It's been a couple of episodes since we've gotten a look at Betty's side of the divorce equation, and as one would expect, it is not pretty. Understanding is a three-edged sword, as they say, and while Don and Betty continue to dig into the more
The other night episode of Mad Men connected the dots between the globalization of the automobile industry and the sexual awakening of preteen girls. It was awesome. There was, however, one part of the episode that I couldn't handle. We saw the reapp more
The title of this stellar episode was The Chrysanthemum and the Sword in honor of the agency's initially clumsy wooing of the Japanese Honda account. I did a quick bit of glib research on Ruth Benedict's enduring 1945 study. Here's her succ more
This week's episode of MAD MEN finds Pete attempting to bring in yet another large client, Honda Motorcyle Company, much to the complete disgust of Roger who fought in World War II. Roger's very vocal opposition to the account made for some awkw more
Roger Sterling is a guy who has a lot on his shoulders, not the least of which is the fact that he feels like he's becoming increasingly irrelevant to mostly everyone in his world. His daughter sees him as a wallet, his ex wife hates his philandering more
Even though Don's life continues to be a travail, for once it seemed like the old Draper was back on his game in this episode. Not only was he back at it with Betty in a combative way, which while not good at least it showed he wasn't a doormat, more
"Why does everybody need to talk about everything?" - Don Draper "I don't know, but they do. And no matter what happens while they're talking, they feel better when they're done." - Faye Miller Clearly, Don Draper is a m more
It is March of 1965 and in this week's episode of Mad Men, The Chrysanthemum and the Sword, we welcomed back the Draper girls with open arms. Everyone and their brother seemed to be dreading the fact that Betty was returning to the screen this week, more
