Well, last night's Mad Men — the eighth episode this season, titled "The Crash" — was interesting to say the least. Some people loved it, others hated it, and it left a lot of us a bit befuddled (much like Ted Chaough in the photo above).
Last night's Mad Men could be called an escalation episode. SCDP and CGC are in the process of merging, and things are closing in and constricting, even while the agency is expanding. Oh, and there are power struggles!
Last night's Mad Men is being called the comeback episode. There was Joan calling out the Don Draper-man's world, Megan's mother Marie giving sex tips and drinking straight from a bottle of wine, and Peggy fantasizing about her boss. Oh, and a twist, too.
Last night's episode of Mad Men, "The Flood," brought our characters to a pivotal date in history: April 4, 1968, the day that Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.
According to the strict media spoiler rules of the notoriously secretive show runner, the most revealing parts of Sunday's two-hour premiere include "partnerships" and, well, office-building architecture. Don't worry, we're not really spoiling anything here.
It's hard to write about Mad Men before a season premiere because — well, because there are a lot of rules about this stuff. But some outlets have succeeded at offering (excited!) fans some (somewhat important!) insight into what's ahead.
In his first partially revealing interview ahead of season six, creator Matthew Weiner claims that the AMC show's legions of fans might have more control over the show—and the mystery of Don Draper's love life—than anyone thought. Sort of.
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's Mad Men took a darker than usual turn, set against the backdrop of the actual story of Richard Speck's rape and murder of 8 student nurses in 1966.
Famously "difficult" Mad Men creator and showrunner Matthew Weiner recently sat down with The New York Times to talk about the show's upcoming season, and revealed that he actually quit the show during negotiations with AMC.
The last season of Mad Men hasn't even started yet, but the show's creator Matthew Weiner already has an idea of what the finale will look like.
The 'Mad Men' creator is "completely obsessed" with his revamped retro stove
Plus: Paramount turns the Oscars into an Eddie Murphy marketing event
Christina Hendricks says "a couple people" have been fired from the show
The creator strikes deal to stay on for three more seasons of the show
Also in today's Smart Set: Could a misheard acronym have caused a budget flap?
Setting the record straight in a friendly forum
Fifth season now in doubt
Who knew he was such a curvy redhead?
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