Y’know, cheers to Dan. I came home from work drained and exhausted because it was one of those days that feel interminable, like you’re positive your computer clock is lying to you because it says only ten minutes have passed when you’re sure it’s been more like an hour, and then you start thinking that [...]
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Mad Men: Goodbye to all that
October 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · mad men, reviews, television
Mad Men’s season finale, “Tomorrowland,” was one of the densest episodes of the season. How do the writers cram all that story into one 43 minute episode? Amazing. We start with Don + Faye and end with Don + Megan, and the only thing surprising is how quickly that story turned around. I admit, I [...]
Mad Men: Cold Turkey
October 11th, 2010 · No Comments · mad men, reviews, television
I’ll be honest with you, I was nervous going into last night’s episode of Mad Men (“Blowing Smoke”), since the previous episode left such a bad taste in my mouth. Thankfully it was back to business as usual — which, of course, given the previous episode, isn’t exactly the best of all possible worlds. SCDP [...]
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Mad Men/Rubicon Twofer
October 10th, 2010 · 3 Comments · mad men, reviews, rubicon, television
I realize I’m stretching the limits of “better late than never” here. Mad Men, Ep. 10: “Chinese Wall” I was profoundly uncomfortable and irritated throughout the entire episode. Much as I’m willing to put this down to being overtired and stressed about general stuff, I’m also sure that it’s because every single male character was [...]
Mad Men: Everybody’s Got Something to Hide
September 27th, 2010 · 3 Comments · mad men, reviews, television
The obvious theme to last night’s Mad Men episode, “Hands and Knees,” is secrecy. Every storyline had to do with concealment, from Joan and Roger’s “oops” (we all saw that coming, right?) to Roger wanting to keep Lucky Strike’s departure secret, to Don’s false identity becoming a huge liability. I mean, it always was a [...]
Mad Men: Everything is Political
September 20th, 2010 · No Comments · mad men, reviews, television
Last night’s episode is called “The Beautiful Girls,” which is an interesting choice. It is an easy and deceptively powerful way to undermine any woman’s power or agency to refer to her as a “beautiful girl”; it’s not necessary to take them seriously. And every woman/girl on the show last night either demanded to be [...]
Mad Men: Satisfaction
September 13th, 2010 · No Comments · mad men, reviews, television
Was “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” the summer of ’65′s hot summer jam? The opening of last night’s episode, “The Summer Man,” makes it seem like it would have been. And I watched Don Draper reach into his shirt pocket for his cigarettes as Mick Jagger sings “he can’t be a man ’cause he doesn’t [...]
Mad Men: Torn Between Two Drunkards
September 6th, 2010 · No Comments · mad men, reviews, television
Good God, y’all. OK, first: I meant to write up last week’s episode, I really and truly did, but then I didn’t, and you know, it’s just as well because I like the way last night’s episode, “The Suitcase,” provided some sort of continuity and maybe even closure to last week’s “Waldorf Stories.” But before [...]
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Mad Men: Of Hair and Sex
August 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · mad men, reviews, television
Apologies for getting this out so late. My internet connection has been finicky and odious and not only did it take approximately two hours for the episode to download from iTunes this morning, but as I write this I have no connection at all. I have a feeling that last night’s Mad Men episode, “The [...]
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Mad Men: The Beauty Myth
August 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment · mad men, reviews, television
Last night’s episode of Mad Men, “The Rejected,” was directed by John Slattery (Roger Sterling), and a damn fine episode it was, too. It’s splendid (or rather, SWELLIGANT) on its own, but is also masterfully linked to events that happen all the way back in Season 1. The focus group for Ponds, for example, begs [...]
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