Mad Men: The Benefactor (2008)
Season 2, Episode 3
5/10
An Affair To Dismember
22 October 2019
Eyebrows Lenny Bruce (The Comic) is really an obnoxious character... which is intentional, but he doesn't seem like he would have the charm to charm his way into any kind of genuine success, which he has in the fictional world of this series...

And his wife, and her affair with Don, is the first of several really boring affairs of Don Draper... the ones that go on and on are the boring ones (except for Midge, who was free-spirited, smoked pot and listened to Miles Davis): But Don's one night (or two night) stands are far more intriguing... once he gets settled into not being the settled-down-type, melodrama ensues, and sorry but, the comic's wife is a big bore...

Also, would no-name actor Robert Reed by called "Bob" by an inside man? In reality, the only thing people remember about The Defenders is that its star EG Marshall played a school principal on Bob Reed's more famous show, The Brady Bunch...

Worst yet is the beginning of Betty's flirtation with the mannequin horse stable rich boy, more boring than Don's actual tryst, and, basically, Season 2 has a very muddled beginning, and anyone in denial of that, oh well... let the down-votes sustain.
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