The worst episode of Mad Men, according to IMDb

As a huge Mad Men fan, I believe there is no “worst episode.” However, if you were to grade each episode, you should get the lowest score – even if it’s not particularly low. On IMDb, just as with entire movies or TV series, you rate individual episodes on a scale of 1 to 10, and then the ratings are aggregated, with the overall score based on the average. Taking all the scores for each episode, the lowest-rated episode of Mad Men ends with Ladies Room, only the second episode of the first season, to receive a rating of 7.5 based on 4.3k votes.

I’m surprised it’s not an episode from one of the later seasons, especially Season 6 where Don Draper’s “Dante’s Inferno” – which is a hell of a repeat of bad habits – becomes rather boring to watch. What exactly separates viewers from “The Ladies’ Room”? It might seem underwhelming after following one of the best pilots ever, “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,” which introduced us to the handsome, idiosyncratic ad man Don Draper. There is one unforgettable moment after another, Without summing up consumerism and advertising as a balm for happiness until the stunning end when he returns home from the drinking, smoking and West Village trysts of his doting wife and sleeping children. However, there are so many merits to “Ladies Room” — especially for the second episode — that a “worst episode” rating seems too harsh.

“Some TV shows struggle to establish an identity in their first season, but Mad Men knew what it wanted to be in the first episode.” / Screenwriter Liam Gaughan astutely notes in his arrangement of the season, We can say the same about the Ladies Room. The episode immediately establishes that “Mad Men” is a slow-burning work of fiction that you should pay close attention to, a film interested in examining the psychological details of its characters. “The Ladies’ Room” isn’t as dramatic as some future episodes, but the little details we discover are important and will blossom in later episodes.

“The Ladies’ Room” establishes Don’s secrecy as he avoids questions about his childhood, but it essentially proves that female characters are just as important to the narrative. “Mad Men” will be equally concerned with how they navigate a patriarchal world. Peggy must navigate the minefields of her corrupt co-workers, as their relentless advances slowly chip away at her naivety. The scenes in which Betty attends psychoanalysis are a bit long, but they help express her suburban boredom and jealousy of Helen’s newly divorced freedom and stronger sense of self. However, this confession is not even a safe place for her thoughts and emotions, as the final scene reveals her psychiatrist discussing her sessions with Don over the phone.

One of the strange elements of “Ladies Room” is that it ends with the modern song “Beautiful Mine” by RJD2, which sounds like an electronic lullaby. This may indicate how Don often views her with childish innocence, expecting her to be nothing but a happy housewife. While the “ladies room” was not for me List of the best episodes of Mad Menit’s still very strong and doesn’t deserve a “worst episode” rating.