Category Archives: Mad Men

Wow. I almost didn’t stay up for Sunday night’s episode of Mad Men, but I’m so very glad that I did. It was a fantastic hour of television. Mad Men has this unbelievable ability to take a story in every … Continue reading →

With the exception of “Mystery Date”, this season of Mad Men has been rather light on Joan – in fact, I’d considered that the single flaw (if you can call it that, since the season has been fantastic thus far) … Continue reading →

Maybe it’s just the comedown after last week’s stellar episode, but “Lady Lazarus” was not my favorite episode of Mad Men we’ve seen this season, despite the exciting presence of one Rory Gilmore.* *Only recently I had a conversation about … Continue reading →

Last night’s episode of Mad Men was an A++ episode, wasn’t it? I’ve been loving this whole season, and I think “At The Codfish Ball” was my favorite episode so far. I’ve previously raved about scenes with Peggy and Roger, … Continue reading →

Last night’s episode of Mad Men, the sixth of season five, was complicated, fascinating, uncomfortable and, I thought, fantastic. We’re nearing the halfway point in this thirteen episode season and so far, I think it’s been an outstanding season. I … Continue reading →

If you ask me (you kind of are, since you came to my website) last night’s episode of Mad Men was an example of how great the show can be. Lots happened, yet very little happened. It was an hour … Continue reading →

Last night’s episode of Mad Men featured another bit of history, Richard Speck raping and murdering eight Chicago nursing students in the summer of 1966, and wove it into the narratives of the characters’ lives in both specific and abstract … Continue reading →

Out with the old, in with the young. That seems to be the theme of Mad Men‘s fifth season, and it’s showing itself in so many ways.

You guys! After a hiatus of almost a year and a half, Mad Men has returned to AMC and my life is once again complete. OK, maybe that’s an exaggeration, but I’m really glad the show has returned. It is … Continue reading →