I never liked this show.
Watched every episode with a roll of the eye.
I watched the first 6 episodes of Season 1 years ago on Netflix & just couldn't get into it. I've been meaning to try again, because I've heard the later seasons do get better.
shareI watched one episode, when it was new. It seemed like "look, everybody's smoking!", "everybody's sexist!", "everyplace has cool mid-century modern decor!" It was too much of a comic book exaggeration of the time period.
shareHow could you forget the day drinking? LOL.
But yeah I get that's how it was but everything just seems so cliche.
That is how things were. Smoking was extremely common among men, to the point that you'd get a reaction if you didn't smoke. It was less common for women. And everyone back then definitely would be sexist by today's standards. I was born in '78, and nothing of what you mention seemed remotely exaggerated to me.
shareOne of my all-time favourite shows, yeah.
shareOn ep 3. Not sure yet. Funny to see old fashioned stuff.
shareI haven't rewatched the series since it originally aired, but I have great memories of it.
I began watching between Seasons 3 and 4... saw the first 3 seasons like in a month, then watched every single episode from season 4 until the finale on the day it premiered.
Throughout the show's run I always had this sense that something 'big or extremely clever' was going to happen but in the end I felt like it never really reached the point I was expecting it to get to so I did feel slightly unsatisfied.
Overall I would rate the show an 8/10.