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Mad Men: “In Care Of”
Don Draper lies. It’s what he does. Sometimes, he lies for good reasons, and sometimes, he lies to protect himself, and…
Mad Men - Season 6
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Mad Men: “The Quality Of Mercy”
Freud said that all men long to return to the womb. Well, not precisely. What he said was that all men have a kind of…
B+
Mad Men: “Favors”
Mad Men is so good at dropping bombs like the climax of “Favors.” Serial dramas have us trained to look at Bob Benson…
B
Mad Men: “A Tale Of Two Cities”
Say what you will about this episode, but very few Mad Men parties end with Roger getting punched in the nuts and Don…
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Mad Men: “The Better Half”
A lot of people make plan B’s. They have these little safety nets they’re going to leap into, these ripcords they’re…
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Mad Men: “Man With A Plan”
In the seventh episode of its first season, Mad Men offered up what I still believe to be one of its finest hours. “Red…
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Mad Men: “For Immediate Release”
My favorite brand of Mad Men is the one where everything turns to shit, then Don Draper and company snap their fingers…
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Mad Men: “The Flood”
By far my least favorite episode of Mad Men is “The Grown-Ups,” the third season hour all about how the characters…
B+
Mad Men: “To Have And To Hold”
Even as late as 1968, Don Draper remains a man that other men want to be. Yet Don Draper doesn’t exist—not really. Mad…
B+
Mad Men: “The Collaborators”
Among the many things Mad Men is smart about is the politics of business, the way that people in a particular line of…
Mad Men: “The Doorway”
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…