Jun 24 2013
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Don Draper lies. It’s what he does. Sometimes, he lies for good reasons, and sometimes, he lies to protect himself,…
Mad Men - Season 6
Jun 17 2013
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Freud said that all men long to return to the womb. Well, not precisely. What he said was that all men have a kind…
Jun 10 2013
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Mad Men is so good at dropping bombs like the climax of “Favors.” Serial dramas have us trained to look at Bob…
Jun 3 2013
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Say what you will about this episode, but very few Mad Men parties end with Roger getting punched in the nuts and…
May 27 2013
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A lot of people make plan B’s. They have these little safety nets they’re going to leap into, these ripcords they’re…
May 20 2013
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What the ever-loving merciful fuck?
May 13 2013
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In the seventh episode of its first season, Mad Men offered up what I still believe to be one of its finest hours.…
May 6 2013
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My favorite brand of Mad Men is the one where everything turns to shit, then Don Draper and company snap their…
Apr 29 2013
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By far my least favorite episode of Mad Men is “The Grown-Ups,” the third season hour all about how the characters…
Apr 22 2013
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Even as late as 1968, Don Draper remains a man that other men want to be. Yet Don Draper doesn’t exist—not really. Ma…
Apr 15 2013
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Among the many things Mad Men is smart about is the politics of business, the way that people in a particular line…
Apr 7 2013
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The sixth season of Mad Men debuts Sunday night on AMC at 9 p.m. Eastern with a two-hour première. It will air at 10…