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Season Finale: Mad Men – “Tomorrowland”
“Tomorrowland” October 17th, 2010 “Are you kidding me?!” I’m extremely glad that Faye Miller actually said this during the episode, so I could pull quote it instead of saying itself myself. But, seriously: is Mad Men kidding me? “Tomorrowland,” like … Continue reading
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Mad Men – “Chinese Wall”
“Chinese Wall” October 3rd, 2010 “I thought in the end you wouldn’t want to throw it away.” The balance between business and personal affairs forms one of the central tensions of Mad Men, but the show’s characters all approach the … Continue reading
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Mad Men – “The Beautiful Girls”
“The Beautiful Girls” September 19th, 2010 Based on its title and a number of the discussions which emerged within the episode, “The Beautiful Girls” feels like a particular gesture towards the women who are often central to the series. And … Continue reading
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Mad Men – “Christmas Comes But Once a Year”
“Christmas Comes But Once a Year” August 1st, 2010 “I don’t hate Christmas – I hate this Christmas.” When Don Draper sits down to take part in a demonstration of a new form of customer research, he finds a questionnaire … Continue reading
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Mad Men the Morning After: Critics Relate to “Public Relations”
Mad Men the Morning After: Critics Relate to “Public Relations” July 26th, 2010 When I was somewhat incredulous about why anyone even the least bit afraid of spoilers would read pre-air reviews of a show like Mad Men, part of … Continue reading
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Season Finale: Mad Men – “Shut the Door. Have a Seat.”
A review of the third season finale of AMC’s hit drama series, featuring a shakeup in Don Draper’s personal and professional lives. Continue reading
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Mad Men – “My Old Kentucky Home”
A detailed analysis of “My Old Kentucky Home,” the third episode of AMC’s Mad Men’s third season. Continue reading
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Mad Men – “Love Among the Ruins”
“Love Among the Ruins” August 24th, 2009 New York is in decay. Don Draper’s trip to California was highly transformative on an individual level, but as an ad man it appears to have affirmed what he knew before. In California, … Continue reading
Season Finale: Mad Men – “Meditations in an Emergency”
“Meditations in an Emergency” October 26th, 2008 “We don’t know what’s really going on; you know that.” While there have been a lot of meta-critical statements made by characters in the universe of Matthew Weiner’s Mad Men, there is perhaps … Continue reading
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