutherland is too old to do it anymore:
TRAILER #4: "Game of Thrones" Season 4
I don't remember ever seeing so much promotion for a Game of Thrones season. But here it is, the fourth and final trailer for the series' return, starting April 6th. One noticeable factor in this one is the quite obvious aging of the kids that started the show at 10-12 years old and are now clearly much older (check out Bron and Arya- they're supposed to be the same age they were in the first season!). That's going to be a problem pretty soon, but one that they're probably going to have to ignore, because recasting doesn't seem to be an option at this point:
TEASER #2: "Mad Men" Season 7
As any Mad Men fan knows, Matt Weiner hates and absolutely refuses to film any promos or actual trailers for upcoming shows, so instead what we're getting is a series of hypnotic teasers! Yay for that. Actually this one is kind of cool, although for Megan haters, it looks to me like she's not going anywhere this year, so for anyone hoping her and Don were over at the end of last season- doesn't look that way. But you never know. It's 1969 and the year may spill over into 1970 by series' end. Mad Men returns on April 13th for the first half of its final season:
