I hated this episode so much.   Continue reading “Spoiler Alert Thursday: Mad Men, The Phantom” →

With one episode left in the season, they finally delivered on that long-promised suicide.

Continue reading “Spoiler Alert Thursday: Mad Men, Commissions and Fees” →

I found myself far more in agreement with voyou’s take on the most recent episode, than with the one in Kritik.

Continue reading “Spoiler Alert Thursday: Mad Men, The Other Woman” →

Wait, what?

Continue reading “Spoiler Alert Thursday: Mad Men, Christmas Waltz” →

Remember a couple weeks ago, when dbarber, Adam and Dave noted that this season has been weirdly thematic?

Continue reading “Spoiler Alert Thursday: Mad Men, Dark Shadows” →

When I saw the title of this episode, I was a little concerned that Betty had committed suicide.

Continue reading “Spoiler Alert Thursday: Mad Men, Lady Lazarus” →

Some thoughts:

Continue reading “Spoiler Alert Thursday: Mad Men, At the Codfish Ball” →

Three former secretaries, and the three men who leave them (or at least, who try to).

Continue reading “Spoiler Alert Thursday: Mad Men, Far Away Places” →

Has there ever been a Mad Men character more hateful than Pete Campbell?

Don is a terrible human being, but that’s part of what makes his character so attractive.  (I haven’t read Adam’s work on the related subject, but the assumption in the book’s title rings true to me — Don may be a sociopath, but we love him for it.)  He’s charming, urbane, and utterly ruthless.  He’s a winner, and we love to watch him win.

Pete, by contrast, is a loser.  Continue reading “Mad Men, “Signal 30”” →