Matthew Weiner had a very specific process for writing “Mad Men.” “At the beginning of each season, Weiner would delineate his vision for that season.
This would include, as one might expect, general character arcs and plotlines.
The writers were also, however, bombarded with images, poetry, movie scenes, dreams, songs, quotes and on,” co-writer Semi Chellas told Cornell Sun. There was one notable exception to Weiner’s all-encompassing vision, an episode that would be considered one of the series’ greatest: “The Suitcase,” season 4, episode 7. Weiner told Vulture “The Suitcase” was “a special script that was not planned at the beginning of the season,” adding:It was an extra episode that…The post One of Mad Men’s Best Episodes Almost Wasn’t In the Show appeared first on /Film.
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