October 18, 2010

‘Mad Men’ Season 4 finale recap: Don does more dumb stuff

“Man Men,” Season 4, Episode 13: “Tomorrowland” Was Sunday’s “Mad Men” really the season finale? I’m confused, but don’t know why. It ended the way it started: slow and confusing. I love this show. I really do. But it disappoints me and makes me angry almost as much as it drops my jaw in glee […]

Read More..>>
October 11, 2010

‘Mad Men’ Season 4 Episode 12 recap: Don quits tobacco

“Mad Men,” Season 4, Episode 12: “Blowing Smoke” Sunday night’s “Mad Men” was kind of all over the place. But in a good way. Midge resurfaces and reveals herself as a heroine addict. Don (Jon Hamm) gives her some money to buy smack. Sally is secretly meeting with creepy kid. And Betty (January Jones) is […]

Read More..>>
October 4, 2010

‘Mad Men’ ‘Chinese Wall’ (Season 4, Episode 11) review: An unlucky strike

“Mad Men,” Season 4, Episode 11: “Chinese Wall” Last week we all learned that Lucky Strike was dumping Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. This week the folks at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce find out. And no thanks to Roger (John Slattery), who was the only one who knew about it last week. Ken (Aaron Staton) finds […]

Read More..>>
September 27, 2010

‘Mad Men’ Episode 10 review: That was close

“Mad Men,” Season 4, Episode 10: “Hands and Knees” Don Draper’s life almost ended in Sunday’s episode of “Mad Men.” He came this close to being discovered as an impostor by the government. It turns out a possible $4 million account with the North American Aviation requires security clearance for Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce employees. […]

Read More..>>
September 20, 2010

‘Mad Men’ recap: All about ‘The Beautiful Girls’

“Mad Men,” Season 4, Episode 9: “The Beautiful Girls” It’s about time the women over shadow the men on “Mad Men.” From little Sally Draper to ancient Ida Blankenship, Sunday’s “Mad Men” was all about the woman. “The Beautiful Girls” episode adds to what’s shaping up to be the best season of “Mad Men” yet. […]

Read More..>>
September 13, 2010

‘Mad Men’ Season 4 Episode 8 ‘The Summer Man’ recap: Don’s new leaf

“Mad Men,” Season 4, Episode 8, “The Summer Man” Don Draper decided to cool things down. He’s decided to drink less, he’s swimming and he’s journaling. He turned down sex! He even went to his own son’s birthday party. Don’t overdo it Don. Last night’s episode consisted mostly of Don’s journaling through monologue. But we […]

Read More..>>
September 6, 2010

‘Mad Men – The Suitcase’ recap: Don Draper’s softer side

“Mad Men,” Season 4, Episode 7: “The Suitcase” Oh Don Draper, how is it you can make me angry one week and bring a tear to my eye the next? This week’s “Mad Men” was a special one. Because we saw a part of Don (Jon Hamm) we’ve almost never seen. He actually broke down, […]

Read More..>>
August 30, 2010

‘Mad Men’ recap: Don Draper’s new low

“Mad Men” Season 4, Episode 6: “Waldorf Stories” While Jon Hamm was losing his Emmy over at NBC, Don Draper was winning a CLIO over at AMC. There was an interesting award show parallel going on last night as “Mad Men” aired during the Emmys. Even though Hamm lost the Best Actor award, show creator […]

Read More..>>
August 27, 2010

10 things that need to happen at the Emmys

Michael C. Hall in “Dexter” The primetime Emmy awards are this Sunday and while there are some great nominees, the outcome could be not-so-great. So in order to keep some integrity in the state of television (and to not make me cry myself to sleep), here are ten things that MUST happen this Sunday: 1. […]

Read More..>>
August 16, 2010

‘Mad Men’ recap: The sexual revolution begins

“Mad Men,” Season 4, Episode 4: “The Rejected” And here I thought the Vietnam War was going to take center focus this season on “Mad Men.” Who knew it was actually going to be the battle for sexual liberation. We see nude photos rejected by Life Magazine (hence the brief nudity warning before the episode […]

Read More..>>