“Mad Men”, the American Movie Classics television drama which managed to take home three Television Critics Association Awards last week, opened its second season on Sunday night, in the attempt of proving that the prizes won by the series were well-merited.

The series’ plot comes to pass in the hazy 60s, in a New York advertising company and portrays the life of Don Draper, the corporation’s enigmatic, yet exceptionally proficient creative director. Nonetheless, the action grows deeper than this and widens the perspective upon the progress of performances belonging to executive staff archetypes in a big company.

As cited by CNN, Jon Hamm, the actor impersonating Draper, who also won a Golden Globe for his role in “Mad Men”, said that “it’s not really an advertising show,” adding that “it’s a show about this guy and the problems he has in his relationships, his job, his life and his past -- which are problems everybody has.”

The magnificence and charm of “Mad Men” is represented by the manner it throws viewers into an iridescent analysis of the early 60s, an apparently disciplined world stimulated by smokes and drinks and where the outfits and hairdos are the key to an impeccable image. However, we know it’s all pretense, naturally, and the perfect world is more fissured than one would have ever thought.

The return of “Mad Men,” which was freshly nominated for 16 Emmy Awards, offers those who have not seen the first season yet a major opportunity to catch a glimpse of a complex and problematical period, which will surely keep you glued to your small screens.