I couldn't get past episode one of Deadwood (I didn't find the characters as interesting as you did), but I know what you're talking about in the context of Mad Men. That's what's so frustrating. The entire series is like the mystery of January Jones' "acting." Is that acting so disaffected and repressed or is she just not that good at emoting? Is the show going some place, or are things just going to happen more or less at random forever?