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Posted on 13 May 2013. Tags: 1960s USA, AMC, commentary, Don Draper, Episode 7, Mad Men, Man With a Plan, May 1968 Riots in France, Review, Season 6, Spoilers, Sterling Cooper, Summary, Synopsis, tv
The episode opens with Don inadvertently eavesdropping from the elevator on the Rosen’s fighting. The couple argues back and forth, likely about the doctor’s search for a hospital that will accommodate his ambitions. If you’ll recall the deus-ex-machina bit from the last episode, Ted Chaough and group have joined SCDH. Of course, this also means [...]
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Posted on 28 May 2012. Tags: AMC, Don Draper, Jaguar, Joan Holloway-Harris, Jon Hamm, Lane Pryce, Mad Men, Peggy, Pete Campbell, Recap, Review, Synopsis, Trudy Campbell
The episode opens with SCDP throwing around ideas about the Jaguar advertising campaign. Peggy is left out of the action and watches as her male counterparts feast on lobster courtesy of Roger. One of the reps from Jaguar wants to sleep with Joan in exchange for throwing business SCDP’s way. ‘Why didn’t you tell him [...]
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Posted on 28 May 2012. Tags: A Song of Ice and Fire, Arya, Asha Greyjoy, Blackwater, Cersei Lannister, Epic, Episode 9, Fantasy, Game of Thrones, House Greyjoy, House Stark, King's Landing, Recap, Review, Season 2, Synopsis, Theon, Tyrion
The much anticipated invasion of King’s Landing by Stannis Baratheon’s army is the focus of this episode, one that has promised a lot of action in addition to some resolution of lingering plot threads. Whether Cersei’s trust in Westeros’ own version of napalm is misplaced will be put to the test. ‘If the city falls, [...]
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Posted on 21 May 2012. Tags: advertising, AMC, Don Draper, Jaguar, Joan Holloway-Harris, Jon Hamm, Lane Pryce, Mad Men, Madison Avenue, Pete Campbell, Rebecca Pryce, Recap, Review, SCDP, Sterling Cooper Draper Price, Synopsis, Television
We discover that Lane is a tax cheat and apparently has not paid his taxes to the sovereign back home in England. A friend tells him that it can all go away if he pays $8,000 in back taxes which is a massive amount. When his wife Rebecca asks him what he is doing awake [...]
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Posted on 21 May 2012. Tags: A Song of Ice and Fire, Arya, Cersei Lannister, Epic, Episode 8, Fantasy, Game of Thrones, House Greyjoy, House Stark, King's Landing, Recap, Review, Season 2, Synopsis, Television, The Prince of Winterfell, Theon, Tyrion
Asha Greyjoy arrives on horseback to Winterfell. To Theon’s dismay, her greeting is less than warm and her approach less than respectful. She lets him know how stupid killing the Starks was in terms of their worth. In a moment of tenderness, she attempts to convince him to come home to the Iron Islands instead [...]
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Posted on 14 May 2012. Tags: advertising, analysis, Bert Cooper, Betty Francis, commentary, Don Draper, Episode 4, Ginsberg, Henry Francis, Jane Siegel Sterling, Joan Holloway-Harris, Ken Cosgrove, Mad Men, Madison Avenue, Manischewitz, Megan Draper, Mystery Date, Peggy Olson, Pete Campbell, Recap, Review, Roger Sterling, Sally Draper, Season 5, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, Television, tv
This episode opens with a shot of Betty weighing out her cheese to accompany her morning toast to the soundtrack of a thunderstorm. This is likely as a part of a new diet regimen and Betty’s absence from the past few episodes makes her return a remarkable thing. Back at SCDP, Don reviews the work [...]
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Posted on 14 May 2012. Tags: A Man Without Honor, A Song of Ice and Fire, Arya Stark, Bran Stark, Brienne of Tarth, Cersei Lannister, commentary, Epic, Epic Fantasy, Episode 7, Fall of Winterfell, Fantasy, Game of Thrones, Harrenhal, Hodor, House Baratheon, House Greyjoy, House Lannister, House of the Undying, House Stark, Iron Islands, Ironmen, Jaime Lannister, King's Landing, Maester Luwin, Night's Watch, Osha, Qarth, Recap, Review, Rickon Stark, Season 2, Synopsis, Television, Theon Greyjoy, tv, Tyrion Lannister, Tywin Lannister, Wildlings, Winterfell, Ygrid
Theon wakes up to find Osha missing from his bed and further discovers she, Bran, Rickon, and Hodor have escaped Winterfell. After one of his men speaks somewhat disrespectfully to him, Theon stomps him into the ground. He sends out a hunting party after the fleeing Starks and their saviors, Osha and Hodor. Theon has [...]
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Posted on 07 May 2012. Tags: A Song of Ice and Fire, Amory Lorch Assassinated, Amory Lorch's Death, Arya, Arya's Second Death Wish Amory Lorch, Bran, Cersei Lannister, Daenerys, Dragons, Epic, Episode 3, Fantasy, Game of Thrones, House Greyjoy, House Stark, Jaqen H'ghar kills Amory Lorch, King's Landing, Osha, Recap, Review, Rickon, Robb, Season 2, Synopsis, Theon Greyjoy, tv, Tyrion, What is Day May Never Die, Wildlings, Xaro, Ygrid
This episode opens with Winterfell under siege by Theon and his men. He proves, once and for all, what a slimy bastard he is. Of course, what fate may befall Theon might ultimately make us pity him but for now not so much. Maester Luwin sends a raven to Pyke and to Deepwood Motte to [...]
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Posted on 07 May 2012. Tags: AMC, Cool Whip, Don Draper, Episode 8, Joan Holloway-Harris, Lady Lazarus, Mad Men, Megan Draper, Peggy Olson, Pete Campbell, Recap, Review, Roger Sterling, Season 5, Synopsis, The Beatles, Tomorrow Never Knows, tv
We join Pete on the Long Island Railroad along with Howard the insurance salesman who informs Pete that he is keeping an apartment in Manhattan and having an affair with a younger woman. Since we remember Pete’s issues with virility and dominance, it is not surprising that an older man is keeping a pride while [...]
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Posted on 30 April 2012. Tags: A Song of Ice and Fire, Arya Stark, Bran Stark, Brienne of Tarth, Catelyn Tully, Cersei Lannister, commentary, Daenerys Targaryen, Dragons, Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, Harrenhal, HBO, Jaqen H'ghar, Jon Snow, Jorah Mormont, King's Landing, Loras Tyrell, Melisandre, Merchant Prince of Qarth, Night's Watch, Qarth, Recap, Renly Baratheon, Review, Stannis Baratheon, Synopsis, tv, Tyrion Lannister, Wildfire, Wildlings, Xaro Xhoan Daxos
After giving birth to a shadow in the last episode, we return to Renly’s camp to see what has to become of Melisandre’s magic. In a parlay between Catelyn and Renly, Renly offers to recognize Robb as King of the North so long as Robb swears fealty to Renly as King on the Iron Throne. [...]
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