Home > Mad Men > Season 6 « TV Series Page Mad Men: Season 6 (2013) SEASON: Season 6 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Want to see Episode List Season 6 Mad Men Critics Consensus The passage of time has done little to dull Mad Men's rich cast of characters, who continue to confound. 98% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 44 95% Audience Score User Ratings: 507 NEW More Info × Close Want to see Super Reviewer Submit Super Reviewer Edit Review Episodes 1 The Doorway - Part 1 Air date: Apr 7, 2013 Part 1 of 2. Don launches a new campaign in the sixth-series opener. More 2 The Doorway - Part 2 Air date: Apr 7, 2013 Conclusion. Roger receives some unnerving news; and Betty welcomes a houseguest. More 3 The Collaborators Air date: Apr 14, 2013 Don has a difference of opinion with a client, while Peggy has problems motivating the staff. More 4 To Have and to Hold Air date: Apr 21, 2013 The partners try to keep a secret campaign under wraps, while Joan gets a visit from an old friend. More 5 The Flood Air date: Apr 28, 2013 Peggy plans for the future, while Roger courts a potential client. More 6 For Immediate Release Air date: May 5, 2013 Roger changes tack to make new business; Pete has an awkward run-in with a client. More 7 Man With a Plan Air date: May 12, 2013 Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce tries to placate competing clients; Pete is blindsided by an unexpected guest. More 8 The Crash Air date: May 19, 2013 Don is disrupted by a surprise visitor; Peggy looks for inspiration. More 9 The Better Half Air date: May 26, 2013 Roger is plagued by a recurring dream; Joan goes to the beach. More 10 A Tale of Two Cities Air date: Jun 2, 2013 The agency works to keep a client; Joan is caught off guard. More Show More Episodes Mad Men: Season 6 Photos View All Photos (27) Tv Season Info Series 6 finds the characters dealing with the shocks and social upheaval of 1968, one of the most-turbulent years in American history. Don Draper (Jon Hamm) has returned to his bad habits and is now carrying on a dangerous affair with the wife of a friend, heart surgeon Arnold Rosen (Brian Markinson). His wife Megan (Jessica Paré) has found success as a soap-opera actress, but feels more distant from Don than ever. Meanwhile, Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss) deals with the pressures of a new job, Pete Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser) watches as his marriage falls apart and Betty Francis (January Jones) attempts to get her life back on track. Genre: Drama Network: AMC Premiere Date: Apr 7, 2013 Creator: Matthew Weiner Exec. Producer: Matthew Weiner Cast Jon Hamm as Don Draper Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson Vincent Kartheiser as Peter Campbell January Jones as Betty Francis Christina Hendricks as Joan Holloway John Slattery as Roger Sterling Jessica Paré as Megan Draper Aaron Staton as Ken Cosgrove Rich Sommer as Harry Crane Robert Morse as Bertram Cooper Kiernan Shipka as Sally Draper Kevin Rahm as Ted Chaough Jay R. Ferguson as Stan Rizzo Ben Feldman as Michael Ginsberg Christopher Stanley as Henry Francis Mason Cotton as Bobby Draper James Wolk as Bob Benson Linda Cardellini as Sylvia Rosen Evan Londo as Gene Draper Ryder Londo as Gene Draper John Sloman as Raymond Geiger Marten Holden Weiner as Glen Bishop Brian Markinson as Arnold Rosen Kip Pardue as Tim Jablonski Harry Hamlin as Jim Cutler Hudson Thames as Mitchell Rosen Kathryn Newton as Mandy Christine Garver as Moira Sammi Hanratty as Millicent Show More Cast Episodes 1 The Doorway - Part 1 Air date: Apr 7, 2013 Part 1 of 2. Don launches a new campaign in the sixth-series opener. More 2 The Doorway - Part 2 Air date: Apr 7, 2013 Conclusion. Roger receives some unnerving news; and Betty welcomes a houseguest. More 3 The Collaborators Air date: Apr 14, 2013 Don has a difference of opinion with a client, while Peggy has problems motivating the staff. More 4 To Have and to Hold Air date: Apr 21, 2013 The partners try to keep a secret campaign under wraps, while Joan gets a visit from an old friend. More 5 The Flood Air date: Apr 28, 2013 Peggy plans for the future, while Roger courts a potential client. More 6 For Immediate Release Air date: May 5, 2013 Roger changes tack to make new business; Pete has an awkward run-in with a client. More 7 Man With a Plan Air date: May 12, 2013 Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce tries to placate competing clients; Pete is blindsided by an unexpected guest. More 8 The Crash Air date: May 19, 2013 Don is disrupted by a surprise visitor; Peggy looks for inspiration. More 9 The Better Half Air date: May 26, 2013 Roger is plagued by a recurring dream; Joan goes to the beach. More 10 A Tale of Two Cities Air date: Jun 2, 2013 The agency works to keep a client; Joan is caught off guard. More Show More Episodes Critic Reviews for Mad Men Season 6 All Critics (44) | Top Critics (19) | Fresh (43) | Rotten (1) Everything old isn't new again. Everything is just suddenly old. Sep 16, 2013 | Full Review… Andy Greenwald Grantland Top Critic If all this sounds heavy and ponderous, then the fault is mine alone, because Mad Men is also about pleasure -- primarily for those viewers who have invested so much in these rich characters over the past five seasons. Apr 8, 2013 | Rating: A+ | Full Review… Verne Gay Newsday Top Critic America's current sense of insecurity is Weiner's touchstone. Apr 5, 2013 | Full Review… Joanne Ostrow Denver Post Top Critic Wow, just wow. Apr 4, 2013 | Full Review… Matthew Gilbert Boston Globe Top Critic Weiner's end-game for his leading man does not appear to be brightly lit. Nor is Season 6 of Mad Men off to a particularly sparkling start creatively while we wait for the worst to come. Apr 4, 2013 | Rating: B+ | Full Review… Ed Bark Uncle Barky Top Critic The series always proves energetic when depicting Don's trippy business trips. Apr 4, 2013 | Full Review… Troy Patterson Slate Top Critic Whatever useable insights the show