What I'm Watching: Mad Men

Mad Men: Season 1, Episode 4 "New Amsterdam" (B+)

This show is really stretching itself out to fully backstory all its cast members, this episode focusing on controversial divorcee neighbor's bizarre son and the extremely unlikeable Pete. Some compassion can be drawn up for Pete after this hour, as we see him act like a man of his time, begging for money from his parents but staunchly refusing the aid of his parents-in-law, but also taking a good deal of iniative, and getting promptly fired for it. I am not certain how he will act now that he has been re-hired, whether he will still be a slick moneyman or perhaps a more accomodating and courteous gentleman (I doubt the latter).