September 23, 2009 in Drama, Drama Series, Mad Men, Slide Show
While it wobbles a bit with its wild storyline concerning the title character in “Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency,” Mad Men episode 3.06, stops just short of going completely over the over the top.
September 17, 2009 in Drama, Drama Series, Mad Men, Shows You're Not Watching, Slide Show
With the new season of “Man Men” well under way, I thought it might be interesting to look at some of the parallels between the AMC series’s characters and those [...]
September 16, 2009 in Drama, Drama Series, Features (BSWatch & Users), Mad Men, Shows You're Not Watching
Schools, prisons, and hospitals are used as motifs in an episode whose underlying theme is that of repression.
September 14, 2009 in Drama, Drama Series, Mad Men, Shows You're Not Watching, Slide Show
I’ve recently reviewed the second season of Mad Men, and having spent a lot of time re-watching The Sopranos in recent weeks, I was struck again by the multiple connections between the [...]
September 11, 2009 in Drama, Drama Series, Mad Men, Slide Show
OK. This episode was about legacies, and parts of it almost made me cry (OK, just the Gene parts), but first I have to gush about some stuff. Like Sal’s [...]
September 9, 2009 in Drama, Drama Series, Mad Men
Television, for some reason, has always had a soft spot for ad agencies. They’re not in the same category as hospitals or police departments, but they are definitely right up there. [...]