might offer come in its portrayal not of big historical movements but of the inner lives of its finely drawn characters, whose desire... and nostalgia combine to aid in the birth of a new world - or to prevent it. Aug 21, 2018 | Full Review… Kathryn Reklis The Christian Century Well, that was long, wasn't it? In all seriousness, we're glad to have Mad Men and its increasingly "dense" narrative back. Jun 12, 2018 | Full Review… Kevin Fitzpatrick ScreenCrush ...delivering all the pleasures that today's most ambitious drama series can bring. May 14, 2018 | Full Review… David Bianculli NPR's Fresh Air With the specter of death effectively moving into the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce offices in this episode, I predict we'll see Don endure his most major reckoning before the season is over. Sep 22, 2017 | Full Review… Judy Berman Flavorwire View All Critic Reviews (44) Audience Reviews for Mad Men: Season 6 Sep 06, 2018 Puntaje Original: 7.5 Una especie de autodeterioro, pero en el buen sentido de la palabra, que lleva a la conclusión de Mad Men con un poderoso mensaje que vale la pena escudriñar. Ayrton C Aug 21, 2018 The season is repetitive Don's progress in season 5 is completely ignored as he starts an unjustified downfall. Sylvia Rosen is annoying as hell and useless probably the lowest point of this season. Normally Don is an asshole but he keeps his composure and tries to be smart about it. For most of this season he acted like a freaking moron. They turned him into irresponsible prick who's never happy instead of the silent and organized womenizer who never loved anyone except Anna. I never liked Betty but for the first time I think Don was more annoying to watch. Well I appart from season 6 the rest of the serie is a peace of art. Guillermo P Mar 02, 2017 After two of the best seasons (4-5) in show history, the Sixth Season of "Mad Men" starts off a bit slow. For the first 3-4 episodes it doesn't really seem like anything is happening, or when things do happen they don't seem all that consequential. In short order, however, as only a show like this can seem to do, all of a sudden the drama comes together again to make for marathon viewing. (Warning: Minor Spoilers Ahead) As this season of "Mad Men" begins, many changes are keenly evident. Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss) now works at a different advertising agency, while Donald Draper (Jon Hamm) is struggling to lead HIS company to the heights they would like to reach. Just when it seems like Don & Peggy have hit their respective low points, though, a unique opportunity arises that could be mutual beneficial...as long as both sides can swallow a bit of pride. As usual, this show is best when centered around Don and his family(s). Megan Draper (Jessica Pare) plays a significant role in the proceedings, as does young Sally (Kiernan Shipka). An entire episode is even devoted to Don's relationship with his now-growing son. Even Betty (January Jones) returns again for a key character arc towards the back end of the season. Of course, the ensemble cast is still a delight. Viewers are now so invested in the characters that we want to "see how it all turns out". I won't list all the names here, but suffice it to say that the "old gang" is still as present as ever. Personal favorites for me include Pete Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser), the guy we all love to hate, and Roger Sterling (John Slattery), who cracks more jokes this season than perhaps any previous (and that is quite a feat!). Even Harry Crane (Rich Sommer) has some meaty scenes. My only knock on this season is that it starts out very slow (thus the four-star rating). The first 3-4 episodes feel a bit scatter-brained and disjointed. I have never seen a show quite like "Mad Men", though, with its ability to suddenly "throw a switch" (I'm sure it's more difficult than that) and suddenly, in a one-episode span, start producing top-notch drama and character development again. That is exactly what happens here...after those meandering 3-4 efforts. Overall, I don't see why this season gets such shaky reviews here on Amazon. It might be not quite as good as, say, Seasons 1, 4, and 5, but it is high-quality viewing nonetheless. If you liked the five seasons previous, I can't imagine you'll finding anything here to dissuade you. Zach K Aug 30, 2016 Become an soaper with sparkling bubble. Chris W Aug 25, 2016 Regained some momentum from season 5 -- but that's like saying the University of Alabama regained some momentum from last season. Montgomery M Dec 01, 2014 Don has lost his edge, he is becoming lazy and so is the show. Once this show oozed with brilliance but slowly it is loosing what made it so special. Father time has caught up with Mad men. Time to wind it up. Swayamdeep S May 26, 2014 This is basically my favorite show on television. So sad we only have 7 episodes left, but it's been a legendary run. This show is amongst my top television shows of all time. Watch it. Michael S Apr 02, 2014 Every episode is great and I cannot say that about any other show I have followed. The best television show I have seen. The writing is top notch with an understated feel and well thought out characters. A treasure. Eric H Mar 13, 2014 Watching an episode of Mad Men is like watching a modern art masterpiece unfold before your eyes. Sam D Mar 07, 2014 Mad Men's penultimate year got off to a bit of a rocky start. It felt a bit more unfocused at first, and there was some rather bizarre scenes that felt out of place (Betty's rape comment for instance), but once the season got rolling their was no slowing down, It was arguably the show's weirdest year yet (The Crash is probably the Lynch-iest thing to appear on TV since Twin Peaks!). and it all builds up to an really shocking ending. A great set up, for the show's final batch of 16 episodes. Peter F See all Audience reviews News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! 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