MYNDI Just watching the previouslies, I knew this was going to be a good episode. But I had no idea that I would be watching the best episode of the series to date. I say that without reservation. And if Jon Hamm and Elisabeth Moss don’t get Emmys next year, […]
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Mad Men Roundtable: Waldorf Stories
MYNDI This episode was so much more insightful on second viewing. There’s always so much going on in a typical Mad Men hour, so much simmering just under the impeccably groomed surface that you can’t always appreciate it all right away. A perfect example of that has to be Peggy […]
Mad Men Round Table — “The Chrysanthemum and the Sword”
“Why does everybody need to talk about everything?” – Don Draper MYNDI The Chrysanthemum and the Sword is a book about Japanese culture, and with the $3 million Honda Motorcycle account miserable at Grey, it’s become required reading at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. Pete’s scored the meeting, and Bert Cooper […]
Mad Men Round Table – “The Rejected”
Hey, before we kick off this week, we’re taking a new approach to the round table – we’re going to split up the various storylines among the writers now. That lets each of us focus on something specific about the episode, and it means you don’t have to read jokes […]
Mad Men Roundtable – “The Good News”
EJ – When we look back at this episode, years from now, I think we’re all going to remember it as the episode where Lane Pryce suddenly got awesome. Really, he was the villain right up to the final moments of last season. (And also on Fringe, where he was […]
Mad Men Roundtable: “Christmas Comes But Once a Year”
EJ “I don’t hate Christmas. I hate this Christmas.” – Don Draper Man, they start decorating for Christmas earlier and earlier every year. This episode brings back a couple of characters nobody was expecting to see again, and a character nobody wanted to see again. It’s creepy and nasty and […]