After 18 months, everyone’s favorite drama returns Sunday night. The fifth season of “Mad Men” promises to bring more chauvinism, nicotine and nooners. Most of the characters are going to be sauced. Why shouldn’t you join them? Play our Mad Men premiere drinking game.
First and foremost, this game is to be played with hard alcohol only. A fine aged whiskey, a dry martini or something involving bitters is preferred.
One drink any time:
- A character takes a drink
- A male character says or does something sexist or misogynistic
- Betty Draper is – or appears – miserable
- A bar cart is within camera
- A cigarette is lit
- A woman cries
- Joan is an overbearing mother to a younger woman
- Pete acts like a woman
- Peggy complains
Two drinks any time:
- A carb-heavy meal is washed down with a quart of milk
- The Village is mentioned
- You notice Don’s new fiancée’s teeth
- A cigarette is lit for someone else
- A character displays racism
- A woman cries in the bathroom
- When you wonder why Trudy is with Pete
- Roger is overtly rude
- Roger is drunk
- Roger makes an advance toward a woman in the office
Three drinks any time:
- A current event is tied into the plot
- Someone is instructed to shut the door
- Lane compares something to England
- Lane is mocked for being English
- Someone is instructed to sit down
- A child is shown tough love
- Someone dies
- Someone visits the doctor
- A man cries
Finish your drink if:
- Betty smiles




























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