he's right about some things, wrong about others- mostly he is "right" in that he is a good and moral person, although he doesn't connect his values to some of his disassociated political views (which are basically Republicans/LBJ good because Texas). I do think the show does a good job of explaining that the real world is not nor never has been the way he imagines it, it's just not surface-level text. Hank's mom mentions that she drove a taxi to help make ends meet after Hank says he wants Peggy to be a stay-at-home mom and his response is that "I remember you had a yellow car for a while". If you haven't revisited the series definitely give it a whirl- the first season is not my favorite, but the snow storm episode in season 2 through to the end of the series is great in my opinion. Obviously a few duds in between, but fewer than I remembered.
he's right about some things, wrong about others- mostly he is "right" in that he is a good and moral person, although he doesn't connect his values to some of his disassociated political views (which are basically Republicans/LBJ good because Texas). I do think the show does a good job of explaining that the real world is not nor never has been the way he imagines it, it's just not surface-level text. Hank's mom mentions that she drove a taxi to help make ends meet after Hank says he wants Peggy to be a stay-at-home mom and his response is that "I remember you had a yellow car for a while". If you haven't revisited the series definitely give it a whirl- the first season is not my favorite, but the snow storm episode in season 2 through to the end of the series is great in my opinion. Obviously a few duds in between, but fewer than I remembered.