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Television, the much maligned media, is a good thing if you don't let it keep you from other interesting activities in your life. I don't feel I watch a lot of television but I admit that I did become hooked on several shows. They were very different and both were set in different times.
Downton Abbey was a highly successful Masterpiece series that captured my interest. It was set between 1912 and 1925. The clothes were spectacular and so was the house (Highclere Castle). The contrast between the servants and the aristocrats and the language and manners of the time fascinated me. I admit I became a Downton-esta.
Madmen was set in my era - the 1960s. I remember everything from the cars, the clothes, to the smallest detail like the curtains in the Draper house and found it all like a walk back in time. The main characters worked for an ad agency and that was interesting to me also. I had a bit of a connection (because of my job) to the controversial ending and totally understood it and liked it a lot while some people didn't. More about that later. Plus there was the bonus of looking at handsome Jon Hamm each episode. It was my drug of choice.
Outlander follows the story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened in every episode. There she encounters the dashing Highland warrior Jamie Fraser who has as many exciting adventures as Clair. I was hooked after the first episode. I'd read only 2 of the novels in the series by Diana Gabaldon but that probably made it more exciting since I didn't know what was coming next. Don't tell Jon Hamm but Sam Heughan who plays Jamie is now my drug of choice.
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