Mad Men Archive
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Good News, Secret News (Mad Men)
Posted on August 11, 2010 | No CommentsIt’s New Year’s in Mad Men land and on his way to Aculpolo, Don stops in Los Angeles for 24 hours to visit with Anna and hit on her niece Stephanie. Don’s still depressed and drinking but on top of that he finds out Anna... -
Mad Men: Santa brings Sally a Stalker
Posted on August 6, 2010 | No CommentsSunday’s Mad Men was a bowl of great festive fun with a cup of creepy mixed in. It’s Christmas in New York, and I’m a sucker for anything set in New York at Christmas. The episode opens with Henry, Betty and the kids picking out... -
Mad Men returns… along with Ayn Rand
Posted on July 26, 2010 | 4 CommentsI couldn’t believe it when the Season 4 premiere of Mad Men opened with the line “Who is Don Draper?” Too perfect—considering that this time last year I wrote an article on the parallels between Mad Men and Ayn Rand’s famous fictional characters for the Season... -
Grey Area (Mad Men 3.13)
Posted on November 24, 2009 | No CommentsAfter the trauma of the previous week's JFK assassination, Mad Men’s finale took a much lighter approach. -
TV: The Midterm Report
Posted on November 19, 2009 | 1 CommentAs a follow up to my post about what I was intending to watch for the fall television season, I decided to write a “midterm report” of sorts to check in our their progress thus far. A few of these shows (most notably Mad Men)... -
Black and White (Mad Men 3.12)
Posted on November 8, 2009 | 1 CommentThe question of how Mad Men would depict the Kennedy assassination (if at all) this season was finally answered in the The Grown-ups.