Now that we know the mystery of Bob Benson, and that Megan Draper will officially not die, how is Mad Men going to finish off its penultimate season? Well, there's still the big problem with Don. Oh, and Peggy might strike out on her own.
"Favors," last night's episode, falls in the same naming vein as the previous week's "A Tale of Two Cities," in which the allusions are evident from the start. Can people do things for other people without expectations in return? What's in a favor, anyway? (Plenty.)
Last night's episode of Mad Men was called "To Have and to Hold," and like last week, it was as soapy as the name would have you think.
Mad Men is back, and the season premiere did not disappoint. As for the women, as Don and Roger flail, Peggy and Megan — and maybe even Betty — have changed, with professional successes for the former, and at least a hint of happiness for the latter.
Sunday's episode of Mad Men brought the death that everyone's been waiting for. Throughout the episode there was also a theme of men struggling to become men and women struggling to become women, with success in varying degrees.
Sunday night's episode of Mad Men was a culmination of themes that have been percolating all season—and quite possibly, the best episode thus far of season five.
You can't change your life until you change who you are.
The title of Sunday night's Mad Men was "Dark Shadows," but let's call it by its more colloquial name. This episode was about that darkest of dysfunctional family holidays, the one with the turkey.
It has come to our attention that some people are getting bored with this season's Mad Men. Everyone's a critic, right? But it's in our power to make television whatever we want it to be. Here's our bids for some new directions.
Women are not simply happy because they're being provided for in this post-Betty Mad Men world. They want more, and more is varied, complicated, individual, and sometimes problematic.
Sunday's episode of Mad Men ended with three generations of characters in various states of abject despair, sitting at a table at a fancy dinner.
Sunday's Mad Men brought us three main plot lines. They all had to do with angry women.
Sunday's Mad Men brought us a return of the Pete Campbell we all know and used to despise. And it was somewhat beauteous, in a horrors-of-domesticity sort of way.
The second installment in Mad Men's fifth season aired Sunday night, and while it was only an hour compared to the premiere's two (and, alas, there was no Zou Bisou Bisou), many of the themes set up in the first episode carried through, including a focus on female-driven plots. But there were some surprises too!
Whether it's a close shave or a bit of stubble, the "Mad Men" star is your guy
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