Status and privilege play a big role in the episode. Even notwithstanding the era’s more permissive attitude toward driving under the influence, I’m sure some people will be disappointed in Don’s failure to keep Roger from getting behind the wheel after their massive binge, but Don has a...
Point Counterpoint: David Lehman and Amy Gerstler Recap Mad Men Season 7 Episode 8 Dearest A, OK, let’s get our bearings. The more things stay the same, the more they change – on the surface at least. Peggy Lee sings “Is That All There Is?” while Peggy Olsen’s midriff expands;...
Episode 2A Day’s Work Mad Men Recap: I’m So Many PeopleJust the kind of deeply uncomfortable Valentine’s Day episode you’d expect from this show. Episode 1Time Zones Mad Men Season 7 Premiere Recap: The Men and the GirlsLike mostMad Menepisodes, “Time Zones” is about more than ...
'Ahsoka' Episode 6 Recap: Thrawn Again By Sean T. Collins Sep. 21, 2023, 12:15 p.m. ET That stuff looks cool as hell! 'The Morning Show' Season 3 Gives Jon Hamm His Juiciest Dramatic Role Since 'Mad Men' By Meghan O'Keefe Sep. 13, 2023, 9:00 a.m. ET It's so go...
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October 21 at 7pm in select theatres.Greetings! I’m happy to announce that the big secret documentary I’ve been creating animation for is now being released to theaters. That’s right, QUENTIN TARANTINO: THE FIRST EIGHT will be a one-night-only Fathom Event. So if you’ve ever ...
On July 19, 2007, AMC premiered its new TV series,Mad Men. On October 19, 2007, the morning after the Season 1 finale, Basket of Kisses launched. We were the right vehicle for the right show at exactly the right time. This was before the format of a morning-after recap had become...
Don Draper,Mad Menepisode 7.06:The Strategy WhenI wrote about the tarot readingthat Anna gave Don, I said, “Because Don’s self is the World and not, say, the Magician, I see his personal power as intuitive rather than structured; he masters bybeingrather than bydoing.” ...
Mad MenRecap: Future Imperfect Share At the end of life, it’s natural to consider what lies beyond. So it makes sense that Don spends most of this week’sMad Men— one of the series’ final installments — searching for an answer to what the future holds. ...
Longtime Mad Men viewers got quite a payoff this week, as our Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce favorites reverted to unfaithful form (kinda), reflected on how far they’ve come (but weren’t sure they wanted to go farther), and finally kicked an unresolved p