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Mad Men Season 6 Episode 12: The Quality of Mercy (Strained, Strained, Strained)
Mercy, from our disgruntled Mad Men characters? The quality of that mercy? Let’s talk self-serving, let’s talk survival, let’s get real. Episode 12’s action moves us into Don swimming in guilt from Sally’s discovery, Sally’s silence as she processes her father’s fall from grace, and Pete taking on Benson – with a twist we don’t […]
Mad Men Season 6 Episode 11: Favors? That’s One Word For It.
Surprise, surprise – and not of the pleasant sort. Mad Men’s fathers at their best, and also at their worst.
Mad Men Season 6 Episode 10: A Tale of Two Cities; A Clash of Cultures
Mad Men’s “A Tale of Two Cities” – a country divided, an agency divided, a marriage growing increasingly apart…
Mad Men Season 6 Episode 9: The Better Half
Have you ever described the pain of a breakup as a “knife to the gut?” In a deeply satisfying, darkly comedic, and deliciously twisted episode of Mad Men, I’d say Peggy and Abe give new meaning to the expression. “The Better Half” hits a coy and classic high note, and (thankfully) without trolling for drama […]
Mad Men Season 6 Episode 8: This is Your Brain… on Drugs (“The Crash”)
Cagey Cutler, Drugged Draper, and Chevy driving SCDPCGC mad…
Mad Men Season 6 Episode 7: Man With a Plan
Chaos reigns on Mad Men in May 1968. We wonder who – if anyone – has a plan for the future.
Mad Men Season 6 Episode 6: For Immediate Release
A press release to surprise and delight. Mad Men Episode 6, “For Immediate Release.”
Mad Men Season 6 Episode 4: To Have and to Hold… While Letting Go
Mad Men’s “To Have and to Hold” – hanging on to what they can, while they can.
Mad Men Season 6 Episode 3: The Collaborators
Mad Men’s Season 6 Episode 3 highlights uneasy alliances in “The Collaborators.”