As someone who's only fitfully watched episodes of Mad Men, and is a bit intimidated by the notion of tuning in for season five without knowing what the hell happened in any of the previous years, color me a bit relieved: all four seasons of the critically-acclaimed show are now available to stream on Netflix. Maybe that'll soothe a bit of the frayed nerves from last week's announcement of Netflix's impending price hike, eh?
The specifics of the deal were announced earlier this year; Netflix immediately gains access to the first four seasons of the show, and will then add seasons five and six after they're done airing on AMC. This won't be a episode-by-episode airing; the seasons will be added in their entirety, after they've completed their run on AMC, so look forward to season five on Netflix sometime next year.
I'm still probably more excited to watch through Deep Space Nine again when it hits Netflix in October, but for the moment, a little Mad Men will probably go a long way to remedy these summer doldrums we're experiencing. The show's already been available in Canada on Netflix for a while, but it looks like it'll now be on U.S. streaming for a few years to come. Hope you didn't buy a box set last week or anything.
